January 5, 2017
Watch Your Fave Kapamilya Child Stars Transform into Music Icons in YOUR FACE SOUNDS FAMILIAR KIDS
Piolo Pascual Ranks 5 Sexiest Women in Philippine: Nadine Lustre, Kathryn Bernardo, Liza Soberano
Ultimate heartthrob Piolo Pascual, who is turning 40 on January 12, revealed his list of the 5 sexiest women in the Philippine showbiz. Can you guess who they may be?
MMFF 2016 Box Office Official Rankings: Die Beautiful, Seklusyon, VKJ and Saving Sally
Provincial theaters
1. "Vince & Kath & James"
2. "Seklusyon"
3. "Die Beautiful"
4. "Ang Babae Sa Septic Tank 2"
5. "Saving Sally"
6. "Sunday Beauty Queen"
7. "Oro"
8. "Kabisera"
1. "Die Beautiful"
2. "Seklusyon"
3. "Vince & Kath and James"
4. "Saving Sally"
5. "Ang Babae Sa Septic Tank 2"
6. "Sunday Beauty Queen"
7. "Oro"
8. "Kabisera"
However, the official figures - for both Metro Manila and provincial theaters - were not released by the filmfest's executive committee.
The eight entries are still currently screening in selected cinemas, as per the request of the MMFF executive committee. It has been given the approval of theater owners to remain in cinemas until Saturday, January 7.
SUPER PARENTAL GUARDIANS Breaks Box-Office Records with P600-M Gross Earnings
The movie currently holds the title of the highest grossing local film of all time, trailed only by another Vice Ganda effort, the 2015 smash hit "Beauty and the Bestie."
It also scored the biggest opening day gross for a Filipino film with P75 million, and was the only film last year to cross the P500 million threshold.
Directed by Joyce Bernal, the movie also features performances from child actors Awra Briguela and Simon "Onyok" Pineda. The movie is now in its 5th week in cinemas nationwide.
VINCE & KATH & JAMES Rakes P100-M Box-Office Gross
"Vince & Kath & James," Star Cinema's entry to the 2016 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), has earned more than P100 million as of January 3.
Starring Julia Barretto, Joshua Garcia, and Ronnie Alonte, the romantic comedy was the top-grossing entry in provincial theaters since the filmfest began last Christmas day, according to the MMFF executive committee. It is also the third-highest earner based on Metro Manila ticket sales.
"Vince & Kath & James" centers on the three title characters and how their love triangle develops and tangles through text messaging and social media. It has received fairly positive reviews from local critics, with some comparing Garcia, who plays a shy, geeky, college student named Vince who harbors a crush on Kath, to veteran actor John Lloyd Cruz.
Under the direction of Theodore Boborl, "Vince & Kath & James," is still showing in theaters nationwide.
January 3, 2017
Vic Sotto's Daughter Paulina Weds Jed Llanes on New Year's Day
January 2, 2017
SING Earns Golden Globes Best Animated Motion Picture, Original Song Nominations
The critically acclaimed and box-office smash film is vying for Best Motion Picture - Animated and Best Original Song with Stevie Wonder's "Faith."
Watch the lyric music video of "Faith" at http://youtu.be/q6MblFLHi1E.
Reacting to the double nominations, Illumination founder and Sing producer Chris Meledandri said, "From Santa Monica to Paris, the entire Illumination team is overjoyed. On behalf of my producing partner Janet Healy and our exceptionally talented writer director Garth Jennings as well as everyone at Illumination Mac Guff and our partners at Universal, I want to thank the HFPA for recognizing the work of all of the artists who created SING as well as the legend Stevie Wonder for giving us 'Faith.'"
Just like Pharrell Williams' "Happy" from Illumination's Despicable Me 2, "Faith," performed by Wonder featuring Ariana Grande, is as powerful as it is infectious. Produced by multiple Grammy Award-winning producers Ryan Tedder and Benny Blanco, the film's end title song is synonymous with never giving up. Tedder discusses its import: "There's an uplift and inclusion to this song that bridges generations. With Ariana's range and Stevie's vocals, 'Faith' is the perfect song to give the audience as they take the messages of Sing with them."
Sing stars Academy Award® winners Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon, alongside Seth McFarlane, Scarlett Johansson, John C. Reilly, Taron Egerton and Grammy Award-nominated Tori Kelly.
Set in a world like ours but entirely inhabited by animals, Sing stars Buster Moon (McConaughey), a dapper koala who presides over a once-grand theater that has fallen on hard times. Buster is an eternal - some might even say delusional—optimist who loves his theater above all and will do anything to preserve it. Now faced with the crumbling of his life's ambition, he has one final chance to restore his fading jewel to its former glory by producing the world's greatest singing competition.
