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If a project was produced by GMA Public Affairs, I would give myself a try to watch it because they do it better than GMA Entertainment. Black Rider so far, satisfied my creative appetite as an audience. However, it is too early to rate. I have just seen 6 episodes. Black Rider Episode 2: A Review Episode 2 was about the Palangga massacre. The victims were Elias's pregnant wife, the child she was carrying, and their daughter who was, perhaps, 5 or 6 years old. The massacre scene was intense, its graphic portrayal would almost turn your head away. Though its realism is not something that would surpass scenes from Saving Private Ryan,  its depiction of the horrors of murders is something that you can only watch on HBO or Netflix. How the horrific scene was depicted totally justified Elias's decision to take a revenge as Black Rider. Kudos to Ruru, who played Elias, and Kylie, who played the wife; likewise to its director, editor, and prosthetics artist.  This was aired on TV on...

A powerhouse of voices. These singing talents are a treasure for an entertainment network. If I were GMA Network, I would keep them all to form the largest singing mix boy-girl band in the world. I would call the all-boys group BBB Ever , which stands for Biggest Boy Band Ever . I would call the all-girls group Powerhouse . Together, I would call them The Ambivalent Crowd – a singing mix band of 32 singers. Watch it on YouTube My Top Favorites I have arranged the playlist based on my top favourites. If I were a producer, I would market the girls to rival the all-girl bands in Korea. I would promote them as young and cheerful, much like K-pop, but with Pinoy fibre. The songs I have in mind are (re-arranged for the millennials, young and rhythmic): Bakit Ganyan Ang Pag-ibig by Becca Godinez Giggles by Becca Godinez Mamang Sorbetero by Celeste Legaspi Saranggola ni Pepe by Celeste Legaspi Ang Pipit  by Pilita Corales Together, I would like to hear them their ve...

Watch it on YouTube The Clash is a reality TV where 60 singing contenders fight for battle to survive until one man/woman is left standing. Read more about it on Wikipedia.

Why #IVoteBTSBBMAs did not beat the record set by #AlDubEBTamangPanahon which holds the most used hashtag on Twitter in 24 hours. The Current Record Holder By Xylnzzz - Own work , CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link Eat Bulaga, a noontime show in the Philippines, hosted a concert benefit entitled Sa Tamang Panahon at the Philippine Arena on 24 October 2015, Saturday. The concert marked the first face-to-face meeting of Alden , played by Alden Richards, and Yaya Dub played by celebrated Dubsmash personality Maine Mendoza. Since the couple met on 16 July 2015, the love duo had never met personally. Their interaction was only via a split screen; where Alden was always in the studio while Yaya Dub was on location for the Juan for All, All for Juan segment of Eat Bulaga. The phenomenal love team was born out of accidental love story non-scripted sitcom series which Eat Bulaga later called "KalyeSerye," the name as such for the reason that the sitcom literally played at different local stre...

Sa mga drama sa TV, paulit-ulit nang namatay ang mga kontrabida sa mga ganitong paraan. Sumabog ang kotse o ang bahay. May ilan na sumabog sa yate. Bihira ito dahil mahal ang yate. Nasunog ang bahay o ang kotse. Nasagasaan ng tren, kotse, bus. Kulang na lang masagasaan ng eroplano. Nahulog sa bangin, sa bintana, sa tuktok ng gusali. Minsan, mahulog naman sa air balloon para maiba naman. Sinaksak, binaril, nilason. Nagpakamatay. Nilagyan ng pampasabog sa katawan. Dinukot at pinatay. Para maiba naman ~ Itinulak si Giorgia sa MRT o LRT. Kung sino man ang tumulak, abangan sa susunod na kabanata. Kakampi ba siya o kalaban? Aksidente ba o gawa-gawa lamang? Nalunod si Giorgia sa bath tub. Bihira ang may bath tub sa Pilipinas kaya bihira itong mangyari. Nalunod ba siya o nilunod? Bihirang maging martir ang kontrabida dahil hindi niya isasakripisyo ang buhay niya alang-alang sa iba. Sa karakter ni Giorgia, malabong mangyari ito. Puwera na lang kung magkunwari siyang nagpakama...

