DARNA NI LIZA...TULOY NA TULOY!

Naging usap-usapan nitong nakaraang araw lang ang diumano'y pagkaka-shelved ng pelikulang " Darna " na pagbibidahan ni Liza Soberano under Star Cinema. Naisulat na rin ito sa ilang tabloids and isang broadsheet. Maaring ikaka-dismaya ito ng fans and followers ni Liza around the world dahil hindi na tuluyang mailulunsad sa kanyang kauna-unahang solo film ang sikat na female star ng Kapamilya Network. Personally, nalungkot ako nung marinig ko ang balita because fan ako ni Liza Soberano at hindi ko ikinukubli yun! But just today, sa isang screenshot shot posted by Mico Del Rosario--Advertising & Promotions Head ng Star Creatives and Star Cinema ay pinatunayan nitong hindi totoo ang nasulat na balita about Darna movie. Hindi raw totoong shelved ang naturang movie ni Liza kundi nakapag-umpisang mag-shooting na nga raw ang movie. Mico simply answered na tuloy na tuloy na ang pagiging Darna ni Liza at walang katotohanan ang balita! Now it can be told! Si Liza na ang pinaka-magandang Darnaaaaaaaaa! Kasalukuyang napapanood si Liza kasama si Enrique Gil sa Kapamilya Primetime Bida serye na Bagani na patuloy namang umaani ng mataas na ratings! 

KIEL...HUGOT KING CONCERT NGAYONG MARCH 10 NA SA TEATRINO!

Nakailang concert shows na rin si Kiel simulang tinutukan nito ang kanyang singing career under the management of Frontdesk Entertainment ni Nanay Jobert Sucaldito. Ilang beses ko na rin siyang napanood kung paano siya kumanta ganoon din ang timbre ng kanyang boses. May recall ang boses ni Kiel. Kapag nagpikit-mata ka, pakinggan mo lang, alam mo nang siya ang kumakanta. Am not saying that napakagaling na niyang singer dahil ang bawat artist naman, habang tumatagal ay natututo at nagi-improve. Like what Kiel told me, hindi siya nagmamadaling makilala kaagad dahil aminado naman siyang until now ay pinag-aaralan niya pa rin ang bawat piyesang kakantahin niya. Kahit papano ay nakita na rin namin ang pagbabago ni Kiel---Hugot King compared nung nag-uumpisa palang siya. Nakaka-proud si Kiel dahil willing siyang pagbutihan pa ang kanyang trabaho. Eager to learn more para lang magkaroon ng katuparan ang kanyang pangarap not only for himself kundi lalo na sa kanyang pamilya. Hayaan niyo akong purihin ko si Kiel. For the past years, naramdaman ko ang pagiging mabuting tao niya lalo na sa mga taong alam niyang nagmamahal din sa kanya at magandang senyales yan! Kaya naman ngayong March 10, 8pm ay magaganap naman sa Teatrino, Greenhills ang kanyang solo concert titled " Kiel " Hugot King Strikes A New kung saan nagagandahang awiting 70's 80's 90's and maybe current music ang ipaparinig niya sa atin ayon na rin sa areglo at direksyon ni Butch Miraflor! Ayon kay Kiel, excited na siya for March 10 dahil something new para sa kanya ang mga piyesa niya at kakaibang rendition niya! Goodluck Kiel! 

BAGANI...KAPURI-PURI!

Talagang hindi nagpaawat ang fans and followers ng LizQuen nang itinodo nila ang kanilang suporta last monday sa first airing day ng kaabang-abang nga namang latest serye ng LizQuen, Ang Bagani sa Kapamilya Primetime Bida after Ang Probinsyano! Trending worldwide ang serye. Patunay lang ito na napakarami talagang nagmamahal sa dalawang pangunahing bida ng teleserye. Medyo nagkaroon lang ng konting ingay lately about the said teleserye kung saan kinukuwestiyon ng ilang katutubong kapatid na Pilipino ang tama o wastong paggamit ng salitang Bagani. A day before the first airing nangyari ito kaya naman naglabas naman kaagad ng official statement ang ABS-CBN at mukhang pinag-uusapan na ito ngayon ng maayos! Anyways, ako mismo ay nakaramdam ng excitement sa muling pagpapalabas ng seryeng ito ng LizQuen. Hayaan niyo akong purihin ang dalawang bida dahil ibang klaseng atake naman sa kanilang bawat role ang ginagawa nila. Something new kasi sa dalawa ang kanilang roles bilang sina Ganda at Lakas! Hindi rin matatawaran ang ipapakitang galing dito nina Sofia Andres, Makisig Morales at Rayver Crus bilang mga nasa supporting roles. In fairnesa naman sa production design at direction ng teleserye, para kang nanonood ng isang napakalaking pelikula! Oo nga! Bakit hindi nalang ito ginawang movie? Yun na! Basta! Congratulations sa lahat ng bumubuo ng Bagani mula sa production staff ng Star Creatives, cast and crew! Ngayon palang ay masasabi kong you nailed it guys! Panoorin ang Bagani mula lunes hanggang biyernes sa Kapamilya Primetime Bida right after Ang Probinsyano ni Coco Martin!

