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Connected (2022 Film)
''Connected'' is a 2022 Filipino youth-oriented romantic comedy film directed by Theodore Boborol, starring former '' Pinoy Big Brother: Connect'' housemates Kobie Brown, Andi Abaya, Ralph Malibunas, Gail Banawis, Chico Alicaya, Amanda Zamora, and ''PBB'' co-host Richard Juan as they navigate all their different personalities while finding a sense of purpose, love, attention, and the struggle to combat feelings of isolation in a connected world. It is also the first movie produced by Star Magic Studios, serving as the newly-formed studio's realization of its vision to produce movies that will showcase its artists' talents in the most perfect yet challenging roles for them. Premise With a desire to connect to something "greater than themselves," three different stories from Gen Z or Zoomers are formed because of a connection by a café which prohibits them from using social media and their gadgets, and faced and felt the agony and pleasure of being in love. Cast Main cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore Boborol
Theodore Capistrano Boborol (born December 19, 1979) is a Filipino film and television director who started as a creative researcher for Star Cinema in 2000. Boborol made his directorial debut with the teen romantic comedy-drama film '' Just the Way You Are'' (2015). He rose to prominence for directing his second feature film, ''Vince and Kath and James'' (2016), which was a commercial and critical success. His third film '' Finally Found Someone'', is one of the highest-grossing films of 2017 in the Philippines. He is one of the resident television and film directors for ABS-CBN Entertainment and Star Cinema. Life and career Boborol was born in Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines. His mother, Zenaida Capistrano Boborol, was a public school teacher, and his father, Tomas Adaza Boborol, is a retired government employee. Filmography Movies Television Awards and nominations See also * ABS-CBN *Star Cinema ABS-CBN Film Productions, Inc. (doing business ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoomers
Generation Z (or more commonly Gen Z for short), colloquially known as zoomers, is the Western demographic cohort succeeding Millennials and preceding Generation Alpha. Researchers and popular media use the mid-to-late 1990s as starting birth years and the early 2010s as ending birth years. Most members of Generation Z are children of Generation X. As the first social generation to have grown up with access to the Internet and portable digital technology from a young age, members of Generation Z, even if not necessarily digitally literate, have been dubbed "digital natives". Moreover, the negative effects of screen time are most pronounced in adolescents compared to younger children. Compared to previous generations, members of Generation Z tend to live more slowly than their predecessors when they were their age; have lower rates of teenage pregnancies; and consume alcohol less often (but not necessarily other psychoactive drugs). Generation Z teenagers are more concerned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filipino-language Films
Filipino (; , ) is an Austronesian language. It is the national language ( / ) of the Philippines, and one of the two official languages of the country, with English. It is a standardized variety of Tagalog based on the native dialect, spoken and written, in Metro Manila, the National Capital Region, and in other urban centers of the archipelago. The 1987 Constitution mandates that Filipino be further enriched and developed by the other languages of the Philippines. Filipino is only used as a tertiary language in the Philippine public sphere. Filipino, like other Austronesian languages, commonly uses verb-subject-object order, but can also use subject-verb-object order as well. Filipino follows the trigger system of morphosyntactic alignment that is also common among Austronesian languages. It has head-initial directionality. It is an agglutinative language but can also display inflection. It is not a tonal language and can be considered a pitch-accent language and a syl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Filipino Channel
The Filipino Channel, commonly known as TFC, is a 24-hour global subscription television network based in Daly City, California with studios in Redwood City, California and offices in Africa, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Cayman Islands, UAE, Ethiopia, Hungary, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and the United Kingdom. It is owned and operated by the Filipino media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation. Its programming is composed primarily of imported programs from Filipino cable channel Kapamilya Channel and programs produced and distributed by ABS-CBN Entertainment (entertainment) and ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs (news and current affairs), while the ABS-CBN television network is currently inactive due to its shutdown. TFC is available globally on direct-to-home satellite, cable, Internet Protocol television, online streaming, video on demand and on other over-the-top content platforms. TFC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sky Cable Corporation
Sky Cable Corporation, doing business as Sky, is a Telecommunications in the Philippines, Filipino telecommunications company based in Diliman, Quezon City. A subsidiary of the media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation, ABS-CBN, the company offers broadband internet, broadband, cable television, cable and satellite television services under the Sky Cable and Sky Direct brands. The company was founded on June 6, 1990 by Benpres Holdings Corporation (now Lopez Group of Companies, Lopez Holdings Corporation) as Central CATV, Inc. , the company had 1.4 million customers across the country, 200,000 of which are broadband internet subscribers. History On June 6, 1990, Sky Cable Corporation was incorporated as Central CATV, Inc. On March 25, 1991, Sky Vision Corporation, a holding company incorporated with the primary purpose of buying and owning stocks of Central CATV, Inc. was founded. On March 30, 1995, Central CATV Inc. was granted a 25-year provisional franchise to establish, con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IWantTFC
