Entertainment

Philippine film industry celebrates Jose’s Cannes win

  MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines’ entertainment industry on Monday celebrated Jaclyn Jose’s surprise win at the Cannes film festival, hailing her as one of the nation’s hardest working and most versatile actresses who deserves global acclaim. Jose, 52, famous at home mostly as a soap opera star, won best actress Sunday for her mesmerising performance as a Manila slum matriarch who falls prey to corrupt police in acclaimed Filipino director Brillante Mendoza’s “Ma’ Rosa”. […]

‘Angry Birds’ tops North American box office

LOS Angeles, United States (AFP) — “The Angry Birds Movie” hopped to the top of the North American box office over the weekend, booting “Captain America” to second place, according to preliminary industry estimates Sunday. The 3D animated take on the popular video game features a trio of flightless birds — Red, Chuck and Bomb — who take out their anger on an invasion of purple pigs. The Sony production pulled in an estimated $39 […]

Jaclyn Jose is Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival, 1st Filipina to win the award

Veteran actress Jacklyn Jose won the much-coveted Best Performance by an Actress Award at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival held in Cannes, France for her stellar acting in the film “Ma’ Rosa.” Jose is the first-ever Filipino actress who won this award in Cannes, a significant history in Philippine cinema. Directed by the award-winning Brillante Mendoza, “Ma’ Rosa” tells the story of Rosa Reyes, a mother who owns a sari-sari store in a poor neighborhood in Manila, and […]

Carnegie Hall starts selling tickets for 1st Filipino orchestra performance in the US by PPO

By Caesar Vallejos EBC Correspondent “This is IT!” exclaimed French conductor Olivier Ochanine as he announced on his wall post that the public may now secure seats at the Carnegie Hall to watch the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) on June 18, 2016 at 8pm. In his post, he confirmed that the Cultural Center of the Philippine’s (CCP) presentation of the PPO at the Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage of the Carnegie Hall is the very first Filipino […]

Tia Carerre meets Chadleen

Do you remember the gorgeous lady dancing the tango with Arnold Schwarzenegger? Her name is Tia Carrere; she is the triple threat in Hollywood from True Lies to Dancing with the Stars. (Eagle News Reported by Mj Racadio)

Pelikulang “Felix Manalo,” nominado sa ilang kategorya ng “39th Gawad Urian” Awards

Nominado sa ilang mga kategorya ang pelikulang “Felix Manalo” sa 39th Gawad Urian Awards kasama ng iba pang mga pelikulang Pilipino. Ang Gawad Urian ay isang award giving body para sa mga natatanging pelikulang Pilipino sa pakikipagtulungan ng Cinema One. Kasama sa nominasyon si “Dennis Trillo” bilang best actor, si “Rody Lacap” sa best cinematography, sina Joel Bilbao, Edgar Martin Littaua at Danny Red naman bilang best production design at si Albert Michael Idioma sa […]

Juris, umawit ng OST ng pelikulang “Love Me Tomorrow”

Inawit ni Juris ang rendisyon niya ng isa ng isa sa mga sikat na awitin ni Amy Winehouse na “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow”. Ito ang theme song ng “Love Me Tomorrow” na pagbibidahan nina Coleen Garcia, Dawn Zueleta at Piolo Pascual. Sa ngayon ay abala na din si Juris sa pagre-record ng kaniyang susunod na album mula sa Star Music pagkatapos naman ng magcompete siya sa Himig Handog P-pop Love Song 2016. “Love […]

Rayver Cruz, may bagong album

Mula siya sa angkan ng mga magagaling na artistang Pilipino. Si Rayver Cruz ay kilalang actor, dancer at ngayon ay isa na ding singer. Sa kabila ng napakarami niyang mga pelikula at teleseryeng nagawa at patuloy na ginagawa, nakapagfocus pa din siya sa kaniyang talent sa music. Taong 2007 at 2010 nang huli siyang nagreleased ng dalawang dance album na nagpakita ng mga moves niya at galing sa pagsasayaw kasama ng iba pang dancers and […]

J.K. Rowling receives PEN award for literary service

NEW York City — The famous author of Harry Potter, J.K Rowling has been given an award recently from the 2016 PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award in New York City. Rowling is responsible for the Harry Potter series which has been published in 79 languages, over 200 territories and spawned eight films and three theme parks. Actress Sarah Jessica Parker presented her with the award and credited her with changing the landscape of children’s literature […]