DITO Launches Exciting New Prepaid Promo "Level-Up Socials"

DITO Telecommunity DITO Level-Up Socials, an all-new mobile prepaid data promo packed with big data allocation designed for Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp usage.

One may argue that social media is the new poster boy for modern communication.

For instance, we always access our Facebook and Instagram to share life updates and interact with the world around us. Be it a fun travel getaway, a new achievement unlocked, or daily routines at home, we curate our feeds with IG-worthy photos, post stories showing our day, and create aesthetic reels to share our best moments and life happenings. Moreover, we also use these social apps to promote our businesses, support causes, and catch up on the latest news and trends.

Staying in touch with family and friends has also been easier through instant messaging apps like Messenger and WhatsApp. We bond over group chats by sending funny videos and memes while video calling our best friends to share the latest chika, making socializing more fun, faster, and convenient.

Indeed, social media has become an integral part of our lives by providing a platform for entertainment and information, supporting businesses, and fostering communities. Therefore, having access to affordable and generous data is no longer optional but a “must-have” to stay online and connected anytime, anywhere.

At the forefront of providing affordable and value-packed data subscription is DITO Telecommunity, the fastest-growing telecommunications provider in the country, which now officially launched DITO Level-Up Socials -- the newest and exciting mobile prepaid data subscription that offers high-speed and affordable data allocation for Meta apps (Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp), giving Filipinos more reasons to love DITO!

This new prepaid promo aims to provide bigger data allocation so Filipinos can level-up their socials and experience the best of Meta apps at a pocket-friendly price, enabling them to continuously like, heart, and share photos and create video contents for the world to see!

“The launch of Level-Up Socials underscores DITO’s commitment to continuously provide affordable and reliable connection to all Filipinos. Through this, customers can now enjoy subscriptions packed with generous data allocations for META such as Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Messenger, and WhatsApp,” said Evelyn Jimenez, DITO Chief Revenue Officer for Consumer business.

With DITO Level-Up Socials, customers can enjoy a total of 7GB data (3.5GB for Meta Apps + 3.5GB all-access data) for only PhP 50, valid for three days. Other Level-Up Socials data subscriptions include Level-Up Socials-20 packed with 2.5GB data (2GB for Meta Apps + 500 MB all-access data) valid for one day and Level-Up Socials-70 with a total of 10GB data (5GB for Meta Apps + 5GB all-access data) valid for seven days.

For users looking for higher data allocation and a longer validity period, Level-Up Socials-299 comes with a total of 40GB of data (35GB for Meta apps + 5GB all-access data), valid for 30 days. Level-Up Socials-399 has a total of 60GB data (50GB for Meta Apps + 10GB all-access data), while Level-Up Socials 499 and 599 have a total of 75GB data (60GB for Meta Apps+ 15GB all-access data) and 90GB data (70GB for Meta Apps + 20GB all-access data), respectively.

“In this increasingly digital and interconnected world, we’re adding this exciting new product to our portfolio to give our prepaid customers more options for their data subscriptions, especially for Meta apps enthusiasts. Filipinos are heavy users of social media, since we love to stay in touch with our family and friends online; hence, through Level-Up Socials, we are enabling them to stay connected and empowering them to create and share more content for the people they love,” Jimenez added.

Prepaid customers can now purchase DITO Level-Up Socials promos via the DITO App and DITO Authorized Retailers and Partner Stores nationwide.

For more information about DITO Level-Up Socials and other prepaid promos, visit https://dito.ph/prepaid.

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How to schedule Instagram posts through Facebook Creator Studio?

This is the greatest update yet for Facebook page managers! If you are a digital marketer and manages numerous pages, you can definitely take advantage of this latest feature. Facebook recently rolled out that you can now SCHEDULE INSTAGRAM POST through the Facebook Creator Studio.

First, you have to have a business profile or a Facebook page. You can set it up by logging in to business.facebook.com or creating a page.

Next, go to Creator Studio. Connect your Facebook page or pages. There's a pop-up to the Instagram page via desktop where you have to enter your log in credentials. Your page and Instagram account should be both on BUSINESS PROFILES to be able to activate the Instagram scheduler.

