from pep.ph: Lovi Poe renews anew her three-year exclusive contract with GMA-7 and says- “I’m just happy that I’m back home.”

by Nikko Tuazon posted on May 17, 2013 

(grabbed link from pep.ph)

http://pep.ph/news/38709/lovi-poe-signs-three-year-exclusive-contract-with-gma-7-ldquoirsquom-just-happy-that-irsquom-back-homerdquo

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Imagelovi: a loyal star.

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Muling pumirma ng three-year exclusive contract ang aktres na si Lovi Poe sa Kapuso network.

Ginanap ang contract signing sa boardroom ng GMA Network Center sa Timog Avenue, Quezon City kaninang hapon, March 17.

Ayon kay Lovi, nagbakasyon lang muna siya matapos ang kanyang sunud-sunod na movie projects.

“Well, I just took a vacation and gusto ko magpahinga sandali [when] I’m finished with my two movies and focus on that.

“I’m just so happy that I’m back home,” sabi niya nang makausap ng PEP.ph (Philippine Entertainment Portal) at iba pang media.

Natagalan bago nagdesisyon si Lovi na mag-renew ng kontrata sa GMA-7, kaya naman umusbong ang usap-usapan na lilipat na siya ng ibang network.

Ngunit hindi direktang sinagot ng aktres ang dahilan kung bakit ngayon lang siya pumirma ng kontrata.

Aniya, “I think we should move on from that already.

“It’s something that I don’t want to talk about.

“Ako, I started here in GMA, so that’s the first thing naman na naisip ko about renewing. It’s not about anything else.”

Dagdag pa niya, “I wasn’t thinking about anything.

“I just wanted to go on a vacation lang, so isinantabi ko muna yung pag-iisip dun sa pagbalik ko dito sa GMA.

“It’s not about thinking about other [networks].

“Basta ako, right now, I’m just happy that I’m back home.”

Nilinaw rin ni Lovi na hindi totoo ang kumalat na balitang nagpapataas lang daw siya ng presyo kaya hindi muna siya pumirma ulit sa Kapuso network.

 

para sa latest batch of graduates ng psf acting workshop…ANG BAHAGHARI AY MARARATING N’YO!

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the latest batch of graduates of psf acting workshop

the latest batch of graduates of psf acting workshop

the best actors and best actresses at the psf acting workshop recital

the best actors and best actresses at the psf acting workshop recital

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“BAHAGHARI NG MGA BAGONG ARTISTA SA TEATRO”

NAKITA KO SA KANILANG MGA MUKHA ANG PAG-ASA…

ANG SAYA, ANG LUNGKOT, ANG HAMON.

SILA ANG BUKAS…

MGA ARTISTANG MAGSISIMULA NANG MAGNINGNING SA ILAW NG ENTABLADO.

MGA ARTISTIKONG NILALANG, MGA MATATAPANG NA MANUNULAT-

SA KAKAIBANG MUNDO NG TANGHALAN.

 

ANG LATEST BATCH OF PSF ACTING WORKSHOP GRADUATES.

 

ISANG ARAW ‘YUN NA NAGTURO AKO SA KANILA.

AT IBINIGAY NILANG LAHAT AT IPINAKITA SA AKIN ANG KAGALINGAN NILA…

HIGIT PA SA MGA ARTISTANG NAPAPANOOD KO SA TELEBISYON O SA PELIKULA…

MGA BATA, HINDI PA SANAY O NAHAHASA SA KAGALINGAN… PERO, PINAMANGHA AKO.

 

KAILANGANG DUMAMI SILA AT HUMAYO PA…

UPANG MULING SUMIGLA ANG TANGHALAN…

SA MUNDONG NANGANGAILANGAN NG EKSPRESYON,

SA BAHAGHARING NAGHIHINTAY LAMANG NA MARATING NG LAHAT.

 

PARA SA KANILA,

PARA ‘YO.

 

MAGPAKAILANMAN.

