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AUGUST 18 (Eagle News) — On October 7, the sprawling historical epic, “Felix Manalo” opens in theaters nationwide. The sprawling epic makes a distinctive mark in Philippine cinema with its unique bronze color for a historical film, and a wide array of actors and actresses led by actor Dennis trillo who plays “Felix Manalo”, the first executive minister of the Iglesia Ni Cristo. Viva Films has already released the trailer of this unique epic movie. […]
August 17 (Reuters) The Teen Choice Awards were handed out in Los Angeles on Sunday (August 16) and “Furious 7” and its star Paul Walker, who died in a 2013 car accident, were among those honored. “Furious 7” took the award for Choice Movie: Action, and Vin Diesel honored Walker and his daughter, Meadow, in his acceptance speech. “One of the best blessings in our lives is the fact that we got the opportunity […]
Aug 17 (REUTERS)The Teen Choice Awards were handed out in Los Angeles on Sunday (August 16) and “Furious 7” and its star Paul Walker, who died in a 2013 car accident, were among those honored. Furious 7 cast member and one of the hosts of the awards ceremony, Ludacris, confirmed that Furious 8 is green-lit for a 2017 release. “Furious 8 is coming 2017, April of 2017, it is green-lit so it is going to […]
QUEZON City, Philippines, August 17 (Eagle News) — Viva Entertainment uploaded the trailer of the epic movie “Felix Manalo”, which immediately went viral. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
Pusong Bato by Martika Ramirez Escobar was named Best Short Film in the 11th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival and Competition, which this year was held only in the Short Feature category, while the Special Jury Prize and the NETPAC Award was given to Wawa by Angelie Mae Macalanda in the Cinemalaya Awards program held August 15 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Little Theater. Praised “for its playfulness in telling a story, for creating tension between nostalgia […]
MULTI-AWARDED composer for film, television, theater and dance Jesse Lucas is the featured artist in Triple Threats: The Composers on August 20, 2015 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theater) at 8:00PM. Billed Full Range: The Music of Jesse Lucas, the concert charts the music interests and passions of Jesse Lucas throughout his career. Lucas has written original Filipino musicals, ballet and contemporary opera. His forays into composing music […]
MANILA – German silent film musician and composer Pierre Oser is coming to Manila for the 3rd time this year to grace the 9th International Silent Film Festival from August 27 to 30 at the EDSA Shangri-La Plaza, Mandaluyong City. Working with Pierre for this gig is Filipino virtuoso Jaimar Palispis, associate director of the group KontraGaPi (Kontemporaryong Gamelan Pilipino), an official ethnic music and dance ensemble of the University of the Philippines – Diliman. Pierre […]
GET a chance to meet and talk to Asian indie filmmakers and producers of the following films at the 11th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival and Competition at the Cultural Center of the Philippines 3rd floor hallway on these dates: The Night of Silence director and filmmaker Reis Celik (August 12, 2015 / 2:30–3:15pm). The Night of Silence (Turkey/2012) tells the story of a child bride who is forced to marry a man more than […]
AUGUST 10 (Reuters) — Paramount’s “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation” continued to conquer the top spot at the North America box office Sunday (August 9). Tom Cruise’s “Mission: Impossible-Rogue Nation” edged out the comic book movie, “Fantastic Four” from Twentieth Century Fox, to capture first place on the box office charts. The Paramount sequel earned a strong $29.4 million in its second week in theaters, pushing its domestic total to $108.7 million. Meanwhile, “Fantastic Four” […]
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.” […]
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 […]
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)