 Then, there's a new pop-up that you can only click OK.

If you've successfully logged in through Instagram, the Creator Studio dashboard will refresh and your IG account will appear in the list.

To post, you can choose from IG feed or IGTV and the Instagram accounts will slide from the right. Choose the account where you'll schedule your next post. The content fields will expand, write your caption, add location, drag down to select the media (photo/video) and a button will turn blue at the right corner of the browser.

Select your date of posting with the date and time you desire and click Schedule. That's it!

To verify, check the Content Library to know the status of the posts if Published or Scheduled.

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Magnolia Chocolait Chocotastic Magical Surprise Promo!

after long years, Magnolia Chocolait not only comes in baon packs but now they're holding a promo that everyone will enjoy. first, interested persons should buy Magnolia Chocolait Chocotastic Magical Surprise promo packs in all supermarkets and groceries nationwide.

there are 2 options to join. in every Chocotastic Magical Surprise promo packs, get the trump card and scratch off the silver print at the back to reveal the codes. you may use the code thru text or extend your play in the Chocotastic Game App on Facebook!

when you reach the top score in the game app, you will win an iPad mini! and the 10 runner-ups will receive Toy Kingdom GCs and 10 winners drawn via electronic raffle receives Magnolia Chocolait gift pack. if you join the text promo, you will get a chance to win a Family Vacation for 4 to Hong Kong, an iPad mini or Disney Luggages.

promo is until June 30 so you got a lot more time to buy, play and text.

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Lactum 3+ and 6+ takes a family to Disneyland HK

attention mommies and daddies! Lactum 3+ and 6+ will give a free trip to Disneyland Hong Kong for 4 when they join the newest promo on their page www.facebook.com/LactumPhilippines. just go to the Disney Doodle app and follow these simple instructions:

just register and upload a photo of your child's drawing of a Disney character, together with a Lactum 3+ and 6+ Meal Time Surprise. promo starts from September 15. take note of the guidelines found at the Facebook app to make your entries valid. the first 40 valid entries will be given 4 tickets each to the Disney Live: Mickey's Magic Show happening on October 5-6 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena.

entries will be given a time for voting so collect all the votes that you can. the 40 photos with the most likes will be judged accordingly through the following categories:

1. Creativity of Doodle/drawing - 50%
2. Brand Relevance / Product Placement – 30%
3. Relevance to the Theme – 20%

winner of the drawing contest will win a trip for 4 to Hong Kong Disneyland for 3 days and 2 nights. sounds fun isn't it?

terms and conditions apply. for more information, like the Lactum 3+ and 6+ page on Facebook.

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KC Concepcion's avatar to give food to those who need

the World Food Programme of the United Nations, in partnership with Sandbox, the biggest Southeast Asia game developer, has integrated its fight against hunger through a Facebook game called Stylista, with no other than WFP Ambassador, KC Concepcion on the frontline of the cause.

WFP-Philippines Representative Praveel Agrawal and KC Concepcion during the #KCStylista launch

the game Stylista, which is the #1 girl game in the region, allows users to dress up their avatars and each purchase of items in KC's Closet gives a donation to the project of the World Food Program in South East Asia, Philippines included. in conjunction with eradicating hunger and poverty for a progressive region. the game makes users  fashion forward and at the same time be able to help the needy through donations made for every purchase of items in KC's Closet.

KC's Closet

KC's Closet

so for new users, your Facebook account is already a passport to be able to play Stylista and avail of items in KC's Closet. just visit the site http://app.facebook.com/stylista and follow the easy instructions on how you can go on with the game. other than helping with the programs of WFP, you may also win real luxury items by completing challenges in Stylista. bags, shoes and even gadgets are given away to users that achieve challenges.

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Resorts World Manila's Grand Hotel Giveaway

since i am going on a little vacation right now, i would like to take the chance on winning Resorts World Manila's Grand Hotel Giveaway which can provide me a stay at Maxims Hotel or Remington Hotel just by logging on to Facebook!

once you've logged in to Facebook, all you have to do is LIKE the Resorts World Manila Page, go to the Grand Hotel Giveaway app and register. when registration is done, share, tweet and invite your friends to try the app and earn entries as well. you can share, tweet and invite once a day so be sure to visit the page everyday. as it was customary, the more entries you send, the more chances of winning!

