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GMA Entertainment Group signed a co-production deal with SBS Korea for the reality-comedy game show, Running Man Philippines, on Tuesday at GMA Network Center. Present during the contract signing were GMA Chairman and chief executive officer Felipe Gozon; president and chief operating officer Gilberto Duavit Jr.; executive vice president and chief financial officer Felipe Yalong; vice president for Entertainment Group Redgie Acuña-Magno; vice president for Business Development Department II – Comedy/Infotainment/Reality Productions Janine Piad-Nacar; assistant vice president for Business Development Department II Bang Arespacochaga; and senior program manager/producer Enri Calaycay. Representing SBS Korea were chief global contents officer Kim Yong Jae and global production and business team director Kim…

Kapamilya stars are stepping forward to show support for their mother network after the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) asked the Supreme Court (SC) to revoke ABS-CBN’s congressional franchise through quo warranto on Monday. The petition was filed just as the company’s franchise granted by Congress is due to expire on March 30. Bills seeking to grant the network a 25-year extension of its franchise are still pending. “We want to put an end to what we discovered to be highly abusive practices of ABS-CBN benefitting a greedy few at the expense of millions of its loyal subscribers. These…

Actress Arci Muñoz took to Instagram to share her close encounter with South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho, who won the Oscars 2020 Best Director award for Parasite. Arci shared that she first met the Parasite actor Kang Ho-song who then introduced her to the man of the hour. “I greeted Mr. Kang ho Song! Had a convo with him in Korean!! Oh was soo glad I took my Korean class!! Told him how much I love their movie!! He quickly grabbed me by the hand and introduced me to ze man!! #bongjoonho And so the next photo happened! Congratulations to #parasitemovie @parasitemovie making history today…

One of the most touching moments at the 2020 Oscars was when Parasite helmer Bong Joon-ho became the first Korean filmmaker to win the Best Director award. He beat fellow nominees and Hollywood legends Quentin Tarantino for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Todd Phillips for Joker, Sam Mendes for 1917 and Martin Scorsese for The Irishman, but turned his acceptance speech into a personal tribute to them. A visibly overwhelmed Bong Joon-ho quoted his favorite saying on filmmaking and then noted that it came no less from “our great Martin Scorsese”.   “After winning Best International Feature, I thought I…

A news reporter of GMA Network apologized to the fans of Seventeen after she was caught on video saying she wouldn’t cover the popular K-pop group if she had a choice. In a video shared on Twitter by a fan, veteran journalist Marisol Abdurahman was trying to get close to the members and score a soundbite from them during their arrival in Manila Friday for a concert, but was blocked by airport security. Out of “frustration,” the TV reporter could be heard exclaiming: “Kung ako lang nga yan, ayoko mag-cover ng mga yan, ano!” Fans took offense with her comment,…

Anne Curtis will always be a Viva baby. This was what she promised in an Instagram post that affirmed her loyalty to the talent management agency that “took the chance and believed” in her when she was only 12 years old. “I’ve been with my Viva Family since the age of 12 (yes, since Princess Dahlia in Magic Kingdom) and this year I’ll be celebrating my 23rd year in the industry and with Viva who have become my family,” she began her post that came with a clip from the 1997 movie. She went on to recall the promise made…

Lotlot de Leon posted on Wednesday about the hard work that went into having a complete and united family, stressing that no family member deserves to be publicly shamed over a perceived mistake. The Instagram post came with a happy family photo that showed her with siblings Ian and Matet de Leon and their families, and her current husband Fadi El Soury and former husband Ramon Christopher Gutierrez and their children. Lotlot has four children with her ex, including actress Janine Gutierrez. Lotlot wrote in the caption: “Pinaghirapan namin ito… itong relasyon naming lahat para mabuo, maging isa… we have…

Good news ’90s kids, alternative rock lovers and music fans! Seven-time Grammy winner Alanis Morissette is set to return to the country for a one-night concert on April 6 at the Mall of Asia Arena. The Manila stop is part of the hitmaker’s world tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of her breakthrough album Jagged Little Pill. Alanis herself shared the news in an Instagram story on Thursday. Local concert promoter Ovation Productions also officially confirmed it is presenting the Alanis Morissette 2020 Live In Manila concert in cooperation with TAP Go: Stream Sports Anywhere. Jagged Little Pill is one of the…

Overseas Filipino workers in Wuhan, China captured on video locals chanting from their room windows “Wuhan jiayou!” on Monday night in an effort to lift each other’s spirits, as the city remains in a lockdown amid the coronavirus crisis. Jiayou is an often used Chinese phrase that can be roughly translated as “fight” or “keep going”. Despite being told to stay indoors and avoid social contact, it appears residents of this virus-hit city have found a way to show some “fighting spirit”. Filipino Chai Roxas, who works as an assistant manager for a trading company in Wuhan, uploaded a video filmed…

Viva Artists Agency has refuted Nadine Lustre’s statement issued Monday through her lawyers that she has decided to terminate her contract with her long-time talent agency. In a response sent to the media Monday night, the talent management company stressed that Nadine is still an exclusive artist of Viva and that it will resort to legal action against the 26-year-old actress should she enter into dealings and professional engagements without its consent. Here’s the full statement from Viva Artists Agency: “Contrary to the Press Statement, Nadine remains an exclusive artist of Viva as she has a valid and subsisting Management…