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Filipino food creator Abi Marquez, widely known as the Lumpia Queen and managed by NYMA Talent Management, is featured in Being Gordon Ramsay, the recently released Netflix documentary series following world-renowned chef Gordon Ramsay during a pivotal period of expansion in his career. In Episode 4, Abi is seen being interviewed by the Netflix documentary team following her collaboration with Ramsay, offering insight into the experience and reflecting on the exchange between cultures, techniques, and perspectives in the kitchen. The segment provides a candid glimpse into the realities of working within a global culinary environment and the creative dialogue that emerges from such collaborations.
Being Gordon Ramsay documents Ramsay in the lead-up to the opening of five new restaurant concepts inside 22 Bishopsgate, one of London’s tallest buildings. Filmed over six months, the series offers an intimate look at Ramsay as he navigates the pressures of global expansion while balancing family life and the demands of running an international restaurant empire. Abi’s inclusion reflects the evolving nature of today’s culinary landscape — one shaped not only by chefs and restaurants, but also by digital creators who serve as cultural bridges. With over 10 million followers across social media, Abi Marquez has emerged as one of Southeast Asia’s most recognizable food creators, championing Filipino cuisine through accessible storytelling that resonates with audiences worldwide.
Building on this global exposure, Abi is set to take part in the upcoming Melbourne Food & Wine Festival on March 20-29, 2026 where she will collaborate with Melbourne-based Filipino-Italian chef Morris Danzen Catanghal at Nine Yards, marking another milestone in her growing international presence and continued efforts to bring Filipino food into global culinary conversations. Providing additional context to the moment shown in the series, Abi later shared a single behind-the-scenes, documentary-style video on her YouTube channel, offering a personal look at the experience from her perspective and underscoring the significance of the collaboration.
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BGYO Delivers “Fresh” Vibes In New Single
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BGYO comprising of Gelo, Akira, JL, Mikki, and Nate continue to refine their sound with the release of “Fresh”, an affirming song that celebrates unapologetic confidence and authenticity and serves as their first music release after celebrating their fifth anniversary. The accompanying music video is now streaming on YouTube via the BGYO Official channel.
Mikki composed the track, which blends sleek hip-hop influences with a confident edge, resulting in the group’s smoothest and coolest empowerment anthem yet — one that proves nothing is fresher than being yourself. “Fresh” marks BGYO’s first Tagalog single since 2024’s “Andito Lang.” The Filipino boy group is set to represent OPM in the upcoming “DUNK Showcase” at K-Arena Yokohama, Japan along with SB19 and Cup of Joe. Last year, BGYO dropped back-to-back releases, beginning with their self-titled EP featuring the tracks “Trash” and “Divine”, which has since amassed nearly 7 million streams on Spotify.
They followed it up with the EP “Headlines” which includes “All These Ladies”, “Dance With Me”, “Aloe Vera”, and its title track. The group performed “Headlines” on Thailand’s “Music Countdown” and was also named one of the headliners at Summer Sonic 2025 in Bangkok. The Filipino boy group capped off the year with their first successful solo concert at the New Frontier Theater last October 2025.
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Prime Video Introduces First Look At ‘The Silent Noise’ – A Raw Filipino Crime Drama Starring Angelica Panganiban And Zanjoe Marudo
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Prime Video recently released the first look of its upcoming Filipino crime drama series The Silent Noise, produced by ABS-CBN Studios. When a body is found in their small town, a deaf son must face the truth he’s suppressed, risking the fragile truce his family fought to keep. This raw and atmospheric drama dives deep into the fragile balance between truth and reputation, guilt and conscience, and the heavy cost of accountability within a splintered family. The Silent Noise unravels the raw emotional stakes of parenting through uncertainty, showing how silence can both protect and destroy, and how the pursuit of truth can shake the foundations of love and loyalty.
The Silent Noise, premiering exclusively on Prime Video on March 20, 2026 in the Philippines and over 240 countries and territories worldwide, is directed by Onat Diaz (The Alibi) and features a powerhouse cast led by Angelica Panganiban, Zanjoe Marudo, and KD Omalin. The Silent Noise joins thousands of other shows and films available on the Prime Video catalogue such as The Alibi, LOL: Last One Laughing Philippines, Linlang, Drag Den with Manila Luzon Seasons 1 and 2; Korean titles such as Siren’s Kiss, Spring Fever, Surely Tomorrow, Nice to Not Meet You, Confidence Queen, Head Over Heels, GOOD BOY, Newtopia, Marry My Husband; anime hits such as Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX, Jujutsu Kaisen 0, Rurouni Kenshin; on top of award-winning and critically acclaimed Amazon MGM Studios-produced series and movies Fallout, Heads of State, Reacher, Red One, Road House, The Boys, The Lord of the Rings: The RIngs of Power, and The Summer I Turned Pretty; licensed fan favorites John Wick and Challengers; and Prime Video exclusive access to coverage of live sports including NBA and acclaimed sports documentaries including Bye Bye Barry, Kelce, and Earnhardt. Prime Video members are able to watch films and shows anywhere and anytime on thousands of compatible devices. In the Prime Video app, members can also download episodes on their mobile devices and tablets and watch anywhere offline at no additional cost. Prime Video is available in the Philippines for just Php149 per month.