Remington Hotel offers superb accommodation at a reasonable value for smart travelers. located near the NAIA Terminals 1, 2 and 3, it also provides convenience to guests as they give free shuttle service, 24 hours a day, every hour, on the hour.

Remington Hotel

Maxims Hotel, on the other hand, provides the luxury at its best. an all-suite property catering to discerning tastes. the lavish and spacious area also has individual butlers serving at your needs from itinerary to dining reservations, 24 hours a day. how's that for a posh living?

Maxims Suite

so visit the Resorts World Manila Facebook page right now and join the Grand Hotel Giveaway promo! this goes only until September 3!

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Facebook launches stickers in chat

in this era of online messages gets cuter and cuter with different apps like Line, WeChat, Viber, WhatsApp and more, Facebook didn't want to get left behind with stickers for instant communication.

launching 15 sets of stickers, in addition to the smiley emoticons are:

Despicable Me, Beast, First Mate, Happy Go Lucky

Pricky Pear, Banana, Wide Eyes, Skullington

Pusheen, Bun, Hatch, Napoli

Meep, Tigerbell, Mango

if you didn't find it at your own chat box, just click on the smiley face at the right corner, find the basket icon (Sticker Store) and the menu will appear. all stickers are still free and that Despicable Me minions are already a premium. let's hope that these stickers will be available on Facebook commenting too.

sticker downloading is available on iOS, Android and desktop Facebook chatting. BlackBerry Facebook app doesn't support this yet. images are in PNG format.

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SAMSUNG SMART TV to my dad

Dear Dad,

This might be the best gift that you'll ever give me. I won't ask for anything else and this would not be a very costly one. A good investment for a long-term fun and quality time. Okay, here it is. I want a Samsung Smart TV! Hahaha!

That would be a practical joke to my father but it would be better if he grants me my wish. I know that having a Samsung Smart TV would replace all entertainment appliances at home. And talking about wanting a Samsung Smart TV, there is an ongoing contest on Facebook that will give you a chance to win the item that I am dreaming of. And this is very much dedicated to our fathers -- it's the Samsung Smart TV Dear Dad contest. If you win, you might bring home a Samsung D6600 Smart TV 46-inch or Samsung D5500 Smart TV 40-inch.

1. On Facebook, Like the Samsung Smart TV PH Fan Page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Samsung-TV-PH/192215657481133) and register for the Dear Dad Contest.

2. Select or create your own letter that you want to send your Dad.

3. Type in your Dad’s name and write a personal message about how you can bond with him through a Smart TV.

4. Type in your Dad’s email address and click send.

5. Post it on your wall, share to your friends and get a chance to win a Smart TV for you and your Dad!

You don't have to worry to get mushy or bribe your father composing this letter. It is a generating app that will give you the simple letter. Try to search for my entry in the application and you can make your own too.


There are a lot of things you can do with the Samsung Smart TV. The first and only TV app in the market that can let you browse and watch videos online, read blogs, play games. Who knows what are the other possibilities with the Samsung Smart TV? What would you tell your dad?

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Samsung Series 9 will be mine!

I would love to have a Samsung Series 9 Notebook. If you would recall what i've enumerated in the past post, you will see the sexiest specs of technology yet. The Samsung Series 9 has the sexiest design and lightest from all the laptops that I know. And with the coolest gadgets in stores, it would be best that I could just acquire one. I am so thankful enough that there is an ongoing Samsung Series 9 contest in Facebook and this might be my chance to have th Samsung Series 9!

The steps to winning are quite simple. All you have to do is:
1. Register on Samsung Notebook Series 9: Sexy Street Style Facebook fanpage.
2. Upload a stylish photo in of yourself that defines what sexy for you is.
3. Write about your personal definition of sexy.
4. Ask your friends to vote for your sexy photo entry.
5. Make it your profile picture in Facebook
6. Sexiest photos get a chance to win either a Samsung Notebook Series 9 or a Rajo Laurel, Rhette Eala, or Randy Ortiz designer wear.

