Star Magic Ball 2013 Red Carpet Photos #StarMagicBall2013
Check out some of the photos taken during the star-studded red carpet of the 7th Star Magic Ball 2013 being held at Fairmont Hotel in Makati City.
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Saturday, 7 September 2013
Star Magic Ball 2013 Red Carpet Photos #StarMagicBall2013
Cosmo 69 Bachelors 2013 Extra Hot Video
Cosmo 69 Bachelors 2013 Extra Hot Video
We already honored the top students of Cosmo University here (The Cosmo Centerfolds of 2013) but what about the rest? After the centerfolds at the September 2013 special supplement of Cosmo Magazine, here is my opinion of the second 12. If we have the main buffet, I know you would love for more side dishes.
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Star Magic Ball 2013 Photos and Video
Star Magic Ball 2013 Photos and Video
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It's a time of the year again where the biggest and brightest stars from the most successful star-building arm in Philippine showbiz - Star Magic - gather for a grand night of get-together in the annual Star Magic Ball.
Happening Saturday night at the luxurious Fairmont Hotel in Makati City, this grandest event is expected to be graced not just the Star Magic talent but also by ABS-CBN VIPs, big bosses and executives.
The seventh Star Magic Ball will happen in the luxurious Fairmont Hotel, Makati City at 7 p.m. Artists and guests are expected to attend the grandest event in their suits and gowns in the all-white, black and champagne theme.
Now on its seventh year, the Star Magic Ball 2013 also marks the 21st year of Star Magic.
Check out some of the photos below:
Check out Star Magic Ball 2013 Video Preparations, Pairs and Celebrity Gowns and Designers HERE.
Eugene Domingo Admits She's A Rough Diamond Compared To Maricel Soriano As Diamond Star
WHEN MARICEL Soriano and Eugene Domingo first worked together in Regal’s “Bahay Kubo”, Maria won as best actress and Eugene, best supporting actress in the 2007 Metro Filmfest. Since then, Uge has become a lead actress herself and they’re now on equal footing as the warring mamas in “Momzillas” that opens on September 18. In the trailer, Maria is billed as the Diamond Star while Uge is tagged as the Rough Diamond Star. How does Uge feel about this?
“Talaga namang rough lang ako compared sa isang Maricel Soriano,” she says. “Pipinuhin pa ako. Sa dami ng pinagdaanan niyang intriga at pagsubok sa buhay, she deserves the title Diamond Star kasi matibay at matatag talaga siya, hindi siya natutumba.” She then turns to Maria and says: “Pahingi ng alahas, ha.”
How’s it working with Maria now? “Sobrang daldal niya. Kahit inaantok na ko kung minsan, talk show pa rin siya ng talk show. Sabi ko, wala sigurong kausap sa bahay. But I won’t change that kasi nakakaaliw naman ang pagiging madaldal niya. Para siyang radio. Sa pagiging artista naman, gustung-gusto ko ‘yung malasakit niya’t pagiging sensitive sa co-actors niya. ‘Yung respeto, hindi nawawala sa kanya ‘yung respeto big star ka man o bit player. Pati sa mga bata, kina Andi Eigenmann at Billy Crawford, may respeto siya. She keeps quiet, for them to be able to concentrate.”
Jessy Mendiola Flattered About Sam Milby's Declaration Of His Love For Her
JESSY MENDIOLA says she appreciates Sam Milby’s coming out in the open to admit that he’s courting her. So what can she say about Sam? “Gentleman siya,” she says. “He’s observant and attentive. Kung may kailangan ka, he anticipates it at aasikasuhin ka niya.”
How did she feel when he admitted on TV that he’s wooing her? “Siguro naman, any girl would be flattered. I didn’t know that he’ll do that, na magsasalita siya. Wala namang masama roon, pero nagulat lang ako.”
After her breakup with JM de Guzman, she was linked to Matteo Guidicelli but she says it didn’t prosper. Is she now ready to fall in love again? “Honestly, I don’t think I’m ready for another relationship and I hope Sam will understand that. Kasi right now, all my attention is focused on my new show, ‘Maria Mercedes’. This is the biggest break I got from ABS-CBN and I really want to thank them for giving to me this local remake of the Thalia hit Mexicanovela na personal favorite ko talaga. I’m putting all my best efforts on this at wala akong tigil sa dasal na sana, tangkilikin ito ng viewers, lalo na ngayong malapit nang umere ito.”
