As per Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, announced the death of her mother, Mrs. Corazon Aquino, August 1, 2009.
The mother of democracy in the Philippines is gone. The former president Corazon Aquino died at the age of 76 in Makati Medical Center. Mrs. Aquino has been diagnosed with colon cancer early in 2008 and has been confined at the Makati Medical Center for more than a month.
Mrs. Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino was married to Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., a leading figure in the political opposition against the autocratic rule of President Ferdinand Marcos. After her husband was assassinated upon his return from exile in the United States on August 21, 1983, Aquino, who had no prior political experience, became a focal point and unifying force of the opposition against Marcos. She was drafted to run against Marcos in the 1986 snap presidential elections. After Marcos was proclaimed the winner despite widespread reports of electoral fraud, Aquino was installed as President by the peaceful 1986 People Power Revolution.
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has signed and proclaimed the name of seven National Artists for 2009.
This year's list includes: Manuel Urbano, a.k.a. Manuel Conde - for film and broadcast (posthumous) Lazaro Francisco for literature (posthumous) Federico Aguilar Alcuaz - for visual arts, painting, sculpture and mixed media Cecilia Guidote-Alvarez - for theater Carlo J. Caparas - for visual arts and film Francisco "Bobby" Mañosa - for architecture Pitoy Moreno for fashion design.
The title is given to a Filipino who has been given the highest recognition for having made significant contributions to the development of Philippine arts, namely music, dance, theater, visual arts, literature, film, broadcast arts, fashion design and architecture, and allied art
The Backstreet Boys (without Kevin Richardson) will release their ninth album, which entitled "This Is Us," this October 6, 2009, and will have a series of world tour.
The Jive Records, 11-track album features new material that Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell and AJ McLean collaborated on alongside with songwriters and producers like Max Martin, T-Pain, RedOne, Soulshock & Karlin, Jim Jonsin and Claude Kelly.
"We always try to set the bar as high as possible," Dorough told Billboard.com. "We've always been a pop/R&B group. We focus our songs around good melodies and group harmonies, and hopefully that will have a lot of staying power."
"We're really excited to release this new album and know that our fans are excited too," Carter said in a press release. "We worked with a group of amazing artists and producers that we've never worked with before, exploring new sounds and territory and know the final product turned out incredible."
The Backstreet Boys will be launches their world tour on September 27 in Singapore, then goes to Europe from October 30-December 6. North American dates for 2010 are expected to be announced soon.
As a number one last week, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" was dropped in the number two spot in this weekend box-office. Which the Disney 3-D film "G-Force" was opened this week got the top spot.
See the top 10 movies of this week with estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com.
1. G-Force, $32.2 million.
2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, $30 million.
3. The Ugly Truth, $27 million.
4. Orphan, $12.8 million.
5. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, $8.2 million.
6. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, $8 million.
The adventures of a young girl, Alice, who falls into a magical world full of strange characters and darkness behind every corner.
Casts: Mia Wasikowska - Alice Kingsley Johnny Depp - The Mad Hatter Helena Bonham Carter - The Red Queen Alan Rickman - The Caterpillar Anne Hathaway - The White Queen Michael Sheen - The White Rabbit Stephen Fry - The Cheshire Cat Timothy Spall - The Bloodhound Crispin Glover - The Knave of Hearts Christopher Lee - The Jabberwock Noah Taylor - The March Hare Matt Lucas - Tweedledee / Tweedledum Marton Csokas - Charles Kingsley Eleanor Tomlinson - Fiona Chataway Frances de la Tour - Aunt Imogene Lindsay Duncan - Helen Kingsley John Hopkins - Lowell Manchester Jemma Powell - Margaret Manchester Austin James Wolff - The May Pole Dancer Barbara Windsor - The Dormouse Tim Pigott-Smith - Lord Ascot Geraldine James - Lady Ascot Eleanor Gecks - Faith Chataway Lucy Davenport Leo Bill - Hamish Ascot
Director: Tim Burton
Watch the Alice in Wonderland teaser after the jump...
A former American Idol, Daughtry with his 2nd album "Leave This Town" released, it was on top of the Billboard 200, which is selling 269,000 units, according to Nielsen Soundscan.
Watch the music video of "No Surprise", which was included in the album
Sam Raimi, the popular director of hit movies "The Evil Dead," "Army of Darkness," "Drag Me to Hell" and "Spider-Man" films, was picked and signed by the Blizzard company to be the director of the upcoming movie "World of Warcraft". He will start filming World of Warcraft after he finish filming Spider-Man 4.
From the successful gaming console game, now set to be see on big screen. The new poster for the adventure fantasy movie has also revealed.
Disney's "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time", is scheduled to open on May 28, 2010. Jake Gyllenhaal will be playing the roll of Prince Dastan. The Disney movie, also starring Gemma Arterton and Sir Ben Kingsley.