Of course, I've joined the contest! Below is my entry with a bunch of other Sexy PC hopefuls:

This photo was taken by my friend Johan Sy (STUDIyo) during our stay at Punta Fuego last weekend. I think this was the best photo to submit to the contest. And what I think is sexy? A dignified spirit, a good disposition in life added with a little humor. I think that's sensible and very sexy. What about you? Please LIKE my entry and I encourage you to join the contest.

And talk about sexy, you may want to watch another video about the launch last March 22 in Peninsula Hotel in Makati. The launch also featured sexy designer clothing collection from Rajo Laurel, Rhett Eala and Randy Ortiz. Celebrities and distinguished guests attended the sexy launch of Samsung Series 9 Notebook.


designs by Rajo Laurel

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SM MUNTINLUPA's I ♥ MY PET CONTEST

JOIN SM Muntinlupa's I ♥ My Pet photo contest by following the mechanics below:

1. Contest is open to all shoppers of SM Center Muntinlupa. Contestants may be professionals, hobbyists or amateurs.
2. There will be two phases of the program:

• Facebook I My Pet Contest that will run from May 8 to May 13, 2011
• I My Pet Show and Contest on May 14, 2011

3. All pets entered in the Facebook I My Pet Contest will automatically join the I My Pet Show
and Contest on May 14, 2011.

Facebook I ♥ MY PET Contest

PET PHOTO CONTEST
1. Photo entry must depict the owner and his/ her pet bonding at SM Center Muntinlupa. There are no restrictions as to the composition of the photo – be it taken in the common area of the mall or in stores. Anything may be the subject of the photo.

2. Photos must not contain inappropriate content, including, but not limited to:

• Obscene, pornographic or sexually-explicit / suggestive content or information
• Content that is considered offensive to the users, such as those which encourage the commission of an illegal, immoral or threatening activity
• Materials which are defamatory or libelous in character or those which violate the privacy of any group or individual.

3. Entries should be original shots of the contestant, must not be owned by other entity or subject of any copyright issue. Digitally enhancements are allowed.

4. Registration to the Facebook I ♥ My Pet Contest is from April 14 to May 7, 2011. Photo must be sent to smmuntinlupa.pets@yahoo.com. It must be in jpeg format with the subject “I My Pet” The following details must be included in the e-mail:
• Photo Title
• Name of Photographer
• Complete Address
• Contact Numbers
**Note: Only one photo per pet will be allowed, but shopper may enter more than one pet in the contest.

5. Deadline of submission of entries is at 6 PM of May 7, 2011. All entries received after the deadline will not be qualified for the
contest.

6. Photos will be compiled into “I My Pet” Album at SM Center Muntinlupa’s Facebook Fan Page.

7. Voting starts on May 8, 2011 and ends on May 13, 2011, 6 PM. Voting System is as follows:
• Anyone is allowed to like the entry photo.
• Creation of new accounts for the purpose of voting is not prohibited provided that the users have profile pictures and basic information.
• One like is equivalent to one point.

8. Facebook users can vote only once per photo entry but they can vote for different entries from other users.

9. The photo with the most number of likes will be declared the I ♥ My Pet Facebook Choice Awardee and will receive P2,000.00 worth of SM Gift Certificates.

10. The decision of the board is final and not subject to disputes.

I ♥ MY PET Pet Show and Contest

PET SHOW AND CONTEST
1. All pets entered in the Facebook I ♥ My Pet photo contest are automatically included in the I ♥ My Pet Show and Contest on May 14, 2011.
2. Upon registration, each pet will be registered under one category only:
a. Star of the Night

• Grooming – 30%
• Outfit – 45%
• SM Eco Bag Votes – 25%

b. Wonder Pet (tricks)

• Grooming – 15%
• Outfit – 20%
• Trick Performance – 40%
• SM Eco Bag Votes – 25%

3. SM Eco Bag voting period will happen on May 14, 2011 from 10AM until 4PM. To vote, customers must drop the receipt/s of SM Eco Bags (receipt date must be May 14, 2011) on the box of their pet choice. One (1) receipt is equal to one (1) vote. Customers must affix their name, contact number and signature at the back of the receipt as proof of their vote.
4. All props and costumes of the pets will be shouldered by the owner.
5. Winners from each category will receive P3,000.00 worth of SM Gift Certificates
6. The decision of the board is final and irrevocable.

