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Ilustrado (TV Series)
''Ilustrado'' (from the Spanish word meaning "enlightened" or "erudite") is a 2014 Philippine television drama period series broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by King Mark Baco, it stars Alden Richards. The series is based on the life of Philippine hero José Rizal. It premiered on October 20, 2014 on the network's Telebabad line up replacing '' My Destiny''. The show concluded on November 14, 2014 with a total of 20 episodes. It was replaced by ''More Than Words'' in its timeslot. In March 2016, the series was released on DVD by GMA Records Home Video. The series is streaming on YouTube. Premise José Rizal needed to leave his family to fulfill his studies and career abroad, while also suffering from homesickness, and enduring a long-distance relationship with the woman he loved. He comes back home and uses the knowledge and skills he learned abroad to help improve the lives of his family and countrymen. Cast and characters ;Lead cast * Alden Richards as José Rizal / Pep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Period Drama
A historical drama (also period drama, costume drama, and period piece) is a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television. Historical drama includes historical fiction and romances, adventure films, and swashbucklers. A period piece may be set in a vague or general era such as the Middle Ages, or a specific period such as the Roaring Twenties, or the recent past. Scholarship Films set in historical times have always been some of the most popular works. D. W. Griffith's ''The Birth of a Nation'' and Buster Keaton's '' The General'' are examples of popular early American works set during the U.S. Civil War. In different eras different subgenres have risen to popularity, such as the westerns and sword and sandal films that dominated North American cinema in the 1950s. The ''costume drama'' is often separated as a genre of historical dramas. Early critics defined them as films focusing on romance and relationships in sumptuous surroundings, cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kylie Padilla
Kylie Nicole Sicangco Padilla (; born 25 January 1993) is a Filipino actress, singer and model. She is the daughter of actor Robin Padilla and Liezl Sicangco. Early life Padilla was born on Angeles, Pampanga, to Filipino actors Robin Padilla and Liezl Sicangco. She studied in Queensland, Australia during her elementary years. She is a Muay Thai practitioner. Although raised in the Jehovah's Witnesses faith, she has been practicing Islam since April 1998, almost a decade before joining showbiz, despite not being a devout Muslim. Career Padilla is a GMA Network contract star. Her TV series include ''Joaquin Bordado'', ''The Good Daughter'' and '' Adarna''. She was awarded as the Best New Female Personality (tied with Patricia Gayod) in the 22nd PMPC Star Awards for Television last 2008 for her acting performance in ''Joaquin Bordado''. Her career became more prominent due to her role in '' Encantadia (2016)'' where she portrayed the eponymous, controversial, and most-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Alejandrino
José Cándido Alejandrino y Magdangal (December 1, 1870 – June 1, 1951) was a Philippine Republican Army general during the Philippine Revolution and the Philippine–American War. He was also a senator of the Twelfth Senatorial District of the Philippines. Early life Alejandrino was born to a wealthy family from Arayat, Pampanga, on 1 December 1870 in Manila. He initially studied at the Ateneo Municipal de Manila, and his contemporaries there included José Rizal, Juan Araneta, Cayetano Arellano, and Apolinario Mabini, among others. He acquired his Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Santo Tomas, and pursued studies in Spain and at the University of Ghent, where he graduated with a degree in chemical engineering. Propaganda Movement While in Spain, he was one of the members of the Propaganda Movement which demanded equality, especially equal opportunities in the colonial administration, for Spaniards and Filipinos. He was also a contributor to ''La solidaridad'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucho Ayala
