Enchong Dee is a full-fledged advocate of living a healthy lifestyle whose healthy regimen of exercise, swimming (an offshoot of his competitive days as front-runner for the De La Salle varsity swim team, which led to his stint with the Philippine National Swim Team), and careful food intake – keeps him at his best behavior … Continue reading »
Jack and the Beanstalk is a story of a young boy who traded his cow for magic beans that have turned out to be a beanstalk growing up to the sky where a giant lived with his golden harp and golden hen that lays golden eggs. Continue reading »
by Nickie Wang When our boat reached the islet called Naked Island I though I was in paradise. The clear turquoise waters were so calm and inviting. A full 360-degree view gave nothing but a scene of the waters kissing the blue sky while clouds of every imaginable form floated aimlessly. Continue reading »
by Nickie Wang An hour-long special on the Philippines will be featured on History’s flagship original production, Hidden Cities. In this episode, the team spearheaded by American-Burmese Anthony Morse, visited the Philippines and discovered stories and places that according to the host “may not even be familiar to locals.” Continue reading »
by Nickie Wang American novelist and screenwriter Nicholas Sparks spends five to six hours a day to come up with two thousand words enough to produce a novel in a month time. Ask if he encounters any writer’s block, he answers: Every single day. Continue reading »
Every Filipino knows what turon is—a fried banana rolled into a spring roll wrapper and dusted with brown sugar. Sometimes it is stuffed with jackfruit or sweet potato. But if we add some syrup and remove the wrapper, can we still call it turon? If not, what do we call it then? Continue reading »
Former police officer Larry Martin, 36, won the title The Biggest Loser Pinoy Edition winner after losing 101 pounds and spending 125 days training at the Biggest Loser camp. Larry, who was retained in the show being a wild card entry, won P1 million and a condominium unit. Also, he will appear on the cover of Men’s Health Philippines in its November … Continue reading »
Cultural Center of the Philippines: The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) is being criticized for housing the controversial Kulo art exhibit which includes Mideo Cruz’ mixed-media collage, Poletismo. The exhibition features election campaign posters, photos of national heroes and movie idols, religious images with condoms and Jesus Christ with a movable wooden penis. The … Continue reading »
by Nickie Wang Fashion and commercial model Tweetie de Leon-Gonzales is going to be Heidi Klum’s local counterpart as she joins the third season of Project Runway Philippines. Continue reading »
by Nickie Wang A day before 9,500 running enthusiasts flocked to the SM Mall of Asia grounds for the Rexona Adventure 2011, Unilever brand manager Anne Remulla tackled with us why the brand is positioning itself as one of the front runners in promoting sports development in the country. Continue reading »
by Nickie Wang In this day and age when young people can easy get a boyfriend or a girlfriend even just after a few encounters on social networking sites, it’s quite hard to believe that young star Angel Locsin and Philippine Azkals most identified member Phil Younghusband are just simply dating. Continue reading »
by Nickie Wang On the eve of Women’s Day celebration, Google Philippines released a list of 20 most influential women in the country, and majority of the names were from the Kapamilya network. The list, which is based on the volume of search queries local Google received last year, named 11 Kapamilya stars. Continue reading »
by Nickie Wang A quick search on Wikipedia or Google will give you a list of all the achievements and career highlights of Deftones, an American alternative metal band from Sacremento, California. But to actually hear it from the band gives us a better understanding why and how after 23 long years, Chino Moreno, Stephen … Continue reading »
by Nickie Wang The film 127 Hours was made with a measly $18 million-budget. That is actually equivalent to the talent fee of a single Hollywood A-lister. Yet, the independently produced film (take note that is not a digital movie) is nominated for six Academy awards including Best Picture and Best Actor and its box-office … Continue reading »
After Piolo admitted that he and KC Concepcion are already been a couple since October last year, people wonder no more on how the actor would celebrate the most romantic day of the year. But then again, Piolo chose to spend the Valentine’s Day with his fans, probably he and KC celebrated it in advance. … Continue reading »
by Nickie Wang Any station should be alarmed when it is losing its audience because it only means that a rival network is benefitting from its failure. In this respect, the Kapamilya network’s plan to launch a new noontime show spells its eagerness to give its rival a real competition to lure its audience back. … Continue reading »
by Nickie Wang A mysterious stone falls from the heavens granting Ada, a quaint beauty salon owner, the ability to transform into ZsaZsa Zaturnnah, a superhuman warrior endowed with uncanny strength and remarkable beauty. As she fearlessly defends a small town from power-tripping planet women, a giant frog and rampaging zombies, she finds her true … Continue reading »
by Nickie Wang That might sound contemporary and innovative yet a little unexciting since we all knew Francisco “Balagtas” Baltazar as the great poet with a laurel on his head, famous for his work Florante at Laura, which is now a staple in the high school curriculum. So how are you going to enjoy a … Continue reading »
by Nickie Wang A swarm of local films hit all movie theaters last month due to the annual Metro Manila Film Festival. That gave us an additional eight mainstream movies and five additional independent films to the 74 full-length features previously released in 2010. Twelve of these 87 movie titles now are from Star Cinema … Continue reading »
People…are talking about Jewel Mische Her appearance on Maalaala Mo Kaya last Saturday re-affirms her status as one of the stars to watch out for this year. Her career, which was frozen when she’s still with GMA-7, suddenly became splendid. It’s so alive that she can even sing A Whole New World with gusto. Now … Continue reading »