FDCP CINE LOKAL PRESENTS SINAG MAYNILA 2018

FDCP Cine Lokal presents: Sinag Maynila 2018

Bilang bahagi ng kanilang programa na suportahan ang mga lokal na film festivals, nakikiisa ang Film Development Council of the Philippines sa Solar Entertainment Corporation para sa Sinag Maynila 2018 na magpapalabas ng kanilang mga pelikula sa Cine Lokal simula Marso 9, 2018 at magdadaos ng FDCP Film Talks sa Sinag Maynila.

Bigating mga pelikula ang pasok ngayon sa Sinag Maynila tulad ng 

Abonimation ni Direk Yam Laranas, Bomba ni Direk Ralston Jover, El Peste ni Direk Richard Somes, Melodrama/Random/Melbourne! ni Direk Matthew Victor Pastor at Tale of the Lost Boys ni Direk Joselito Altarejos. "Cine Lokal aims to be a venue for quality films to be made available to Filipino audience and by supporting Sinag Maynila, these creative and meaningful films will have a home and will be watched by not just film enthusiasts, but the general public" (Hangarin ng Cine Lokal na maging plataporma para sa mga dekalidad na pelikula para maging mas abot-kamay ito sa mga Pilipinong manonood, at sa aming pagsuporta sa Sinag Maynila, magkakaroon ng tahanan ang mga malikhain at makabuluhang mga pelikula na mapapanood ng hindi lang ng mga mahilig sa pelikula kundi ng mas maraming Pilipino rin,” ani ng FDCP Chairperson and CEO Liza Diño. 

Higit pa rito, itatampok ng Sinag Maynila ang FDCP Film Talks @ Sinag Maynila sa Marso 10, 2018 sa SM North Edsa Cinema 3 na magsisimula ng 1 ng hapon. Isa itong libreng forum para sa mga diskusyon kung paano maitatampok ang iyong pelikula sa International film festivals at madistribute sa ibang bansa. Maaaring mag pre-register ang mga nais dumalo. Mag email lamang ng inyong pangalan at contact number sa filmdevelopmentcouncil@gmail.com para makapagrehistro. Magbubukas ang SM North Edsa Cinema 3 ng 12:30 ng hapon.

Ang panel ay binubuo nina Jeremy Segay, Korea and South East Asia Representative ng Unifrance, Takeo Hisamatsu, Festival Director ng Tokyo International Film Festival at ang kinikilala sa buong mundo dahil sa kanyang mga pelikula, at co founder ng Sinag Maynila, Brillante Mendoza.

Ang pakikipag-ugnayan ng FDCP sa mga film festivals katulad ng Sinag Maynila ay bahagi na rin ng ika-sanda ng selebrasyon ng Pelikulang Pilipino. "This year and next year will be focused a on celebrating this milestone. We believe that this is the time to come together to commemorate this legacy, learn from our film history, and also look forward to the next hundred years," (Ngayon hanggang sa susunod na taon ay nakatutok sa selebrayon ng milya-milyang tagumpay na naabot ng Pelikulang Pilipino. Naniniwala kaming ito na ang pagkakataon para tayo’y magsama-sama upang ipagdiwang ang pamanang ito sa atin, matuto sa kasaysayan ng pelikula at harapin ang mga susunod pang taon ng pelikulang Pilipino,” dagdag pa ni Chairperson Diño. 

Huwag palagpasin ang mga pelikula ng Sinag Maynila sa lahat ng sinehan ng Cine Lokal sa Metro Manila ngayong Marso 9-15, 2018.

Para sa karagdagang impormasyon, bisitahin lang ang Cine Lokal facebook at iba pang FDCP social media accounts.

MIN YASMIN...FINALLY LAUNCHED HER SOLO DEBUT PHILIPPINE ALBUM!

