Manila Symphony Orchestra (MSO) presents “A Night in Hollywood”, the second concert of its highly anticipated 99th season.
'Wicked: For Good' Trailer Unveiled: A Glimpse into the Epic Conclusion
The highly anticipated trailer for Wicked: For Good has finally arrived, offering fans a captivating glimpse into the concluding chapter of the Witches of Oz saga.
Mark your calendars! Director James Gunn; Producer Peter Safran; Superman himself, David Corenswet; and Lois Lane, Rachel Brosnahan will be at the SM Mall of Asia on June 19!
The 2019 remake of the Arabian tale Aladdin is a feast to the eyes and gives pure nostalgia with fresh twist for everyone who've seen it before.
Featuring majority of the cast that makes Hollywood diversity alive, Mena Massoud's portrayal of Aladdin inks in the books. Naomi Scott's Jasmine also gave a more stronger character than the animated movie and puts women empowerment a concrete picture. Will Smith gave a credible Genie that has a hip hop and pop approach to our blue friend and they gave him a love interest! Who says magical creatures can't fall in love? However, the lovable Sultan was very serious and lost the connection to the audience. Marwan Kenzari's Jafar would be a more connection to the audience with his younger features than the animated counterpart.
Mena Massoud and Will Smith in Aladdin
Navid Negahban and Naomi Scott (Sultan and Jasmine)
Marwan Kenzari as Jafar
An ambitious production especially when they sang "Prince Ali" is what gave me the whole theatrical feels. It was so grand, better than "A Whole New World" actually, and all I can say is it's glorious.
Will Smith (Prince Ali)
With new songs from Alan Menken and the team, each of the characters were given quite a deeper meaning of their joys and obstacles. Jasmine's "Speechless" moves us to fight for what is right. We also felt Aladdin's sorrows in "One Jump Ahead." In "Friend Like Me" and "Harvest Dance," Mena Massoud wows us in his dancing skills -- it was also like Bollywood greatness combined with an HSM twist.
Data is a very essential part of my life. I use it almost 24/7 and I need it 24/7 as well to keep track on my job and be productive. So storage and fast systems are very much important to fulfill duties especially in this fast-paced world. Data and device performance matters and it has to be available every time you need them. System performance is also considered especially with gamers to have great gaming experience -- they need really good memory and processing to keep gaming fun and entertaining in the free time.
Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ: STX), a manufacturer of SSDs and data storage devices launched a new line of products that will level up the digital life. With more than 5 billion consumers that use digital content, the new line can create, store and protect data efficiently.
The latest innovations from Seagate empowers consumers for data management, including photos, videos, documents, etc. at home, office or even on the go.
The stylish LaCie Mobile Drive is ideal for an ever-growing digital library with its capacity topping out at a massive 5TB. It features a unique, eye-catching diamond-cut design complementing stylish aesthetics like Apple MacBook and includes a 1-month subscription to Adobe Cloud All Apps plan. It has 2 year limited warranty too. Blogger and influencer Laureen Uy and photographer Magic Liwanag can testify to the strength and effectivity of the LaCie Mobile Drive to store their valuable files and memories.
LaCie Mobile Drive
Magic Liwanag and Laureen Uy at the Seagate launch
Another storage solution for your favorite memories when you have limited storage in your computers and laptops are Seagate's Backup Plus - a family of portable external hard drives to help the everyday consumer balance life and provide peace of mind. The Backup Plus Ultra Touch (1TB and 2TB capacities) offers a high-touch sensory experience that feels a little like home with premium features including automatic backup with multi-device folder sync and data protection with hardware encryption. Backup Plus Slim (1TB-2TB capacity) and Backup Plus Portable (4TB and 5TB capacity) are both outfitted with lustrous aluminum finishes available in black, blue and silver and offer automatic backup. They are the latest backup drives to love for a creative individual since they include 2-month subscription to the Adobe Creative Cloud Photography Plan.
Backup Plus Ultra Touch
Backup Plus Slim and Backup Plus Portable
Step up your game with new SSDs from Seagate! The FireCuda 510 M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD delivers blazing performance with intense read and write speeds for the ultimate gaming experience. You can run multiple simultaneous video streams and programs with its crisp 4K video processing and high IOPS.
For next level speed for accelerating applications, the BarraCuda 510 M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD is perfect for ultra-thin laptops, mini-PCs and desktops. The BarraCuda 510 and FireCuda 510 features Seagate's SeaTools SSD GUI dashboard for easy data management and a 5-year limited warranty.
Meanwhile, for enterprise-class endurance and reliability, Seagate's IronWolf 110 SATA SSDoffers a 24/7 always-on work ethic and up to 3.84TB capacity. Its Network Attached Storage appliances (NAS) enables businesses to access, share and backup files from nearly anywhere - a necessity for many business owners, professionals, creative pros and prosumers. These users can enjoy the IronWolf 110 SATA SSD's tough, ready and scalable drives for top performance and best possible user experience. It comes with a 5-year limited warranty and 2-year data recovery support for free.
