No to red carpet coz she can't wear what she liked

Ok, I hope I'm not over-reacting here.

First things first - everytime a Malaysian artiste gets invited to anything associated with Hollywood or the likes of it, it sure as hell makes the headlines.

And then you have all the oooo and aaaaahhhs about what, why, when and how that person is going to be doing at the said event.

After everything is said and done, people will pretty much come to their senses that it wasn't worth all that hype after all coz our local talent, whoever it may be, got invited only to perhaps make up the numbers or do their job (as in deejays, etc) and that they were not exactly given any significant honour (such as receiving an award, for instance) at the much hyped-about event after all.

Just look at this recent case for instance -all the hype about a local deejay Linda Onn being present at the 79th Academy Awards just fizzled out when the personality decided not to attend the function because....of all other sane reasons, she failed to attend it because she couldn't wear the dress she wanted!!!

Can you beat that?

Now what do you call that...unprofessional or just utter nonsensical tantrum?

You be the judge ;-)

Read it here:

http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.aspfile=/2007/3/1/nation/17004235&sec=nation

RADIO deejay Linda Onn was absent on the 79th Academy Awards red carpet because she was not allowed to wear the dress she wanted, Utusan Malaysia reported.

Quoting sources, the paper said some people were uncomfortable that a foreigner, Indonesian-born Jovian Mandagie, had designed and made the outfit Linda was to wear.

So, local designer Radzuan Radziwill was asked to hastily put together a dress and a Star TV official flew to Los Angeles to deliver it.

However, Linda refused to wear it and was said to have been very disappointed that she could not wear the dress she wanted.

Linda was to host a Star Movies’ programme together with Channel V presenter Dominic Lau.

She withdrew from hosting the programme.

Jovian, who was contacted later, said that he and Linda had designed the kebaya and it had taken almost two weeks to complete.

Lau said Linda had lost a golden opportunity to interview top Hollywood celebrities.