Thia Megia is a 14-year-old Filipino-American got the "yes" of the three judges in a popular talent show in the US, America's Got Talent.
As what the judges said about Thia's performance:
David Hasselhoff said,"You just sang ‘I Am Changing’ and nothing’s going to stop me now, you know what, nothing’s going to stop you now. You’ve got a beautiful God-given talent. Terrific, terrific, terrific job. Congratulations."
Sharon Osbourne said,"You sing, I mean, not only are you a great singer but you sing with emotion and that’s very hard to do. And great little package here with a huge voice. Well done."
Piers Morgan said,"Right now, you are the best singer I've seen in the competition yet. But we had lots of talent, we have to learned that." Then after the two yes votes,"I tell you what’s coming your way - Las Vegas."
Watch Thia Megia video as she do her act during the audition:
World Championships of Performing Arts (WCOPA) was the first and only international series of competitions to find and crown the best aspiring performing artists.
And the Team Philippines as one of the performers in the recently concluded 13th WCOPA, collected a total of 59 medals (25 golds, 25 silvers and 9 bronzes).
See the medal tally of Team Philippines:
1. J2 Power Duet SILVER - Group Vocal Pop - 30&Over SILVER - Group Vocal R&B/Soul/Jazz - 30&Over
2. The Young Voices Of Negros Philippines GOLD - Group Vocal Original Works - 11-12 GOLD - Group Vocal R&B/Soul/Jazz - 11-12 SILVER - Group Vocal Gospel - 11-12 SILVER - Group Vocal Open - 11-12 SILVER - Group Vocal Pop - 11-12
3. Christian Matthew Andeza GOLD - Male Vocal Contemporary - 18-24 GOLD - Male Vocal Original Works - 18-24 SILVER - Male Vocal Broadway - 18-24 BRONZE - Male Vocal Pop - 18-24 BRONZE - Male Vocal R&B/Soul/Jazz - 18-24
5. Guy Lockwood GOLD - Male Acting Contemporary - 30&Over GOLD - Male Vocal Gospel - 30&Over SILVER - Male Acting Dramatic - 30&Over SILVER - Male Variety-3 And Under Props - 30&Over BRONZE - Male Vocal Country&Western - 30&Over
6. Izarzuri Vidal SILVER - Female Vocal Opera - 18-24
7. Maila Mitra GOLD - Female Vocal Gospel - 25-29 SILVER - Female Vocal Broadway - 25-29 SILVER - Female Vocal Open - 25-29 SILVER - Female Vocal Pop - 25-29 SILVER - Female Vocal Rock - 25-29
10. Melchizedek Bicua SILVER - Male Vocal Open - 11-12 SILVER - Male Vocal Pop - 11-12 SILVER - Male Vocal R&B/Soul/Jazz - 11-12 SILVER - Male Vocal Rock - 11-12
11. Nicole Joy Espolong SILVER - Female Vocal Pop - 18-24
12. Orie Jun Vamenta GOLD - Male Vocal Rock - 25-29 SILVER - Male Vocal Gospel - 25-29 SILVER - Male Vocal Open - 25-29 BRONZE - Male Vocal Pop - 25-29
13. Reynaldo Concepcion GOLD - Male Vocal Gospel - 25-29 GOLD - Male Vocal R&B/Soul/Jazz - 25-29 SILVER - Male Vocal Broadway - 25-29 SILVER - Male Vocal Pop - 25-29 BRONZE - Male Vocal Open - 25-29
14. Rhap Salazar GOLD - Male Vocal Broadway - 11-12 GOLD - Male Vocal Gospel - 11-12 GOLD - Male Vocal Open - 11-12 GOLD - Male Vocal Pop - 11-12 GOLD - Male Vocal R&B/Soul/Jazz - 11-12
15. Ronald Diana GOLD - Male Vocal Contemporary - 30&Over GOLD - Male Vocal Open - 30&Over GOLD - Male Vocal Original Works - 30&Over SILVER - Male Vocal R&B/Soul/Jazz - 30&Over BRONZE - Male Vocal Pop - 30&Over
The 2009 Primetime Emmy Awards, released the list of nominees. The winners will be announce on September 20, 2009 and will be hosted by Neil Patrick Harris.
Here are the names of nominee for each respective category.
Outstanding Comedy Series ENTOURAGE FAMILY GUY FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER THE OFFICE 30 ROCK WEEDS
See the complete list after the jump...
