Jessica Sanchez, the Fil-am teenager who became runner-up in American Idol Season 11, performed her debut single "Tonight" live with Ne-Yo on American Idol Top 9 results show.
Despite hitting bottom two a record 5 times before making it to the final three, Stephanie Retuya of the Philippines finished strong and almost won the first ever "Asia's Next Top Model" title.
ABS-CBN president and CEO Charo Santos-Concio led Kapamilya stars in the recent and first "Anak TV Family Fun Walk" at the UP Diliman grounds as a show of support to Anak TV Foundation’s goal of creating a child-friendly environment for kids.
When it comes to Philippine drama series that cross borders, ABS-CBN Corporation has proven that it is the premier provider in Asia. Out of the 30,000 hours of various content it has sold worldwide since 2000, ABS-CBN International Distribution has sold approximately 40% of these to eleven Asian countries, enabling non-Filipino, Asian viewers to enjoy top-calibre Filipino programs on their own television screens.
This coming November, GMA presents "Paroa: Ang Kwento ni Mariposa," another Telefantasya that will not only tackle love but also family values and relationships.
Award-winning broadcast journalist Tina Monzon-Palma will check on the victims of the widespread flooding brought by the monsoon rains and will look into long-term solutions that will help them get their loves back on track in “Krusada” this Thursday (Sept 6).
As program director of ABS-CBN Foundation’s Sagip Kapamilya, Tina was involved in the relief operations for the flood victims that temporarily served their daily needs.
“Relief goods can only do so much. We have to help the flood victims start anew by monitoring their livelihood and making sure they move to safer homes,” Tina said.
Sagip Kapamilya’s objective is to ensure the victims’ recovery and rehabilitation, access to sources of income, basic social services, and schools for children. Many of the affected residents find government’s relocation efforts unsatisfactory because of the lack of livelihood opportunities at or near the relocation sites.
For her report, Tina visited Pila, Laguna, whose rice fields and fish farms were submerged by the floods, to see if the affected residents have recovered from the tragedy. Because it takes more than words to take a stand, watch “Krusada” this Thursday (Sept 6) after “Bandila” on ABS-CBN or watch it earlier on DZMM TeleRadyo (SkyCable Channel 26), 9:15 p.m. For updates on the program, follow @krusadaTV on Twitter or like www.facebook.com/Krusada. To watch the last three episodes of “Krusada,” visit www.abs-cbnnews.com/krusada.
The Japan Prize, the International Educational Program Contest of NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), recently announced that NEWS5’s public affairs program USI (Under Special Investigation) was one of the selected entries vying for the coveted “The President of NHK Prize” trophy when the contest holds its awarding ceremony this October.
The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Prize named "MMK: T-Shirt" episode, starred by former child actress Sharlene San Pedro, as one of the finalists under the Television Special Jury Prizes category. The finals of ABU Prize will be held in Seoul, Korea, on October 16.
Jason Farol sang “Me and Mrs. Jones” with Kelly Clarkson on Duets' 8th episode - the Final Three. Jennifer Nettles, one of the judges/mentors, loves Jason's skinny Filipino body!
The Real Housewives Of New York City season 5 is set to premiere on June 4, Monday night, featuring new cast-members!
The Real Housewives of New York City is an American reality television program on the Bravo cable TV network, a spin-off of the Bravo series The Real Housewives of Orange County. New York is the second city featured in The Real Housewives franchise. While in production for Season 1, the show was tentatively titled Manhattan Moms.
Jill Zarin, Alex McCord, Kelly Bensimon and Cindy Barshop would not be returning for season 5 which is expected to air June 4, 2012 at 9/8c with new cast members Heather Thomson, Carole Radziwill and Aviva Drescher taking their places.
In the season five premiere titled "A New New York," Sonja kicks things off with a party to mingle with Aviva, Carole and Heather. They all seem to hit it off… until Ramona arrives. And as they say, with new friends come new revelations: in this case, Aviva learns that a couple of her “new” friends have had relations with her ex-husband. Meanwhile, Heather and Carole try to figure out who to trust and not. Picking up right where they left off, LuAnn is still annoyed with Ramona about the disparaging comments she made last season about LuAnn’s parenting. Things get interesting as Sonja, Ramona, Heather, and Aviva head to the Hamptons for the weekend and once back in the city, LuAnn surprises the new ladies with a shocking story. The three new women agree to never become “mean girls.”
The first anniversary of TV5's Wil Time Bigtime last weekend was very successful which was attended by more than 13,000 people at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
One highlight of the celebration was when Shalani Soledad performed a song and dance number--Beyonce's "Crazy in Love"--which garnered the loudest cheers from the crowd.
Dimples Romana sacrificed her privilege of being a "Showtime" judge to save Ryan Bang from leaving the show.
The drama unfolded yesterday (October 8), when Ryan Bang was finally evicted as "hurado" from the ABS-CBN talent variety program after an astounding 48 weeks. Ryan got 25.63% of eviction votes, the second highest among the four judges, while Dimples got 18.91%, the second lowest.
As we all know, the two highest vote-getters will be the "burado" or the judges who will get the boot. After learning the results, Ryan Bang broke into tears. Some of the hosts like Vice Ganda and Anne Curtis also cried because they've been with Ryan for more than a year.
This is the moment when Dimples Romana decided to announce that she's evicting herself to reinstate Ryan Bang as a Showtime judge.
I don't know if the rules allow such thing but it seemed to work.
The Kitchen Musical, the exciting new Asian series (kinda like Glee and Hell's Kitchen combined), is set to debut on US television after the show premiered strongly in the the Philippines, Singapore, and Indonesia.