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Filipina American H.E.R. (an abbreviation of ‘Having Everything Revealed’) is in Manila to celebrate the long Christmas season with her family. Also known as Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson or Gabi for short, H.E.R. is currently one of the most celebrated and accomplished twentysomething singer-songwriters in the international music industry. To celebrate her many successes, ABS-CBN Global and MYX hosted an exclusive Mixer Event attended by partners, personalities from the music industry, and the country's leading entertainment press last December 27, 2022 at Sheraton Manila Hotel. ABS-CBN Global Chief Operating Officer Aldrin M. Cerrado also welcomes the opportunity to showcase Filipino talent to the country and the world. “We’re very happy that H.E.R. is in town for the holidays. ABS-CBN Global and MYX are very excited about the projects we will work on together in the coming months,” he says.
The 25-year-old San Francisco Bay Area native daughter of a Filipina American mother and African American father has landed in many headlines recently highlighting new career heights in music and film/TV. With 25 GRAMMY nominations and 5 wins to date, H.E.R. has had an incredible journey, punctuated with inspiring projects and accolades that have quickly ascended her to superstar status. In 2021, her powerful song “Fight For You” from the Warner Bros. Pictures film Judas and the Black Messiah won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. H.E.R. was also covered by global media for her groundbreaking role as the beloved character Belle in Disney's reimagined and reinvented part-live action, part-animated "Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration" anniversary special which will be streamed in the Philippines via Disney+ in January 2023.
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71st Miss Universe To Air, Stream Live On Multiple ABS-CBN Platforms
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More Filipinos can watch and express their support for Celeste Cortesi, the country’s bet to bag the Miss Universe 2022 title, as ABS-CBN will air and stream the awaited pageant live on A2Z Channel 11, Kapamilya Channel, Metro Channel, and iWantTFC on January 15 (Sunday) at 9:00 am (Philippine time). Celeste, who represented Pasay in the Miss Universe Philippines 2022 last April, steadily gained the top spot in the nationwide pageant after winning several other awards including Miss Photogenic and Best in Swimsuit. Now, she is eyeing for the crown currently held by Miss Universe 2021 Harnaaz Sandhu of India in order to bring a fifth Miss Universe win home to the Philippines.
Can Celeste beat the 85 queens from other countries competing for the Miss Universe 2022 title? Catch the 71st Miss Universe competition live from the USA on January 15, 9:00 am on A2Z (free TV in Mega Manila, SKYcable channel 11, Cignal channel 20), Kapamilya Channel (SKYcable SD channel 8 and HD channel 167, Cignal SD channel 22 and HD channel 23), Metro Channel (SKYcable SD channel 52 and HD channel 174, Cignal channel 69, GSAT channel 70), and iWantTFC. Same-day replays will be available at 10:30 PM on A2Z, Kapamilya Channel, Metro Channel, TV5, and iWantTFC. Metro Channel will air more replays later in the week.
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GMA Network's TikTok Account Reached Two Million Follower Mark
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Philippine media giant GMA Network continues to lead not just in broadcast communication but also in digital platforms as it marks another social media milestone surpassing two million followers on short-video sharing application TikTok. Three of GMA's top content that contribute to its number of follower growth include videos from highly-rating Kapuso series such as Maria Clara at Ibarra, Abot Kamay na Pangarap, and Running Man Philippines. Today, GMA Network is considered to be one of the fastest-growing accounts on Tiktok.
Last October, GMA launched the #KapusoSeryeReview campaign wherein TikTok content creators are encouraged to make short features about any Kapuso series in a form of review, rating, and etc. The said campaign garnered over 30 million combined views as of today. Recently, GMA and TikTok Philippines also initiated the KaKoLAB2022 event to celebrate Kapuso TikTok content creators and acknowledge best participants from the #KapusoSeryeReview campaign. According to Alex Soon of TikTok Philippines, the said event also gives artists and content creators the opportunity to collaborate and learn from one another in creating online content.
“The event is called KaKoLAB, it's basically where we have Kapuso stars and TikTok [content] creators collaborate to create content, where they get to learn from each other and basically create content, and make a community. Also, we enable real people to be their very own content creators,” she said in an interview with GMANetwork.com. Among the Sparkle GMA Artist Center artists who were present during the KaKoLAB 2022 were Mano Po Legacy: The Flower Sisters star Mikee Quintos, Sparkle love team Jamir Zabarte at Zonia Mejia, Underage actresses Elijah Alejo and Hailey Mendes, as well as new Kapuso talent Shuvee Etrata. Videos from the said fun event of artists and content creators now have 18 million combined views. In August 2022, GMA Network was also nominated for the Top Entertainment Award, under the Judges' Pick Category, in the 2022 TikTok Awards Philippines.
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ABS-CBN TFC News Entertainment Reporter Yong Chavez Receives Second International Media Award Nomination At Annual ICG Publicity Awards In Hollywood
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ABS-CBN’s TFC News Hollywood correspondent Yong Chavez has been nominated for an International Media Award at the 60th Annual ICG Publicists Awards for the second year in a row. The award celebrates publicists, unit still photographers, and entertainment journalists, all of whom contribute to bringing television and motion picture campaigns to life.
