Marvin Agustin’s new reality challenge show, “Karinderya Wars,” has just completed its third week of telecasts on TV5. How well is it faring, and who are the front-runners in its search for the best masa cook in the land?
BLAME it on the scorching summer temperature. For the second time in two months, controversial TV host Willie Revillame found himself in hot water, with his noontime show on Monrday slapped a rating of Strong Parental Guidance, or SPG, by the review board, for an episode that showed a female dancer named Charm wearing a “skimpy costume” that resulted in “excessive flesh exposure.”
Eula Caballero is off to greater heights as she topbills TV5’s fantaserye “Cassandra: Warrior Angel” with Eula Valdes which premieres in May. They portray mother and daughter separated by supernatural circumstances.
Ethel Booba is not ready to make nice with Willie Revillame. “I was really hurt by what he did. When I was working with him, I would often cry because of his jokes.” Bandera
Viewership surveys show that the country’s two leading TV networks dominate the ratings race. That’s no surprise. One network is more popular than the other—but, which is which depends on the type of survey you follow, and the scope of the area (nationwide? Metro Manila?) being covered. What’s more surprising is the survey result [...]
The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) on Wednesday ordered TV5’s noontime show “Wowowillie” to provide “gender-sensitivity and decorum measures” that would promote “more positive images of women and men.”
Believe it or not, the hosts of the new TV5 game show “Jeepney Jackpot: Pera o Para” have actually tried riding the ubiquitous public transport in the past. “When I was a student and, even after graduation, when I started working as a news reporter (on RPN 9), I often took the jeepney,” Mr. Fu [...]
Actor Baron Geisler did it again. This time, the troubled actor, who is said to be fighting depression and alcoholism, caused a commotion at the TV 5 ball Tuesday when he
quarelled with the station’s talents Edgar Allan Guzman and IC Mendoza and stole a kiss from Divine Lee, according to Guzman’s manager, Noel Ferrer.
Gil Manalang, film enthusiast: “One of the reasons why our film industry is ‘alive’ only during the annual Metro Manila Film Festival and ‘dead’ in the months before it is the high cost of admission in movie houses. While I understand the present economic realities, perhaps film distributors, producers and theater operators can consider lowering the price of tickets to an affordable rate.
“I think I was extra nice this year. I was a good girl. Plus, I was able to achieve my goals, work-wise. I moved to TV5 and got good projects, too. I was able to act in my first play (‘Ang Tagak,’ the Filipino translation of Anton Chekhov’s ‘The Seagull’). When it comes to my [...]
Willie Revillame’s announcement on his TV5 show “Wil Time Bigtime” last week stunned avid viewers. He said he was going to rest in January 2013.
Since it started telecasting some months ago, we’ve been keeping tabs on TV5’s star discovery tilt, “Artista Academy.” In general, we laud the channel for trying to create its own stars, rather than just “renting” or “leasing” them from other networks.
