Author: Team Orange

Kapamilya actress Julia Montes will teach TV viewers the importance of loving one’s self this Saturday (February 22) in ABS-CBN’s award-winning fantasy-drama anthology “Wansapanataym.” In the episode titled ‘Three in One,’ Julia will portray the role of Trina, a young woman from the province who wishes to get the acceptance of the people in the city. Because of her desire to dress up and be like her classmates, Trina is given a magical stone that will give her the ability to create a new ‘Trina’ that has the kind of personality she wants to have. Will Trina finally learn to…

This love month, ETC premieres its newest drama that follows a pair of high school students and their epic, out of this world romance. Airing within a week of the U.S., Star-Crossed, starting February 21, Fridays at 8PM, is a futuristic love story between an alien and a human. Featuring attractive young stars Matt Lanter (90210), Aimee Teegarden(Friday Night Lights) and Grey Damon (Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters), Star-Crossed looks at a relationship caught between two worlds, torn between two feuding sides. After an alien spacecraft crash-lands in her small town, a 6-year old Emery Whitehill has an encounter with Roman, a 6-year old Atrian boy. Ten years later, Emery (Aimee Teegarden) and…

In 2012, Variety honored former stuntman Scott Waugh as one of its “10 Directors to Watch” for his debut film “Act of Valor” — about an elite squad of Navy SEALs — which was widely praised as one of the most realistic action films ever made. Now, Waugh follows through the promise with DreamWorks Pictures’ anticipated action-thriller “Need for Speed” (based on the eponymous car racing video game franchise). Tapping into the significance of the car and the open road in American car culture and the freedom and individualism with which they both provide, “Need for Speed” is a story…

The teaser trailer of Disney’s 3D animated comedy-adventure “Planes: Fires & Rescue” has just took off and may now be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1gDDiGKAKE&list=UUCPJwUM4ZwSwba5o5m6B0Ug. The sequel to last year’s box-office hit “Planes” (grossing more than $200 million worldwide, with some global markets still to open), “Planes: Fire & Rescue” is a new comedy-adventure about second chances, featuring a dynamic crew of elite firefighting aircraft devoted to protecting historic Piston Peak National Park from raging wildfire.

The TV5 management and the employees’ union signed yesterday a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) bringing to a fruitful conclusion months of negotiations on their collective bargaining agreement (CBA). The MOA represents earnest efforts on all parties to come up with an agreement that includes employees’ improved benefits – i.e., increased wages, more medical and hospitalization benefits, a rebuilding fund, etc. – and ensures the network’s future growth.

Paulo Avelino’s character in ABS-CBN’s top-rating drama series “Honesto” remains optimistic as he tries to keep his family from falling apart after the death of his mother Lena (Angel Aquino). Determined to start anew for the Layer family, Diego is now ready to reveal all the crimes committed by his father Hugo (Joel Torre). Will Diego be able to stop his father’s plans to avenge Lena’s death? What will he do when he finds out that Marie (Cristine Reyes) is still an ally of his dad? Will the revelation about Honesto’s (Raikko Mateo) real identity help him to fulfill his…

Being a Binay is difficult and more of a disadvantage, according to siblings Mayor Junjun Binay and Senator Nancy Binay, as they are more susceptible to harsh public criticism. This is pertaining to the controversial Dasmariñas Village incident where Mayor Junjun Binay allegedly threatened the village guards and asked them “Don’t you know me?” when his four-vehicle convoy was prohibited from exiting through one of its gates. Mayor Junjun Binay was wildly bashed online after the CCTV video of the incident became viral. Mayor Junjun denied the said report and claimed that it was maliciously made up. He also clarified…

ABS-CBN’s upcoming Asianovela “Skip Beat” hasn’t aired yet, but it already landed on Twitter’s top trending topics in the country last week after the Kapamilya Network aired a its teasers on television to drumbeat its premiere this Monday (Feb 24). It trended not just once, but twice— first when ABS-CBN first aired its teaser plug and second when it aired the full trailer— that proves how excited K-pop fans are to watch the highly-anticipated series topbilled by Siwon and Donghae of popular Korean boyband Super Junior, and Taiwanese sweetheart Ivy Chen. “Skip Beat” marks the first ABS-CBN series for the…

“Dreams Get Real”, the talent search for the next OPM star organized by McJIM Classic Leather, will hold a series of weekly eliminations this March in various SM Supermalls in Metro Manila, Southern Luzon, and Central Luzon. College students may showcase their exceptional singing talents and star quality in the weekly elimination rounds at the following venues and dates: SM Center Las Pinas Event Center, March 2; SM City Masinag Mall Atrium, March 9; SM City Clark, March 16; SM City Calamba Event Center, March 23; and SM Manila on March 30. The grand champion of the Dreams Get Real…

Free beauty treats? They’re just a couple of taps away. The country’s preferred clinic for face, body and medical aesthetic services, Flawless, recently launched a mobile app designed to create an online community where everyone is given a chance to try their world-class products and services. Aptly named Stay Flawless, the application marks another milestone for the brand by being the first rewards-based mobile program for any aesthetic center in the country. It can be accessed by typing stay.flawless.com.ph in any smart phone’s internet browser (Google Chrome, Safari, etc.). “The app was designed to give everyone a chance to try…

Anna Line Gjersem, the 2011 Norway’s figure skating national champion, will compete in the Women’s Figure Skating competition this Wednesday, February 19 at 11PM, LIVE on TV5. Anna Line, who is born to a Filipina mother and a Norweigian father, will be competing in a tough Women’s Short program where she hopes to land in the Top 24. The 20-year old figure skater is the first Norweigian skater to represent her country in the competition after five decades. The Women’s Figure Skating is considered the marquee competition in figure skating. The Filipino-Norwegian skater will face tough competition Kim Yu-Na of…