Entertainment

Vin Diesel says being named the third highest paid actor in the world is surreal

AUGUST 7 (Reuters) — Actor Vin Diesel leaves his need for speed and picks up a sword for the new film ‘The Last Witch Hunter.” Diesel premiered the trailer for the movie on Wednesday (August 5) in New York: “It’s so exciting. One of the coolest things about doing movies like this is seeing the CGI come to life and seeing the work of the visual effects. It’s kind of, there is something richly rewarding.” […]

Skydivers break world record with flower formation

  AUGUST 1 (Reuters) — Members of an international team of skydivers joined hands Friday (July 31) as they flew head-down, breaking the world record skydiving formation. 164 skydivers built the largest ever vertical skydiving formation, a giant flower, while some traveled at speeds up to 240 mph. The skydivers held the flower formation for several seconds before breaking away, deployed their parachutes, and headed back with excitement to the ground. It took the team […]

Preliminary investigation regarding Chris Brown’s estafa case starts

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News Service, July 31) – The camp of RnB singer Chris Brown and his concert promoter asked for a 15-day postponement of the preliminary investigation of the estafa case they are facing because their legal counsel have not yet completed the study of the complaints filed against them by the Maligaya Development Corporation. (ENS, written by Jay Paul Carlos)

Dr. Seuss back in stores with newly discovered children’s book

  (Reuters) — A funny thing happens when you open up a Dr. Seuss book — adults giggle and kids laugh. It’s been that way forever and it was that way on Tuesday (July 28), when 24 years after the death of Theodor Geisel, a new Dr. Seuss book, “What Pet Should I Get?” was celebrated at the Geisel Library on the University of California San Diego campus. “That is absolutely true the sense of […]

Actor Rob Schneider’s home burglarized in Los Angeles

Actor Rob Schneider was the victim of a home invasion on Friday (July 24), according to local media citing the Los Angeles Police Department on Monday (July 27). LAPD spokesman Mike Lopez said that a female reported the burglary at the Encino neighborhood residence after coming home to find the door unexpectedly flung open. Officers determined that the incident took place between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. local time and that thieves made off with […]

DOJ, nag-isyu ng subpoena para kay Chris Brown at promoter nito

(Eagle News) — Nagpalabas ang Department of Justice (DOJ) ng subpoena laban sa international singer  na si Chris Brown para dumalo sa pagdinig sa reklamong estafa na inihain laban sa kanya. Si Brown at ang kanyang Canadian promoter na si John Michael Pio Roda ay pinahaharap ng DOJ sa unang araw ng preliminary investigation  sa Biyernes, July 31. Pinapayagan naman ng piskalya na makadalo ang kinatawan ng dalawang respondent. Ang reklamo laban kina Brown at […]

Tom Cruise says the new Mission Impossible film is mixed with action and a good story

JULY 28 (Reuters) — He’s swung around skyscrapers and leapt off buildings, and now Tom Cruise is back in the blockbuster action-movie franchise “Mission: Impossible”. And in the latest installment, he adds a new feat – clinging to the side of a plane as it takes off. During the red carpet premiere in New York’s Times Square on Monday (July 27), Cruise said the plot of the film is just as important as the stunts. […]

Celebrities Gladys Reyes and Christopher Roxas stand ground on INC faith

(Eagle News) — Celebrities Gladys Reyes and husband Christopher Roxas are among the first Iglesia Ni Cristo celebrities who stood their ground publicly regarding their faith, amid issues surfacing over media on the recent expulsion of some members of the Church. The Inquirer’s tabloid, Bandera, had an article on the facebook posts of Roxas, an INC convert, and Reyes who expressed their steadfast faith in the INC and in God.  (See  http://bandera.inquirer.net/98150/mag-asawang-gladys-at-christopher-nagsalita-na-sa-iskandalo-sa-inc) “IGLESIA PO AKO […]

Tom Cruise says he is open to Top Gun sequel

Tom Cruise said on Saturday (July 25) he would be open to reprising his role as Maverick in a possible Top Gun sequel as he attended the British premiere of ‘Mission: Impossible- Rogue Nation’ in London. ”It would be fun. I would like to get back into those jets,” he told Reuters. ”It would have to be practical, I don’t want any CGI jets. I want to shoot it like how we shot the first […]

Goethe-Institut’s new film series explores the essence of German cinema

MANILA – Through German cinematic history we go! The Goethe-Institut will be running a new series entitled “Glimpses of German Film History” featuring films about the pillars of Germany’s hundred-year history of cinema. The screenings will take place every Wednesday at 6:00pm starting July 29 until September 23 at theGoethe-Institut. Headlining the nine-part cycle is the documentary Auge in Auge (“Eye to Eye”) by Michael Althen and Hans Helmut Prinzler, which explores the essence of […]

Internationally Renowned Jurors to Adjudicate Andrea O. Veneracion International Choral Festival, Manila 2015

THE Cultural Center of the Philippines is pleased to announce the distinguished members of the jury of the Andrea O. Veneracion International Choral Festival who will adjudicate the Folk Song, Vocal Ensemble and Chamber Choir Competitions on July 22–24, 2015. The 5-member jury who come from different continents: Africa, North America, South America, Europe and Asia, are the following Andre van der Merwe, Brady Allred, Silvana Vallesi, Janis Liepins and Mark Anthony Carpio. Andre van […]

Johnny Depp’s wife Amber Heard charged with illegally taking dogs into Australia – ABC

JULY 17 (Reuters) — Johnny Depp’s wife, actress Amber Heard, has been charged over illegally bringing dogs Boo and Pistol into Australia on a private jet and is due in court in September, Australia’s ABC reported on Thursday (July 16). The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions has issued a summons againts Heard, according to Australia’s national public broadcaster. Heard faces two counts of illegally importing the Yorkshire Terriers into Australia and one count of producing […]