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RED MOBILE CRAZY LOW RATES PROMO winners!

congratulations to the winners of Red Mobile's Crazy Low Rates promo!

1. Jonaliane Meach S.A. Flores
2. Michael Tutor
3. Anthony Aguilar
4. Kristina Amanda Cruz
5. Ryan Apuan
6. Kimberly E. Sabas
7. Jerome Ng
8. Jesusa Onato
9. Glory Ann Ocay
10. Imo Garcia

they all get a new Nokia C3 courtesy of Red Mobile.

subscribe now to Red Mobile and get the lowest amazing rates of unlimited call and text!

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THE SOCIAL NETWORK movie review

the origins of Facebook is traced in Columbia Pictures' highly-acclaimed movie of today's generation, THE SOCIAL NETWORK. starring Jesse Eisenberg as Facebook creator, Mark Zuckerberg; Justin Timberlake as Napster founder-turned-president, Sean Parker. the film is directed by David Fincher and is now showing in theaters nationwide.

the film is really interesting in this time today. you will be amazed on how it all started as a joke and great opportunity came. having a brain like Mark Zuckerberg's is a gold mine. not only hailed from Harvard, he just did what he likes -- up to the extent that he has to diss his ex-girlfriend. imagine blogging for longer hours which only took him to earn thousands of hits in just 4 hours! that's a very hard achievement for a site owner.

i admire the way that Mark Zuckerberg speaks. it may seem a little nerdy but we have to admit. we take a look at other people's social network profiles to sometimes take the negative out of them for us to throw something back at them when things don't go our way.


know how to speak like a Harvard student. it's kind of inspiring to go back to school again, minus the algorithmic language that Zuckerberg speaks. and from there, his friend Eduardo (Andrew Garfield) saw the opportunities in business.

we always see movies of law students in Harvard. here, we saw the application of law and how people can use their power, greed and even greater potentials. it served that we should be grateful of the education we are getting and should strive for it.

Justin Timberlake's breakthrough performance as Sean Parker is amazing. you will like him for his radical and creative business ideas but hate him for a being a user. but i would like to commend Mark Zuckerberg for making a good business decision of choosing Sean Parker as a partner-consultant. if it wouldn't for Parker, we will have a corny social network name and an ugly Facebook. these two have the violating ideas but they converted these ideas to money.

THE SOCIAL NETWORK is really a must-see. this is a mirror of our generation and makes an individual stronger. in ways that you cannot imagine, you can start kicking someone's a** and laugh at how they treated you. we can attest that karma is a b*tch.

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ANDREW GARFIELD interview for THE SOCIAL NETWORK

Before he conquers the big screen as the new Spider-Man in 2012, young actor Andrew Garfield can be seen in Columbia Pictures' acclaimed drama “The Social Network,” the controversial film detailing the Harvard dorm room origins of social media megasite Facebook.

Garfield plays Eduardo Saverin, co-founder of Facebook with fellow Harvard undergrad Mark Zuckerberg. The two were former best friends but deviated as Facebook became immensely successful and eventually parted ways.

The actor-on-the-rise talks about “The Social Network” in the following interview:

Q: How tricky was it to portray Eduardo Saverin with the story of Facebook still being written?

Andrew Garfield: It's rare that a subject is tackled immediately after its conception, but we had a script and Aaron Sorkin [the screenwriter] researched the story very well. I find it very interesting that it was told from multiple perspectives and no one was portrayed right or wrong.

Q: Given director David Fincher’s exacting reputation, what was your experience of working on “The Social Network?”