Vocally ay pinaghalong Bituin Escalante at Vina Morales ang boses nitong si Min Yasmin na isang Malaysian R & B Singer. Napaka-powerful at soulful ng kanyang boses na nakilala sa Malaysia bilang soundtrack Singer who appeared in numerous Malaysian OSTs, Teleseryes and Movies and she is among Malaysia's established singers under the record label JULFEKAR Music owned by her husband Julfekar who is a songwriter and producer. Pero sa kabila ng kanyang pagiging tubong Malay ay pusong pinoy naman siya dahil karamihan sa kanyang kantang napapaloob sa kanyang solo debut philippine album ay mga sikat na awiting pinoy kasama na rin ang ilang komposisyon ng Julfekar Music at ni Vehnee Saturno. Labas masok ng bansa ang ginagawang eksena ngayon ni Min Yasmin dahil busy siya promoting her album na magkakaroon ng series of mall shows dito sa Pinas. Hopefully daw ay maisagawa nila ang isang concert dito sa Pinas within the year! Min Yasmin has been awarded as an Outstanding Asian Singer 2015 by Gawad Sulo Ng Bayan Awards and was also chosen as a Music Ambassador 2015. This award was givren in Manila on November 2015!

SAM VERSOZA & RS FRANCISCO...BRAINS BEHIND THE SUCCESS OF FRONTROW UNIVERSE!

Hindi ko ma-explain ng maayos ang aking nararamdaman sa aking nasaksihang pasabog ng Frontrow Universe sa MOA Grounds kung saan tatlo ang nanalong agent nila ng mamahaling sports car. Nakakaloka talaga ang yaman nitong Frontrow Universe owned by Sam Versoza and my beshie RS Francisco na kasalukuyang nasa Portugal. 

" Grabe naman yan! Hindi naman sa ganoon. Sobrang nagpapasalamat lang kami sa lahat ng taong nagbigay ng tiwala sa aming produkto sa buong mundo. Kahit kami ni Sam, hindi namin inakalang lalaki ng ganito ang pamilya ng Frontrow at sobrang masaya lang kami dahil yung produkto talaga namin ang pinapangalandakan namin na matino kami at kami mismo ay ginagamit namin ang aming product and sell it! Ganoon kami! " sez RS Francisco. Nabatid din namin na nag-umpisa naman talaga sa isang very humble beginning ang Frontrow. 

" Habang nag-uumpisa kami, napakarami naming pinagdaanan sa Frontrow, hanggang sa nagtiyaga kami habang kinakaharap ang ups and downs, hanggang sa heto na! Blessed lang din siguro kami because minahal namin ang niyakap namin ng buong puso ang aming negosyo and right now, ayan, almost 20 thousand ang nandiyan ngayon sa field and ano pa ba?" aniyang muli. A day after the said car show ay nagkaroon naman ng thanksgiving day si RS Francisco para sa mga kaibigan niya sa entertainment media na ginanap naman sa Limbaga 77. Hindi matawaran ang saya ni RS that day dahil dumating lahat ng kanyang kaibigan mula sa entertainment media. RS thanked everyone at umaasa siyang patulong lang ang pag-unlad at pagkilala sa madla sa Frontrow sa buong mundo dahil isa lang naman daw ang kanyang mithiin ang makatulong sa karamihan at i-enjoy ang produktong meron sila na kasalukuyan ng kinagigiliwan ng buong mundo.

MIN YASMIN...R & B SOULFUL SINGER!

MIN YASMIN is a powerful and soulful Malaysian RnB singer. She is also better known as a Soundtrack Singer,

appearing in numerous Malaysian OSTs, teleseries & movies. Min launched her first successful international concert in

Zamboanga City on March 2017 and in Tawi-Tawi on August 2017, all in the Philippines. She is among Malaysia’s

established international singers under the record label JULFEKAR Music, fully owned and managed by songwriter and

producer, Julfekar.

Julfekar is a well-known, award-winning composer and producer in Malaysia. He is the Managing Director of

MillenniumArt and Julfekar Music. He traces his roots to the Philippines by having a Tausug maternal lineage, which

gave his songs a warm and heartfelt Filipino flavor. Through his works, Julfekar spreads his wings across the Philippine

music realm, thereby reconnecting his Tausug roots which made him fell in love with words and music in the first

place.

Julfekar made history by producing '2 VOICES', which is the first-ever full-album collaboration between a Malaysian

singer (Min Yasmin) and a Filipino singer (Nikki Bacolod). It was launched in Philippines last October 2015 and was a

groundbreaking success. The resulting hit single, 'SA IYO' reached the Top 10 charts and stayed for three months in

LOVE Radio, YES FM and several other Philippine radio stations.

A follow-up album for Min Yasmin will be released. The international ‘PANGARAP' debut solo album will contain 14

songs, mainly written in Tagalog. The other songs will be rendered in Filipino minor languages Tausug & Sama Bajau,

in addition to a couple of English and Malay songs. To seal its success, producer Julfekar collaborated with Philippines’

top hitmaker and producer, Vehnee Saturno, producing a powerful version and arrangement of the hits ‘Bakit Pa’ and

‘Kahit Konting Awa,’ Julfekar also collaborated with Filipino lyricist Roosevelt ‘Raz’ Itum for the Tagalog songs, Nelson

Dino for the Tausug songs and Andhee Basion for the Sama song. The album has already been fully-recorded and will

be released in both Malaysia and the Philippines. It is expected to become a major hit. We really hope Philippines will

support us and our music.