Ang Hayop Ni Noah Tapos na ang baha. Isa-isa nang lumabas ang mga hayop mula sa arko. Napansin ni Noah ang dalawang ahas na magkalingkis sa isang sulok. Tanong ni Noah, "O! Ba't di pa kayo bumaba. Sige na! Humayo at magparami!" "Lolo Noah, hindi po puede," sagot ng mga ahas. "At bakit?" tanong muli ni Noah. "Pareho kaming lalaki," pangangatuwiran ng dalawang ahas. Good Chemistry "Mare, kumusta anak mong bagong kasal?" "Mabuti naman. Swerte ng anak ko. Mabait at masipag ang napangasawa niya. Lahat siya ang gumagawa sa bahay -- laba, luto, linis." "Ah, ganoon ba!" "Buti ka pa. Ang anak ko, malas. Ang tamad kasi ng napangasawa niya. Siya lahat ang laba, luto, at linis sa bahay." Toothpaste Na Lang, Doc Dentist: Araw-araw, linisin mo pustiso mo. Hindi naman kailangang toothpaste. Puede na yun dishwashing liquid. Safe yun dahil yun naman ang pinanghuhugas sa kinanan natin. P...

Tila labanan ng mga kabataan na nais maging milyonaryo. Dalawumpung milyong pisong gantimpala mula sa Artista Academy (ABC5) at labing-dalawang milyong piso naman mula sa Protege: The Battle For the Big Artista Break . Kung sino man ang manalo, tiyak wagi din ang kani-kaniyang tagapamahala (talent manager). Sa 40%, walong milyon din ito na maaaring mapunta sa talent manager . Kung buwis ang pag-uusapan, nararapat lang na magbayad din ang tagapamahala ng karampatang buwis. Sa kabilang banda, ang isang gantimpala mula sa patimpalak ay hindi maaaring ituring na professional fee na kung saan ang tseke ay kailangang ipangalan sa talent manager . Kung ang tagapamahala ay hihingi ng balato, halimbawa 40%, nararapat lang na karkulahin ito matapos ibawas ang buwis. Gayunpaman, hindi pa rin ito matuwid sa kadahilanang binalikat nang buo ng nanalo ang karampatang buwis. Halimbawa, sa 10 milyon na gantimpala, kung ang buwis ay 20%, ang kinaltas na buwis ay 2 milyon. Walong milyon ang ini-uwi ...

Try if you can recall "who's who" and "what was what" based on the following clues. This beautiful Filipina mix hosted the first season of a magazine show on a cable channel ETC. The original love team was Kathryn Bernardo and this young actor in this drama series based on a Korean drama. This Filipino fastfood chain was seen from an episode of a musical dramedy seen on Fox.  Superman and Arrowman were good friends in this superhero serials that lasted 10 seasons in almost 10 years.  She first played the wicked bird-woman in the TV series Mulawin with this name before the wicked Queen did in the The Huntsman. He was one of the Von Trapp children who played Spiderman on a TV series. He played the first superhero who graced the first 3D superscreen in the Philippines. In this finale, he left the kingdom of King Arthur and lived until the present time. In this popular adventure series, even the writers didn't know about the mystery of the i...

The fantasy novel The Hobbit was written by English writer JRR Tolkien in 1937. The book series The Lord of the Rings were written between 1937 and 1949. Sold over 150 million copies, LOTR is the best-selling novel ever written. (Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone ranked 4th with 107 million copies sold. The popular film version of the book series was exhibited in 2001, 2002, and 2003. Reminisce the scenes with these photos .

A collection of all the TV commercials with Alden Richards and Maine Mendoza since the #ALDUB phenomenon hit the world, where there is every a Filipino. The ALDUB fan base aka aldub nation  is a powerful consumer group. McDonald's Philippines was the very first brand that could have instinctively seen (or risked) a pot of gold in the #ALDUB phenomenon. After airing the very first #ALDUB TV commercial for McDonald's chicken fillet a la king  on 11 September 2015, the fastfood giant enjoyed a 470% growth in sales transactions compared to previous ad campaigns. ( Read story here .) This playlist is a compilation all the #ALDUB TV commercials, as published by their respective brands. This playlist saves you the time searching for each TVC on YouTube. Alden and Maine's Brand Endorsements 1 McDonald's Chicken Fillet a la King "AlDub Ko To" Published 10 September 2015. Views, 688,117 as of 3 Feb 2016. 2 Talk n' Text TNT Extend "Extended ang Say...