Garfield: It was just the greatest, really. The amount of trust that you feel for him, that you can place all of your trust in him if you’re a fan of his work. Which I am, I’m a fan of all of his movies so I love his taste and I love the performances that he gets from people. You can let go in a scene, and you don’t have to worry about doing what you want to do because you know that whatever he’s got in mind is going to be better than what you want to do. He does do a lot of takes.

Q: The lore is that he often gets up in the 70s.

Garfield: Oh, yeah. Every time. But it’s the best, the most freeing filming experience I’ve had, and the most enjoyable filming experience I’ve ever had just because of the sheer freedom. And you leave everything there. You do the scene every single different way you could have ever done the scene. He just wants you to fuck up so that you become more alive in the moment. And we’re working on the Red cameras, it was digital, so he’ll just delete things if it doesn’t work.

It’s boring sometimes and it’s painful, but then what’s the point otherwise? I’m a total advocate of that. For young actors especially who are hungry to explore the craft of acting, and working with Aaron Sorkin’s words, and then having Fincher steering you and guiding the ship, we all kind of wanted to savor every moment.

Q: Did you get to spend much time with [co-star] Justin Timberlake?

Garfield: Yeah, such a good guy. At first I was very intimated because he has this iconic status. Which is such a weird thing for a human being to have. He’s just a good person, genuinely funny, engaging, warm, supportive. Very generous. That was one of the other great things, there was no competitiveness between any of the actors on the set.

Q: Really? I’m surprised. I would think that because of the nature of the story that that would actually help the dynamic onscreen.

Garfield: Yeah, David Fincher was pitting us against each other in the scenes. But outside of that, he cast a group of people that got on very well. Everyone felt very lucky to be there, so that permeated the feeling on set. But Justin was amazing, and great to work with, and I love Jesse Eisenberg so much.

Q: Did you guys get any time together off set? Go to ball games or anything?

Garfield: Yeah. We did. Me and Jesse, after Boston we were shooting in Baltimore for four days, and we spent Halloween in Baltimore on our own hanging around this awful shopping mall with a Hard Rock Café and a Cheesecake Factory and a Borders. And then we saw a Ravens game. We saw a Celtics game when we were in Boston, which was amazing. And Jesse got the green clover drawn on his face. He has all these different personality facets. He’s so smart and so funny and so cerebral and neurotic and vulnerable. But then very defensive and then kind of stupid and irreverent. But mostly funny, and can turn any situation into something Seinfeldian. He may differ with this because he’s a contrarian, but I feel like our relationship reflected the best friends thing during shooting. For me, anyway.
(Opening across the Philippines on Oct. 27, “The Social Network” is distributed by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures Releasing International. Visit http://www.columbiapictures.com.ph for trailers, exclusive content and free downloads. Like us at www.Facebook.com/ColumbiaPicturesPH and join our fan contests.)

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follow JESSE EISENBERG in Facebook

Jesse Eisenberg has de-friended his inner Mr. Nice Guy.

After years playing sweet, earnest and awkward in movies such as “Adventureland” and “Zombieland,” the actor has shown a more sinister side with his ruthless portrayal of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in the critically acclaimed “The Social Network” from Columbia Pictures.

Critical hosannas for the role may lead to an Oscar nomination, and the high-profile part is helping the boyish 27-year-old transition from "Hey, it's that guy" to a household name. But some signature halting nervousness comes into Eisenberg's voice when he talks about reactions he has gotten after screenings of the film.

"We do these question-and-answer sessions, and some people say, 'Why ... wha ... I was so turned off by your character. He was such a jerk. Why — why would you want to play this character?' " he says, repeating the stammering indignation. "There are these almost aggressive condemnations."

"The real other extreme is, 'I just wanted to give him a hug through the whole movie. I just felt so bad for him' — this is my mother talking," Eisenberg jokes. "But other people, too. 'The kid was so desperate to connect and just doesn't know how to. He's so lonely.' "

Even the visuals in the film try to underline that. Director "David Fincher practically composed the movie that way, with him behind panes of glass, in corners of rooms, framing him in a way that makes him look more isolated," Eisenberg says.