Outstanding Drama Series BIG LOVE BREAKING BAD DAMAGES DEXTER HOUSE LOST MAD MEN
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Brian Cranston, BREAKING BAD Gabriel Byrne, IN TREATMENT Michael C Hall, DEXTER Hugh Laurie, HOUSE John Hamm, MAD MEN Simon Baker, THE MENTALIST
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Kyra Sedgwick, THE CLOSER Glenn Close, DAMAGES Mariska Hargitay, LAW & ORDER: SVU Elisabeth Moss, MAD MEN Sally Field. BROTHERS & SISTERS Holly Hunter
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Jemaine Clement, FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS Steve Carell, THE OFFICE Alec Baldwin, 30 ROCK Jim Parsons, BIG BANG THEORY Tony Shaloub, MONK Charlie Sheen, TWO AND A HALF MEN
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Christina Applegate, SAMANTHA WHO Toni Collette, UNITED STATES OF TARA Tina Fey, 30 ROCK Julia Louise-Dreyfus, NEW ADVENTURES… Mary Louise Parker, WEEDS Sarah Silverman, THE SARAH SILVERMAN SHOW
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Cherry Jones, 24 Rose Byrne, DAMAGES Sandra Oh, GREY’S ANATOMY Chandra Wilson, GREY’S ANATOMY Dianne Wiest, IN TREATMENT Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Christian Clemenson, BOSTON LEGAL Michael Emerson, LOST William Hurt, DAMAGES Aaron Paul, BREAKING BAD William Shatner, BOSTON LEGAL John Slattery, MAD MEN
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Kristin Chenoweth, PUSHING DAISIES Jane Krakowski, 30 ROCK Elizabeth Perkins, WEEDS Amy Poehler, SNL Kristin Wiig, SNL Vanessa Williams, UGLY BETTY
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Jon Cryer, TWO AND A HALF MEN Kevin Dillon, ENTOURAGE Tracy Morgan, 30 ROCK Jack McBrayer, 30 ROCK Neil Patrick Harris, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Jennifer Aniston, 30 ROCK Elaine Stritch, 30 ROCK Betty White, UGLY BETTY Tina Fey, SNL Christine Baranski, THE BIG BANG THEORY
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Alan Alda, 30 ROCK Beau Bridges, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES Jon Hamm, 30 ROCK Steve Martin, 30 ROCK Justin Timberlake, SNL
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Sharon Lawrence, GREY’S ANATOMY Ellen Burstyn, LAW & ORDER: SVU Brenda Blethyn, LAW & ORDER: SVU Carol Burnett, LAW & ORDER: SVU CCH Pounder, THE NO. 1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Edward Asner, CSI NY Ernest Borgnine, ER Ted Danson, DAMAGES Michael J. Fox, RESCUE ME Jimmy Smits, DEXTER
Outstanding Reality Competition THE AMAZING RACE AMERICAN IDOL DANCING WITH THE STARS PROJECT RUNWAY TOP CHEF
Outstanding Host for a Reality Competition Program Tom Bergeron, DANCING WITH THE STARS Phil Keoghan ,THE AMAZING RACE Heidi Klum, PROJECT RUNWAY Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio, TOP CHEF Jeff Probst, SURVIVOR Ryan Seacrest, AMERICAN IDOL
Outstanding Reality Program ANTIQUES ROADSHOW DIRTY JOBS DOG WHISPERER INTERVENTION KATHY GRIFFIN: MY LIFE ON THE D-LIST MYTHBUSTERS Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Kevin Bacon, TAKING CHANCES Kenneth Branagh, WALLANDER: ONE STEP BEHIND Brendan Gleeson, INTO THE STORM Kevin Kline, CYRANO DE BERGERAC Sir Ian McKellen, KING LEAR Kiefer Sutherland, 24: REDEMPTION Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie Drew Barrymore, GREY GARDENS Jessica Lange, GREY GARDENS Shirley MacLaine, COCO CHANEL Sigourney Weaver, PRAYERS FOR BOBBY Chandra Wilson, ACCIDENTAL FRIENDSHIP
Outstanding Animated Program AMERICAN DAD ROBOT CHICKEN SOUTH PARK THE SIMPSONS
Casts: Robert Downey Jr Rachel McAdams Jude Law Mark Strong Kelly Reilly
Director: Guy Ritchie
Release Date: 25 December 2009
Sypnosis: Detective Sherlock Holmes (Downey Jr.) and his stalwart partner Watson (Law) engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.
Watch the official music video for New Divide of Linkin Park, which also the official soundtrack and filmed on the set of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, directed by Joe Hahn.
Natalie Portman join the cast of the another superhero, Marvel Comics base story "Thor". She will play as Jane Foster, the love interest of the Norse god of thunder.
"Thor" character will be play by actor Chris Hemsworth. And the villain, Tom Hiddleston will play as Loki.
During the successful premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in London, it was also the night of a sneak peek of Emma Watson's undies.
There was a heavy rain and strong wind, which makes all cast wet. But a wild wind hits one of the star, Emma Watson’s underwear accidentally flashed due to the strong wind.
But still Emma was not affected to all what happened, as she said in one interview, "At least I’m wearing an underwear".