Eduard Francis Ayala (born March 28, 1992 in Tuguegarao City Tuguegarao ( or ), officially the City of Tuguegarao ( ibg, Siyudad nat Tugegaraw; itv, Siyudad yo Tugegaraw; ilo, Siudad ti Tuguegarao; fil, Lungsod ng Tuguegarao ), is a 3rd class component city and capital of the province of Cagayan, Phili ..., Cagayan Province), professionally known as Lucho Ayala, is a Filipino actor who made his debut on GMA network's ''First Time'' and made a remarkable appearance on the fantasy series ''Indio'' when he played young Juancho Sanreal. Filmography Television Series Television Anthologies Films References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ayala, Lucho 1992 births Living people Filipino male child actors Filipino male television actors Filipino male models GMA Network personalities Filipino male film actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elle Ramirez
Elle Ramirez (born in Rodriguez, Rizal, Philippines) is a Filipina actress, model, and dancer. She started her acting career when she joined '' Protégé: The Battle For The Big Artista Break''. Career Ramirez auditioned for the Season 2 of GMA's reality-based talent show ''Protégé'', where she became the protégé of singer and actress Jolina Magdangal. But due to the show's twist of events, her mentor Jolina has to let her go and award-winning actress Gina Alajar became her new mentor, and by October 21, 2012 she became one of the runners-up, along with Zandra Summer, Mikoy Morales and Ruru Madrid, while Thea Tolentino and Jeric Gonzales were pronounced the Season 2 ultimate winners. In 2013, after her debut in ''Protégé'', Ramirez was cast in the fantasy-drama series Pyra: Babaeng Apoy, together with her co-Protégé stars Thea Tolentino, Jeric Gonzales, Zandra Summer, and veteran actresses Angelu de Leon and Gladys Reyes Gladys Sommereux (née Reyes; born June 23, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Collins (actress)
Isabelle Abiera Collins-Magno (born 28 August 1992), professionally known as Max Collins, is a Filipino-American actress and model. Early life Collins was born in California. Her mother is a Filipino who is from Kalibo, Aklan. Her father is an American of Irish people, Irish-Italian people, Italian descent. Her parents met in Los Angeles when her mother was working at Bloomingdale's. Her parents separated when she was four years old. Her mother remarried when she was 9. She has a younger half-brother. Collins used to live in Vallejo, California. When she was 10, her family moved to Kalibo, Aklan. For four years she lived in Boracay and attended Brent International School, Brent School Boracay. Career 2006–2010: Early years in ABS–CBN Collins started doing commercials when she was 10. She has also appeared in magazines like Meg, Candy, Mega, People and Seventeen. According to her, she was discovered by a talent scout when she accidentally walked into a shop while a shoot w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lito Legaspi
Lito Legaspi (born Ludovico A. Legaspi, September 10, 1941 – September 8, 2019) was a Filipino actor both in movies and television in the Philippines. He was the father of actors Zoren Legaspi, Kier Legaspi, and Brando Legaspi. He won Gawad Urian Award for Best Supporting Actor in '' Sinong Kapiling? Sinong Kasiping?'' (1977). Early career Legaspi appeared in 1959 comedy film ''Ipinagbili Kami Ng Aming Tatay'', starring Dolphy. In 1963, Sampaguita Pictures introduced Legaspi together with teenage stars such as Rosemarie Sonora, Gina Pareño, Dindo Fernando, Pepito Rodriguez, Romeo Rivera and Bert Leroy, Jr., among others. He became a matinee idol like Eddie Gutierrez, Jose Mari Gonzales, Romeo Vasquez, Greg Martin and Juancho Gutierrez. He played an impotent husband in the movie ''Uhaw'' (1970) with Merle Fernandez and Tito Galla, directed by Ruben Abalos. Later career He played Mayor Joaquin Montejo in ''Esperanza'' shown in ABS-CBN, starring Judy Ann Santos in 1997. He also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polo Ravales
Paul Patrick Rodil Gruenberg (born June 27, 1982), simply known as Polo Ravales, is a Filipino actor and model. Engaged to Paulyn Quiza, a fitness coach and Managing Director of their International Manpower family business. Career Ravales' first TV appearance came in 1996 as one of second batch members in the teen show '' T.G.I.S.'' He is a former VIVA contract star along with fellow GMA stars Sunshine Dizon, Dingdong Dantes and among others. A year later, he landed a small role in the drama series ''Anna Karenina'' as Vincent. Then followed by several soap series, '' Click'', '' Ang Iibigin ay Ikaw'', and ''Hanggang Kailan' In 2005, he landed his first big role in the hit telefantasya series ''Encantadia'' as Hitano, which followed by ''Majika''. He starred in a number of successful movies in the Philippines, including '' Blue Moon'' and '' Super Noypi''. In 2008, he was Patrick Garcia's replacement for the role of Andy Abrigo in Sine Novela: Maging Akin Ka Lamang opposite Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paciano Rizal