One personal reaction the actor hasn't received is from Zuckerberg himself, who did not cooperate with the filmmakers or meet Eisenberg prior to the shooting.

The script, by “West Wing” creator Aaron Sorkin, explores the fractured friendships and allegiances between Zuckerberg and a handful of fellow Harvard students who in 2004 helped create Facebook, now estimated to be worth $33 billion.

On “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” Zuckerberg dismissed the film with a smile: "The last six years have been a lot of coding and focus and hard work, but you know, maybe it would be fun to remember it as partying and all this crazy drama." Zuckerberg was on the show to discuss a $100 million donation to Newark's troubled school system, which took place on the day of the movie's premiere — something widely regarded as an effort to burnish the back-stabbing image depicted in the film.

Eisenberg is inclined to go easier on Zuckerberg. "What he did was so incredibly generous," the actor says. "To attribute it to anything else seems mean-spirited and cynical."

It may be the only time he goes easy on Zuckerberg. Though Eisenberg didn't set out to attack, he plays the young CEO-to-be as brilliant but revoltingly condescending and lacking even a modicum of tact.

That's before the story even gets rolling.

Opening across the Philippines on Oct. 27, “The Social Network” is distributed by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures Releasing International. Visit http://www.columbiapictures.com.ph for trailers, exclusive content and free downloads and at www.Facebook.com/ColumbiaPicturesPH to join fan contests.

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THE SOCIAL NETWORK holds sneak previews next week

Considered as the film to beat in next year's Academy Awards, Columbia Pictures' “The Social Network,” the controversial movie detailing the origins of social media megasite Facebook, will have whole-day sneak previews on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 18 & 19 in selected theaters in Metro Manila. Tickets will be available at regular admission prices.

This affords film buffs and Facebookers a chance to watch the much-talked-about and critically acclaimed movie ahead of its grand opening here on Oct. 27. “The Social Network” has been the No. 1 movie in the US for two consecutive weeks now, earning a cumulative gross of $47-million.

Manohla Dargis of The New York Times praises “The Social Network” as “fleet...funny, exhilarating...supremely confident...a creation story for the digital age,” while Richard Corliss of Time Magazine raves, “The film is like a video game at warp speed. The rewards for paying attention are mammoth and exhilarating.”

“It’s the movie of the year that also brilliantly defines the decade,” applauds Peter Travers of Rolling Stone.

In the film, on a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history, but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications.

Also starring are Justin Timberlake (“Shrek The Third”) as Sean Parker, the Napster co-founder who became Facebook's founding president; and Andrew Garfield (“Lions for Lambs,” “Spider-Man” 2012) as Eduardo Saverin, the Facebook co-founder who fell out with Zuckerberg over money.

Directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin, “The Social Network” is distributed by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures Releasing International. Visit http://www.columbiapictures.com.ph for trailers, exclusive content and free downloads. Like ColumbiaPicturesPH on Facebook.

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follow JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE in THE SOCIAL NETWORK

Grammy-winner Justin Timberlake makes a breakthrough performance as an actor in Columbia Pictures' critically acclaimed drama The Social Network, the controversial film about the beginnings of social media megasite Facebook.

Timberlake plays Sean Parker, the smooth-talking Napster founder-turned-Facebook president who pulls Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg into his venture-capital-rich world while persuading the young upstart to bury his biggest investor, and friend, Eduardo Saverin.

"I read it and I thought it was a perfect screenplay," says Timberlake of The Social Network, which is written by The West Wing's Aaron Sorkin. "I knew that it was in the two percentile of material that is just great. And then I heard David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,Zodiac,Fight Club) was going to be the director,” so Justin kicked down the door as hard as he could.

On paper, Timberlake is the polar opposite from Parker. The megastar doesn't use Facebook and is famously tight-lipped about his personal life. Though more than 3 million people follow him on Twitter, he follows just 18, including his mom. "The biggest question I've heard from people is, 'Why would they make a movie about Facebook?' " he says. "And I try to say, you know, it's not really about Facebook. Facebook is the catalyst for some deeper themes."