Five lead contestants emerge: Mike (MacFarlane), a mouse who croons as smoothly as he cons; Meena (Kelly), a timid teenage elephant with an enormous case of stage fright; Rosita (Witherspoon), an overtaxed mother run ragged tending a litter of 25 piglets; Johnny (Egerton), a young gangster gorilla looking to break free of his family's felonies; and Ash (Johansson), a punk-rock porcupine struggling to shed her arrogant boyfriend and go solo.
Each arrives under Buster's marquee believing that this is their shot to change the course of their life. And as Buster coaches each of his contestants closer and closer to the grand finale, he starts to learn that maybe the theater isn't the only thing that is in need of saving.
Opening across the Philippines on January 04, 2017, Sing is distributed by United International Pictures through Columbia Pictures. #SingMovie
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2017 Prediction: Daniel Padilla to Impregnate Kathryn Bernardo
Tarot expert Robert Rubin warns Kapamilya King and Queen of Hearts Daniel Padilla and Kathryn Bernardo to take extra precaution this year.
TFC Unveils Largest Filipino Content Selection And New, Improved, World-Class Viewing Experience Online
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What is this bearer of the holiday season’s joyful news to anyone interested in Filipino content?
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Nadine Lustre Wins 2016 Most Beautiful Woman in the Philippines Title
The Most Beautiful on Twitter: Nadine Lustre
The Most Beautiful on Instagram: Nadine Lustre
The Most Beautiful in Online Ballot: Kim Chiu
Best Newcomer: Elisse Joson for debuting at no. 5
Here are the final results of our Top 10 poll (tabulated 12 midnight of January 1, 2017):
Rank | Finalists | Online Ballot | TOTAL | |||
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1 | Nadine Lustre | 7,224,638 | 95,898 | 1,575,959 | 74,182 | 8,970,677 |
2 | Kathryn Bernardo | 7,375,948 | 67,500 | 971,909 | 23,120 | 8,438,477 |
3 | Janella Salvador | 140,717 | 6,790 | 63,412 | 5,957 | 216,876 |
4 | Kim Chiu | 99,327 | 1884 | 3298 | 98416 | 202,925 |
5 | Elisse Joson | 117,589 | 7154 | 22074 | 8062 | 154,879 |
6 | Angel Locsin | 119,746 | 1,468 | 14,710 | 5,670 | 141,594 |
7 | Maine Mendoza | 69,233 | 26,684 | 36,806 | 6716 | 139,439 |
8 | Liza Soberano | 78373 | 7,858 | 34,620 | 9632 | 130,483 |
9 | Lauren Reid | 19,408 | 6,524 | 19,179 | 11149 | 56,260 |
10 | Anne Curtis | 9,801 | 1,098 | 4,267 | 4,788 | 19,954 |
December 30, 2016
Angel Locsin Aksidenteng Nakalbo sa Salon, Nag-Wig, Inasar ni Jessy Mendiola?
Watch: ABS-CBN 2016 Yearender Special and New Year 2017 Countdown Coverage
The year-end special recounts the first six months of the Duterte Administration, its war on drugs that made headlines here and abroad, and the Supreme Court’s controversial decision to allow the burial of former president Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.
ANC, the ABS-CBN News Channel will also air “Usapang Bayan: The 2016 ABS-CBN News Yearender” on January 1 at 1pm, January 2 at 8pm, and on January 3, at 10:30pm.
DZMM also aired its own yearend report, “2016 Taon ng Pagbabago,” last December 29, hosted by “S.R.O.” anchors Alvin Elchico and Doris Bigornia.
After the special, the ABS-CBN News team switches to the live coverage of the New Year’s Countdown festivities in various points in the metropolis including Resorts World, Eastwood City, Luneta Park, and other areas in and around Metro Manila.
Catch the celebrations in any of the ABS-CBN News platforms including ANC, news.abs-cbn.com, DZMM TeleRadyo, and on TV Patrol Weekend on ABS-CBN as the country welcomes 2017.
Don’t miss “Usapang Bayan: The 2016 ABS-CBN News Yearender” anchored by Bernadette Sembrano-Aguinaldo and Atom Araullo on ABS-CBN this Saturday (December 31) right after “Failon Ngayon” at 10:30pm followed by ABS-CBN News’ live coverage of New Year’s Eve festivities across the country with Adrian Ayalin and Pia Gutierrez at 11:30pm with updates on ANC, DZMM Teleradyo, ABS-CBN, and news.abs-cbn.com.
