Author: JE CC
Local influencers are given special honors at this year’s awarding ceremony for their valuable contribution in providing entertainment and becoming conduits of change in this era of social media. Such efforts can either make or break success, personalities, and organizations. Social media stars found their spotlight in this year’s RAWR Awards. Vloggers and trending content creators are properly recognized for their efforts to entertain Filipinos through their valuable, fun, informative, and socially-relevant content during the pandemic. The most impressive and most influential bested out others in multiple categories and emerged as the netizens, bloggers, and PR communities’ top choices. After…
Mendoza’s debut in sports drama may have failed to pull off a ‘knock-out’ victory, but the punches it has thrown are pretty solid not to leave a sensational impact. HBO Asia Actors: Shogen, Ronnie Lazaro, Beauty Gonzalez, Kaho Minami, Vince Rillon, Jun Nayra, Takuhei Kaneko, Evangeline Torcino, Maya Kisanuki, Criztian Pitt Laurente, Criz Russu Laurente, Criz Sandler Laurente, Shoma Kobashikawa, Jeffrey Rowe, Jomari Angeles. Genre: Sports, Drama Premise: Nao Tsuyama’s troubled past helps him cope through boxing. He dreams of becoming a professional boxer despite having one leg made of prosthetic. Upon application, the Japanese Boxing Committee deems Nao unfit to…
At the recently concluded RAWR Awards, on Thursday evening, December 16, several major honors went to the Kapuso (GMA-7) Network. Fans, the online media (the blogosphere), and the PR communities named the best in the local entertainment scene via this annual award-giving body. GMA Network won top accolades from last night’s awarding ceremony of this year’s RAWR Awards, taking home the biggest haul of trophies among the honorees. GMA Network programs and Kapuso personalities scored wins in three out of four category groups (Cub, Lion, Pride). The fun duo of Don Bocco and Jericho Arceo has delighted audiences through their…
Some of the biggest honors from this year’s RAWR Awards went to ABS-CBN, in spite of its limited free TV presence. ABS-CBN has won top accolades from last night’s (December 16) awarding ceremony of this year’s RAWR Awards, taking home the biggest haul of trophies among the honorees. ABS-CBN and Kapamilya personalities scored wins in all category groups (Cub, Lion, Pride, and Royal). Leading this year’s Kapamilya winners are LION awardees: John Arcilla, Vice Ganda, Karen Davila, and DonBelle (Donny Pangilinan and Belle Mariano). Arcilla’s magnificent decade-long career found a new height this year, when he took home the Volpi Cup for…
TV5 and IdeaFirst Company (one of the Network’s biggest partner studios) are big winners at the recently-concluded RAWR Awards. LionhearTV, the country’s leading entertainment site held digitally on December 16 this year. For its 7th edition, RAWR Awards expanded its reach as it included new categories to recognize more productions and individuals that excelled in various fields throughout the year. The Kapatid network and its shows and artists bested out fellow nominees in several categories. Like the past years, the 2021 RAWR Awards is grouped into four sets of awards, namely CUB, LION, PRIDE, and ROYAL. TV5 took home awards…
‘P-POP Kings’ is a fitting title to one of the biggest PPOP acts today, as they swept all the awards from the categories they all got nominated for in this year’s RAWR Awards. SB19 added more pieces of the highly-coveted golden lion figurine to their trophy shelf when they dominated this year’s RAWR Awards. After supplanting the global and award-winning group, BTS, off Billboard’s Hot Trending Songs chart, the local idol sensation seems all-poised to create more milestones, for themselves. Their domination during the awarding ceremony for RAWR Awards 2021, did not at all surprising, but them sweeping again all…
The internationally-acclaimed Kapamilya actor is among this year’s Royal awardees, a distinction given to the industry’s finest personalities, shows, and organizations. Viewers of the six-year-old primetime program, FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano, may be completely disgusted of Hipolito’s revolting wickedness, but in the eyes of critics, John Arcilla is a priceless blessing that’s hard to come by in the local entertainment scene. Thus, his winning the Volpi Cup trophy at the Venice Film Festival for his performance in the Erik Matti film, On the Job: the Missing 8 did not at all surprise. The film, which is a sequel to the original 2013 film,…
For the first time in its seven-year history, LionhearTV has named a sports celebrity. Hidilyn Diaz as the Royal Cub honoree, a distinction given to personalities who excelled in their respective fields. The first-ever Filipino Olympic gold medalist, Diaz, joined the likes of award-winning Kapamilya actor John Arcilla, the fast-rising P-POP group, SB19, and the longest-running reality show, Pinoy Big Brother, as among this year’s recipients of royal awards. Following her historic gold medal finish at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, it’s hard to question the pride she has brought to the whole country. Diaz is phenomenal and deserves the Royal…