Alden Richards and Maine Mendoza's latest TV commercial is with the chocolate brand Cadbury by Cadbury Philippines. Check out this very first 5-seconder teaser you didn't even notice it was an #AlDub TV commercial.   This 5-second TVC teaser was published 28 December 2015. So far, it has been viewed only 424 times. Perhaps, the #ALDUB nation was not aware of it. When I first saw it, I had a hunch that it was Alden and Maine. The second Cadbury TVC teaser reveals Alden Richards and Maine Mendoza. This 27-seconder teaser has been viewed 28000 times since it was published two days ago (17 January). On Facebook, this video has been viewed 730k times.   Get Social With Cadbury Philippines Cadbury Philippines Channel on YouTube has 1973 subscribers as of this writing. Facebook/CadburyPh . It has 13 million likes. Cadbury Philippines on Google+ has 11 followers.

Just in today. McDonald Philippines releases Alden Richard and Maine Mendoza's newest TV commercial dubbed " Maine-ahal Kita Agad ." It features the music " Ipagpatawad Mo (Minahal Kita Agad) " originally recorded by Vic Sotto of the VST & Co. This 45-second TVC is hashtagged #ALDUBKoTo.   The " Papa Na Kita " McDo TVC recorded 5.1 million views in 3 months. As of this writing, this 45-seconder " Maine-ahal Kita Agad " has been viewed 2687 times. We shall watch this views grow. Last Saturday, 9 January, Monde Nissin released its ALDUB TVC entitled " Bingo Cookie Sandwich #MaiDenKiligSaSweet ." Also on that day, Colgate Palmolive released its TVC for the brand Gard Shampoo dubbed as " Gard Shampoo with Alden Richards #AlGardYou ." For a complete (play)list of #ALDUB TV commercials , enjoy this video playlist on YouTube as published by the sponsoring brands themselves.

German Moreno, dearly called as Kuya Germs, passes away at age 82 this morning, 8 January 2016 at 3:20 AM. He is also known as Master Showman from his midnight entertainment program Walang Tulugan with Master Showman . An unprecedented star builder, surely he will be missed. Kuya Germs died due to cardiac arrest. A year ago, he suffered from a stroke.  " He lived a full life, touched so many hearts through the years, and helped make dreams come true for most of the biggest stars in the Philippine entertainment industry. We are deeply saddened by his passing but we are comforted by the thought that his legacy will live on ." — A statement by John Nite, Moreno's nephew via  GMA News  . German Molino Moreno in real life, was born on October 4, 1933. He has an adopted child, Federico. He is popularly known for TV programs  GMA Supershow , Walang Tulugan with Master Showman , That's Entertainment , Germspesyal and Superstar with Nora Aunor. He spearheaded t...

Upang di madismaya ang mga tao, kailangang i-level up ng Eat Bulaga ang pagtatagpo nina Alden at YayaDub. Huwag naman sanang abutin ng isang taon ang pagbitin sa kanilang pagkikita. Kung hindi, magsasawa ang kanilang mga taga-sunod, unti-unting tatamlay ang mainit na tambalang Alden at YayaDub. Sponsored Tanggapin natin na hindi ito puedeng forever. All good things come to an end. What is challenging ay kung paano mapananatili ang kakiligan ng tambalang Aldub. Noong Huwebes, bigo ang mga tao sa paghihintay sa pagtatagpo nina Aldub. Maraming idle moments sa segment. Calculated ang mga kilos. Halatang naghihintay ng instructions sa staff. At mukhang kailangang mag acting workshop si YayaDub. Sana gumamit ng triggers ang Eat Bulaga para naging mas exciting ang mga eksena na parang reality TV ang dating. Ang isang trigger point ay isang hudyat na itigil ang isang activity para i-akto agad ang susunod ng sequence. Here's how it should have been done para naging fluid sana a...

Sa kanyang homilia, sinabi ni Bishop Bacani sa ikinakasal na sina Dingdong Dantes at Marian Rivera, Ang Kasal Kristiyano ay napakamahulugan...Si Kristo, Marian, ang magbibigay sa iyo kay Dingdong. At sa iyo Dingdong, ibibigay ka ni Kristo sa iyong kabiyak na dibdib. This video has been viewed almost a million times (978000) this day.

