Who else is going to Hollywood? Now it’s the turn of Malaysia’s Era FM DJ, Linda Onn to be in the limelight. Linda will be there to conduct a special Red Carpet segment for the 79th Academy Awards, Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles. Linda is the second celebrities selected by Star Movies after Maya Karin, who was in the similar role last year. Kata Linda “Ini adalah pencapaian terbesar saya sepanjang 10 tahun berkecimpung di dalam bidang ini. Walaupun saya tidak pernah kendalikan sebarang acara karpet merah sebelum ini, tetapi saya anggap ini adalah satu cabaran buat saya untuk cuba lakukan yang terbaik. “Saya memang tidak begitu berkeyakinan pada mulanya. Tetapi saya fikir, jika saya menolak tawaran ini, saya akan sentiasa merasakan diri saya telah gagal.
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Alhamdulillah, setelah buat banyak research tentang Oscar dan karpet merah, saya sudah lebih yakin dan Insyaallah, dengan bantuan rakan hos saya nanti, VJ Dominic, saya harap semuanya berjalan lancar,” ujar Linda yang akan ditemani kakaknya, Intan di sana nanti (bukan Fahrin ya!). Ditanya jika ada pihak akan membuat perbandingan diantara dirinya dan Maya nanti, Linda berkata itu semua tidak memberi satu tekanan besar buat dirinya memandangkan masing-masing mempunyai cara tersendiri. “Saya tidak kisah jika ada yang ingin membanding-bandingkan saya dengan Maya. Saya bersedia untuk terima sebarang komen memandangkan ini adalah percubaan pertama saya. “Saya sendiri ada menghubungi Maya untuk bertanyakan tentang tips-tips bagaimana untuk kendalikan segmen itu. Dia banyak menasihati saya tentang apa yang perlu saya buat, soalan bagaimana yang sesuai ditanya dan karenah bintang-bintang Hollywood,” kata Linda yang berharap agar dapat menemubual bintang pujaannya, Angelina Jolie. Pada majlis gilang-gemilang itu, Linda akan menggayakan baju rekaan pereka fesyen dari Indonesia, Jovian Mandagie yang bertemakan east meets west, di mana rekaannya itu berkonsepkan gabungan kebaya dan dress berwarna hitam dan putih. (Kita saksikan bagaimana rekaannya nanti di sini). Linda juga akan merakamkan perjalanannya di Hollywood nanti dan akan menyiarkan rakaman tersebut di dalam segmen mingguannya di radio ERA iaitu Minggu Istimewa Linda sebaik pulang ke tanah air nanti. Anugerah Academy ke-79 akan disiarkan secara langsung pada 26 Februari ini jam 9 pagi di saluran Star Movies. Acara Breakfast With The Stars 2007 juga akan diadakan di Hotel JW Marriot Kuala Lumpur bersempena dengan majlis berprestij itu di mana selebriti-selebriti tempatan seperti Fauziah Latiff, Erra Fazira dan Camelia dijangka turut hadir bagi memeriahkan majlis tersebut. KL Red Carpet juga akan diadakan pada Breakfast With The Stars dan bakal disiarkan secara langsung di Star Movies dan Astro Ria pada jam 8 pagi.Manakala segmen Star Movies’ Red Carpet with Dom & Linda pula akan disiarkan pada siaran ulangan Anugerah Academy di sebelah malamnya pada jam 8 malam. Linda Onn dipilih berdasarkan peranan yang dimainkan oleh Radio Era dalam mempromosikan Star Movies di Radio Era.

Now we’ve got all covered for Hollywood. Anyone is going to Bollywood? Hehe.. (news excerpt & images from Mstar.com.my & Channel V)

















at 5:08 am
Linda Onn’s English is horrible!!! It such a joke that someone in a sane mind would send her over to Hollywood representing Malaysia and interviewing all those celebrities..I know she used to be an English-speaking DJ before, but maannnnn, her English is as bad as a frog trying to moo!
