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Take your first look at the teaser posters of director Chris Columbus’ upcoming adventure feature “Pixels” which boasts arcade game characters everyone will be familiar with including PAC-MAN, Donkey Kong, Centipede®, Galaga, Frogger, Q*bert, and Space Invaders. Adam Sandler, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Monaghan, Josh Gad, Brian Cox and Kevin James all star in the film. In “Pixels,” when intergalactic aliens misinterpret video-feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war against them, they attack the Earth, using the games as models for their various assaults. President Will Cooper (James) has to call on his childhood best friend, ’80s video…

America’s National Board of Review (NBR) has chosen Clint Eastwood as the year’s Best Director for his work on Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures’ war drama “American Sniper,” starring Bradley Cooper. A biopic of U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, “American Sniper” was also included in NBR’s Top Ten Best Films of 2014. The New York Times’ highly-regarded resident critic Manohla Dargis likewise listed the film in her Ten Best list for the year. In the film, sniper Chris Kyle is sent to Iraq with only one mission: to protect his brothers-in-arms. His pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives…

Teen Queen Kathryn Bernardo’s self-titled album scores a gold record award after having more than 7,500 units sold on the first day of its commercial release. The gold record award was given in “ASAP 19” last Sunday (December 14), where Kathryn was joined by her love team partner and fellow Star Music recording star, Teen King Daniel Padilla in thanking their fans for the unwavering support. The album features easy-listening, feel-good tracks including the revival of Sharon Cuneta’s “Mr. DJ,” Cris Villongco’s “Crush ng Bayan,” and Heart Evangelista’s “Love Has Come My Way.” Among the original tracks are “Na Sa…

ABS-CBN Publishing’s Vault Magazine recently won the “Best Photo Documentary” and “Best Feature on Wine Appreciation” in the annual Asian Publishing Awards. Vault Magazine was the only recipient of the Excellence Award in the “Best Feature on Wine Appreciation” category, while Vault Magazine’s photo documentary titled “Vault: Feature on Horses” was the excellence award winner from the Philippines together with Singapore’s Ink Publishing’s “Welcome to the Punch.” Since 2012, Vault Magazine has been consistent in bagging various accolades in the Asian Publishing Awards. Among those awards are “Best New Magazine (2012),” “Best Use of Design, Layout, and Presentation (2012),” “Best…

(Columbia Records; New York, NY.; December 11, 2014) – AC/DC are back to topping charts around the globe with their 15th studio album ‘Rock or Bust.’ Released globally last week, ‘Rock or Bust,’ debuts at #1 on sales charts in 10 Countries so far including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Switzerland, Finland, France, Norway, Sweden, and Germany where it’s the fastest selling international album in nearly ten years and sold more in its first week than all other international albums on the chart combined. In addition ‘Rock or Bust’ debuted in the top five in a total of 25 countries including…

December 16, 2014 (QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES) – As part of its year-long 20th anniversary celebrations and in keeping with the holiday tradition, the premier network in the world, The Filipino Channel (TFC), is sharing the gift of giving with its pledge for donations to the ABS-CBN Foundation feeding program for new subscriptions and is thanking new subscribers via the gift of the TFC 20th Anniversary Commemorative Album. TFC, launched in 1994, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year with the theme “Galing ng Filipino, ituloy mo” or “Forging Ahead with the greatness of the Filipino.” The Commemorative Album, a limited edition…

“No guts, no glory” could very well be the life motto of entrepreneur Vedie Delos Reyes, a former shoeshine boy, who now owns a leather goods factory. Know more about Vedie and his success story in “My Puhunan,” anchored by Karen Davila tomorrow (Dec 17) on ABS-CBN. As a kid, Vedie loved to draw sketches of bag and footwear designs in his notebook as a way to escape, even for a moment, the grim reality of his life. He was born the seventh of eight children, and went on to work as a shoeshine boy and factory worker while he…

In a bid to find ways to highlight and enhance the profile of the Asia-Pacific region amongst the Portuguese people, Philippine Ambassador to Portugal Philippe J. Lhuillier organizes an informal gathering with fellow Asia-Pacific ambassadors on December 2, 2014 in Lisbon. Out of the 11 countries from Asia and the Pacific that have diplomatic presence in Portugal, six ambassadors, namely from Japan, South Korea, Australia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Pakistan, are present during the lunch meeting. The group unanimously welcomes Ambassador Lhuillier’s proposal for regular activities to be held in which Portuguese guests from several sectors including the government, business, academe,…