Sharon Cuneta and Ogie Alcasid "The Mega and the Songwriter" Video
Sharon Cuneta and Ogie Alcasid "The Mega and the Songwriter" Video
The Megastar Sharon Cuneta and singer-songwriter Ogie Alcasid team-up for the biggest weekly musical variety show there is on Philippine TV - The Mega and the Songwriter.
"The Mega and the Songwriter" is set to premiere September 14, 9:00 p.m. on TV5.
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Jessy Mendiola as Maria Mercedes (Trailer)
Jessy Mendiola as Maria Mercedes (Trailer)
ABS-CBN has released the first official teaser for the Philippine remake of the hit Mexican series "Maria Mercedes" featuring Jessy Mendiola as Pinay Maria Mercedes.
The vide shows Jessy dancing in a long red dress to the tune of updated Filipino version of the series' original theme song.
Completing the cast are Jake Cuenca, Jason Abalos, Vina Morales, Dominic Ochoa, Nadia Montenegro and Vivian Velez. Under the direction of Chito Roño.
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Lovelace Movie Review: Well Acted Biopic Of The Late 70S Porn Actress
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Biotech King Dethroned and Convicted to Fraud
Biotech King Dethroned and Convicted to Fraud
David Blech, the former biotech king was dethroned and jailed due to securities fraud.
Blech, who even made it to the list of Forbes 400 wealthiest Americans on 1990, was the initial financial force behind the industry giant Celgene, the rare disease specialist Alexion Pharmaceuticals, and the cancer drug developer Ariad Pharmaceuticals, not to mention Icos, which developed the impotence pill Cialis.
Now, however, he is about to begin a four-year prison term, is about $11 million in debt and is mainly an afterthought to the industry he helped foster.
He squandered his fortune with reckless borrowing and stock trading in a quest for even greater riches. His Wall Street firm, D. Blech & Co., collapsed - dragging biotech share prices down with it - in 1994, on a day some called “Blech Thursday.” Comeback attempts have only gotten him deeper into trouble.
Blech is scheduled to report September 18 to federal prison in Fort Dix, N.J., having pleaded guilty to manipulating the stock of two biotech companies as part of his latest comeback attempt. He also pleaded guilty to securities fraud in 1998, but avoided prison.
Award-Winning Character Actress Ruby Ruiz Now In Toronto Filmfest Ro Represent 'Ekstra'
AFTER WINNING as best supporting actress in Cinemalaya New Wave Category for her performance as a talent coordinator for extras in “Ekstra, the Bit Player”, character actress Ruby Ruiz will next be seen in two new Joel Lamangan movies, “Burgos” and “Lihis”. She plays a woman whose son is also abducted just like Lorna Tolentino’s son in “Burgos”, but she’s antagonistic to Lorna because Lorna’s missing son, Jonas, is getting more media attention. In “Lihis”, she plays the grieving mother of an activist, Chanel La Torre, who is killed by assassins.
Ruby started as a theatre actress with PETA thirty years ago. She was worked with great directors like Lino Brocka and Ishmael Bernal, both national artists. “Ekstra” is her biggest break and it’s the first time she won an acting award so she’s very thankful to Director Jeffrey Jeturian for casting her in it. She also treasures the experience of being able to work with Gov. Vilma Santos. “Napakabait niya,” she says. “First time ko rin to work with her kaya tuwang-tuwa ako. But in one scene namin, nawala ako nang titigan niya ako. Supposed to be inuutangan niya ako, but I forgot yung lines ko. Na-starstruck ako’t di ko maalala. So sabi ko, Gov, huwag mo naman akong titigan sa mata. Nawawala ako. Tawa nang tawa sa’kin si Direk Jeffrey. Sinabihan ako na huwag akong mahiya sa kanya at basta iarte ko nang tama yung eksena. Inakbayan pa niya ko. Nakakatuwa talaga siyang katrabaho.”
Ruby will be joining Director Jeffrey Jeturian as representatives of “Ekstra” that is an official entry in the Toronto International Filmfest this coming week. They left yesterday. “Nagpapasalamat ako’t isinama nila ako sa delegation natin. First time ko to attend an international filmfest kaya excited ako. Sayang nga hindi puede si Gov. Vi dahil busy siya sa Batangas. Mas maganda sana kung kasama rin siya.”
