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Almost Paradise (TV Series)
''Almost Paradise'' is an American-Filipino crime drama television series produced by Dean Devlin and Gary Rosen. The series is the first American television series to be filmed entirely in the Philippines. It premiered March 30, 2020, on WGN America (now known as NewsNation) in the United States, and in the Philippines, it premiered on March 21, 2021, on Kapamilya Channel, Kapamilya Online Live and A2Z Channel 11. The series has been renewed for a second season on Amazon Freevee. Premise Former DEA Agent Alex Walker, forced into retirement, moves to the island of Cebu in the Philippines. He purchases the hotel gift shop in the hopes of managing his stress and high blood pressure, but the wealthy and criminal element on the island keep drawing him back into law enforcement. Cast Main *Christian Kane as Alex Walker, a former DEA agent *Samantha Richelle as Detective Kai Mendoza **AC Bonifacio as teenage Kai. *Arthur Acuña as Ernesto Almares, Kai's partner *Nonie Buencamino as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Drama
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), drama or gangster film, but also include Comedy film, comedy, and, in turn, is divided into many sub-genres, such as Mystery film, mystery, suspense or Film noir, noir. Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identified crime film as one of eleven super-genres in his Screenwriters Taxonomy, claiming that all feature-length Narrative film, narrative films can be classified by these super-genres. The other ten super-genres are action, fantasy, horror, romance, science fiction, slice of life, sports, thriller, war and western. Williams identifies drama in a broader category called "film type", mystery and suspense as "macro-genres", and film noir as a "screenwriter's pathway" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NewsNation
NewsNation is an American subscription television network owned by the Nexstar Media Group, and is the company's only wholly-owned, national cable-originated television channel. The channel runs a mixture of entertainment programming (consisting of comedy and drama series, and theatrical feature films) for most of the broadcast day and a straight-news format during the evening and overnight hours, and also on weekday mornings. Known for most of its history as Superstation WGN before becoming WGN America in 2014, it relaunched on March 1, 2021 as a cable news network named after its flagship news program. The channel's relaunch came as part of a planned expansion of its news programming. In September 2018, the channel, then WGN America, was received by approximately 80 million households that subscribed to a pay television service throughout the United States (or 62.7% of households with at least one television set). History As a superstation WGN America was originally establ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Bagatsing
Ramon "Raymond" San Diego Bagatsing III is a Filipino actor, model and aspiring politician. Having jumpstarted his acting career in the early 90s, he is most notable for the role of Jaime Laurel in the hit ABS-CBN series ''Pusong Ligaw''. Early life Raymond is the grandson of Ramon D. Bagatsing, Sr., a former Mayor of Manila. His parents are actor Ramon "Boy" Bagatsing Jr. and Marilou San Diego-Bagatsing. He is the older brother of actress Monina Bagatsing and actor Ramon Khino "RK" Bagatsing. Acting career Throughout the 1990s, he starred in several action movies, notably ''Buenaventura Daang: Bad Boys Gang'' and ''Bastardo''. He was part of the long-time drama series ''Mula sa Puso'' from 1997 to 1999. Since then, he starred in some drama series. In 2019, Bagatsing portrayed Manuel L. Quezon in ''Quezon's Game''. He also played corrupt governor Arturo "Art" Alcantara in an iWant digital series Bagman with Arjo Atayde. Political career Vice mayoralty bid Bagatsing ran for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guji Lorenzana
Gregory Lorenzana, Jr. (born May 11, 1980 in Long Beach, California, U.S.), better known as Guji (pronounced "Goo-G") Lorenzana or simply Guji, is a Filipino-American singer, songwriter, actor, host, club DJ, commercial model and former radio DJ for Mellow 94.7 (2008-2010). Guji embarked on his music career in 2006, releasing two independent albums in the Philippines. As a talent of ABS-CBN's Star Magic (a.k.a. Star Circle) Batch 16, he was officially launched as a singer on '' ASAP 08'' on August 17, 2008. Guji's first major project was with ABS-CBN as an actor, starring him alongside Kaye Abad in the TV adaptation of popular Tagalog pocketbook, ''Precious Hearts Romances Presents: The Bud Brothers'', where Guji played the role of Rei, the "loveteam" partner of Pepper (Kaye Abad), gaining him initial acting notoriety in 2009. On August 17, 2017, Guji signed an exclusive 5-year management contract with Viva Entertainment's Viva Artists Agency, after being managed by Star Magi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lotlot De Leon
Charlotte Jennifer Villamayor de Leon El Soury (born February 16, 1971), known professionally as Lotlot de Leon, is a Filipino actress. Career She was a member of '' That's Entertainment'', along with Ramon "Monching" Christopher as her love-team partner. The Lotlot-Monching was a popular love team in the late 1980s. They were paired in ''Bunsong Kerubin'' (1987), ''Love Boat: Mahal Trip Kita'' (1988), ''Love Letters'' (1988), ''Here Comes the Bride'' (1989), ''Mga Kuwento ng Pag-big'' (1989) and ''Hotdog'' (1990), among others. She is now back on ABS-CBN in ''Walang Hanggang Paalam'' after her 7 years of work with GMA Network. Personal life Former US Navy Donald Olson and Eva Rodriguez are her biological parents. Nora Aunor and Christoper de Leon are her adoptive parents She is also the adoptive sister of actress Matet de Leon, actor Ian de Leon, Kenneth and Kiko. She was married to former matinee idol Ramon Christopher Gutierrez (son of Eddie Gutierrez) on March 27, 1989 unt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ketchup Eusebio