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Entertainment Meets Education: How The Puregold Channel Revitalizes ‘Last-Mile’ Schools In PH
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In a move that aims to revitalize the Philippines' ‘last mile’ schools, Puregold Price Club Inc. President Vincent Co is investing the total streaming revenue of the Puregold Channel on YouTube in his personal initiative, the Pusong Panalo Program. The program seeks to aid underserved public schools nationwide through interventions that address both immediate needs and structural gaps including solar panels for schools with limited access to electricity, livelihood packages for teachers, grocery support for students, classroom renovations, and assorted learning equipment and aspires to reach at least 10,000 students in 30 public schools around the archipelago by 2028.
The Puregold Channel on YouTube serves as the company’s hub for its “retailtainment” (retail + entertainment) strategy, an integrated content ecosystem spanning free digital series, music collaborations with leading OPM artists, and original Filipino storytelling through the annual Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival. The channel has surpassed 300,000 subscribers, earning YouTube’s Silver Play Button and establishing itself as one of the most robust brand-owned media platforms in Philippine retail. But the metric that matters most is not just Puregold Channel‘s subscriber growth. Vincent’s success with these “retailtainment” ventures has allowed him to direct more resources towards one of the company’s strongest advocacies. Every view on the channel translates into revenue, and every peso of that revenue is reinvested in public education. With this model, audience engagement is no longer a vanity metric; it is a funding mechanism. Performance drives purpose, scale enables service.
For Vincent Co, the convergence of business growth and social investment is not a communications narrative but a leadership mandate. “Retailtainment”, in this context, is not merely a growth lever, but a means to mobilize capital toward outcomes that endure beyond quarterly performance. Under Vincent Co’s stewardship, Puregold content with a social impact is not treated as a byproduct of success, but as one of its clearest indicators.
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Songs For Selina Coming To PH Cinemas On March 18, 2026
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The musical-themed drama film Songs For Selina is officially coming to Philippine cinemas on March 18, 2026. Previously picked up by Amazon Prime US and Tubi for its North American release last year, the film delivers a harrowing yet grounded portrayal of the music industry’s grim realities. Songs For Selina stars Mica Javier and Rachel Coates as Selina and Maya — musical soulmates whose bond is fractured by the unforgiving and cutthroat nature of the industry they once dreamed of conquering together.
Jay R, CEO of Homeworkz Entertainment and the R& B singer behind enduring hits such as Sining and Bakit Pa Ba, shares, “The entire film is deeply personal. It draws from our own lived experiences, the stories of our peers, and the unspoken truths that quietly exist within the industry. As artists ourselves, we understand the fear of being marginalized or blacklisted for addressing uncomfortable truths, especially in systems where power is unevenly distributed. That vulnerability is precisely why we chose to tell this story through film and music.” Jay R, who served as one of the film’s executive producers, highlights the importance of independent storytelling in an industry often driven by commercial considerations. The King of R&B notes, “Major studios and networks are not the only path. There is a space for us, and it’s time we collectively step into it — to strengthen, diversify, and elevate the state of our entertainment industry.”
Presented by Homeworkz Entertainment and distributed in the Philippines by Black Cap Pictures, Songs For Selina features an ensemble cast that also includes Rachel Alejandro, Audie Gemora, Nicole Laurel, Leanne Mamonong, Gian Magdangal, and Jay R himself who also co-wrote and produced the film’s original motion picture soundtrack which features solo and duet performances by lead stars Mica Javier and Rachel Coates. Jay R reveals, “The tracks were very much inspired by my own career, which made the songwriting process feel natural and intuitive. Each song was carefully shaped to serve the story — tailoring the lyrics and emotion to the script so that the music actively moves the narrative forward.”
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ABS-CBN Forms The Next Big OPM Band In Its First Music Docu-Reality On YouTube
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Witness how the next big OPM band is formed in ABS-CBN’s first-ever music docu-reality show on YouTube, “The Next Big Band”, on the ABS-CBN Entertainment YouTube channel, the most-subscribed media and entertainment channel in Southeast Asia with 54.6 million subscribers. Premiered last February 19, the series follows aspiring musicians as they showcase their passion, talent, and personal stories while competing for the chance to be formed into ABS-CBN’s first-ever band built from scratch led by Star Music artist Gello Marquez.
Every episode of “The Next Big Band” will feature participants that will get to showcase their passion for music, unique talent, and their inspiring stories with the hopes of turning their dreams into reality as evaluated by an esteemed panel of judges led by ABS-CBN Music Head of Creatives, Content, and Operations Jonathan Manalo, ABS-CBN Music label heads – Rox Santos of Star Pop, Marey Garcia of Tarsier Records, and Gab Tagadtad of DNA Music – and Six Part Invention Musical Director Rey Cantong.
“The Next Big Band”, under ABS-CBN Studios and ABS-CBN Music, is part of the growing list of ABS-CBN’s YouTube originals following the success of “Kuan On One”, “Sparks Camp”, “Zoomers”, and more. Follow the journey of aspiring musicians in “The Next Big Band” with new episodes streaming every Thursday at 7:00 pm and on-demand on the ABS-CBN Entertainment YouTube channel.