Harrison Ford versus Gary Oldman in “Paranoia”
Harrison Ford versus Gary Oldman in “Paranoia”
To take on the roles of battling billionnaire kingpins in Relativity Media's new thriller “Paranoia”, the filmmakers knew they would need two actors capable of embodying brilliant, eccentric, hugely ambitious men whose unbridled thirst for power has made them capable of menace and even murder. They found that in the explosive pairing of Academy Award® nominated actors Gary Oldman and Harrison Ford.
The two first worked together on the hit thriller “Air Force One,” with Ford playing the U.S. President and Oldman the relentless Russian terrorist who hijacks his plane. In “Paranoia,” however, they would both be challenged by characters unlike any they have taken on in their diverse careers – men who once wanted to change the world with life-altering technology but have fallen into an obsessive, cat-and-mouse game to one-up each other.
“It was like a dream to put these two back together again,” muses producer Alexandra Milchan. “Their characters couldn’t be more different and yet Harrison and Gary are alike in many ways. They are both equally funny, charming, extremely smart and generous. They both really loved the characters they were playing, even though they are villains, and they both understood the source of their greed and their desire to play God with the universe around them to a certain degree.”
“Harrison walks, talks, and feels like integrity personified – the very ideal of an upstanding American leader like his character, Jock Goddard – which makes his turn to the dark side in `Paranoia' so compelling,” notes producer William Johnson. “It was equal parts pleasure and terror to watch him seduce and destroy.”
Oldman was drawn right away to the screenplay. “It plays like a thriller, but it’s got a twist that I didn’t see coming,” Oldman notes. More than that, Oldman quickly developed his own personal take on his character, Nicolas Wyatt, as one of the self-made industrialists of the digital era. “I play Nick as a guy who is working-class, self-taught, and a former whiz kid who has a real flair for technology,” he explains. “The character was originally an American but I presented to Robert a trans-Atlantic ex-pat who has found success here. It adds an interesting dynamic to things.”
Wyatt has indeed found success in America, the kind of head-spinning success only the very elite will ever taste, which was a lot of fun for Oldman to jump into. “I said to Robert at one point, ‘you’ve fulfilled all my dreams of driving a Bentley, wearing wonderful suits and stepping out of my own private helicopter,’” Oldman muses.
Oldman was especially thrilled to create the explosive collision between Wyatt and Goddard with Harrison Ford – and he says that Ford took him by surprise. “I was really impressed,” he says. “It’s kind of a different character for him and he did some really fine work.”
Says Ford in turn of Oldman: “I’ve always enjoyed watching Gary no matter what he is doing. Wyatt is a fascinating, bitter, angry character, who believes my character, Goddard, would never be the success he is without him. Working with him made the whole thing great fun.”
Ford was drawn not only to reuniting with Oldman but to the rich themes of “Paranoia.” “I see it as a cautionary tale of a young man led by blind ambition into a trap,” he says.
The filmmakers gave Goddard and Wyatt contrasting, individual styles, right down to their cars. But the real sparks emerged from whenever Oldman and Ford were on set together. “What was interesting to me is that both these great actors are quite unassuming and gentle when you meet them,” observes Luketic. “But as soon as the word action is called they turned into these incredible forces.”
Opening across the Philippines on October 2, “Paranoia” is distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International through Columbia Pictures.
“The Conjuring” Director James Wan Returns with “Insidious: Chapter 2”
“The Conjuring” Director James Wan Returns with “Insidious: Chapter 2”
Australian director James Wan is one of the most intelligent and creative filmmakers working today. He recently conqured global box-office with the blockbuster supernatural thriller “The Conjuring” which is based on the story of husband-and-wife psychic investigators who come across a horrific case involving the hauntings of a Rhode Island farmhouse.
Previously, Wan co-created the “Saw” franchise, the most successful horror-film series of all time.
Now, the newly crowned master of horror brings to the screen the terrifying thriller “Insidious: Chapter 2,” the sequel to the disturbing and original 2011 psychological horror thriller “Insidious.”
In “Chapter 2,” a haunted family struggles to uncover a terrifying secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world. The sequel reteams the cast of the first film, including Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Barbara Hershey, Lin Shaye and Ty Simpkins.