Chavez, a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA/Golden Globes) and Hollywood Critics Association (HCA Awards), represents ABS-CBN News (Philippines). She was also recently tapped as one of three journalists to conduct official HFPA backstage interviews with the winners at the 80th Golden Globes. Chavez is nominated alongside five other international entertainment journalists, Dan Jolin of Empire (UK), Garry Maddox of the Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), Zachary Ntim of Deadline (UK), Helen O’Hara of Empire (Northern Ireland), and Adam Tanswell of Total Film (UK). In a social media post celebrating the good news, Chavez thanked Hollywood publicists who champion diverse voices in the entertainment business and highlighted how the recognition of hard work is important to ensuring equitable representation in the industry. “This is a dream come true. It is an honor and a privilege to document and tell the stories of our often-under-represented talents," said Chavez.
ICG Publicists Awards Chairs Tim Menke and Sheryl Main announced the nominees in the following categories: Les Mason Award for Career Achievement in Publicity, Publicist of the Year Award, Excellence in Unit Still Photography Award – Motion Pictures, Excellence in Unit Still Photography — Television, Press Award, and International Media Award. The Motion Picture Showman of the Year Award and the Television Showman of the Year Award will be announced soon. The nominees for the 2023 Maxwell Weinberg Award for Television Publicity Campaigns have been previously announced while the Maxwell Weinberg Award for Motion Picture Publicity Campaign nominees will be announced on January 12 and the Bob Yeager Award for Community Service will be announced at the award show. Other leading entertainment news outlets such as Variety and Deadline picked up the announcement. The awards are organized by the International Cinematographers Guild (ICG) and winners will be announced during a luncheon on March 10, 2023 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Hollywood, California, USA.
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Japanese Psychothriller "Gannibal" Now Exclusively Available On Disney+
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Disney+ audiences across the world awoke to the spine-chilling arrival of Gannibal, a heart-pounding new Japanese psychothriller now available exclusively on the online streaming platform. Set in a fictional Japanese village of Kuge, Gannibal sees newly moved police officer Daigo Agawa arrive at a broken man. While things start off promisingly for the new arrival, a series of alarming events, including the unexpected death of an elderly villager, begin to unfold, leading Daigo to the horrifying realization that something is deeply wrong with the village and those who live there. Thrown into a hostile environment with suspense around every corner, will the latest police officer to patrol the streets of Kuge village be able to bring those responsible to justice before it’s too late?
Based on the hit manga series of the same name by Masaaki Ninomiya, Gannibal features a unique storyline. Yuya Yagira (HOKUSAI, Asakusa Kid), known for winning Best Actor at the 57th Cannes Film Festival, plays the role of police officer Daigo Agawa who is faced with unexpected events after moving to a new village, and Riho Yoshioka (Quartet, Here Comes Asa!) plays Yuki Agawa, Daigo’s wife who moved to the new village in hope to find peace after going through a traumatic incident. Show Kasamatsu (Tokyo Vice, Love You as the World Ends) takes on the role of Keisuke Goto, a member of the Goto family that dominates the mysterious Kuge village. The series is brought to life exclusively on Disney+ by some of the biggest names in the Japanese creative industry. Gannibal is produced by Teruhisa Yamamoto, producer of this year’s Academy Award-winning Drive My Car and Tatsuya Iwakura, directed by Shinzo Katayama (Siblings on the Cape) and adapted for the screen by Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award-nominee Takamasa Oe who most recently wrote the screenplay for the Academy Award-winning Drive My Car.
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Filipino Folk-Pop Band The Ransom Collective To Stage Reunion Concert On February 4th
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The Ransom Collective returned to the live stage after years of remote collaborations and pursuing individual projects. Aptly titled Hello Again: The Ransom Collective Reunion Show, the outdoor concert marks the first time that they will be performing together as a band in three years. The event is set to take place at 123 Block in Mandala Park on February 4, 2022 (Saturday) from 6:00 pm onwards. Aside from headlining the concert, the six-piece act is also set to perform a long set, featuring some of their most notable songs, as well as new ones in their repertoire. They’re also dishing some rearranged numbers with guest sessionists to further elevate the attendees’ concert-going experience.
“It’s been over two years since we’ve all been in the same room together. Life has taken each of us in all sorts of different directions. After countless Zoom meetings and remote collaboration, we are so excited to finally have the chance to create and perform live together once again,” the indie-folk outfit shares in a statement. The reunion show is also the band’s way of expressing gratitude to their fans who have continued to support and inspire them through their journey as musicians. Sharing the stage are some of their peers and contemporaries in the music industry including Cheats, syd hartha, and Gabba. Special merch will be available at the venue and there will be booths and activities curated especially for the attendees. “We’ll only be complete for about a month so we want to make the most of it. We’ll be squeezing in as much time as we can jam and experiment with new material while we practice and prepare for our reunion show on February 4th. We’re planning to play a long set, maybe even our longest ever. We’ve got some special guests lined up and a few surprises planned for the evening,” the Traces act explains.
Hello Again: The Ransom Collective Reunion Show is presented by GNN Entertainment Productions and The Ransom Collective. Tickets to the show are available for purchase online via bit.ly/helloagaintrc.