 

 

words written by robert manuguid silverio

photos were grabbed ‘unauthorized’ at ms. rossellyn domingo’s fb timeline wall.

from sssip:-)  Nasa ibaba ang sentimental na fb status ni ms. Rossellyn Domingo, isa sa mga nag-graduate sa nagdaang summer workshop ng Philippine Stagers Foundation:

 

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rossellyn domingo

“Pagpapaalam bilang Joanne Silvestre. (Ang karakter na ginampanan ko sa aming recital para sa pagtatapos ng PSF Summer Workshop)

Hindi maipaliwanag ang aking pakiramdam ng ipinagkatiwala sa akin ang role na ito. Isang researcher/historian na malayong malayo sa identidad ko ngunit may isang tao na malapit sa puso ko na katulad ni Joanne. Sa oras na kinukwestyon ko ang aking kakayahan naisip ko na marahil may nakita ang aming direktor sa akin na hindi ko nakikita sa aking sarili. Ako ang napiling gumanap hindi dahil historyador ang aking kasintahan, kundi dahil ako si Rossellyn kailangan ko lang maniwala na kaya ko. Sa isang bagong pagkatao na minsan kong binuhay sa entablado ay hindi ko maiwasan na mahalin ang mga paninindigan at desisyon ni Joanne. Magpalaya, sumubok, at magpatawad para sa bayan. Balansehin ang kasaysayan at sining. Mahalin at bigyan ng halaga ang bawat sakripisyo ng ating pambansang bayani. Mas mahallin ang bayan dahil ito ang nagpupunla ng mga taong kayang magbago at magbangon sa bayan, iba’t iba man ang larangan. Walang malaki o maliit na kontribusyon basta’t bukal sa puso at pinagsusumikapan. Sa pag-iwan natin sa mundo na minsang naging parte ng ating buhay lumipad tayo ng sakdal tayog. Para sa sining, para sa bayan. “

 

 

janice hung fansign photos, action photos, a new musical vid, and more!

janice hung: "philippine wushu goddess"

janice hung: “philippine wushu goddess”

 

janice on the kick!

janice on the kick!

 

a fan's picture collage on janice

a fan’s picture collage on janice

janice in action

janice in action

 

janice does the mid-air kick!

janice does the mid-air kick!

 

janice's fansigns

janice’s fansigns

janice with her female students at wushu

janice with her female students at wushu

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Janice Hung’s fans are so lucky! And why? It’s because it’s Miss Janice Hung herself who’s doing all those fansigns! And the pictures shows them clearly!

That’s why Janice’s fans are adding-up and really multiplying…

The pretty ‘Wushu expert-singer-model-athlete’ is the right celebrity to adore and idolize.

And women must be grateful to her. And men beware!

Yes. because a lot of women are now learning some martial arts skills and Wushu skills from Janice. So that whenever men will physically harm them, they can fight back! Janice is God’s gift for fighting-off bad men. Haha.

Look at those mid-air kicks and the 180-degree kick photos. It really shows how good she is… in action!

Anyway, only recently, Janice recorded her own cover of the song of PSY, entitled “Gentleman”. She mashed it up with Gangnam style. It immediately got more than 15 thousand views at Youtube.Com in less than a month.

Great.

Plus, Janice’s “JANICE HUNG TV”, her own website TV had started and now gaining high blogviews at the net. Here’s the link: http://www.janicehung.com

She’s featuring many segments on that website. The latest thing she did there was cook Chinoy Adobo in a sizzling catch! Just check out her Janice Hung TV and you’ll surely enjoy.

Bloggers and writers tag and call her now as:

The “PHILIPPINE WUSHU GODDESS”.

 

words by robert manuguid silverio

 

 

 

 

ONE DIRECTION ‘WHERE WE ARE’ STADIUM TOUR 2014

ONE DIMENSION

 

 

IN 2014, ONE DIRECTION (1D) WILL HAVE THEIR “WHERE WE ARE” WORLDWIDE STADIUM TOUR!

KAYA LILIBOT SILA SA IBA’T-IBANG PANIG NG MUNDO, INCLUDING ASIA, PARA SA TOUR NILA…

PERO DITO SA FIRST LEG OF TOUR NILA ALL OVER THE WORLD, WALA ANG PILIPINAS!

MAGHINTAY NA LAMANG TAYO AT BAKA MAG-IBA PA ANG IHIP NG HANGIN.

DI BA???

ABANGAN!

“The FIRST dates for the Where We Are 2014 tour has now been posted online! Do not fret, they said ‘FIRST’ meaning there’s more to come! Keep your fingers crossed!”- FROM ONE DIRECTION PHILIPPINES OFFICIAL ‘FACEBOOK PAGE’.

