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Carla Humphries
Madeleine Lauren Humphries (born May 20, 1988), known professionally as Madeleine Humphries and formerly as Carla Humphries is an American-born Filipino actress and commercial model. Humphries is best known for her roles as Rita Arguelles in the television drama ''Bituing Walang Ningning'' (2006), and as Brenda Smith in the youth-oriented program ''Abt Ur Luv'' (2006). She also appeared on the January 2011 cover of FHM Philippines Magazine. Humphries was a member of Star Magic, ABS-CBN's circle of homegrown talents from 2003 to early 2009. In March 2010, she joined TV5's line-up of talents. In 2013, she starred in the action film '' 10,000 Hours'' alongside Robin Padilla where she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress. Early life Madeleine Lauren Humphries was born in San Francisco, California to a Filipina mother and an Italian-American father who grew up in France. Humphries is the second of four children; she and older brother Alec were born in the United States, while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Magic
ABS-CBN Center for Communication Arts, Inc., trade name, doing business as Star Magic (formerly known as ABS-CBN Talent Center), is the Talent agency, talent agency owned by ABS-CBN Corporation based in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines that was founded in 1992. History In April 1992, Freddie M. Garcia, then ABS-CBN executive vice president and general manager, and Johnny Manahan, then program director, formed the idea of creating a stable of new stars exclusively for the network. Star Magic was created to assist young talent in the Philippines, where its talents undergo training in acting, personality development and physical enhancement before joining in the Television in the Philippines, Philippine television and Cinema of the Philippines, film industry such as the television shows of ABS-CBN and Star Cinema films, commercial projects, and corporate events. On June 26, 2011, the company celebrated its 19th anniversary on ''ASAP (Philippine TV program), ASAP Rocks''. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Cinema
ABS-CBN Film Productions, Inc. (doing business as Star Cinema or ABS-CBN Films) is a Philippines, Filipino film studio and film and television production company and film distributor headquartered in Quezon City. It is one of the major film studios in the Philippines, along with Viva Films and Regal Entertainment. Star Cinema List of films produced and released by Star Cinema, has produced and released most of the List of highest-grossing films in the Philippines, highest-grossing Philippine films of all time. Star Cinema, along with its subsidiaries and the now-defunct DWRR-FM, MOR 101.9 Manila, forms the Star Creatives Group, the main entertainment division of media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation. History Vanguard Films (1982–1989) Vanguard Films was formed in 1983. It was headed by Simon Ongpin and Charo Santos-Concio. In 1985, the serial komiks by Nerissa Cabral, ''Hindi Nahahati ang Langit'' was adapted into a film and it stars Christopher de Leon, Lorna Tolentin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wansapanataym
''Wansapanataym'' ( Filipinization of the English phrase "''once upon a time''") was a Philippine fantasy anthology television series produced and broadcast by ABS-CBN. It airs every Sunday night. The series was aired from June 22, 1997, to February 27, 2005, replacing ''The Sharon Cuneta Show'', then re-aired from 2006 to 2007 and from September 11, 2010, to April 14, 2019, replacing '' Agimat: Ang Mga Alamat ni Ramon Revilla'' and was replaced by ''Hiwaga ng Kambat'', the series was aired on ABS-CBN's ''Yes Weekend!'' primetime block with new episodes and remakes of past episodes. However, because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, Wansapanataym returned on air every weekend until some time in 2020, temporarily replacing '' 24/7'' and ''Home Sweetie Home'' until the broadcast franchise of ABS-CBN expired. History ''Wansapanataym'' was launched in 1997, having genre similarities with the ABS-CBN Foundation-produced education program ''Hiraya Manawari'' (which feature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas
''Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas'' (International title: ''Timeless'' / ) is a Philippine primetime soap opera aired by ABS-CBN that premiered on May 19, 2003 and ended on July 9, 2004. It is a love story of two star-crossed lovers who suffer for their parents' long forgotten sins. Christian and Ara battle the odd twists and turns of fate in the hopes of protecting a love that withstands the test of time. The series was headlined by Jericho Rosales, Kristine Hermosa, Diether Ocampo and Angelika Dela Cruz. The series ran for two seasons in the second to final season Diether Ocampo and Angelika Dela Cruz became new regular cast members leaning in for a new plot twist revolving around Dela Cruz and Rosales' Character and Ocampo and Hermosa's characters on the soap. Plot Falling victim to a freak accident on a ship sailing, Christian (Jericho Rosales) and Ara (Kristine Hermosa) get trapped in an isolated island and fell in love. Reality stepped in when they were rescued and had to go back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Santo Tomas
