Must Watch: Duterte supporters call for “boycott” of Daniel Padilla movie

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1O4lgp88-E0rOp_Nx-rHk8LDHlbFiOVet6jt5ICVvBIQnUBOubQwKF8Q2Dfw7LQ3mY-6qpBBW0meGbCZYbTqLjuUygwnoHs0ww6St0QFypaa1retR_acm_yzN8oykgK81pv5LvbXdiY0/s1600/barcelona.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1O4lgp88-E0rOp_Nx-rHk8LDHlbFiOVet6jt5ICVvBIQnUBOubQwKF8Q2Dfw7LQ3mY-6qpBBW0meGbCZYbTqLjuUygwnoHs0ww6St0QFypaa1retR_acm_yzN8oykgK81pv5LvbXdiY0/s640/barcelona.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Supporters of President Rodrigo Duterte have flooded social media with a plea for people to avoid watching the latest movie of teen actor Daniel Padilla after his infamous statement during the campaign period of the 2016 elections.</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- Doleaderboard --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1641783409407177" data-ad-slot="8060438843"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Padilla was campaigning with love interest Kathryn Bernando for Liberal Party presidential candidate Mar Roxas for the elections.</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It can be recalled that Padilla issued a statement, calling netizens “know-it-alls” and claiming that non-voters have no right to voice out their opinions on their candidates.</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><div align="center"><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- Dosidebar --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:336px;height:280px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1641783409407177" data-ad-slot="9537172042"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"'Di naman pwede tayo salita nang salita and hindi mo naman alam ang nangyayari sa eleksyon. Marami kasi nagmamagaling sa eleksyon, hindi naman botante, so shut up ka na, hindi ka naman botante,"</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Don't keep on talking if you don't know what's going on in the elections. There are so many know-it-alls when it comes to the elections and yet they are not even registered voters. So just shut up if you are not a voter.) He said, garnering comments from an irritated audience.</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><div align="center"><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- Dosidebar --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:336px;height:280px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1641783409407177" data-ad-slot="9537172042"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As the actor is promoting an upcoming movie entitled “Barcelona: A Love Untold”, Duterte supporters are urging the public to skip it.</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Source: filipinewsph.com</span></b></div><br />

Must Watch: Duterte supporters call for “boycott” of Daniel Padilla movie

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WATCH! Star Magic Conducted A Mandatory Drug Test On 40 Talents. Find Out Who Were Involved...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP7Hc97enXxv6gxV2y8Zq2jYZf0TFXm2IiCe0fhH6Y-xM-NeOmOWpWHBEy0WWGTHrer_o-JAY0EEDbGzMXFm4IkEjSPKcXYYPhl68ZhTdN6aq4zd4UEzBqtlaK0meqMVvnq_C5yec85ns/s1600/cuenca-gil-diego-600x378.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP7Hc97enXxv6gxV2y8Zq2jYZf0TFXm2IiCe0fhH6Y-xM-NeOmOWpWHBEy0WWGTHrer_o-JAY0EEDbGzMXFm4IkEjSPKcXYYPhl68ZhTdN6aq4zd4UEzBqtlaK0meqMVvnq_C5yec85ns/s640/cuenca-gil-diego-600x378.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was according to Star Magic, ABS-CBN’s talent management arm, of the “supervised and voluntary drug test” conducted on 40 of its artists on Saturday.</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“There will be more of this in the coming months,” said ABS-CBN PR manager Thess Gubi, adding that this was “conducted to belay rumors of drug use in the community. This is also to discourage people from using illegal drugs.”</span></b><br /><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- Doleaderboard --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1641783409407177" data-ad-slot="8060438843"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The network has yet to release the names of those who voluntarily subjected themselves to drug testing. However, in a statement sent to the Inquirer, Star Magic said “results were 100 percent negative for actors Jake Cuenca, Enrique Gil, Diego Loyzaga and the rest of the Star Magic artists.”</span></b><br /><div align="center"><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- Dosidebar --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:336px;height:280px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1641783409407177" data-ad-slot="9537172042"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The statement stated: “Star Magic believes in the efforts of the current campaign to keep our homes and environments drug-free.”</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gubi said there have been rumors that Gil, Cuenca and Loyzaga were included on President Rodrigo Duterte’s list of those involved in illegal drug use. “This is the network’s initiative to dispel rumors even before the president decides to reveal the names of those on the list,” she pointed out.</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><div align="center"><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- Dosidebar --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:336px;height:280px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1641783409407177" data-ad-slot="9537172042"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gubi said artists were already informed by management of the drug testing some two weeks ago, and stressed that this was not mandatory. “Only those who are willing and have no prior schedule may go,” she said. “We were not supposed to publicize this but we want to let the public know that we are supporting the government in its campaign.”</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Source: inquirer.net</span></b></div><div><br /></div>