at 11:13 am
anda x sepatutnya ckp begitu chic’s guy! anda tau x, di luar negara sana, baik Itali France Japan mereka juga adakalanya tidak fasih berbahasa inggeris? dan sebutan english mereka juga ada pelbagai bunyi? kalau anda biasa ke luar negara mesti anda tahu bukan? mereka walaupun x fasih berbahasa inggeris tapi tetap berusaha mahu bercakap dengan kita….yang penting untuk temubual life ialah confident, kejelasan soalan dan berani!x guna juga kalau fasih inggeris tapi x confident, penakut, blur….fikirkan lah…
at 3:28 pm
Linda Onn memalukan negara, memang nampak sangat yang Pihak pengurusan Astro memang tongong, dahlah dia tak boleh cakap Inggeris, saya pernah dengar dia interview Jericho hancur!!!! F9 English dia, lain kali ambillah orang yg berpelajaran tinggi seperti Halim Osman ataupun Aby Fahna ( Sinar FM) kedua-dua DJ tersebut graduate oversea, ini budak jual nasi ayam!!! sangkak buana tulah balasan orang mulut celupar kat dj tersohor Farah Fauzana.
Harap Linda Onn diberi memo lepas ni memalukan melayu!!
Adios amigos
at 4:30 pm
aku terkezut mamat juge si anak ONN tu kena anto kat negara mat salleh, tak ada ke orang yang lebih lawa lagi ko nengok gambo di atas tu pucat lesi mana make-up artis tak der ke….. jawab linda jawab, jangan malu-malu ngapa lak dengan baju tu, aku nengok si CT pakai cantik jek masa dia kawin tahun lepas takkan dia tak tahu nak buat macam mana susuk badan hang lak. hampehhhhhhh, nyesal nunggu kat astro nak nengok muka orang JB……
at 4:33 pm
“Saya memang tidak begitu berkeyakinan pada mulanya. Tetapi saya fikir, jika saya menolak tawaran ini, saya akan sentiasa merasakan diri saya telah gagal.
U are already fail.
at 5:22 pm
actualy iwas startled when onn had been announced to bocome the host at the oscar red carpet.it such an embarassing when the astro had selected het to become the host.For me she does not potray real Malaysian n ofcourse she`s not beauty enough.but she had proved that my thought is correct by not attending the oscar
at 9:52 pm
why Lnda Onn did not attend the Academic Award?
at 1:50 pm
Why are we getting from bad to worse in introducing a Malaysian face to the world? Linda Onn can’t speak a hoot of English except maybe taking orders for her chicken rice restaurant. She has the face and charisma only suitable for radio, her confidence must come from all the kacip fatimah she drank…It’s pretty spot on embarassing.
at 5:03 pm
linda onn pegi negara mat salleh,biar ler,rezeki masing2,wat pe kita nk buruk2kn lg citer.ok pe dier dpt,yg pasal language 2,janji org sn paham ape dkata dek linda onn 2,patut kita sokong…yg bdk ske buruk2kn org 2,insaf ler..poyo je nk kutuk2 org.tgk diri dulu br tgk org len k…bandar seri alam j.bey cheerio:)
at 4:05 pm
Chic’s Guy and KA8 – I couldn’t agree more with you guys! It’s better to send a Melayu celup who can converse well in English than a Melayu asli who can’t!
at 1:58 pm
Big embarassment to the country and also the Malays…
To Gadis timur…pergi interview at the Oscars ni bukannya macam study subjek “Fundamentals of doing interview 101″…To interview mat salih kat Oscar ni is the real thing..its either you can do it or you dont..bukannya nak pergi baru nak belajar jadi yakin and nak tepon member atist nak cari tips…crap..yang pilih LInda ni pun sama bengong jugak…
Amazed to see the Americans who can mesmerize us with their ability and confidence to speak fluently and confidently without a script whilst facing the world wide audience…
Bila la artis melayu nak jadi macam ni…
at 4:27 pm
boleh cakap inggeris tu satu hal.. my guess.. it was her first encounter with US immigration officer and later the hotel’s receptions and so on… yg buat dia pikir 100 kali nak teruskan ke dak.. English berabuk masa zaman skolah pun kena tune so that mat saleh boleh faham… U know what I mean..
org dah anticipate this wud happen, ‘chic’s guy’ was right all along
at 11:30 pm
HI YOU GUYS,
JUST ACCEPT WHAT LINDA HAS DONE. YOU MUST APPREACIATE ALL HER WORK. “PRACTICE MAKE PERFECT MY DEAR FRIEND”. CHAI YUK LINDA… CHAI YUK..
