Author: Team Orange

TV5’s New Year opening salvo continues with honors at the 12th Gawad Tanglaw Awards, including recognitions for News5, its News and Information arm. Kapatid Network’s Good Morning Club bagged the Best Morning Program award.  Named Best Public Affairs Program was Reaksyon, a show featuring Luchi Cruz-Valdes’s touching interviews with different people. The Best News Program Anchor awards went to Paolo Bediones (male category) and Cheryl Cosim (female category), respectively.  Paolo Bediones hosts Demolition Job, a show that distinguishes facts from myths, and Astig, which talks about the science behind sports, both under News5’s KBO block (Karunungan, Balita, Opinyon). He also hosts long-running emergency response program Rescue5. Cheryl Cosim hosts Numero, which discusses the stories behind relevant statistics, also under the KBO block. For…

It’s painful when you can’t do things for your loved ones because of a bad headache that your regular analgesic can’t seem to take away as quick as you’d want it to. You wish there were an analgesic that can act as fast as 5 minutes so you don’t have to sit through long time to feel better. Your wish just came true because very soon you don’t have to sit waiting in pain for that pill to kick in because Panadol (Paracetamol) is coming to the Philippines. Panadol is a brand of paracetamol that releases quick within 5 minutes…

Acclaimed actress and TV personality Judy Ann Santos-Agoncillo was revealed as the host of “I Do,” a reality show originally conceptualized by ABS-CBN that will feature couples who want to tie the knot. Judy Ann led the ribbon-cutting ceremony, blessing, and tour of the “I Do” Village where the participating couples will reside and their relationship be tested before facing the altar.

The Filipino Channel (TFC) welcomes 2014 with a bang as it brings its longest-running and top-rating musical show, “ASAP Live in Dubai” to the entertainment capital of the Middle East on January 24, Friday at 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. at the Dubai Festival City. TFC, the top-of-mind network of Filipinos outside the homeland, promises to deliver yet another history-making event with no less than the most widely followed musical show in the Philippines that features the biggest names in the entertainment industry.  Following the long history of record-breaking TFC events such as “Rakrakanfest”, “FilExpo” and “Kapamilya Fiesta,” “ASAP Live…

The Ajinomoto® Umami Culinary Challenge (UCC) will once again open its doors to hundreds of young talents and provide them with a venue to learn from the best in the culinary and food service industry. The event will be held on Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at the Hall 2, SMX Convention Center in SM Mall of Asia from 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM. Year after year, the contest successfully grows in size and coverage, gathering the Philippines’ most creative and innovative foodies, culinarians, professional and aspiring chefs.

In 1961, Walt Disney invited “Mary Poppins” author P.L. Travers to his studio in Los Angeles to discuss, in person, his continued interest in obtaining the movie rights to her beloved book and character—a pitch he first made to her in the 1940s. Still hesitant and disinterested after all those years, Travers wanted to tell the Hollywood impresario to go fly a kite but with dwindling sales of her books and a bleak economic future looming, P.L. Travers said yes and embarked on a two-week sojourn in Los Angeles that would ultimately set the wheels of the beloved film in…

TV5’s brightest personalities were recently honored for their achievements in their respective fields during People Asia’s People of the Year Awards 2014. Representing the Kapatid Network in this year’s much-awaited awards night were veteran actress Nora Aunor and Smart Gilas Pilipinas coach and Sports5 Head Vincent “Chot” Reyes, along with Miss World 2013 Megan Young. The country’s one and only Superstar, Nora Aunor, was honored for her world-class talent and celebrated career, having racked up countless awards locally and in the global stage. The Superstar, who top-billed the TV5 primetime drama series Sa Ngalan ng Ina and Never Say Goodbye,…

During Lea Salonga’s recent 35th anniversary concert “Playlist: The Repeat,” the broadway diva’s nine-year-old daughter Nicole Beverly Chien surprised the crowd by singing “Yesterday’s Dream” that led people to ask whether the Salongas’ are already prepping up the next generation of talents in Philippine music industry.

Global clothing retailer UNIQLO showcase the arrival of its spring 2014 collection with an ad campaign featuring Hollywood actress Dakota Fanning and British singer-songwriter Tom Odell. For spring 2014, UNIQLO has created pieces made from soft, comfortable fabrics designed to effortlessly complement those who wear them and to promote comfort and individual style. A focus of the collection is on premium natural fabrics of linen and Supima®Cotton, which bring a desirable combination of function and elegance. The collection will also feature UNIQLO’s core basics such as AIRism innerwear, polo shirts and denim. Focused on the color indigo, UNIQLO has clothed…

Watch a movie, dine out with friends, gas up, and go on a shopping spree without your wallet? Sounds impossible? With Globe Telecom, the most wonderful treats are now within your reach, thanks to your Globe rewards points. With the telco’s innovative rewards program which now offers a point-to-peso conversion of 1 point = P1.00, subscribers can use their Globe rewards points as cash to redeem and purchase items from its growing list of partner-merchants, and enjoy movie tickets, food and drinks, theme park passes, gas, medicines, all the way to a grand shopping spree and the latest gadgets just…

Internationally-acclaimed actor Jericho Rosales and new Kapamilya leading man JC de Vera cannot wait until January 27 when primetime TV viewers will finally discover the ‘real beauty’ of their upcoming drama series in ABS-CBN, “The Legal Wife.”