Seagate crafts the datasphere, helping to maximize humanity's potential by innovating world-class, precision-engineered data management solutions with a focus on sustainable partnerships. Now available in leading cyber stores. Learn more at www.seagate.com.
20th Century Fox finishes the X-men saga with Dark Phoenix, starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hault, Tye Sheridan and Sophie Turner who plays the title role (Jean Grey/ Phoenix).
Since this was last of the X-Men series, and we are all looking forward for their appearance in the next chapter of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, unfortunately, Fox did not usher some introduction whether they will be somehow be encountered by the Avengers. Sorry but I kind of lost interest in the series, blame it on mutant fatigue.
The X-men still stands on its own and inflicted a conflict with their own kind. The 90s animated series could give a great reference on how she got her power but you can read it on Wiki as well. Dark Phoenix was not at all bad, but most of those who followed the story will disagree. For me, Dark Phoenix has the best effects since the X-men movies conception in the early 2000s and this is a great way to finish the saga.
Jessica Chastain (Vuk) and Sophie Turner (Jean Grey/Dark Phoenix)
Director’s Club by SM Cinema takes watching movies up a notch with its La-Z-Boy chairs, in-your-seat butler service and state-of-the-art projection system. Snack Time also offers a wide array of food including Bacon-wrapped German Frank Sandwich, Aloha Hotdog Sandwich, Cheeseburger, Beef Nachos and Flavored Fries makes watching movies extra fun.
I love this remote!
Catch X-Men: Dark Phoenix is now showing at SM Cinema’s 64 branches, or at IMAX and Director’s Club Cinemas nationwide. Book your tickets through the website, www.smcinema.com or download the SM Cinema mobile app. You can also follow /SMCinema on Facebook and @SM_Cinema on Instagram for updates. Satisfy your cravings at Snack Time, the official food concessionaire of SM Cinema, which offers a wide array of snacks like popcorn, hotdogs and burgers to complement your movie watching experience. Follow SnackTimeOfficial on Facebook for more information.
Long live the King! Godzilla is a massive mythical adventure in the modern world. Setting the human drama aside, the titanic fights can stand on its own.
For Millie Bobby Brown's first big screen movie, Godzilla: King of Monsters could unite fans of the strange and old, as this movie combines mythological and ancient creatures. Godzilla whom we thought was a threat to mankind turned out to be a "friend" for the humans. Warner Bros. introduced massive and amazing creatures: the Rodan, Mothra and the fiercest three-headed Ghidora, all fighting for supremacy on the world and its resources. As I've said, you can eliminate the human element which should be to blame in the release of the monsters. I didn't even notice Zhang Ziyi was included in this movie! Felt bad too for Ken Watanabe's fate on this. 😔
Millie Bobby Brown in Godzilla: King of Monsters
There are also some Easter eggs to watch out and it will be very exciting to see the big beasts in one epic and massive battle.
Godzilla: King of Monsters is now showing in theaters and it is better seen on IMAX 3D. Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.
A thousand of music lovers and spectators gathered at Amiya Raya's first music fest - Tunes at the Top held last 25 May within the grounds of the real estate development in San Mateo, Rizal. Attendees were thrilled to sing their lungs out to the songs of Parokya ni Edgar, Rod Mijares,
Princess Virtudazo, Geca Moralers, Rhap Salazar, LS Band, YouTube sensations Albuerto sisters, and other surprise guests.
Parokya Ni Edgar
The event started at 6pm and ended with a blast at 10pm. Present at the milestone was Ms. Ma. Charina S. Garcia, Community Creators, Inc. (CCI) President, who gave a brief message to the crowd saying that the event was just the first of the series of music fests they were planning to organize.
Tunes at the Top aims not only to give music lovers the enjoyment and satisfaction they were looking for but also to showcase what Amiya Raya has to offer. The development boasts of panoramic view of the city, mountain ranges, and Laguna de Bay. Residents and visitors can freely enjoy the spacious open parks. Aside from the view, Amiya Raya is located 240 meters above sea level at its highest point and offers cooler climate than the city and nearby towns.
Amiya Raya offers two types of house and lot models for sale in this emerging landscape and real estate development. The Layla and Asha models have features that can work to your advantage. Like the Asha unit which has a huge garden and parking area, you can add an outdoor jacuzzi, great balcony view, kitchen and bar. The Layla unit is great for big families which this 3-floor model has 5 rooms, another storage area at the top floor adjacent to the common area where you can also entertain guests. Watch here for the model walkthroughs.