BB PUCAI…
at 4:03 am
This is to correct a misconception. Astro DID NOT select Linda for the Red Carpet event. It was Star TV that chose her. God alone knows why, but obviously they had more faith in her than they should have. Surely they have learned a very bitter lesson. And surely too, no one will want to engage Linda for prestigious events as they might well view
as a trouble maker.
Now everyone knows how Linda behaved in LA and she is trying to put all the blame on a dress!!! For god’s sake! All she had to do was adjust the dress with the help of the stylist and seamstress that Star TV hired for that purpose. But, no, she would not allow that.
And she only had to wear that dress for a short while. It’s not as if she was going to WALK down the red carpet. But maybe she grandly thought she was going to be there as a CELEBRITY!! Ooi Linda, wake up and smell reality!!
Now that she has returned to KL, she is trying so hard to put the blame on everyone else. Shame on her!!
Linda Onn is ungrateful and now it seems that she is also arrogant. She will obviously lose a lot of her fans now. But that is her own fault.
at 10:23 am
Well, i dont know about her english, i’ve never heard her speak, but then again, i’m not her fan. But on this whole issue on a particular dress, i think she’s an idiot with a stupid “divaish” attitude. She thinks so highly of herself. Well, it’s kinda good that she’s doing this to herself, at least now people know how arrogant and ungrateful she is.
at 11:28 am
komen Linda: saya lebih takut hukum Allah dari manusia.
Wah wah..! rambut menguraian tu tak pulak takut ye…!
at 3:05 pm
Not a fan either, it’s a wake up call for some. Linda Onn is just a tip of the ice berg. Face it most malaysian celebrities ‘syok sendiri’.. and I wonder if it is actually represent the general public who loves to glorify mediocre. Take those contestants of akademi fantasia or AF as they call it. I don’t see any qualities in any of the winners to be called as an entertainer let alone to be a ‘role model’. Lets set aside their educational or family background, I bet none of them can beat even beat their Indonesian counterpart in terms of performance or PR skills. They r just far behind. Don’t talk about their english proficiency or general knowledge.
Please stop these nonsense, AF fans don’t even know who r our ministers but looking forward to find out who is the next ‘pengetua AF’. The media partly to be blame on this and I’m not only talking about AF. What happens to Linda is just an example.
No offence ok.
at 9:42 pm
Linda kata.. “saya lebih takut hukum Allah dari manusia.”
wa tersenyum sendiri dok membaca statement dia,knp agaknyer??
dressing dia selama ni macam Wardina ke?? atau mcm wahida…?? jauh panggang dari api..hihihih…
at 1:18 pm
Linda kata.. “saya lebih takut hukum Allah dari manusia.â€
oh sadisnye kata2 linda dgn rambot berjuraian tu
kenapa bila nak selamatkan diri baru bg statement mcm ni?
at 6:00 pm
Kalau takut hukum Allah…tak payah lah masuk entertainment industry…pakai tudung…kawin…jaga anak dan suami laaaa
Jangan la jadi hipokrit….
at 11:59 am
Linda kata.. “saya lebih takut hukum Allah dari manusia.â€
hmm…jujurnyer statement ni…
at 3:03 pm
errmm.. this thing has gone out of proportion. it’s so inappropriate of her to talk about hukum. she’s been in the biz for a long time she should know the media will dig out all her old photos wearing clothes almost like the one RR made. i wonder wat else she will come out with this time. big mistake saying about hukum of dressing. wat’s the difference between RR’s dress and wearing sleeveless tank while serving nasi ayam at her restaurant? let me answer – NONE.
at 10:34 pm
linda off.
at 2:28 pm
assalamualaikum..
sume ni dah jd takdir allah.
even die terpilih pon bkn salah sesiape..
da rezeki die..
yg korg dengki korg x terpilih tu pehal..
even die pki bj sleeveless, dress..or x pki tudung,
x kan die kene pki bju cm bikini tu..jarang weh..
bwt pe nk dorong die bwat dose..
come on, ni hak die nk pki ke x nk..
satu dunie tgok imej linda..
imej malaysia..
baik jage maruah dr puaskn hati korg..
at 12:59 pm
Bukan pasal dengki dan bukan juga hanya berserah pada takdir. Sapa2 pun boleh cakap mcm tu… serupa la tak cakap. Senangla mcm tu… salahkan org lain atau salahkan alam sekeliling. To me…irregardless Linda Onn ke Off ke.. there’s a price being a public figure. Kalau minat sangat kat dia janganlah sampai taksub. Though we don’t know yet the real story yet but it’s a fact she flunked Big Time!!
at 4:21 pm
All Linda had to do to cover up her so-called modesty was to wear a selendang across the dress. Problem solved. Or would it?
