State of the Nation March 13 2017

State of the Nation with Jessica Soho March 13 2017 Full Episode Replay??
SHOW DESCRIPTION: State of the Nation with Jessica Soho is the flagship nightly news program of GMA News TV, first premiering on February 28, 2011. It is anchored by Jessica Soho, a Peabody Award-winning journalist and former head of news programs of GMA News and Public Affairs and writer, producer and host television documentaries, and is one of the Philippines' most awarded journalists. It also aired worldwide via GMA Life TV and GMA News TV International.

The program is described as a more comprehensive newscast than 24 Oras, which is the flagship news program of GMA. State of the Nation with Jessica Soho currently airs on weeknights at 21:00-22:15 (PHT). It features several guests to analyze the country's issues deeply in segments, as well as featuring exclusive reports and the insights and rundown of the day's top news stories.

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Beyond The Block Movie Review: An Informative, Well Researched Documentary By Dancer Ricky Carranza On The Evolution Of Street Dance, Funk And Hiphop In Our Country

WE KNEW NEXT to nothing about "Beyond the Block" when we watched it at SinagMaynila Filmfest. Hardly promoted, there were only about four of us inside the cavernous SM North Edsa Cinema 7, which is sad because this movie is certainly worth watching and deserves a wider audience. It reminds us of another remarkable docu, "Sunday Beauty Queen", which won best pic at the recent Metro-Manila Filmfest.

The film shows the evolution of street dancing, funk, hip hop, break dance in our country. This is a labor of love from dancer Ricardo Carranza, who is the grandson of Sampaguita Pictures 1950s character actress Herminia Carranza. Ricky has been dancing professionally since 1980 and won the grand prize in "Dance 10". He's quite articulate and hosts his own docu that features actual interviews with dance pioneers from popular TV shows like "Penthouse 7" and "Dance 10". Included are Archie Lacson, Ray An Fuentes (who introduced funk), Mike Montserrat, Sandy Hontiveros and Poncy Quirino, among others.

The docu also pays tribute to other dancers and dance groups, from the likes of Gary Valenciano, the late Francis Magalona to Jon Supan, Uriel Policarpio, Jojo Alejar of The Tigers, U.S.-based Pinoy actor Dante Basco, The OctoManouvres of OctoArts, Dynamics of Dyna Records, A&W Dancers of A&W Records, up to more recent ones like UMD (Universal Motion Dancers with Wowie de Guzman) and Streetboys with Maynard Marcellano.


They all danced in the most popular musical variety shows then like "Eat Bulaga" (the only one existing up to now), "Student Canteen", "Vilma", "GMA Supershow", "LoveliNess", etc. Most of the footage of past dancers were taken from VHS recordings transferred to film so the quality is not really that good, but still very much worth watching. Also mentioned are modern Pinoy dance groups that won in international dance competitions, notably the Philippine All Stars, FMD Extreme, The Crew and Jabbawockees.

Ricky and his group became the first Pinoys who performed in clubs in Japan. But then, he suddenly felt tired of dancing. He withdrew from the dance scene and the film is also a chronicle of his personal journey and intimate search for his own self, his own spirituality. He was accepted in a medical school in Florence, Italy, where he lived for ten years, but ended up opening a dance school there.

The film hops all over the globe from Australia, the Middle East and various Asian countries, to America and Europe, including Finland, where Ricky is employed as a dance teacher who also becomes influential in the Finnish urban dance scene. It was there that he eventually met his Finnish wife.

The docu will show to today's generation of viewers who have no sense of history that Filipinos have always been very talented when it comes to the latest dance crazes. Ricky made an effort to look for his former contemporaries in the 80s, including his rivals, to share their own private experiences and insights about the evolution of urban dance in the Philippines.

He also tried to answer the question whether it really pays to make a full career out of dancing and is it lucrative enough to help raise your own family. One dancer then shifted to medicine, Dr. Raoul Henson, and is now an ophthalmologist, who shows, when he was given the chance, that he still has the moves. All in all, "Beyond the Block" is very informative, very entertaining cinematic piece that deserves to be seen by a wider audience.
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Mika De La Cruz Has No Regrets About Moving From Being A Kapamilya To A Kapuso, Perfectly Happy With Her First GMA-7 Show, 'Meant To Be'

MIKA DE LA CRUZ thought she'd have a hard time doing 'Meant to Be' as it's her first show with GMA-7. "Pero hindi, madali akong nakapag-adjust kasi happy ang atmosphere sa set, good vibes lagi ang mga kasama ko, so na-relax ako agad at comfortable na ako with everyone kahit galing ako sa Dos," she says. "Maganda ang bonding namin lalo na when do out of town shows to promote 'Meant to Be' kaya mabilis kaming naging friends ng mga kasama kong sina Barbie Forteza, Jak Roberto, Ivan Dorschner, Addy Raj at Ken Chan. Grabe ang dami ng fans ng show everywhere we go, sa mall shows man or maging sa social media."

So she has no regrets on being a Kapuso actress? "Wala po talaga kasi mababait pati ang staff at lalo na ang director namin, si L.A. Madridejos. Alagang-alaga kami sa taping and even sa regional shows."

How did she feel when some folks bashed her for leaving ABS-CBN? "Siempre, hindi naman po maiiwasan yun. Sinasabihan akong walang utang na loob kasi sa ABS ako nagsimula as a child star. Pero yung real fans ko from way back, they understand my decision na career move lang po ito and they stay with me. Talagang you cannot please naman everyone. Basta I'm happy with my decision to be with GMA kasi ang babait nilang lahat sa akin dito."

Is she happy with her role as Mariko in "Meant to Be"? "Okay naman po kasi hindi naman siya talaga kontrabida like what others thought. Magpinsan kami ni Barbie rito as Billie at okay naman ang samahan namin. May sariling mga hugot si Mariko tungkol sa buhay at positive naman ang pagtanggap ng viewers sa kanya."

This week in "Meant to Be", the rivalry of the four guys over the attention of Barbie as Billie is slowly becoming more intense. Addy Raj as Jai has an edge because he got Barbie to be his coach in teaching him Tagalog. In turn, Ken Chan as Yuan is getting more and more grumpy when he sees Barbie being more close to the other hunks than him, as he cannot express his own feelings for her. Addy suggests that they have a team building exercise and so they all go camping to have more intimate bonding.
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