SB19’s sibling act may not be leaving a seismic impact with their first single anytime soon, but it’s difficult to miss the group’s overwhelming potential. ShowBT Philippines, the company at the helm of SB19’s success, has dropped the pre-debut single of its first girl group, KAIA. The new group members were introduced gradually to the public in November. Yesterday, December 11, the music video of Kaya–the girl group’s first single got dropped on YouTube. Penned by its members, Alexa, Angela Charlotte, Charice, Joanna, and Sophia, Kaya is a self-encouragement song, an anthem for courageous souls who aspire to showcase their talent and…
In this explosive thriller from Dead Kids’ director, Mikhail Red, an immaculate principle fuel a police officer’s bid at vengeance and redemption. Ten17P Actors: Maja Salvador, Mon Confiado, Art Acuña, Shella Mae Romualdo, Royce Cabrera, Archi Adamos, Apollo Abraham, Michael Roy Jornales, Kiel Rodriguez, Martin Melecia Genre: Action, Thriller Premise: A police officer must retrace the trail of the Bataan Death March to escape her captors—and exact her revenge (Netflix) Running Time: 96 minutes Director: Mikhail Red Watch it on: Netflix Why You Should See It: The first few minutes of Mikhail Red’s new explosive thriller thrives in the abundance of action, violence,…
In the film, bits of social pragmatics were embedded by Mendoza as it dealt with both lesbianism and traditional matrimonial practices. VIVA FILMS Actors: Jela Cuenca, Cara Gonzales, Luis Hontiveros, Rash Flores Genre: Sexy, Drama Premise: When a dare pushes two couples into an orgy, suppressed feelings rekindle between the two ladies, who were once bestfriends and lovers. (Vivamax) Running Time: 104 minutes Director: Brillante Mendoza Watch it on: Vivamax, web.vivamax.net Why You Should See It: The lots of foursome action in this new Brillante Mendoza film will very likely keep viewers glued on their device’s screen, but there may find more…
The new Vivamax feature suffers from the leads’ lack of natural chemistry and solid direction. VIVA FILMS Actors: Barbie Imperial, Diego Loyzaga, Mickey Ferriols, Patrick Sugui, Andrea Barbiera, Jean Kiley Manguera, Meg Imperial, Jojo Abellana Genre: Drama, Romance Premise: A young couple on the verge of separation takes a road trip to patch things up. Will this journey save their relationship or will it make them realize that it’s the end for them (Vivamax) Running Time: 104 minutes Director: Fifth Solomon Watch it on: Vivamax, web.vivamax.net Why You Should See It: The new Vivamax feature suffers from the leads’ lack of natural chemistry and…
From newbies AJ Raval and Sean de Guzman to long-time aspirants Belle Mariano and Sanya Lopez, young personalities who broke through during the pandemic are proving to be the next breed of superstars in Philippine showbiz world. Here are the new names whose stars [definitely] shined the brightest during the pandemic. Many of these stars walked into the current health crisis as virtually unknowns but emerged as popular. Nearly two years have unraveled a surprising mix of new young celebrities who astonishingly got catapulted to fame. Yet, some of the old-timers who have long waited for their turn to shine…
This film is not devoid of delicate restraint and other heartwarming surprises, albeit it strictly adhered to the formula. Star Cinema Actors: Donny Pangilinan, Belle Mariano, Jeremiah Lisbo, Angelina Cruz, Hyubz Azarcon, Ariel Rivera, John Lapuz, Donna Cariaga, Arabella Davao, Esnyr Ranollo, Mika Pajares, Amanda Zamora, Eula Valdez, Lloyd Samartino, Ryan Bang Genre: Romance, Comedy Premise: A free-spirited young lady helps her high school best friend navigate from an accident that took away his mom and the colors in his vision, while also nursing her heart that has long harbored a deep feeling for him. Running Time: 115 minutes Director: John Leo D.…
Featuring two of today’s fastest-rising love teams, ABS-CBN’s entry to this year’s Metro Manila Film Festival, is nothing short of spectacular. First, you should know that the phenomenal box-office director, Cathy Garcia-Molina helmed this film. Knowing that alone makes us excited, as the director is known for making romcoms like no other. Garcia-Molina’s films have seen the rise of several box-office kings and queens. Two of her films, Hello Love, Goodbye (2019) and The Hows of Us (2018) were both held the distinction of being the highest-grossing Filipino films of all time, with the former still keeping the highly-coveted feat. Love at First Stream,…
These titles prove theme songs and plots aren’t the only ones being used over and over again in the local entertainment scene. Titles, like in books play a major part in a movie or TV series’ early success. Attention is grabbed by ingenious title, alone, and some simply bank on the rich history behind the title to produce the effective initial hook. However, as most viewers tend to fall for similar things, especially when it comes to romcoms and dramas, some titles get used from time to time. This choice usually leads to great success; hence it has become a…