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'PBB' execs to meet with MTRCB after Rita’s bullying episode - Must Read

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJGtzV_n2NlidnoDGvpR4R-26836N71rTZBji2NUG-UHyXZIazpWjzSa9ehFjxsPrZDFf9WgHIhSnSKOqEV8zF0kZmdYk6wyQwSxOPnrPFfcFuk8XD1ftKNklgCdc6dsM3GwWTgIP9uuw/s1600/Rita-Gabiola-Underwear-Joey-Salceda.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJGtzV_n2NlidnoDGvpR4R-26836N71rTZBji2NUG-UHyXZIazpWjzSa9ehFjxsPrZDFf9WgHIhSnSKOqEV8zF0kZmdYk6wyQwSxOPnrPFfcFuk8XD1ftKNklgCdc6dsM3GwWTgIP9uuw/s1600/Rita-Gabiola-Underwear-Joey-Salceda.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>THE Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) released a letter published in its websites following the episode wherein Pinoy Big Brother teen housemate Rita Gaviola, a representative of the Badjao community was teased.</b></span><br /><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- Doleaderboard --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1641783409407177" data-ad-slot="8060438843"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The letter was addressed to the reality show's producers, and writers, requesting for a meeting slated on August 18.</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MTRCB's decision to call a conference with the show's team was based on factors like Rita's age and her role as a representative of an indigenous group.</b></span><br /><div align="center"><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- Dosidebar --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:336px;height:280px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1641783409407177" data-ad-slot="9537172042"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>"With the above, and considering further the age as well as gender of the concerned housemate, not to mention the representation made in your program that she belongs to an indigenous group or peoples of the Philippines, we are impelled to ask your aftendance, through your authorized representative/s at a conference scheduled for 18 August 2016, 10:30 a.m. at the MTRCB Adjudication Room, " read the board’s letter.</b></span><br /><div align="center"><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- Dosidebar --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:336px;height:280px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1641783409407177" data-ad-slot="9537172042"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>In the said episode, Rita was washing dishes in the kitchen, when some of the other female housemates started to laugh after showing what appeared to be one of Rita's garments. After realizing their mistake, the other housemates apologized.</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Earlier, Albay 2nd District Representative Joey Salceda called on the concerned government agencies to take appropriate action following the incident. He emphasized that fighting discrimination or bullying from a youth-oriented program like PBB is but of great importance.</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Source: filipinewsph.com</b></span></div>

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No-frills singing boosts Esang de Torres’ bid for recording stardom - Be Updated!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB9GivNEg88pl3wXGuhbgPwqtbx90npcPv-IEAQ1iC7XkU5uFAPatKoWoqIcV2NbqVyhe254WZI9Ti5m66c7p9-uGv6RfBMldypYYyN0LgSngwUARRZCwrWG3zEB5X4P8iuZLd73WfUmc/s1600/t0809esangalbum1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB9GivNEg88pl3wXGuhbgPwqtbx90npcPv-IEAQ1iC7XkU5uFAPatKoWoqIcV2NbqVyhe254WZI9Ti5m66c7p9-uGv6RfBMldypYYyN0LgSngwUARRZCwrWG3zEB5X4P8iuZLd73WfUmc/s320/t0809esangalbum1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>She may have only placed third in the second season of “The Voice Kids,” but Esang de Torres has since clearly outpaced her talented rivals in the popular kiddie tilt.</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>In terms of singing chops-honing experience and cachet-boosting exposure, her recent stint as little Cosette in the Manila and Singapore staging of “Les Miserables” is an impressive addition to Esang’s continually expanding body of work.</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Is this a cautionary case of too much, too soon for the adorable singing moppet? Not really.</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>It’s hard to begrudge Esang her share of the performing spotlight—after all, it isn’t like she only started trying her luck in Tinseltown last year.</b></span><br /><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- Doleaderboard --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1641783409407177" data-ad-slot="8060438843"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>In fact, it’s been five years since Esang first ventured into singing competitions (at age 4)—and she just turned 9 years old last February!</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Esang refuses to rest on her laurels, however. Her latest triumph comes in the form of her solo debut album, “Ako ay Kakanta,” whose age-appropriate, Vehnee Saturno-penned songs prove that relative fame hasn’t spoiled her or her disarmingly unaffected, no-frills singing style.</b></span><br /><div align="center"><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- Dosidebar --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:336px;height:280px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1641783409407177" data-ad-slot="9537172042"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If you’re partial to birit-sung encomiums about love that defies seemingly insurmountable odds or show-stopping renditions that offer generous servings of tricky melisma, you won’t hear much of those here.</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Esang sings about character-forming relationships forged through the years (“Your Angel,” “Friend”) and issues that kids her age can relate to—from the unquantifiable pleasure she gets out of singing (“Ako ay Kakanta”) to what children think about conflict in the complex world they inhabit (“Pag-ibig ang Sagot,” “Batang Makulet”).</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If you think there’s only so much that children and tweens can sing about, you’ve got another think coming: “Nanay Ko, Tatay Ko” examines the ties that bind young kids and their OFW parents, who grudgingly leave their cash-strapped families behind to give their heretofore bleak future a fighting chance.</b></span><br /><div align="center"><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- Dosidebar --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:336px;height:280px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1641783409407177" data-ad-slot="9537172042"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>For music enthusiasts who want some vocal bravado and bombast, the show-stopping “Kung Bubuksan Mo Lang ang Puso” is “wired” as an inspiring ballad that hews close to the structure of a contest piece, fueled further by soaring sections that melodically dramatize its empowering theme.</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The eight-track album’s only cover, Charo Unite and Ernie dela Peña’s enduring “May Bukas Pa,” is a pleasant addition to the lineup because, devoid of excessive gimmicks, it’s easy to appreciate what its message is truly about when there aren’t potential distractions that can dilute its lyrical and melodic appeal.</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>                                                     Source: inquirer.net</b></span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><br /></div>

