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Official trailer of the film "Standard Operating Procedure," which opens April 25. More: http://www.takepart.com/sop

KC Concepcion Guested in SOP [ 7/13/08 ] part 1/2

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In the course of gathering material for his upcoming documentary on Abu Ghraib, Academy Award-winning director Errol Morris conducted over 200 hours of interviews with key figures. Col. Janis Karpinski, at the time of Abu Ghraib a Brigadeier General, was the commander of the prison and later in charge of Saddam Hussein once he was captured. Of course, the vast majority of material can't make the cut and this scene, while compelling, wasn't in the film when Errol Morris presented it at the 2007 New Yorker Festival. Full-length interview with Errol Morris and Philip Gourevitch, which this clip is excerpted from: http://www.newyorker.com/online/video/festival/2007/MorrisGourevitch

This is her version of Ikaw Ang Lahat Sa Akin from the Covers album. This song/version/rendition is full of emotions. =) Note: bashers/haters shouldn't bother leaving their stupid nonconstructive comments because I will delete it. =)

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STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE is about a series of photographs that changed the world, changed the war, and changed America's image of itself. A hundred years from now, these photographs in all likelihood will define the war in Iraq -- in particular, three iconic photographs taken by soldiers in the 372nd MP Company -- Lynndie England posing with a prisoner on a leash; the Hooded Man standing on a box with wires attached to his fingers; and the pyramid of naked prisoners. In his new film, Errol Morris shows how the photographs served as both an expose and a cover-up. An expose, because the photographs offered us a glimpse of the horror of what was happening at Abu Ghraib; but cover-up because they seduced people into thinking what they saw was an aberration limited to a few rouge soldiers on the nightshift. Abu Ghraib was a dangerous, disordered place. Understaffed, undersupplied, under unremitting mortar attack, but nonetheless, it was no accident that these abuses happened. The film explores the context of these photographs. The story of the photographs. Why were they taken? What was happening outside the frame? Everybody knew about the photographs but no one knew what the photographs were about. Morris' goal here was to talk to the soldiers who took the photographs and who were in the photographs -- to understand the photographs and the people who took them. Finally, the film is about a group of young people sent to war. As such, it is a war story, a story of a cover-up, and a story of how a small group of lowly soldiers were blamed for policy decisions and a war out of control. Abu Ghraib was a world in which almost no one was trained for the tasks they were asked to perform, where everyone knew what was going on, and where no one wanted to blow the whistle. A world in which the rules were torn up, a world in which law was redefined as lawlessness. Morris says "My last film, 'The Fog of War,' was about a person that was at the apex of power, Robert McNamara. With this new one, I wanted to make a film about the people at the bottom of the pyramid, 'the little guys.' A story that I think the world needs to see and hear." Sony Pictures Classics In association with Participant Productions presents an Errol Morris film, STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. Original music by Danny Elfman. Production Design by Steve Hardie. The Editors on the picture were Andy Grieve, Daniel Mooney and Steven Hathaway. The Directors of Photography were Robert Chappell & Robert Richardson, ASC. The film's Executive Producers are Jeff Skoll, Diane Weyermann, Martin Levin, Julia Sheehan, Robert Fernandez. Produced by Julie Bilson Ahlberg and Errol Morris. ***Winner of the Silver Bear Award at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival, Sony Pictures Classics will open the picture theatrically in select U.S. cities on April 25th and nationally throughout May. In addition, a book by Philip Gourevitch and Errol Morris will be published by Penguin with the release of the film later this Spring. Opens April 25h. Rated R. 118 minutes. In English Language. For more information, log onto: http://www.blacktree.tv

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Manilyn Reynes on SOP as she celebrates her Silver Showbiz Anniversary.