The University of Santo Tomas (also known as UST and officially as the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, Manila) is a private, Catholic research university in Manila, Philippines. Founded on April 28, 1611, by Spanish friar Miguel de Benavides, third Archbishop of Manila, it has the oldest extant university charter in the Philippines and in Asia, and is one of the world's largest Catholic universities in terms of enrollment found on one campus. It is the main campus of the University of Santo Tomas System that is run by the Order of Preachers. UST was granted the title “Royal” by King Charles III of Spain in 1785. Pope Leo XIII made UST a "Pontifical" university in 1902. Pope Pius XII bestowed upon UST the title of “The Catholic University of the Philippines” in 1947. UST houses the first and oldest engineering, law, medical, and pharmacy schools in the country. The main campus is the largest university in the city of Manila and is home to 22 degree-gran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunsilk
Sunsilk is a British hair care brand produced by the company Unilever. The brand was introduced in 1954 in the UK and available in most countries globally. It is a hair care brand in Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, and Thailand). History Sunsilk was launched in the United Kingdom in 1954. and in the same year it was available in 45 different countries worldwide. At the time, Sunsilk had an advantage over other shampoos in the market as it only needed one application, and so meant washing less natural oils from the hair. Sunsilk cream shampoo for dry hair was launched in 1954. In 1960, Sunsilk Tonic shampoo was launched, containing the skin healing ingredient Allantoin. In 1961, Sunsilk Liquid shampoo was re-launched as Sunsilk Beauty, because ‘Liquid’ in the name, originally was used to distinguish the product from powdered shampoos, and had become meaningless as the majority of shampoos were now in liquid form. In 1962, Sunsilk was marketed as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republika sang Filipinas * ibg, Republika nat Filipinas * ilo, Republika ti Filipinas * ivv, Republika nu Filipinas * pam, Republika ning Filipinas * krj, Republika kang Pilipinas * mdh, Republika nu Pilipinas * mrw, Republika a Pilipinas * pag, Republika na Filipinas * xsb, Republika nin Pilipinas * sgd, Republika nan Pilipinas * tgl, Republika ng Pilipinas * tsg, Republika sin Pilipinas * war, Republika han Pilipinas * yka, Republika si Pilipinas In the recognized optional languages of the Philippines: * es, República de las Filipinas * ar, جمهورية الفلبين, Jumhūriyyat al-Filibbīn is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It is situated in the western Pacific Ocean and consists of around 7,641 islands t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenpeace Philippines
Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning network, founded in Canada in 1971 by Irving Stowe and Dorothy Stowe, immigrant environmental activists from the United States. Greenpeace states its goal is to "ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its biodiversity, diversity" and focuses its campaigning on worldwide issues such as climate change, deforestation, overfishing, whaling, commercial whaling, genetic engineering, and anti-nuclear issues. It uses direct action, lobbying, research, and ecotage to achieve its goals. The network comprises 26 independent national/regional organisations in over 55 countries across Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, as well as a co-ordinating body, Greenpeace International, based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The global network does not accept funding from governments, corporations, or political parties, relying on three million individual supporters and foundation grants. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smaller And Smaller Circles
''Smaller and Smaller Circles'' is a mystery novel by Filipino novelist F. H. Batacan. It won the Carlos Palanca Grand Prize for the English Novel in 1999.Hidalgo (2006), p. 79. It also won the National Book Award in 2002 and the Madrigal-Gonzalez Award in 2003. The book was the first Filipino crime novel. This novel was published in 2002 by the University of the Philippines Press as one of the first new fiction works they had selected. Although most Filipino English-language fiction works garner a single print run of only 1,000 copies, ''Smaller and Smaller Circles'' was reprinted four times, with a total of 6,000 copies.Hidalgo (2006), p. 78. A film adaptation of the novel, ''Smaller and Smaller Circles'', directed by Raya Martin, was released on 6 December 2017. Plot summary Its main protagonists are Gus Saenz and Jerome Lucero, Jesuit priests who also perform forensic work. The mystery revolves around the murders of young boys in a poor region of Payatas, Philippines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smaller And Smaller Circles (film)
''Smaller and Smaller Circles'' is a 2017 Philippine mystery film, mystery drama film directed by Raya Martin with a screenplay by Ria Limjap and Moira Lang, based on the 2002 Smaller and Smaller Circles, novel of the same name by Felisa Batacan, F. H. Batacan. The film stars Nonie Buencamino and Sid Lucero as Society of Jesus, Jesuit priests and forensic investigators Gus Saenz and Jerome Lucero, Carla Humphries as journalist Joanna Bonifacio, with Gladys Reyes, Ricky Davao, Bembol Roco, TJ Trinidad, Christopher De Leon and Tessie Tomas in supporting roles. This is also the last film appearance of comedienne Joy Viado, who died of a Myocardial infarction, heart attack in Quezon City, Diliman on September 10, 2016 at the age of 57. Synopsis Two Jesuit priests, Gus Saenz and Jerome Lucero perform forensic work to solve the mystery revolving around the murders of young boys in Payatas, one of Metro Manila's biggest slum areas. While dealing with the systematic corruption of the go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