Paciano Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (March 9, 1851 – April 13, 1930) was a Filipino general and revolutionary, and the older brother of José Rizal, the national hero of the Philippines. Early life Paciano Rizal was born to Francisco Engracio Rizal Mercado y Alejandro (1818–1897) and Teodora Morales Alonso y Quintos (1827–1911; whose family later changed their surname to "Realonda"), as the second of eleven children born to a wealthy family in the town of Calamba, Laguna. He grew up witnessing the abuses of the clergy and the Spanish colonial government. As a young student, together with Felipe Buencamino and Gregorio Sancianco, Paciano was a founding member of ''La Juventud Liberal'', a reformist student organization that worked under the direction of the Comite de Reformadores, among whose leaders was Padre José Burgos. Among their tasks was to secretly distribute copies of the reformist paper, ''El Eco Filipino'', while pretending to be purveyors of horse fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Alcaraz
Marco Antonio Faylona Alcaraz (; born July 12, 1983) is a Filipino actor, model, and former varsity basketball player at San Sebastian College-Recoletos. His first movie was '' Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita'' with Dennis Trillo. He wed on July 8, 2012, to the former beauty queen and the winner of the 2005 Miss International, Precious Lara Quigaman Precious Lara San Agustin Quigaman-Alcaraz (; born 3 January 1983) is a Filipino actress, multi-product endorser and beauty queen who won the Miss International 2005 beauty pageant held in Tokyo, Japan. She is the fourth Filipino to have won th .... Filmography Television Movies References Filipino male models Filipino men's basketball players San Sebastian Stags basketball players Male actors from Cebu Sportspeople from Cebu Cebuano people 1983 births Living people People from Cebu {{Philippines-actor-stub ABS-CBN personalities GMA Network personalities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaclyn Jose
Mary Jane Santa Ana Guck (born October 21, 1964), better known by her stage name Jaclyn Jose, is a Filipino cinema and television actress who has earned international critical acclaim. She is best known for her roles in the films ''Private Show'', ''White Slavery'', and ''Santa Juana''. Jose's works include '' Sana ay Ikaw na Nga'' in 2002 and '' Te Amo'' in 2004. Her series ''Zorro'' aired on GMA Network. She has starred in the soap operas '' Babalik Kang Muli'' and '' Nagsimula sa Puso''. Jose is also known for her work with actor Juan Rodrigo. She is also known for playing the iconic Magda in the TV and film adaptations of the Primetime Soap Opera ''Mula Sa Puso'' and acting in the 1980s films ''Hati Tayo Sa Magdamag'' (VIVA Films) and ''White Slavery'' (directed by Lino Brocka). Other notable roles include Anne Curtis in ''Dyosa'' in 2008 and Ellen Delgado in '' A Secret Affair'' in 2012. In 2016, Jose starred in Brillante Mendoza's Palme d'Or-nominated film ''Ma' Rosa,'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solenn Heussaff
Solenn Marie Adea Heussaff-Bolzico (née Heussaff, ; born July 20, 1985) is a Filipino actress, model and singer. She was one of the official castaways of '' Survivor Philippines: Celebrity Showdown''. She made it to the Final Three. In December 2010, she signed a recording contract with MCA Music, a movie contract with Regal Entertainment, and a television contract with GMA Network and GMA Artist Center. Early life Solenn Heussaff is the second child of Cynthia Adea, a Filipina, and Louis Paul Heussaff, a former sailor in the French Navy from Douarnenez, in Brittany, who is now the head of a service company SOS, for the petroleum industry. She has an older sister named Vanessa and a younger brother named Erwan. Education After graduating from Eurocampus (now European International School), Heussaff went on to study fashion design in Studio Berçot, Paris for three years. She also took a 6-month course in basic beauty/fashion make-up, body painting and prosthetics at L'éc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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