Someone mentioned that some Europeans can’t speak English with some having very heavy accents. I agree, especially the Latin Americans, the Germans, the French etc.
BUT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO INTERVIEW THE STARS! LINDA ONN WAS ENTRUSTED WITH THAT RESPONSIBILITY.
Did you see any of the interviewers on that day talking in less-than-perfect English?
So can you imagine if Linda were to speak in broken English? Or maybe break out in Manglish? I shudder to think. That would have reflected badly on StarTV.
But when I think about this whole episode, I sincerely believe that Malaysians should thank Linda Onn for not appearing on that red carpet. She has perhaps, saved us from a lot of embarrassment.
BUT if Linda wants to redeem herself, she should explain her side of the story on TV, in English. So, prove us wrong, Linda!! Shut up your critics! Take up the challenge, girl!
at 5:59 pm
Linda’s Controversy
Amid the many reasons and/or excuses put forward by various parties. There were several that are difficult to refute:
That the selection of Linda to host the event in the first place was baffling, to say the least. Linda was not known to have the fluency to conduct a show in English at local level let alone at international level. The choice was a mistake
That Linda herself had doubt on her ability. Prior to her departure, Linda herself said not to expect too much from her
That the dress was just a contributory reason to use as an excuse. The underlying reason was that, she could not rise to the standard expected for that show
That her credibility and reputation had been eroded by her own doing by denying the fact that she simply couldn’t do it but use the dress as an excuse
That success in hosting events in B.Malaysia does not necessarily mean one can just replicate in English
Given the above, was it surprising that she withdrew? Many are aware of her limitation in English. It appears that she is the only one who seems to suddenly to have forgotten about it.
Wake up from your sleep!
P.S. I fully agree with Anti-liars.
at 11:24 pm
cuba suruh datuk siti nurhaliza yg pakai baju tu…. dia nak ke tak… huhuhuhu
at 6:52 pm
pa hal plak korang sibuk2 pasal linda onn, kira bertuah lah dia tpilih ke ngara orang, dia tidak mhadurkan diri pun gara2 baju tu!! siapa suruh buat baju pun macam baju “jala ikan” seksi lagi tu,mcm mn linda nak pakai?
at 9:52 am
amende ler korang nih… mesti ade sbb kenapa dia buat cam tu… secara logik nye if it was all about English… she might have refused at the fisrt place…kenapa ambil risiko memalukan diri sendiri. Ala…even an english-man makes mistake in this language…
So, tak pyh la u all nak sakit-sakit kepala dan jiwa menuduh yg bukan2. Pihak StarTV pun seems to hide something jerrr….
at 6:38 pm
Dah la people…Linda pun dah di suruh berehat dari kerja (well read between the line). She also mentioned in Mingguan Malaysia that she will concentrate on the nasi ayam business. Its a painful and bitter lesson to her. For what ever reasons that she pulled the stunt in US only Linda knows and as a result for her unprofessional and sikap menderhaka kepada employer (anyway she did not carry the job), she has been asked to rest by her employer. She deserved it.
Well case closed.Citer dah basi.
at 1:07 am
ala linda onn mestilah sentiasa on air..
at 3:50 am
She has weakened her popularity. Her own fault.
When you are a public figure, people will judge you on everything you do so it is important to conduct yourself with utmost care.
Throwing tantrums and making a huge noise is never a good sign. It shows the person is unable to act or think rationally.
at 11:25 pm
But you must surely know that Linda has the guts to pull out. Can you imagine the critics if caught on air if she had flawed. No I think Linda did herself and the country a favour; but she did not gracefully admitted it. This is wrong of her.
at 6:45 pm
True Malaysian, no matter how stupid and incompetent you can be, there will always be stupid people who suppport personalities like her. She is on air again, no doubt.. doing her antics talking about that stupid Fantasia show and discussing how these Fantasia judges comment and how their words would help us to live a better life. I hope she read this (if she reads la…). No matter how much money she made, deep down she’s still… good for nothing.. and she only does best by destroying the values of the Malay youth. Well put it this way, she is not as bad as some politicians but I will certainly puke after a few seconds lstening to her though I like the radio station she’s with. May her fans stop dreaming…
at 11:43 am
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