Michael Allen Eusebio (born September 9, 1985), better known by his stage name Ketchup Eusebio, is a Filipino Filipino may refer to: * Something from or related to the Philippines ** Filipino language, standardized variety of 'Tagalog', the national language and one of the official languages of the Philippines. ** Filipinos, people who are citizens of th ... actor. Filmography Television Film Accolades References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Eusebio, Ketchup Star Magic ABS-CBN personalities Tagalog people Filipino male film actors Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 1985 births Filipino male television actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophia Reola
''Nang Ngumiti ang Langit'' (International title: ''Michaela'' / ) is a 2019 Philippine drama television series starring Sophia Reola. The series was aired on ABS-CBN's ''PrimeTanghali'' noontime block and worldwide on The Filipino Channel from March 25 to October 18, 2019, replacing '' Playhouse'' and was replaced by ''I Have a Lover''. Premise Michaela "Mikmik" Dimaano is a bright, wise cracking 9-year-old girl living happily with her mother Ella and her adoptive grandmother Ester in a quiet province. Everything changes when Ella is diagnosed with late onset leukemia, the same time Mikmik discovers her true relations to Divina Salvador, a wealthy businesswoman. In order to pay for her mother's medication, Mikmik, with the help of Ester, visits Divina but is rejected, as Ella is blamed for her step-brother Eric’s death. Ella then dies, and Mikmik is taken by Ruth, her late mother's best friend, to live with the Salvadors. The Salvador family consists of the matriarch, Divina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angeli Bayani
Angeli Bayani (born November 13, 1977) is a Filipina actress. She is best known for starring in Philippine art-house and independent films notably those by Lav Diaz's ''Melancholia'' (2008), '' Century of Birthing'' (2011), and ''Norte, the End of History'' (2013) for which she won the 2014 Gawad Urian Award for Best Actress. She also appeared in the Camera d'Or-winning Singaporean film ''Ilo Ilo'' (2013) by Anthony Chen Anthony Chen (; born 18 April 1984) is a Singaporean film director, screenwriter and film producer. He is known for directing the feature films ''Ilo Ilo'' (2013) and '' Wet Season'' (2019). His debut feature film, ''Ilo Ilo,'' won the Camer .... Filmography Television Movies References External links * 20th-century Filipino actresses Filipino film actresses Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 1977 births {{Philippines-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AC Bonifacio
Andree Camille Bonifacio (; born December 13, 2002), known professionally as AC Bonifacio, is a Canadian-born Filipina dancer, singer, vlogger and actress known for being the first ever grand champion of Filipino TV dance competition ''Dance Kids'' along with Lucky Ancheta In 2016. The duo was called "Lucky Aces." Before winning the said competition, the duo was featured on ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' and had a chance to meet and perform with American popstar Ariana Grande on Grande's show in Vancouver, British Columbia in 2015. Bonifacio also competed on the '' Kids edition'' of Philippine TV Show '' Your Face Sounds Familiar (season 1)'' where she finished as 3rd placer. She also made her acting debut on ''Wansapanataym Presents: The Amazing Ving'' in which she played "Mika". Personal life Bonifacio was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. AC went to Queensborough Middle School in New Westminster, British Columbia. She is a Hall of Famer in Los Angeles, Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drug Enforcement Administration
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA; ) is a Federal law enforcement in the United States, United States federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Justice tasked with combating drug trafficking and distribution within the U.S. It is the lead agency for domestic enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act, sharing concurrent jurisdiction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection although the DEA has sole responsibility for coordinating and pursuing U.S. drug investigations both domestically and abroad. The DEA has an DEA Office of National Security Intelligence, intelligence unit that is also a member of the United States Intelligence Community, U.S. Intelligence Community. While the unit is part of the DEA chain-of-command, it also reports to the Director of National Intelligence. History and mandate The Drug Enforcement Administration was established on July 1, 1973, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazon Freevee
Amazon Freevee is an American ad-supported video-on-demand (VOD) streaming service owned by Amazon, with original and licensed programming. History Amazon Freevee launched as a free, ad-supported video channel by the Amazon-owned online database IMDb in January 2019, under the name IMDb Freedive, before becoming ''IMDb TV'' five months later, it was rebranded to its current name on April 28, 2022. The Video on demand service is available in the United States, as well as the UK and Germany through Amazon and IMDb's websites as well as on all Amazon Fire devices. On June 17, 2019, IMDb Freedive announced its rebranding to IMDb TV. Signing new deals with Warner Bros., Sony Pictures Entertainment and MGM Studios (which parent company Amazon later acquired on March 17, 2022), the streaming service began offering new content. Amazon announced that it would be moving IMDb TV's content team to within Amazon Studios on February 20, 2020, with the goal of developing original programm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