Jason Momoa, who catapulted to mainstream attention via the television series “Baywatch” had since then continued to work on notable roles in hit series and films such as “Game of Thrones,” “The Game,” “Stargate Atlantis” and “Bullet To The Head” – Momoa has just been cast as Aquaman, but before he heads to be the King of Atlantis, Momoa first plays alpha wolf who rules a fearsome pack of feral creatures in the supernatural thriller “Wolves” starring alongside Lucas Till (aka Havoc of “X-Men” films). Directed by David Hayter (known scribe who wrote superhero films such as “X-Men” and “Watchmen”),…

December 12, (QUEZON CITY) – An affirmation of its mission to be “In the Service of the Filipinos Worldwide” ABS-CBN The Filipino Channel (TFC) recently earned its fourth consecutive set of awards for championing the cause of the overseas Filipinos (OFs), at the 2014 Migration Advocacy and Media Awards. ABS-CBN TFC’s “JuanEUKonek,” hosted by Danny Buenafe, Rose Eclarinal and Gene Alcantara won Best TV Show for its vivid portrayal of the rich and diverse lives of Filipinos in the continent. It tackles the triumphs and travails of Filipinos as they cope with life far from their motherland Philippines and as…

Universal Records nabbed numerous commendations from the recently-concluded 2014 Awit Awards, held at the Newport Performing Arts Theater, Resorts World, with Gloc-9 winning most of the major awards – Album of the year for “Lihim at Liham,” Song of the Year for “Magda,” Best Rap Recording, and Best Collaboration. Asia’s Songbird received two awards for Best Inspirational Song for “Nathaniel,” and Best Christmas Recording for “Hele Ni Inay.” These songs are part of the album “Hulong Ka Ng Langit,” which won Best Album Packaging Award. Sam Concepcion won Best Dance Recording for the carrier single of his “Infinite” album –…

It looks like most of television viewers are at the malls or tiangges for some Christmas shopping or some of them have their own Christmas parties to attend on for the latest TV ratings released by Kantar Media fro December 5 to 10 was not that high especially on weekends compared to the previous weeks and months. Though significantly low compared with the previous weeks, “The Voice of the Philippines” still managed to be on top of the ratings with 23.2% on Saturday and 22.7% on Sunday. Comedy-formatted shows like “Mga Kwento Ni Marc Logan” and “Home Sweetie Home” on Saturday and…

Tikoy Aguiluz’s upcoming horror film “Tragic Theater” was given an X-rating twice by the Movie Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB). Aguiluz however thinks that the movie producer Viva Films will submit a new edit of the trailer for MTRCB’s approval.. Set to open in January 2015, this latest horror film produced by Viva Films stars Andi Eigenmann, Christopher de Leon, and John Estrada. According to the MTRCB’s Implementing Rules and Regulations of 2004, a film is afforded an X-rating if it is deemed “not suitable for public exhibition,” and appeals to and satisfies “craving for gratuitous sex and/or violence.”…

Talentadong Pinoy 2014 culminated with a bang in the much-anticipated Grand Finals Night last Saturday at the Newport Performing Arts Theater in Resorts World Manila, where Davaoeño Hall of Famer Neil Rey Garcia emerged as the Ultimate Talentado who bagged the much coveted P1M cash prize. Popularly known as “Neil”, which stands for “Never Exit in Life”, the young Davaoeño was able to single-handedly beat six other Talentadong Pinoy 2014 grand finalists in a one-night-only showdown of talents and skills. During the night’s battle, the whole crowd inside Newport Performing Arts Theater went wild when Neil claimed the stage and…

“Birdman” or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) opened to rave reviews and has so far dominated this year’s awards season kick-off at the recently concluded Gotham Awards where it won Best Feature (Alejandro Gonzales Iῆárritu) and Best Actor (Michael Keaton). Living up to its hype from early screenings, critics are raving about “Birdman” reaching a virtuous peak at filmmaking saying the film is grand, spectacular, star-powered cinema where Keaton stars as Riggan, an actor who used to play an iconic superhero in the blockbuster franchise ‘Birdman.’ After years of playing the masked superhero, Riggan eventually decides to reinvent himself by…

Boyce Avenue, one of today’s hottest singing sensations which gained worldwide popularity for its strong acoustic roots and melodic rock sound, is returning to perform at a special Valentine’s Day concert on Feb. 14, 2015 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City. Billed as “Boyce Avenue Live in Manila 2015!,” the treat from Ovation Productions will bring back the American band more than a year after its last local performance in response to the popular demand of Pinoy fans. The overwhelming support of Filipino Boycers made the band the no. 1 most streamed international artist on Spotify in…