Entertainment

People’s Choice name Depp and Bullock as favorite stars

As Hollywood’s inner industry circles prepare to hand out their gongs during award season, The People’s Choice Awards held their own democratic awards at the Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday (January 6). The show was hosted by ‘Glee’s Jane Lynch, who after doing a song and dance number, honored actor Tom Lennon then promptly gave him first runner up in favor of Miss Colombia – a nod to the recent awards mix-up […]

Autotune: To correct or not to correct?

QUEZON City, Philippines (January 7) – “Sounds robotic”. The above statement concerns many popular songs of this age, for they sound more like machines rather than the voice or instruments of the artist. Along with synthesizers and mixers,the auto-tune conquered the pop scenery, making the supergroup artists sound better than ever, bending realities to elevated expectations. Originally, the auto-tune is meant to correct pitch or tone inaccuracies.This happens when the processor shifts the pitches to the […]

New ‘Star Wars’ film sets all-time North American box office record, Disney says

Blockbuster movie “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” passed “Avatar” on Wednesday (January 6) to become the top-selling film of all time in the United States and Canada, Walt Disney Studios said. Domestic ticket sales for the “Star Wars” movie on Wednesday afternoon topped the record of $760.5 million set by the 2009 release of “Avatar”, Disney said. “The Force Awakens” has taken in $1.5 billion so far globally, and is already the fourth highest-grossing movie […]

Miss Universe on her historic win: “I was surprised because that’s never happened before”

Nearly three weeks after one of the pageant world’s biggest mix-ups, the newly crowned Miss Universe is beginning her media tour. Twenty-six year-old Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, an actress and model from the Philippines, was crowned after host Steve Harvey mistakenly first announced that Miss Colombia had won the 64th edition of the pageant, broadcast live on the fox television network on December 20, 2015. “I was happy with everything, with my performance. So, but when […]

Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach on Good Morning America

Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach had her first interview at “Good Morning America”. She said that although she’s very busy, she still feels very excited about her present reign. Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez addressed the issue for the first time to a Colombian radio station, calling the incident “a great injustice,” adding “it was very humiliating for me” and that she believes the two should share the crown. Wurtzbach admitted to “Good Morning America” co-anchor Lara […]

ICYMI: “Why Filipinas are winning in international beauty pageants?”

In an exclusive interview with “Agila Balita Alas Dose”, Cory Quirino, Miss World Philippines organizer and Miss World Philippines 2015 Hilary Parungao shares their thoughts on why Filipinas are making it big in international beauty pageants as well as their forecast for 2016. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

The Greatest Hits with CHICAGO Live in Manila

Considered one of the longest running and most successful pop/rock ‘n’ roll in history, Chicago is the highest charting American band in Billboard Magazine’s list of Top 100 artists of all time, coming in at #13, and they are coming to Manila for their Greatest Hits Tour on January 20, 2016 at the Araneta Coliseum. Lifetime achievements include a Grammy Award, multiple American Music Awards, elected as Founding Artists to the John F. Kennedy Center […]

Why is “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” epic?

QUEZON City, Philippines (December 29) – Warning! Here be spoilers! And with that out of the way, I will say this outright and I will fight anyone that disagrees, “Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens” is the most epic movie of the year. So, this may not be the most balanced of articles, but hey, it was written by a self-confessed Star Wars geek. Ever since I felt a disturbance in the Force – in […]