TO STAY PUT WITH THE LATEST NEWS, heto ang link sa ibaba ng official facebook page ng One Direction Philippines:

https://www.facebook.com/1DPhil

 

LANCE RAYMUNDO TALKS ABOUT DIREK ATO BAUTISTA, JUDO FIGHTING, INTERNALIZING ON CAMERA AND SHOWING-OFF HIS BUTT, AMONG OTHERS…

lance in a dramatic photo-shot by american filmaker-actor mr. don gordon bell

lance in a dramatic photo-shot by american filmaker-actor mr. don gordon bell

lance: a handsome chameleon. (photo by: don gordon bell)

lance: a handsome chameleon. (photo by: don gordon bell)

lance: in-between the "shadow leggies". haha.

lance: in-between the “shadow leggies”. haha.

lance with co-actor in "alaala ng tag-ulan" akihiro blanco and american actor-filmaker don gordon bell

lance with co-actor in “alaala ng tag-ulan” akihiro blanco and american actor-filmaker don gordon bell

lance in his judo training

lance in his judo training

lance, far right, with the whole cast of "alaala ng tag-ulan" and direk ato bautista (center middle in white shirt)

lance, far right, with the whole cast of “alaala ng tag-ulan” and direk ato bautista (center middle in white shirt)

"we just simply want to include this picture in this blogpost because lance is with his best buddy here- CARLO"

“we just simply want to include this picture in this blogpost because lance is with his best buddy here- CARLO”

 

(words written by robert manuguid silverio/ with words of answers from lance raymundo)

“LANCE RAYMUNDO TALKS ABOUT DIREK ATO BAUTISTA, JUDO FIGHTING, INTERNALIZING ON CAMERA AND SHOWING-OFF HIS BUTT, AMONG OTHERS…”

A handsome chameleon, that must be Lance Raymundo…

 

His personality changes, his look varies, his appearance transforms…

 

A reinvention. A versatile man. Shifting from many different types of characters and selves- yes, that’s Lance Raymundo.

 

Over breakfast of chocolates, hot cocoa, garlic fried rice and grilled bangus fish- Lance took an hour-off from his hectic schedules to be with this blogger again. The morning sun is incredibly hot and penetrating- just the same way one could feel towards Lance by looking and gazing at his new rugged looks. Bearded, tanned, long-haired.

 

But sincerity was utmost felt. His eyes could kill.

 

Here’s our Q & A (Question & Answer) interview with Lance Raymundo:

 

SSSIP:

How’s your rapport with the people of “Alaala Ng Tag-Ulan”, the latest film you’re currently shooting, Lance? 

 

LANCE:

Okay! It was so nice, Rob. It’s super-fun! Kasundo ko lahat ng mga artistang kasama ko doon sa film. I got no problems with them, they are all so good. With direk Ato Bautista, our director in the film, I can say now that he’s quite strict- but strict in a very pleasant way. Outside the camera, when we’re not on take, puro lokohan kami. We could joke around with him, laugh with him and treat him just as an odinary guy. But once the camera started rolling, automatic, the mood could change. Our respect to our director could be felt then to the maximum. He could illicit that kind of feeling that he’s still our director, kaya ang ganda ng flow ng work naming lahat. It’s really a pleasant experience for me.

 

SSSIP:

Can you barely describe to us now your character in the said film?

 

LANCE:

My character is due to develop. It’s like you’ll get to know my character in the said film gradually up to the last minute. That’s how awesome my character is in the film. Akihiro Blanco’s character in the said film looks up to me and adores me because I am the rugged type of a man there.

 

SSSIP:

There are ‘hot whispers’ circulating around that you’ll do some nudity and steamy lovescenes here with Mocha Uson. If ever, are you willing to show-off your butt in this film?

 

LANCE:

I guess the film is more of a family drama than ‘a sexual awakening type of film’. So I don’t think it’s going to be a HOT film as what other people are thinking. Those hot whispers are simply hot whispers, Rob. But if ever, wala namang kaso sa akin if I’ll show-off my butt. Basta ba babae ang kaeksena ko at hindi GAY. Haha. Especially if it’s Mocha, kahit na siguro hindi pa ako bayaran ng talent fee ko, just to have a hot scene with her is okay.