See the photos of Emma Watson's during the premier...
The box-office king and queen, John Lloyd Cruz and Sarah Geronimo do a tandem again. But this time it is not in the big screen, they've do the tandem in a new TV commercial for Lucky Me Pancit Canton.
As this week iTunes Top 10 Songs, Black Eye Peas have the first and third spot, Hannah Montana got the second spot. While in the mourn for "King of Pop" Michael Jackson, he hit back to chart again with his song "Man in the Mirror".
After being team up and chased of those mammoth robots from the box-office hit of "Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen", Megan Fox is back as a demon-possessed high school student in a horror comedy film "Jennifer's Body", which will be penned by Oscar winner screenwriter Diablo Cody. The movie will be release by 20th Century Fox and will be show September 18.
The group Black Eyed Peas this week hold the #1 spot on Hot Digital Songs for 14 straight weeks with their song "I Gotta Feeling" from the album "The E.N.D."
"I Gotta Feeling" was also at top spot for the 4 weeks in a row now of Billboard Hot 100. Followed by their other single "Boom Boom Pow", which is a former number 1 also.
Watch the BEP video as they perform the song "I Gotta Feeling":
At the memorial of Michael Jackson this coming Tuesday morning (July 7,2009), will take place at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. The people who are luckily to attend will be around 17,500 fans (more than 1.6 million fans registered) have been given tickets to the late King of Pop's memorial.
It is also a star-studded memorial, which will be attended by Hollywood and Sport celebrities, Mariah Carey, Jennifer Hudson, Magic Johnson, Smokey Robinson, John Mayer, Brooke Shields, Usher, Stevie Wonder, Berry Gordy, Kobe Bryant and Lione Richie.
Forbes Magazine released the list of Top 10 Highest Paid Actors and Actresses. The magazine compiled the list after speaking to agents, managers, producers and lawyers. Money earned from clothing, perfume or accessories lines was also taken into account.
See the lists after the jump...
Forbes magazine's top 10 Top-Earning Actors of 2009:
1. Harrison Ford, $65 million 2. Adam Sandler, $55 million 3. Will Smith, $45 million 4. Eddie Murphy, $40 million 4. Nicolas Cage, $40 million 6. Tom Hanks, $35 million 7. Tom Cruise, $30 million 8. Jim Carrey, $28 million 8. Brad Pitt, $28 million 10. Johnny Depp, $27 million
Forbes magazine's top 10 Top-Earning Actresses of 2009:
1. Angelina Jolie, $27 million 2. Jennifer Aniston, $25 million 3. Meryl Streep, $24 million 4. Sarah Jessica Parker, $23 million 5. Cameron Diaz, $20 million 6. Sandra Bullock, $15 million 6. Reese Witherspoon, $15 million 8. Nicole Kidman, $12 million 9. Drew Barrymore, $12 million
Yahoo! released their list of Top 30 Yahoo! Users' Top Rated Animated Films.
Here are the films that made in their Top 30 cut including the year when it was shown:
1. UP (2009) 2. WALL-E (2008) 3. BOLT (2008) 4. KUNG FU PANDA (2008) 5. SPIRITED AWAY (2002) 6. THE LION KING (1994) 7. MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (1993) 8. TIM BURTON'S THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (1993) 9. TOY STORY (1995) 10. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991) 11. HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE (2005) 12. RATATOUILLE (2007) 13. PRINCESS MONONOKE (1999) 14. FINDING NEMO (2003) 15. CORALINE (2009) 16. ALADDIN (1992) 17. MONSTERS VS. ALIENS (2009) 18. THE LITTLE MERMAID (1989) 19. MULAN (1998) 20. MONSTERS, INC. (2001) 21. LADY AND THE TRAMP (1955) 22. SHREK (2001) 23. CARS (2006) 24. THE INCREDIBLES (2004) 25. CINDERELLA (1950) 26. SHREK 2 (2004) 27. ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN (2006) 28. HAPPY FEET (2006) 29. THE SIMPSONS MOVIE (2007) 30. THE TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE (1986)
The Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity, G.I.J.O.E, is taking on the evil organization Cobra, run by the enigmatic Cobra Commander, a Scottish arms dealer.
Casts Channing Tatum Christopher Eccleston Sienna Miller Dennis Quaid Ray Park Rachel Nichols Marlon Wayans Joseph Gordon-Levitt Lee Byung-hun Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
The GI Joe Movie was produce by Paramount Pictures. GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra opens August 2009...
A 3-D computer animated film, Ice Age 3 or Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, the third movie installment of the Ice Age Gang (Scrat,Manny, Ellie and Diego).
For the month of July 2009 issue, FHM Philippines cover girl is Aubrey Miles. This is the third time the sexy actress being the cover girl of this men's magazine.
