Author: Team Orange

TV5’s program History bagged the Outstanding Achievement in the Broadcast Media (Television) category in this year’s Hildegarde Awards, staged by St. Scholastica’s College (SSC) Manila’s Mass Communications Department. Now in its 8th year, Hildegarde Awards is consistent with SSC’s vision of building a gender-fair society. It is established in honor of the 12th century Benedictine abbess, mystic, musician, and healer St. Hildegarde of Bingen, aiming to celebrate women’s achievements in mass media and its allied fields. Hosted by musician, poet, and TV personality Lourd de Veyra, History gets a different brand of history lessons and trivia. Taglined “Tsismis noon, Kasaysayan…

“In film, I am Number One Criminal,” says Constantine, a dead-ringer for Kermit the Frog, who joins the Muppets for the first time in Disney’s new action comedy-musical “Muppets Most Wanted.” “I have a secret plan to steal the crown jewels of London. This plot has never been done before—well, at least not with Muppets.” “Muppets Most Wanted” takes the entire Muppets gang on a global tour, selling out grand theaters in some of Europe’s most exciting destinations, including Berlin, Madrid, Dublin and London. But mayhem follows the Muppets overseas, as they find themselves unwittingly entangled in an international crime…

Celebrate the best of times at the heart of Manila with the Tap Room’s signature drinks. Raise your glasses and enjoy the English pub-inspired bar’s nightly entertainment with any of its featured thirst-quenchers: the Kiwi Cachaca Daiquiri, the Grand Marnier Smash, the Remy Cucumber and the Chamberlain. A perfect harmony of Leblon cachaca, lime juice and kiwi syrup, the Kiwi Cachaca Daiquiri is fruity treat at the end of a long work day. Another refreshing concoction, the Remy Cucumber mixes the heady tones of Remy Martin VSOP with apple and lime juice. On the other hand, the Grand Marnier Smash…

Present during the signing of the partnership agreement were (from left): Noel Fernando Cristal, CLSC General Manager; Philippe Andre Lhuillier, CLSC Vice President; Ambassador Philippe Jones Lhuillier, Chairman of Cebuana Lhuillier; Mohit Davar, Instant Cash Chief Executive Officer; and Sultan Bin Kharsham, Managing Director of Wall Street Exchange. Cebuana Lhuillier Services Corporation (CLSC), the remittance arm of Cebuana Lhuillier, continues its expansion worldwide by forging a new partnership with Instant Cash FZE, one of Dubai’s biggest money remittance service providers. The two remittance companies formalized the partnership with the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement held recently in Manila. “We…

Based on the #1 New York Times best-selling book of the same name, TriStar Pictures’ new drama “Heaven Is For Real” brings to the screen the true story that has inspired millions across the globe – that of a little boy’s extraordinary, life-changing experience, and his father’s search for the courage and conviction to share his son’s discovery with the world. Academy Award®-nominee and Emmy® Award-winner Greg Kinnear (“As Good As It Gets,” “Little Miss Sunshine”) stars as Todd Burpo, a small-town businessman, volunteer firefighter and pastor struggling to make ends meet in a tough year for his family. After…

Scott Waugh, the director of DreamWorks Pictures’ new action-adventure “Need for Speed” was looking for someone special for the role of Anita, the girl the film’s hero let get away. Waugh found her in Dakota Johnson, the daughter of actors Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson, and one of the hottest, new stars in Hollywood, having taken on the coveted role of Anastasia Steele in the upcoming “50 Shades of Grey.” “Need for Speed” centers around Tobey Marshall (Aaron Paul), a blue-collar mechanic who races muscle cars on the side in an unsanctioned street-racing circuit. He and Anita have a long…

DHL, part of Deutsche Post DHL, the world’s leading postal and logistics group, made the day for volunteers of Teach for the Philippines (TFP), as 17 DHL employees recently helped sort and transport examination materials to 10 participating schools in Quezon City (QC). The DHL employees, together with the TFP team, sorted out 10 boxes of examination materials, which are administered quarterly by the TFP to participating schools. “The materials that DHL helped us sort and transport are very important to our program – examinations are done to assess how students cope with TFP-assigned modules and materials given by the…

ABS-CBN’s “Maalaala Mo Kaya” will inspire TV viewers to value their loved ones through the touching tale of inseparable brothers, Okoy and Luman, who will be portrayed by Jason Abalos and Dominic Roque. Okoy and Luman have a promise to be at each other’s side for the rest of their lives. Driven by their dream of building their own house, Okoy works hard and sacrifices almost everything to help his younger brother finish his studies. How will Okoy accept that fact that his beloved brother, whom he has taken care of all his life, has given up on him at…

As the preferred partner of the world’s leading device manufactures, Globe Telecom once again gets first dibs on the much-anticipated Samsung Galaxy S5 as it gears up for the Philippine launch of the latest Galaxy S smartphone on April 11, 2014, with the launch of a dedicated online portal that accepts registration of interest among subscribers. Available on www.globe.com.ph/galaxys5, the portal allows interested subscribers to register their Facebook or Twitter accounts and key in contact details to receive updates on the new Samsung Galaxy S5. The database will be used to send updates on the device’s features, postpaid plan offers,…

Kapamilya comedian Vice Ganda proved his ‘unkabogable’ star power as he treated thousands of Kapamilya fans to a night of laughter and music in his highly successful “I-Vice Ganda Mo Ako sa Amerika” tour. The tour’s first show was held at the John Logan High School Pavilion last February 28 where Vice entertained the audience with special guests, heartthrob Ejay Falcon and comedy duo MC and Lassy. The tour’s second show at the Los Angeles Theatre on March 1 also drew a huge turnout that Vice extended the show to three hours. The tour was presented by Happy Box, in…

After the success of the first National Breakfast Day last year, McDonald’s Philippines, together with thousands of other McDonald’s restaurants in Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa, will be celebrating the second National Breakfast Day. On March 17, McDonald’s will once again be treating Filipinos to a free McMuffin. Close to 320 McDonald’s breakfast stores nationwide are joining the celebration to say ‘thank you’ to its customers who start their day at McDonald’s. Starting 6:00 AM, each participating McDonald’s breakfast store will be giving away free McMuffins to the first 1,000 customers at a first-come-first-serve basis – that’s close to…