Jennylyn Mercado @SOP 2008-10-19

SOP's Sobrang OJ Pare with Marian and Richard Feb. 10, 2008

Aicelle sings with Kyla & the rest of SOP World Stars Ngayon at kailanman Kastilyong Buhangin Hanggang sa Dulo ng Walang Hanggan Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo Iduyan Mo

Hayley sings Heaven ,from her "PURE" Album ,on the Popular BBC Show "Songs Of Praise" 2004

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The Comeback of the Ultimate Star

Get the true life story on the atrocities that occurred at Abu Gharib in the early years of the war in Iraq. Director Errol Morris tells the BlackTree TV audience what led him to creating the documentary, and what happened to those prisoners. BlackTree TV goes one on one with Director Errol Morris. Is it possible for a photograph to change the world? Photographs taken by soldiers in Abu Ghraib prison changed the war in Iraq and changed America's image of itself. Yet, a central mystery remains. Did the notorious Abu Ghraib photographs constitute evidence of systematic abuse by the American military, or were they documenting the aberrant behavior of a few "bad apples"? We set out to examine the context of these photographs. Why were they taken? What was happening outside the frame? We talked directly to the soldiers who took the photographs and who were in the photographs. Who are these people? What were they thinking? Over two years of investigation, we amassed a million and a half words of interview transcript, thousands of pages of unredacted reports, and hundreds of photographs. The story of Abu Ghraib is still shrouded in moral ambiguity, but it is clear what happened there. The Abu Ghraib photographs serve as both an expose and a coverup. An expose, because the photographs offer us a glimpse of the horror of Abu Ghraib; and a coverup because they convinced journalists and readers they had seen everything, that there was no need to look further. In recent news reports, we have learned about the destruction of the Abu Zubaydah interrogation tapes. A coverup. It has been front page news. But the coverup at Abu Ghraib involved thousands of prisoners and hundreds of soldiers. We are still learning about the extent of it. Many journalists have asked about "the smoking gun" of Abu Ghraib. It is the wrong question. As Philip Gourevitch has commented, Abu Ghraib is the smoking gun. The underlying question that we still have not resolved, four years after the scandal: how could American values become so compromised that Abu Ghraib—and the subsequent coverup—could happen? http://www.blacktree.tv

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Marimar casts on SOP

STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE is about a series of photographs that changed the world, changed the war, and changed America's image of itself. A hundred years from now, these photographs in all likelihood will define the war in Iraq -- in particular, three iconic photographs taken by soldiers in the 372nd MP Company -- Lynndie England posing with a prisoner on a leash; the Hooded Man standing on a box with wires attached to his fingers; and the pyramid of naked prisoners. In his new film, Errol Morris shows how the photographs served as both an expose and a cover-up. An expose, because the photographs offered us a glimpse of the horror of what was happening at Abu Ghraib; but cover-up because they seduced people into thinking what they saw was an aberration limited to a few rouge soldiers on the nightshift. Abu Ghraib was a dangerous, disordered place. Understaffed, undersupplied, under unremitting mortar attack, but nonetheless, it was no accident that these abuses happened. The film explores the context of these photographs. The story of the photographs. Why were they taken? What was happening outside the frame? Everybody knew about the photographs but no one knew what the photographs were about. Morris' goal here was to talk to the soldiers who took the photographs and who were in the photographs -- to understand the photographs and the people who took them. Finally, the film is about a group of young people sent to war. As such, it is a war story, a story of a cover-up, and a story of how a small group of lowly soldiers were blamed for policy decisions and a war out of control. Abu Ghraib was a world in which almost no one was trained for the tasks they were asked to perform, where everyone knew what was going on, and where no one wanted to blow the whistle. A world in which the rules were torn up, a world in which law was redefined as lawlessness. Morris says "My last film, 'The Fog of War,' was about a person that was at the apex of power, Robert McNamara. With this new one, I wanted to make a film about the people at the bottom of the pyramid, 'the little guys.' A story that I think the world needs to see and hear."

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www.TakePart.com/SOP: In this video clip from the Errol Morris documentary Standard Operating Procedure, Megan Graner speaks about the torture Abu Ghraib prisoners endured during the war in Iraq. Visit link above to learn more about social action issues. In select theaters April 25, 2008.