First mother role for Jennica Garcia at 23
By Marinel R. Cruz
Jennica Garcia, at 23, had no qualms of taking on a mother role for the first time.

Jennica Garcia, at 23, had no qualms of taking on a mother role for the first time.

Child star Mona Louise Rey, a juvenile diabetic, admits she once asked God why He was making her suffer. Mona, 8, youngest of four siblings, is the only one in her family diagnosed with the illness. “I’m used to it now, and I can inject myself with insulin,” she told the Inquirer recently. “I [...]

The alleged skirmish between veteran actress Maricel Soriano and young actor Gerald Anderson that took place during the first shooting day of a new soap opera made the concerned home network choose between the two, INQUIRER Bandera columnist Jobert Sucaldito wrote Wednesday.

Brazil’s national electricity grid is bracing itself for possible power outages Friday night as television airs the final chapter of the smash soap opera has enthralled Latin America’s biggest country for months.

A South Korean TV station said Tuesday it would produce a sequel to the historical drama, “Jewel in the Palace”, a pan-Asia TV hit that helped pioneer the “Korean Wave” of pop culture across the region.

TV and film director Jeffrey Jeturian shares his thoughts on the success of his late-morning drama series “Be Careful With My Heart” on ABS-CBN.

A young actress in a soap opera is causing blood pressure to rise among her workmates not because she’s a diva or too arrogant to deal with on the set but because of her turtle-phase ability to absorb what the director wants her to do.
What is it about acting in teleseryes that compromises and ruins the work of even the best actors we have?
It is both interesting and instructive that many new TV drama series start out promising one thing, but end up delivering something different. This is probably due to the way TV series are developed these days, with production groups reacting constantly to ratings as they come in, what is currently in vogue, and what the [...]
Just a day after the successful run of GMA 7’s period drama series, “Amaya,” on January 13, its director, Mac Alejandre, inked an exclusive, four-year contract with TV5. The contract signing, held at the Edsa Shangri-La Hotel in Mandaluyong City, was attended by TV5 president and CEO Ray Espinosa, executive vice president and COO Roberto [...]
Creators of telenovelas — the dramatic Latin American incarnation of soap operas — from 22 countries gathered this week in Miami to champion their genre as “more alive than ever” as they aim for new markets in Asia, eastern Europe and even Afghanistan.

By the time you read this, Nora Aunor’s comeback starrer on TV5, “Sa Ngalan ng Ina,” shall have ended its five-week run. We’ll have to watch its last three episodes (this is being written on a Tuesday) to sum up the entire miniseries and its cumulative quality and impact more completely, but we can share [...]