Miss Universe 2016 Live Stream: Preliminary Swimsuit, Evening Gown Competition

Miss Universe 2016 is currently live streaming the Preliminary Competition, where the 86 candidates compete both in swimsuit and evening gown. Watch the official 65th Miss Universe live stream below!


The 65th Miss Universe 2016 Prelims Show is being held right now, January 26, 2017, at the Mall of Asia Arena, with Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach and Filipino-British actor Derek Ramsay as the hosts. The scores from the swimsuit and evening gown competitions, along with the interview scores will determine the Top 12 semifinalists (yeah, no longer Top 15), to be announiced during the finals on January 30, 2017 (Jan. 29 US time).

Watch the livestream now and enjoy the show!

Who are your favorites? Who do you think were the standouts during the Miss U 2016 Prelims?

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Miss Universe 1994 Sushmita Sen arrives in Manila; recalls friendship with Charlene Gonzales

Miss Universe 1994 Sushmita Sen has arrived in Manila on Thursday, January 26 in time for the forthcoming Miss Universe pageant happening on Monday, January 30.

The former titlist from India was warmly welcomed by Filipinos at the airport. During the ambush interview, Sen recalled her friendship with then Philippine bet for Miss Universe Charlene Gonzales.

According to her, the pair of earring she was wearing during the pageant day came from Gonzales. She revealed that when she lost her earrings, it was Gonzales who approached her and asked what she needed.

Miss Universe 1994 Sushmita Sen is happy to be back in PH, recalls friendship with Charlene Gonzales | @isabellamay pic.twitter.com/EbwNUMM5nr

— CNN Philippines (@cnnphilippines) January 26, 2017

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Split Movie Review: Disappointing Thriller About Did (Dissociative Identity Disorder) From The Director Of 'The Sixth Sense'

 

THE CASE OF a person having multiple personalities used to be called schizophrenia during the time of "The Three Faces of Eve" (which gave the 1957 Oscar best actress award to Joanne Woodward) and "Sybil" (which won the 1976 Emmy best actress award in drama for Sally Field). Now, it's called dissociative identity disorder and it's featured again in "Split".

M. Night Shyamalan made an impressive debut in 1999 in "The Sixth Sense", then it's downhill for him and his movies got worse and worse in his "The Village", "Lady in the Water", "The Happening", "Last Airbender", "After Earth", "The Visit", etc. His latest work, "Split", is similarly unsatisfying, but it's lucky to be the number one movie in America when it opened there last weekend.

It starts with the kidnapping of three girls after a birthday party: Casey (Anya Taylor Joy), Claire (Haley Lu Richardson) and Marcia (Jessica Sula). Their kidnapper (James McAvoy) is a psycho with an extreme case of split personality having 23 different personas. He imprisons them in a windowless room and we meet his other personas, notably Kevin (the host identity), Dennis (the more dominant one), Patricia (a woman), Barry (a fashionista) and Hedwig (a lisping child.) They talk about the coming of the 24th persona, The Beast, and Dennis says the girls were captured to be fed to The Beast.


The girls are shown trying to escape from their dungeon, but all their attempts are useless and they always get caught by their lunatic abductor. Shyamalan tries to construct the movie like a psychological thriller and there's little gore or nudity as you would probably expect in a film of this sort.

The problem is you never really relate with all the happenings on screen and very little genuine tension is generated, compared to past movies about kidnapped victims like "The Silence of the Lambs", "Room", or even "10 Cloverfield Lane". The girls are not really that sympathetic, especially Claire and Marcia who act like stupid fools, so you don't feel your pulse pounding when they're being threatened.

Casey is given a backstory through a series of flashbacks showing her as an abused child that made her a survivor. There's a lot of running around underground corridors that are too brightly lit, so these scenes don't really look atmospherically spooky or nightmarish as they should be.
To help in the exposition, Kevin/Dennis is shown having sessions with his psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher (Betty Buckley), who helps advance the storyline. Since most of Shyamalan's movies often offer shocking twists before they end, you'd be disappointed that "Split" doesn't offer any surprise that would give it a fresh or interesting development. The boringga factor is just very high and consistent from beginning to end.

As for the acting, James McAvoy gets a truly challenging role showing off the character's multiple personalities, a dream role for any actor. It's a performance that has no restraint or realism as McAvoy obviously enjoys in chewing the scenery and going over the top. But not any of his teen female co-stars can match his showy performance, even if they're shown in various stages of undress.
Buckley as the shrink gets to deliver a lecture about split personalities ("I'm on to something BIG"), but her Dr. Fletcher is not really treated well in the movie which has no satisfying ending and you feel like you're cheated. It seems Shyamalan (who appears in a guest role with lines, a bad mistake) is expecting he'd do a sequel, and now that the movie is a hit, the producers might just be willing to bankroll a sequel where we'd be told what happened to McAvoy's character.
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FOREVERMORE opens February 1 on MNCTV INDONESIA

 Indonesia will be the first country in Southeast Asia to fully enjoy the Big 3 Pinoy young loveteams. Kathniel of Daniel Padilla & Kathryn Bernardo  just seared the Indonesian TV charts with Pangako Sa 'Yo/ Janjiku and Jadine of James Reid & Nadine Lustre is still wowing them with On The Wings of Love. The first two loveteams have already won the hearts of Indonesian youths. I bet they will just as heartily welcome the third. Now, here comes the prettiest among the bunch- Lizquen of Enrique Gil & Lisa Soberano with Forevermore.

It was supposed to replace OTWOL. 10 PM their time. February 1.

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Lea Salonga gives update on announced movie reunion with Aga Muhlach

The Voice PH coach Lea Salonga isn't optimistic about doing doing the announced movie reunion with Pinoy Boyband Superstar judge Aga Muhlach this year.

In a press conference held on Tuesday for her concert "Songs from the Stage", Salonga said she would love to do a reunion movie with Muhlach if her schedule permits.

"I mean I would love to, again, if schedules work out. But I'm looking at my year and certain prospects and possibilities, and I'm not optimistic about our prospect for doing a film this year," she said.

According to her, the movie is only possible if both of them will be available at the same time. "It's a great loss. It will be fun", she said.

Furthermore, Lea said, if the movie pushes through, it has to be something that fits their age. "It has to really be right, I mean, we are approaching late 40s na. So kailangan hindi na pa-cute, 'di na kami bagay doon. I'm not cute anymore," Salonga explained.

Salonga and Muhlach's reunion movie was confirmed last August 2015 by Star Cinema.

Aside from "Sana Maulit Muli," Muhlach and Salonga starred in the movie "Bakit Labis Kitang Mahal."


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