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Duterte OKs proposal to hold Miss Universe in PH, says DOT chief - Must Read This!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTeCDjZW4D4TbUYHmo5aYLK2xZR3Mymd_oaFx-YCLnnAF-Ne9vYaV8sRKkZsWNJBJ6O1YrYiXYmOkWkS0gs50i2tcjI66RZEIwkg25Eh-G1XYpFzH6DaQ5cv89Qi87hIKgXolxbv3CCg/s1600/Pia-0125-300x169.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTeCDjZW4D4TbUYHmo5aYLK2xZR3Mymd_oaFx-YCLnnAF-Ne9vYaV8sRKkZsWNJBJ6O1YrYiXYmOkWkS0gs50i2tcjI66RZEIwkg25Eh-G1XYpFzH6DaQ5cv89Qi87hIKgXolxbv3CCg/s640/Pia-0125-300x169.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>President Rodrigo Duterte has “approved in principle” the proposal to hold the next Miss Universe pageant in the Philippines, according to the Department of Tourism (DOT).</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>”The President agreed that sponsoring the event would be a tourism marketing coup with Philippines’ Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach at the helm,” DOT chief Wanda Teo said in a statement on Friday.</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- Doleaderboard --><br /><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1641783409407177" data-ad-slot="8060438843" style="display: inline-block; height: 90px; width: 728px;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>READ: DOT chief eyes next Miss Universe pageant in PH</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Teo confirmed the President’s approval of her proposal during a meeting with tourism leaders this week, the statement read.</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>The newly installed Tourism chief said reigning Miss Universe Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach was set to return to the country to discuss the proposal, assuring that “commercial sponsors have offered to put up part of the franchise money.”</b></span><br /><div align="center"><script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- Dosidebar --><br /><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1641783409407177" data-ad-slot="9537172042" style="display: inline-block; height: 280px; width: 336px;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>“Sponsoring Miss Universe is our focus right now, with the plan and sources of funding in tow. We are ready to seize the moment,” Teo said.</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>“Once Pia announces that Miss Universe is going to happen here, people abroad will start looking at the map and see where the Philippines is. And, we’re saying, we’d love to have you in Philippines,” she added.</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><div align="center"><script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- dotextads --><br /><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1641783409407177" data-ad-format="link" data-ad-slot="1320744443" style="display: block;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>READ: Pia Wurtzbach wants next Miss Universe tilt held in PH</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>If the plan pushes through, Teo said segments of the prestigious beauty tilt will be held in tourist sites like Palawan, Boracay and Cebu.</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>The last time the Philippines hosted Miss Universe was in 1994, which crowned Sushmita Sen of India as winner. The country first hosted the pageant in 1974, when Margie Moran relinquished her crown to Spain’s Amparo Muñoz.</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>The last Miss Universe edition was held in Las Vegas, Nevada, where Wurtzbach bagged the prestigious title after a 42-year drought for the Philippines.</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>                                                      Source: inquirer.net</b></span><br /><div><br /></div>