Asha Model (house and lot for sale)
Layla Model (house and lot for sale)
For more information and inquiries, go to Amiya Raya’s Facebook Page – AmiyaRayaOfficialPage or call 938 6288 / 09299514169 and look for Ms. Rowena Ignacio.
Floy Quintos' play The Kundiman Party will be performing for a limited run at the PETA Theater Center starting May 24 to June 2 2019. This acclaimed Filipino play also brings back majority of the stellar cast to give a relevant and crucial performance on national issues seaming modern topics that can bind old schoolers and millennials alike.
CB Garrucho has opened the doors of PETA Theater Center to UP Playwright's play in continuing the advocacy in providing audiences narratives to keep the nationalism alive and to cement what the Philippine Educational Theater Association stands for. Just in time after the mid-term elections, they believe that it will be another chapter of struggle in fighting national dignity.
The cast of The Kundiman Party still includes most of the ensemble led by Shamaine Centenera-Buencamino as Maestra Adela, a reclusive voice teacher whose latent nationalism is awakened. Together with Frances Makil-Ignacio, Stella Cañete-Mendoza, Jenny Jamora and Missy Maramara as Adela's close circle of Titas, the cast painted a portrait of contemporary Pinoy society that was both poignant as well as wildly entertaining.
Dexter Santos still directs The Kundiman Party in PETA and joined by talented artists who reprise their roles: Miah Canton as Antoinette, Rica Nepomuceno as Melissa. Watch their videos below as they sing kundiman songs in the play. Some songs are arranged by National Artist for Music, Mr. Ryan Cayabyab.
Newcomers such as Gabriel Paguirigan makes his acting debut as Ludwig, who has a lot of achievements on his plate -- including bagging the first prize in the NAMCYA 2011 competition and winning again in 2015 in the Senior division. Boo Gabunada (Cyrano, Mula sa Buwan and Emman, Ang Huling El Bimbo) plays the young activist Bobby Valderama. Nonie Buencamino is also in the play as Sen. Juancho Valderama who will confront in a scene with his wife, Ms. Shamaine.
The cast with Mitch Valdez during the presscon (May 2, 2019)
The original creative team of The Kundiman Party is a reunion of playwright Floy Quintos and director Dexter M. Santos. Production design by Mitoy Sta.Ana, Krina Cayabyab as the musical designer, Meliton Roxas (Lights Designer), Nour Houshmand (Asst Director), Io Balanon (Technical Director) and Steven Tansiongco (Video & Graphics Designer).
For interested showbuyers, you may contact the following:
May 24, 8pm - Carmela Pangilinan | 09178900050
May 25, 3pm - Denise Nayve/Ticket2Me | 09176601714
May 25, 8pm - Fe Canton | 09989818696
May 26, 3pm - Denise Nayve/Ticket2Me | 09176601714
May 26, 8pm - Denise Nayve/Ticket2Me | 09176601714
May 30, 8pm - Waya Araos | 09209890227
May 31, 8pm - Alejandro Santos | 09399257499
June 1, 3pm - The Julia Buencamino Project | 09177012489
June 1, 8pm - Marvin Olaes | 09175336267
June 2, 3pm - Micheangelo de Leon Alvarez | 09178316480
June 2, 8pm - Denise Nayve/Ticket2Me | 09176601714
Saw a new millennial romance entitled The Sun is Also a Star, based on the young adult novel of the same name by Nicola Yoon who also wrote Every Thing, Every Thing. Starring
I haven't read the book but as what I can sense from the movie, I felt the shallowness of the plot and characters portrayed by Charles Melton (Daniel) and Yara Shahidi (Natasha). I got the point of making most of the time but come on, you have priorities! Especially for Natasha who was supposed to worry about her family's deportation the next day, but instead, she put it aside and flirted. Who does that? I may not be the target of this movie but I think it's ridiculous.
Also I am thinking of the realities of the distances of the places they went to within New York. From the lawyer, to the planetarium, to the park -- they already had wasted a lot of time for travelling. If someone who is in New York who is reading this right now, kindly confirm if I'm right.
I just got excited to see John Leguizamo who happens to be the two's lawyer on different issues. The only character who is real throughout the movie. To the Natasha and Daniel, forget it. They just do not contribute something good to the minds of the audience. 4/10 for the New York trip and the absurd love story.
Featuring majority of the cast that makes Hollywood diversity alive, Mena Massoud's portrayal of Aladdin inks in the books. Naomi Scott's Jasmine also gave a more stronger character than the animated movie and puts women empowerment a concrete picture. Will Smith gave a credible Genie that has a hip hop and pop approach to our blue friend and they gave him a love interest! Who says magical creatures can't fall in love? However, the lovable Sultan was very serious and lost the connection to the audience. Marwan Kenzari's Jafar would be a more connection to the audience with his younger features than the animated counterpart.
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