iWantTFC is a Filipino over-the-top content platform and production company owned and operated by ABS-CBN Digital Media, a division of ABS-CBN Corporation, formed in 2020 through the merger of two streaming services iWant and TFC Online. In addition to offering on-demand contents of ABS-CBN, iWantTFC also live streams linear channels such as Kapamilya Channel, TeleRadyo, Knowledge Channel, FashionTV, A8 ESports, and Black Belt. The service is available worldwide, primarily catering to a Filipino audience. The service is also a replacement for Sky On Demand of Sky Cable on September 1, 2020. History As ABS-CBNnow! (2003-2010) Launched in 2003 as ABS-CBNnow!, a service primarily focusing to the overseas Filipino workers where they can watch ABS-CBN programs such as MTB, The Buzz and Magandang Gabi Bayan anywhere in the world using a PC with high-speed Internet or broadband connection. Users can stream directly or download files and are required to install Windows Media P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABS-CBN Entertainment
ABS-CBN (an initialism of its two predecessors' names, Alto Broadcasting System and Chronicle Broadcasting Network) is a Television in the Philippines, Philippine Commercial broadcasting, commercial broadcast broadcast network, network that serves as the flagship property of ABS-CBN Corporation, a company under Lopez Holdings Corporation owned by the López family of Iloilo, López family. The network is headquartered at the ELJ Communications Center and ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center in Quezon City, with additional offices and production facilities in 25 major cities including Baguio, Naga, Camarines Sur, Naga, Bacolod, Iloilo City, Iloilo, Cebu City, Cebu, Davao City, Davao, and Bulacan, where ABS-CBN's production and post-production facility in ABS-CBN Soundstage, Horizon IT Park is located. ABS-CBN is colloquially referred to as the ''Kapamilya'' Network; the branding was originally introduced in 1999 and was officially introduced in 2003 during the celebration of its 50th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russu Laurente
Criz Russu Napoles Laurente (born October 13, 2001) is a Filipino television personality and former aspiring boxer who represented the Philippines at national and international events. Laurente was a teen housemate of '' Connect'', the ninth season of '' Pinoy Big Brother'', where he was dubbed as ''"Ang Bunsong Boksingero ng General Santos General Santos, officially the City of General Santos,; hil, Dakbanwa sang Heneral Santos; Maguindanao language, Maguindanao: ''Ingud nu Heneral Santos''; Blaan language, Blaan: ''Banwe Dadiangas''; Tboli language, Tboli: ''Benwu Dadiangas'' ..."''. Controversies Tweet On April 2, 2020, several months before entering the Pinoy Big Brother: Connect, Laurente tweeted #YesToABSCBNShutDown which ended his journey as a housemate. Filmography Film Television/Digital References External links '''Instagram'''' Living people 2001 births Filipino male boxers Pinoy Big Brother contestants 21st-century Filipino people Sportspeo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marife Necesito
Marife Necesito is a Filipino actress on stage, film, and television productions. After portraying several obscure roles, she was cast in the film '' Mammoth'' with Mexican actor Gael García Bernal and American actress Michelle Williams. Early life and career Necesito was born in Manila and raised in Valenzuela City, a suburb of Metro Manila which at that time was part of Bulacan Province. After finishing high school at St. Jude Academy in Valenzuela's Malinta district, she pursued creative writing for Tagalog ''komiks'' and romance novels. When the komiks industry went downhill, she then shifted to acting for theater where she was trained by senior thespians Cecile Guidote-Alvarez and Angie Ferro. Her theatrical stint paved the way for her to act for television commercials and independent films. Role in ''Mammoth'' In Mammoth, Necesito portrays the role of Gloria, a mother of two sons who leaves the Philippines to work as a nanny of the daughter (Sophie Nyweide) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Che Ramos
Cheryl Ramos-Cosio, known as Che Ramos, is a Filipinos, Filipino actress and a fitness trainer. Ramos is known for her association with the Philippine New Wave Cinema and starring in Jerrold Tarog's ''Mangatyanan'' (2009), ''Senior Year (2010 film), Senior Year'' (2010) and ''Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral'' (2018), and Brillante Mendoza's ''Captive (2012 film), Captive'' (2012). She also starred in ''Prima Donnas'' as Darcy. In 2022, Ramos portrays the role of Dra. Katie Enriquez in the Philippine television medical drama, ''Abot-Kamay na Pangarap''. Early life and family Cheryl Ramos graduated with a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of the Philippines Los Baños. Career Ramos-Cosio began her career under the screen name Cheryl Cosio, appearing in the 2004 Laurice Guillen film ''Santa Santita''. In 2009, she played her first role in a Jerrold Tarog film, as the lead character in ''Mangatyanan''. She later played "Ms. Joan" in Tarog's short film ''Faculty'', which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Cuyugan
Justin Paulo Cuyugan (born October 11, 1980) is a Filipino actor. Career Cuyugan was one of the new talents launched by ABS-CBN's talent management arm Star Magic, then Star Circle, in 1999. In 2017, Cuyugan appeared as Emil Verdadero in ''Pusong Ligaw''. With his wife Carmi and son Lucas, participated in the second season of the Philippine version of the game show '' Bet on Your Baby''. Cuyugan played the demon Gaki in the fantasy series ''Bagani Bagani or magani refers to the class of warrior-leaders of various Lumad ethnic groups of the island of Mindanao, Philippines. Bagani were most notably integral to the traditional society and government of the Mandaya, Mansaka, Manobo, and Bagobo ...'' in 2018. Personal life Cuyugan was married to Carmi until her death to ovarian cancer. The couple has three children. Cuyugan is dating actress and former GirlTrends member Dawn Chang. Filmography Television Film External links * References Living people Filipi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Café
A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café is an establishment that primarily serves coffee of various types, notably espresso, latte, and cappuccino. Some coffeehouses may serve cold drinks, such as iced coffee and iced tea, as well as other non-caffeinated beverages. In continental Europe, cafés serve alcoholic drinks. A coffeehouse may also serve food, such as light snacks, sandwiches, muffins, fruit, or pastries. Coffeehouses range from owner-operated small businesses to large multinational corporations. Some coffeehouse chains operate on a franchise business model, with numerous branches across various countries around the world. While ''café'' may refer to a coffeehouse, the term "café" generally refers to a diner, British café (colloquially called a "caff"), "greasy spoon" (a small and inexpensive restaurant), transport café, teahouse or tea room, or other casual eating and drinking place. A coffeehouse may share some of the same characteristics of a bar or restaurant, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