This opening was made controversial when so called "concerned viewers" or perhaps, some Party Pilipinas detractors reported to MTRCB that it was not "wholesome" for kids. It's precisely the reason why it is classified for Parental Guidance, the show is not for kids. TV is not for kids alone. It is for adults too. I don't think kids watch Party Pilipinas. They watch cartoons. I have observed kids in the house. They are not just interested. I didn't see anything wrong with the opening number. An open and broad-minded person would just find it a simple entertaining number. It's just one of those. The narrow and crooked-minded person, however, would see otherwise. Whatever it suggests is all in the mind of the viewer. The irony is this. If a viewer finds that number offensive, he or she is simply projecting what he or she has been hiding all the time. How he or she perceives it reveals the "dirty" secret that he or she has been keeping. ...

It's season 2 of Protege. Season 1 looked for singing talents. This time, an artist who can act, sing, and dance. Protege 2 seems to replace the Starstruck series which had the same purpose. Who deserves to win the 12-million peso prize? Higit sa lahat, ang may karapatang manalo ay yung kayang tumabo sa takilya at humataw sa TV ratings . Hindi sapat ang ganda ng mukha, kailangang may angking kahusayan sa pagganap sa pelikula o telebisyon. Bagama't malaking tulong, pangalawa lamang ang kahusayan sa pag-awit o pag-sayaw. Sa kabilang banda, dahil lahat sila'y baguhan, hindi sapat ang kahusayan lamang. Kailangan ay may angking ningning at ganda na siyang pang-akit sa madla. Ang tao ay tumutugon at unang naaakit sa kanyang nakikita. Pangalawa, ang tao ay sunod na naaakit sa damdamin ng kanyang nakikita. Kaya naman sa larangan ng pangangalakal, upang maka-akit ka ng mamimili, ang isang visual artist ay gumagamit ng sikolohiyang panglarawan at emosyonal ( visual-emotio...

Photo c/o PinoyExhange Siya ay si Patti Grandidge - mestisang Pinoy at Briton. Kasalukuyang taga-ulat sa isang palabas sa telebisyon na may pamagat na "Etcetera" [ETC]. Isa siya sa may dugong Pilipino na may natatanging karilagan. She is Patti Grandidge – a Filipino-British mix descent. She's currently hosting "Etcetera" on ETC. She's a lady with extraordinary beauty.

Patalastas-Hikayat (TV Plug) Impressive TV plug. Shot using a wide screen format, the cinematography was cinematic. GMA Network is good in creating TV plugs, not only in the entertainment field but also in its news and public affairs. Kaya naman, sino ang hindi maiinganyong panoorin ang pilot episode ng "Makapiling Kang Muli." Panimulang Kabanata (Pilot Episode) The pilot episode of "Makapiling Kang Muli" (aired 4 June 2012) is not exactly beyond my expectations. I was expecting na wide screen ang picture format nito. So far, maganda ang takbo ng kuwento. The pacing, editing, and cinematography satisfied my creative cravings. Isang napakaliit na bagay lang ang napuna ko - ang pagsabog ng chopper sa malayuan. Medyo hindi realistic ang dating. Sana, the substance of this drama series remain robust till the end. Napupuna ko kasi sa mga drama series, sa umpisa lang maganda. Towards the middle until the end, nawawala na ang substance ng kuwento. Nagiging sab...

Is Color An Issue? When Jessica Sanchez was eliminated (but saved by the Judges) last week, I wondered why a great talent would lose from such competition. Does America still prefer the common white skin? A Filipino-Mexican, is Jessica's color or race a disadvantage? or Perhaps, America is just not voting wisely? Image link c/o poptower.com Oprah, Obama, Whitney, and Randy are colored Americans; so are Idol's Fantasia and Reuben. Jennifer is a Latina. Bruno Mars is Fil-Latino. Apl de Ap of Black Eyed Peas is Black-Filipino. So, maybe, Jessica's saved-elimination has nothing to do with race or color. Californians Vs Southern Americans In the Top 8, only Jessica and Deandre are from California. The rest are from Southern America. Deandre Brackensick was eliminated two weeks ago. California has a population of 37 million. Does it mean California is not voting for fellow Californians? When Deandre was eliminated, who benefited his votes? Was fellow Californian Jessi...