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Coca-Cola Pays Tribute to Those Who Brings Us the Merriest Christmas - Our #TagaHatidPasko
December 29, 2016
(Full List) MMFF 2016 Awards Winners
FULL LENGHT FILM
Best Picture: Sunday Beauty Queen
Best Actress: Irma Adlawan (Oro)
Best Actor: Paolo Ballesteros (Die Beautiful)
Best Supporting Actress: Phoebe Walker (Seklusyon)
Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bables (Die Beautiful)
Best Director: Erik Matti (Seklusyon)
Best Screenplay: Seklusyon
Best Editing: Sunday Beauty Queen
Best Cinematography: Seklusyon
Best Production Design: Seklusyon
Best Original Theme Song: Dominus Miserere (Seklusyon)
Best Musical Score: Saving Sally
Best Design: Seklusyon
Children's Choice: Saving Sally, Sunday Beauty Queen and Vince, Kath and James
People's Choice: Die Beautiful
Special Jury Prize: Rhed Bustamante (Seklusyon)
Best Ensemble Cast: Oro
Best Float: Die Beautiful
FPJ Memorial Award for Excellence: Oro
Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Award: Sunday Beauty Queen
SHORT FILM
Best Short Film: EJK by Bor Ocampo
Best Short Film Director: Jarell Detention (Mga Bituin sa Siyudad)
Best Short Film Screenplay: Mitatang
Short Film Special Jury Prize: Manila Scream by Roque Lee and Blair Camilo
Female Star of the Night: Rhian Ramos
Male Star of the Night: Ronnie Alonte
December 27, 2016
Star Cinema's Unusual Kind of Love Triangle: Joshua Garcia, Julia Barretto and Ronnie Alonte
Article courtesy of ThePulse.ph
(Trailer) EXTRA SERVICE Jessy Mendiola, Arci Munoz and Coleen Garcia
Star Cinema and Skylight Films officially unveiled the full trailer of its 2017 opening salvo entitled “Extra Service.”
This comedy movie stars Coleen Garcia, Arci Munoz and Jessy Mendiola. Joining them are Enzo Pineda, Ejay Falcon, Vin Abrenica, and Carmi Martin.
Kathryn Bernardo on COSMOPOLITAN January 2017 Issue
2016 Cover Girl of the Year Kathryn Bernardo scores another magazine cover feature - Cosmopolitan Philippines for its January 2017 issue.
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Matthew McConaughey Bursts with Optimism as Koala Showman in SING
Zoe Zaldana Captures the Heart of Ben Affleck in LIVE BY NIGHT
Directed by Ben Affleck, Live by Night tells the story of Joe Coughlin (Affleck), a WWI vet who's a self-proclaimed anti-establishment outlaw, despite being the son of the Boston Police Deputy Superintendent. Joe's not all bad, though; in fact, he's not really bad enough for the life he's chosen. Unlike the gangsters he refuses to work for, he has a sense of justice and an open heart, and both work against him, leaving him vulnerable time and again - in business and in love.
Joe signs on with the Italian mob and is dispatched to Tampa, Florida where he almost immediately encounters Graciela. He is instantly intrigued, even more so when he learns that she and her brother control something integral to the success of the rum business: molasses.
Saldana's Graciela is a Cuban living in Ybor, a multi-ethnic, multi-racial community of hardworking immigrants, known for the production of cigars. "Joe's been working with barbaric, violent criminals his whole life, so there's an integrity to the people, Graciela's people, that Joe finds appealing," she suggests. "And Graciela is unlike other women he's known. She's educated, she's traveled and studied music and art. She's very cultured and also very smart when it comes to her family's business."
Perhaps what sets Graciela apart from the women in Joe's past is what she really wants out of life. "I don't think Graciela woke up in Cuba and said to herself, 'I want to date gangsters, I want to live on the dark side,'" Saldana adds. "I think she wants a full life with a good man, a home, children. The more time she spends with Joe, the more she realizes that she could have all that with this man. She sees who he really is, who he could be, if he could wash away all the bad that he does at night by doing good during the day. She sees his redemption."
Affleck states, "Zoe was amazing. She was able to convey all the strength and confidence and elusiveness of the character that draw Joe in, but it's Graciela's expectations of him that give him something to strive for, which Zoe played so quietly yet powerfully."
Producer Jennifer Todd concurs, "We were lucky to get Zoe because she has all these beautiful qualities, a lightness and grace, that suit Graciela so well, and she already speaks Spanish, but she applied an exquisite Cuban accent to her dialogue."
Opening across the Philippines on January 18, 2017, Live By Night is distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
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December 26, 2016
Daniel Padilla Named 2016 Cover Guy of the Year
Just days after his on and off screen partner Kathryn Bernardo snatched back her Cover Girl of the Year title from Maine Mendoza, Daniel Padilla followed suit and won this year's "Cover Guy of the Year" title.
The King of Hearts topped all social media platforms, garnering 1,450,363 votes on Facebook, 36,330 nods on Twitter, and 190,085 likes on Instagram with a total of 1,676,778 votes.
Meanwhile, the "Till I Met You" star and this year's "Sexiest Man of the Year" winner - James Reid - settled for second place with a total of 1,186,507 votes.
Rounding off the Top 5 spots are Tommy Esguerra (#3 with 193,781 votes), Alden Richards (#4 with 101,979 votes), and Enrique Gil (#5 with 35,499 votes).