‘Party Pilipinas’ to go off the air

GMA 7’s Sunday noontime variety show “Party Pilipinas” will go off the air soon.

GMA 7’s Sunday noontime variety show “Party Pilipinas” will go off the air soon.

Willie Revillame’s return to the noontime slot via “Wowowillie,” has changed the noontime TV landscape. For the first time, all three major networks—ABS-CBN, GMA 7, and TV5—are offering a variety show in the same time slot.

There were the usual conflicts and protests, but this year, “less feathers were ruffled” during the two-week run of the 38th Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), said executive committee member Boots Anson-Roa.

On the second day Marilou Diaz-Abaya’s wake at the chapel in Gonzaga Building in Ateneo de Manila University-Loyola Heights, two of the major figures in local showbiz told the Inquirer how they remembered their influential director and friend.

Award-winning director, actor, playwright Mario O’Hara died of cardiac arrest between 10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Tuesday at the San Juan de Dios Hospital in Pasay City. He was 68.

“Spending quality time with your loved ones is the best gift you can give them,” said singer-actress Vina Morales, who recently took her daughter Ceana to Disneyland Resort in Hong Kong to celebrate her little princess’ third birthday.
ABS-CBN Corporation has received five nominations at the prestigious 2012 New York Festivals International Television and Film Awards for its news and current affairs programs and specials, the website www.newyorkfestivals.com announced last week. To compete with entries from over 40 countries are “Storyline,” nominated in the biography/profiles category; and “TV Patrol,” in best newscast, for [...]

“I hope the entertainment industry becomes more prosperous in 2012. This year we had a lot of movies that did well at the box office. I hope this continues — more movies and more TV shows mean work for more people. For myself, I always wish to continue being peaceful and healthy so I can do many more things. But more important than the wishing is being thankful to God for the blessings that I receive every single day.”
Comedian- TV host John Lapus says he is bent on filing a libel case against Jobert Sucaldito to keep the columnist-radio show host from writing “erroneous” stories about him.