Nora and Vilma go indie
“June and July mark the start of the independent film season. Next month ushers in the launch of the CineFilipino film festival, followed by the highly anticipated Cinemalaya fest.
“June and July mark the start of the independent film season. Next month ushers in the launch of the CineFilipino film festival, followed by the highly anticipated Cinemalaya fest.
On the US TV scene, the big to-do these days is over the imminent leavetaking by some talk-show icons who’ve ruled the roost for decades
The production team on the Sunday variety program “Party Pilipinas,” which aired its last episode on May 19, will “more or less remain intact” for the replacement show. “They have nothing to worry about,” said Lilybeth Rasonable, GMA 7 vice president for entertainment television, in response to a Twitter post from Regine Velasquez, a [...]
Tuesday afternoon, “Wowowillie” host-producer Willie Revillame announced his retirement from the noontime show in mid-October this year due to “personal” reasons. Few hours after, TV5 issued this statement: “We respect [his] decision [and] wish him well in his new pursuits.” All these came about following rumors that TV5 was not renewing Revillame’s contract [...]
WHEN we first watched the original American version of the “Minute to Win It” game show, we found it much too difficult and demanding for us to enjoy its challenges. For that reason, we viewed the program only occasionally. Interestingly, it was a different story when the show was “localized” for weekday viewing on [...]
The cast of the ABS-CBN teleserye “Be Careful With My Heart” is in Toronto, Ontario today for the “One Kapamilya Go! 2013” fans day. Joining Jodi Sta. Maria and Richard Yap are Aiza Seguerra, Mutya Orquia, Rosario “Tart” Carlos and Vivieka Vivieka. For details, visit the fan page at www.facebook.com/ TFCUSOfficial.
For the first time, the “Minute to Win It” game show franchise is fielding a “junior” edition—and it’s being done right here on Philippine TV, with the new show for juvenile players making its auspicious debut last April 29 at 11 a.m.
Like many other viewers, we watched more than our usual dose of television last May 13 and 14 to keep on top of the midterm polls, and to see which way the country’s electoral winds were blowing. How well did our broadcast people do their all-important job?
Actress Lovi Poe on Friday signed a three-year guaranteed contract with GMA 7 that would allow her to “work on as many drama series as she can,” said Entertainment TV vice president Lilybeth G. Rasonable.
New TV shows start telecasting every week, but May 22 is particularly exciting, because it’s the premiere telecast of the first “The Apprentice–Asia” challenge. The American original has billionaire Donald Trump as host and executive producer, and has been a hit for years.
After the good impression that the “real romance” anthology show, “Wagas,” made three weeks ago, its succeeding telecast was a disappointment because it was a relative puff piece on a “celebrity” TV chef’s “unique” love story.
A Vietnamese satellite television broadcaster said Thursday it had stopped airing foreign channels including CNN, BBC and Star World to comply with a new media law that came into effect this week.