“We’re super excited at the chance to continue telling the story we started in the first film,” says Wan. “I love the characters we created in the first film, and it’s great to come back to work with the same cast and crew. It’s like coming home to a family. But it’s also very scary because the success of the first film took us all by surprise.”
“The first film had a single vision - James and screenwriter Leigh Whannell’s - pushing it forward without any kind of interference or creative compromises,” producer Jason Blum says. “I believe that’s one reason the film did so well, so we didn’t want James or Leigh to make any creative compromises with the sequel either.”
The filmmaking duo, whose creative partnership goes back to their college days in Melbourne, Australia, say their inspiration has always come from trading ghost stories with one another. Even during the filming process, they constantly bounce around ideas and concepts that they then incorporate into the film.
“If you have enough similarities, or if the same stories excite you, then it’s really easy to work together,” says Whannell. “James and I are pretty in sync that way, especially when it comes to horror.”
Or as Wan puts it: “We’ve always tried to scare the crap out of each other. And then one day we said, ‘We should put this in a movie!’ And that’s literally what we did for `Insidious.' We took all the scares, all the great ghost stories we’d heard, and put them in the film.”
The film hit a nerve, connecting with audiences domestically and abroad.
The filmmaking duo sees “Insidious: Chapter 2” as more of a psychological thriller than a horror film. While “Insidious” was infused with haunted-house-film archetypes, Wan says “Chapter 2” focuses less on gore and CGI effects than on tapping into audiences’ most basic childhood fears.
“I would describe it as a domestic thriller with a supernatural edge to it,” Wan says. “The ghouls are coming back, but this film isn’t about that as much. I feel like I’ve already established the characters, so now I can get into them without being too gimmicky, while still keeping those elements that people love. The first one was a lot more straightforward, which is great for a first movie, but in a sequel you want to expand on the mythology. You want to show people more of the world you’ve created, and that’s what we did with Chapter 2.”
Opening across the Philippines on September 18, “Insidious: Chapter 2” is distributed by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures Releasing International. Visit www.columbiapictures.com.ph to see the latest trailers, get free downloads and play free movie games.
Richard Poon’s "Legends" Album Receives Gold Record Award
Richard Poon’s "Legends" Album Receives Gold Record Award
Richard Poon’s first album under Universal Records Legends was recently awarded a Gold Record Award for its outstanding sales. Legends, which includes the hits Truly and Crazy, continues to top music sales charts since it was released four months ago.
With Richard during the awarding is Universal Records General Manager Kathleen Dy-Go.
In Legends, Richard traces his pop roots by singing some of the biggest pop artists in the international music industry - classics by Lionel Richie (Truly), Whitney Houston (All At Once), Barbra Streisand (Evergreen), Madonna (Borderline), Barry Manilow (Ready To Take A Chance Again), Kenny Rogers (Crazy), among others.
Richard also collaborates with friend Christian Bautista in the Michael Jackson hit The Girl Is Mine, which is included in the album.
"Legends" Tracklist:
1. All At Once (originally popularized by Whitney Houston) 2. All In Love Is Fair (originally popularized by Stevie Wonder) 3. And I Love Her (originally popularized by The Beatles) 4. Crazy (originally popularized by Kenny Rogers) 5. Truly (originally popularized by Lionel Richie) 6. Evergreen (originally popularized by Barbra Streisand) 7. Borderline (originally popularized by Madonna) 8. A Song For You (originally popularized by Elton John) 9. Can't Help Falling In Love (originally popularized by Elvis Presley) 10. The Girl Is Mine (originally popularized by Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney) 11. If I Keep My Heart Out Of Sight (originally popularized by James Taylor) 12. Ready To Take A Chance Again (originally popularized by Barry Manilow)
Megan Young and Miss World 2013 Candidates Sing "Diamonds" on a Selfie Video
Megan Young and Miss World 2013 Candidates Sing "Diamonds" on a Selfie Video
Here is the video of Miss World Philippines 2013 Megan Young together with Miss Guyana and some of the Miss World 2013 contestants performing Rihanna's "Diamonds" to show their way of celebrating world beauty that shines bright like a diamond.
Video: TheEmeraldvideos on YouTube
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Miss Supranational 2013 Announcement of Winners Video (Crowning Moment)
Miss Supranational 2013 Announcement of Winners Video (Crowning Moment)
To view complete list of winners in Miss Supranational 2013, click HERE.
Video: TheEmeraldvideos on YouTube
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