 

SSSIP:

Nadagdagan na ngayon ang sports mo, papa Lance. Your now into Judo fighting na rin. We heard that this kind of sports entails a lot of physical exertion and mind-set. What can you say about judo, papa Lance?

 

LANCE:

I’m lucky to have a background in boxing, because it helped me a lot in my judo training now. Just like boxing, judo requires discipline, accuracy, precision. It’s more about making your enemy fall-off, and throwing! You see, Rob, what I learned in sports is, you can do anything under the sun basta ba ginusto mo. People can make wonders. People can achieve the impossible. Basta nasa puso mo ang ginagawa mo, basta determined ka, you won’t FAIL. It’s like conquering your fears. Lahat ng bagay dito sa mundo ay magagawa mo basta malinis ang puso mo.

 

SSSIP:

I do agree, Lance. Thank you.

 

LANCE:

Thanks, too, Rob.

 

(end of interview)

CCP HOLDS NECROLOGICAL RITES FOR LATE NAT’L ARTIST DAISY AVELLANA

DAISY HONTIVEROS AVELLANA National Artist for Theater (26 January 1917 - 12 May 2013)

DAISY HONTIVEROS AVELLANA
National Artist for Theater
(26 January 1917 – 12 May 2013)

DAISY HONTIVEROS-AVELLANA, NATIONAL ARTIST FOR THEATER

DAISY HONTIVEROS-AVELLANA, NATIONAL ARTIST FOR THEATER

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CCP HOLDS NECROLOGICAL RITES FOR LATE NAT’L ARTIST DAISY AVELLANA

THE Cultural Center of the Philippines will pay tribute to the late National Artist for Theater Daisy Avellana in a necrological ceremony on May 17, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. at the CCP Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (Main Theater). Interment will follow at 12 noon at the Loyola Memorial Park in Marikina City.

Avellana passed away on May 12, 2013 at the age of 96.

Proclaimed National Artist for Theater in 1999, Avellana was long regarded as the Grand Dame of Philippine stage.

Avellana won much acclaim and was much awarded for her work in Philippine theater. She is best remembered for her stage performances as Candida in Nick Joaquin’s play Portrait of the Artist as Filipino, Eleanor in Lion in Winter, Elizabeth in Elizabeth the Queen, Sarah Bernhardt in Memoir and other roles as Medea, Desdemona and Lady Macbeth. A versatile actress, director, producer and writer, she co-founded, together with her husband, National Artist for Theater and Film Lamberto Avellana, the Baranggay Theater Guild in 1939.  In its time, the Guild produced what was considered breakthrough productions of classic Filipino and foreign plays.  She directed the opera Diego Silang and the zarzuela Walang Sugat, and collaborated with her husband Lamberto on the story of the classic Filipino film Sakay.  She wrote the screen adaptation of Nick Joaquin’s Portrait of the Artist as Filipino and co-authored the scripts for the film classics Badjao and Anak Dalita.

When she was conferred the National Artist Theater Award, Avellana was cited as a “consummate actor, inspiring director, pioneer in stage acting” and for having devoted most of her life “for the establishment of professional performing groups and the professionalization of theater.”

si aj at ang bote ng coke

si aj at ang bote ng coke

“SI AJ AT ANG BOTE NG COKE”

Itaas mo pa, AJ.
Itaas mo pa ang bote ng ‘Coke’
Dahil feeling ko,
‘yun AKO…

Buhay Coke, Buksan Mo
Dahil ang buhay ay binubuksan, hindi itinatago
Lalo na sa dalawang nilalang
na alam ang kahulugan ng BUHAY.

Dahil minsan, o kadalasan,
nawalan na sila
ng BUHAY…

Pero sila’y mananatili,
upang ipadama
ang HALAGA ng buhay…

sandal ka lang, AJ…
SA SINASABI NILANG ‘PLASTIC’ NA STRAW
dahil yun ang tunay
na magmamahal sa ‘yo…

Panaginip man o mga alaala…
sa panahong hindi mo maapuhap,
sa kalawakang puno ng misteryo
at siyensyang mag-aaral at tutuklas…

Sa hiwaga
ng
PAGMAMAHAL.

MAGPAKAILANMAN.

 

(as the words were written, by robert manuguid silverio, may 15, 2013)