MIN YASMIN has been awarded as an 'Outstanding Asian Singer 2015' by Gawad Sulo Ng Bayan Awards and was also

chosen as a 'Music Ambassador 2015'. This award was given in Manila on November 2015.

SINESAYSAY DEADLINE..EXTENDED!

Deadline of Sinesaysay Film Doc Competition Extended 

Students and aspiring documentary filmmakers may still submit their application to the Sinesaysay Film Documentary Lab and Showcase until March 31, 2018.

Sinesaysay is organized by the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) in partnership this year with the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) to encourage documentary filmmakers to explore Philippine often-unvisited historical events that helped shape the country today. 

Starting on the second quarter of the year, Sinesaysay will be divided into two categories: the Bagong Sibol Documentary Lab and the Feature Documentary Showcase.

Bagong Sibol is open to emerging filmmakers working on their first or second documentary full feature films. Six (6) projects and its fellows will undergo a series of workshops and consultations in developing their short documentary films. From these applications, two (2) projects will be awarded a P 700,000 grant to develop the full feature versions of their project.

For the Feature Documentary Showcase, interested filmmakers who have worked on at least two documentary full feature films will submit a 5-10 pitch trailer of the given topics. Four filmmakers will be given a co-production grant of P 1 Million to produce a documentary full feature project aligned with the themes of the program.

A school campaign to promote the Showcase and Docu Lab was held this February around Metro Manila, including Asia Pacific College, De Las Salle College of Saint Benilde, Mapua, University of Sto. Tomas, University of Asia and the Pacific and Ateneo de Manila.

Visit https://www.fdcp.ph/sinesaysay/ for the detailed requirements and mechanics or contact FDCP at (02) 256 99 08 local 103.

MA'ROSA KICKS OFF MARCH 2!

Ma'Rosa Kicks Off March FDCP Cine Lokal Films 

Renowned actress Jaclyn Jose made history in 2016 when she won the Palme D'Or for Best Actress for her performance in Ma'Rosa, the gripping film by Brillante Mendoza. This March, FDCP Cine Lokal brings this film which portrays the horrific realities of the slums and the broken system back to its theaters. 

The film centers on the family of Rosa (powerfully played by Miss Jose) who owns a small community convenient store connected to their home in the slums of Manila. Together with her husband, Nestor, they use their convenient store as cover-up for selling illegal narcotic, Methamphetamines, their fate changes one Saturday night when their neighbor Bong-Bong, who works as fly-by-night parking attendant, begs her to sell him a small pack of Methamphetamine without knowing that it’s a play for a pending buy-bust operation by the policemen waiting outside the community.

Watch ‘Ma’Rosa’ as it opens in the following cinemas starting this March 2 at SM Mall of Asia, Megamall, North Edsa, Fairview, Southmall, Bacoor, Sta. Mesa and Bacoor at 1:00pm,3:30pm, 6:00pm and 8:30pm.

CLIQUE V FIRST MAJOR CONCERT....SUCCESS!

Grabe na rin ang fans and followers ng grupong Clique V. Imagine. After ng kanilang successful first major concert na ginanap kamakailan sa Music Museum ay kasado na ang gagawin nilang nationwide concert tour na uumpisahan sa Cebu this summer! Yes. Katatapos lang magpakitang gilas ang pitong miyembro nitong sina Clay, Marco, Josh, Karl, Sean, Rocky at Tim kung saan naglalakihang production numbers ang kanilang ipinamalas sa lahat ng nanood ng kanilang concert. Mamahalin ang mga bagets that night dahil talagang hindi pinabayaan ng kanilang 316 Events & Talent Management ang kanilang kasuotan mula ulo hanggang baba. Naging palakpakan din ang individual spot ng pitong bagets that night. Ganoon din ang choreography ng kanilang bawat sayaw, naku, galing! Pakahusay na ng mga bagets at kaya na namin silang gawing pantapat sa Boy Band PH huh! Beautiful ang concert directed by Joven Tan. Happy rin ang management ng pitong bagets dahil more than sa ine-expect diumano nila ang ipinakita ng mga bata. Kasalukuyang nagpo-promote naman ang mga bagets ng kanilang digital and physical album independently na puwedeng-puwede ng ma-download sa Amazon, Spotify at Youtube. Mabibili na rin ang kanilang physical CD sa lahat ng Astrovision at Astroplus Music Stores!