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AlDub’s swoon-worthy chemistry served well by new starrer’s visual allure - Must Read This!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUYLm0M1l9N8C_SY_aCzcyhJ7XTbSCaNOqF7WnAZ4pjW49kOHPZ8oVlFjKENeQR5Md2IWmaAoC1u1Gx740JhJ_MkKrZZ3bfkrCcr-5rgd6vuUH2nsOMHX0_0sUIu23QAGmRiRwm5YdmQo/s1600/0716imagine-600x369.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUYLm0M1l9N8C_SY_aCzcyhJ7XTbSCaNOqF7WnAZ4pjW49kOHPZ8oVlFjKENeQR5Md2IWmaAoC1u1Gx740JhJ_MkKrZZ3bfkrCcr-5rgd6vuUH2nsOMHX0_0sUIu23QAGmRiRwm5YdmQo/s640/0716imagine-600x369.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>It’s hard not to get skittish about the prospects of Alden Richards and Maine Mendoza parlaying the immense popularity and tweet-generating appeal of their AlDub TV tandem into box office gold.</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>How long can they continually milk their “kalyeserye’s” crowd-pleasing but ultimately restricting “Tamang Panahon” narrative conceit?</b></span><br /><div align="center"><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- dotextads --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1641783409407177" data-ad-slot="1320744443" data-ad-format="link"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>After all, Alden and Maine are no longer teenagers who have yet to come of age, so playing coy for much too long can eventually overstay its welcome.</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Moreover, it certainly didn’t help that their 2015 Metro Manila Film Fest entry, “My Bebe Love,” had more kooky froth than romantic frisson.</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>But, in AlDub’s first solo showcase, “Imagine You & Me,” there’s good reason for their followers to celebrate, thanks to director Michael Tuviera. He knows how to utilize their serendipitous meetings, and cleverly does away with “My Bebe Love’s” musty comedic clutter—which was more harmful than flattering for the duo.</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>With that distraction out of the way, Tuviera manages to capture the pair’s potent chemistry and frame their characters’ love story with some of the loveliest and most gorgeously framed shots captured in any local film this year, courtesy of cinematographer Shayne Sarte.</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Gara (Mendoza) is a cash-strapped OFW who juggles odd jobs—as the housekeeper of Terry (Irma Adlawan), and the dogsitter of leukemia-stricken Isay’s (Jasmine Curtis-Smith) pooch—in a picturesque Italian suburb by Lake Como. Life hasn’t been easy for her and her family, but she refuses to let her dire financial situation get the better of her.</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>However, Gara’s feisty personality and joie de vivre are no match for the sullen demeanor of Andrew (Richards), a broken-hearted med school student whose life has been put on hold by his great need for closure.</b></span><br /><div align="center"><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- Dosidebar --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:336px;height:280px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1641783409407177" data-ad-slot="9537172042"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>But, just when Andrew is won over by Gara’s catchy ebullience and Dubsmashing skills and finally decides to put an end to his yearlong moping, he discovers something about his newfound gal pal and her sick employer!</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>While it’s true that Maine’s perpetual grin is a boon for her “screen sweetheart” persona, it’s nonetheless bane for her growth as an actress. For much of the film’s introductory sequences, Maine is often caught “performing” for the camera or playing to the peanut gallery—which weighs down her attempt at characterization.</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Maine is probably driven by a force of habit to keep every scene she’s in “fascinating.” But, it’s hard for any actress to “create” real character if she wants to please everybody all the time.</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>So, at some point soon in her acting career, Maine has to learn how to rein in her pushy “performing” excesses.</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>She works hard at her dramatic sequences, all right, but her portrayal lacks genuine believability and depth—which becomes more obvious in her often-tearless “emotional” moments with the luminous Jasmine.</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Be that as it may, it’s hard to begrudge Maine her screen presence and likability, especially in her effective kilig scenes with Alden. It doesn’t hurt that she has the hilarious Kakai Bautista and Cai Cortez—who respectively play Vangie and Winona  (her loud but lovable roommates)—to trade comic barbs with.</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- Doleaderboard --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1641783409407177" data-ad-slot="8060438843"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Alden does better, because his character’s dramatic arc doesn’t require complex shifting, so he manages to keep his portrayal consistent and plausible—until his character sees the error of his ways.</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>He is a swoon-worthy albeit brooding screen consort for love-struck maidens to dote on—and it isn’t hard to suspend disbelief that they will put his bedimpled smile back on his face again!</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If you’re a hopeless romantic, this movie is for you: It’s easy to let its flaws and continuity gaffes slide, because it has attractive leads portraying star-crossed lovers, with sob stories that make them even more “relatable.” —Plus sparklingly breathtaking vistas that will sweep you off your feet, and make this celluloid fairy tale “aspirationally” appealing!</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>                                                         Source: inquirer.net</b></span><br /><div><br /></div>

AlDub’s swoon-worthy chemistry served well by new starrer’s visual allure - Must Read This!

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