The irony wasn't lost on Timberlake that he plays the co-founder of Napster, the music-sharing service that spread like wildfire in 1999, sending the music industry into a tailspin. Major labels began suing college students over copyright violations.

"There's more irony in there that says who'd have thunk the music industry doesn't have more of a sense of humor," says Timberlake, whose own album sales were pillaged back when he was the curly-haired teen heartthrob in pop group N' Sync.

Landing the role of Parker was the challenge. "When I wrote it and Justin's name came up, I had, I think, the same reaction that director David Fincher had, which was, well, you know what, the guy kills on SNL, so the least we can do is give him an audition," Aaron Sorkin says.

"We were convinced he could overcome his fame baggage," Fincher says. "Anyone who's seen 'D ——— in a Box' knows that this guy is fearless." The Saturday Night Live sketch won Timberlake and partner-in-crime Andy Samberg an Emmy for their R&B digital short, which exploded on YouTube after airing in 2006. The premise: Timberlake and Samberg serenade their girlfriends at Christmastime with gift boxes tied at waist level.

Timberlake's most intense monologue in The Social Network takes place in a pulsing club outside Silicon Valley. "Look at my face and tell me I don't know what I'm talking about," Timberlake demands on screen, cementing his seduction of the nerdy, tech-savvy Zuckerberg, played by Jesse Eisenberg. "David famously does 50, 60, 70, 80 takes, and you never heard Justin saying 'Omigod, we got it already, can we stop?' — it would be, 'Are you sure you've got it? I'm up for 10 more,' " Sorkin says.

Timberlake calls Fincher's directing style "mentally and emotionally and physically exhausting," but it's "also artistically just like breaking free. It's freedom. Because you get to do so many takes that you get the opportunity to mess it up."

Opening soon across the Philippines, The Social Network is distributed by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures Releasing International.

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we all share THE SOCIAL NETWORK

Every age has its visionaries who leave, in the wake of their genius, a changed world – but rarely without a battle over exactly what happened and who was there at the moment of creation.

In Columbia Pictures’ The Social Network, director David Fincher and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin explore the moment at which Facebook, the most revolutionary social phenomenon of the new century, was invented -- through the warring perspectives of the super-smart young men who each claimed to be there at its inception.

One drunken night in October of 2003, having just broken up with his girlfriend, Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg hacks into the university’s computers to create a site that forms a database of all the women on campus, then lines up two pictures next to each other and asks the user to choose which is “hotter.” He calls the site Facemash, and it instantly goes viral, crashing the entire Harvard system and generating campus-wide controversy over the site’s purported misogyny, and charges that Mark, in creating Facemash, intentionally breached security, violated copyrights and violated individual privacy.

Yet in that moment, the underlying framework for Facebook is born. Shortly after, Mark launches thefacebook.com, which will spread like wildfire from one screen to the next across Harvard, through the Ivy League to Silicon Valley, and then literally to the entire world.

But in the chaos of creation comes passionate conflict -- about how it all went down, and who deserves recognition for what is clearly developing into one of the century’s signal ideas –conflict that will divide friends and spur legal action.

To forge a palpable sense of that fog of creation, of history still being written, Sorkin and Fincher collaborated on a carefully constructed, non-aligned storytelling style that intentionally does not choose sides. Instead, the film presents a consortium of equally tricky narrators – each of whom believes he is in the right and that his particular memories are the truth of the matter – while leaving the larger questions of what really happened entirely open for the audience.

Ultimately, Sorkin’s screenplay defies the notion that there can be a single truth and he fully intends for this to provoke debate. Sums up the screenwriter: “I’ll be delighted if people have arguments in the theatre parking lot over it. With The Social Network, we took a set of facts, and we made a truth. In fact, more specifically, we made three truths. If you think of the facts that aren’t in dispute as dots that you have to connect, we connected those dots and we made a picture. But in between those dots are a) character, and b) the fact that you get to decide what the truth is. We don’t tell you ‘this is the only truth there is,’ we posit a handful of truths in pursuit of a larger true thing: the conditions that made all this possible.”


Opening soon across the Philippines, The Social Network is distributed by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures Releasing International.

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