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Jasmine Curtis-Smith
Jasmine Cassandra Curtis-Smith (; born April 6, 1994) is a Filipino-Australian actress, host, dancer, endorser, writer, and model. She is known internationally for her critically acclaimed performance in Hannah Espia's 2013 film ''Transit (2013 film), Transit'', and in the Philippines as the younger sister of fellow actress Anne Curtis. Early life She was born on 6 April 1994 in Melbourne, Australia as the second daughter of Carmencita Ojales, a Filipino, and James Ernest Curtis-Smith, an Australian lawyer. Aside from her older sister Anne Curtis, Anne, she also has a younger brother named Thomas James, who is currently completing secondary school in Australia, and had a half-sister named Clare on her father's side who died in 2007 at four months old due to a cardiovascular disease. During her first stay in the Philippines, she studied at St. Paul College Pasig, St. Paul College in Pasig before leaving in 2005 to return to Australia, where she finished her elementary and seconda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropolitan area known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of 31 local municipalities, although the name is also used specifically for the local municipality of City of Melbourne based around its central business area. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong and Macedon Ranges. It has a population over 5 million (19% of the population of Australia, as per 2021 census), mostly residing to the east side of the city centre, and its inhabitants are commonly referred to as "Melburnians". The area of Melbourne has been home to Aboriginal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JC De Vera
John Carlo de Vera (born March 10, 1986), better known by his screen name JC de Vera, is a Filipino actor, host and model. Personal life De Vera was offered a basketball scholarship in Colegio de San Juan de Letran after he graduated from high school in Colegio San Agustin - Makati but rejected it to pursue his acting career. He also studied in Ateneo de Manila University. De Vera announced on February 28, 2021 in the YouTube channel of Erich Gonzales that he and his non-showbiz partner Rikkah Cruz were married since 2018. Career 2003–2010 He started his showbiz career in 2003 when he was cast in '' Click''. At the time, he was paired up with Valerie Concepcion and Julianne Lee, but was soon was cast in supporting and lead roles in primetime series with the likes of Richard Gutierrez, Dingdong Dantes, Dennis Trillo. He was named as GMA Network's Drama Prince after they highly rated and praised Philippine dramas like ''Pati Ba Pintig ng Puso'', ''Pasan Ko Ang Daigdig'' and ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award For Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States with a predominantly non-English dialogue track.80th Academy Awards – Special Rules for the Best Foreign Language Film Award . . Retrieved November 2, 2007. When the first Academy Awards ceremony was held on May 16, 1929, to honor fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
86th Academy Awards
The 86th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2013 and took place on March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. The ceremony was scheduled well after its usual late-February date to avoid conflicting with the 2014 Winter Olympics. During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC, and produced by Neil Meron and Craig Zadan and directed by Hamish Hamilton. Actress Ellen DeGeneres hosted the show for the second time, having previously hosted the 79th ceremony held in 2007. In related events, the academy held its 5th annual Governors Awards ceremony at the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center on November 16, 2013. On February 15, 2014, in a ceremony at The Beve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
9th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival
The 9th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival was successfully held from July 26 to August 4, 2013 in Metro Manila, Philippines. This year's theme is "Synergy of the Senses", which makes the entries to deliver mature content and provocative themes. The opening film is ''Jazz in Love'' by Baby Ruth Villarama, a documentary about a Filipino gay man who waits for the arrival of his German boyfriend. The closing film is Joel Lamangan's ''Burgos'' which stars Lorna Tolentino as Edita Burgos, the crusading mother of missing activist Jonas. The winners were announced on August 4 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Jerrold Tarog's ''Sana Dati'' and Hannah Espia's ''Transit'' won top film honors in the awards night. Entries The fifteen feature-film entries are divided into two separate competitions. The five feature-film entries will compete under the Directors Showcase which are presented by veteran film directors of the country. While the other ten feature-film entries will compete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Overseas Filipino
An overseas Filipino ( fil, Pilipino sa ibayong-dagat) is a person of full or partial Filipino origin—i.e., people who trace back their ancestry to the Philippines but living or residing outside the country. This term generally applies to both people of Filipino ancestry and citizens abroad. As of 2019, there were over 12 million Filipinos overseas. Population Since the liberalization of the United States immigration laws in 1965, the number of people in the United States having Filipino ancestry has grown substantially. In 2007, there were an estimated 12 million Filipinos living overseas. The U.S. Census Bureau 2007 American Community Survey counted 3,053,179 Filipinos; 2,445,126 native and naturalized citizens, 608,053 of whom were not U.S. citizens. In 2013, the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) estimated that approximately 10.2 million people of Filipino descent lived or worked abroad. This number constitutes about 11 percent of the total population of the P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puti (film)
''Puti'' is a 2012 Filipino psychological thriller film about a counterfeit painter who figures in a freak car accident that renders him color blind; while recuperating, strange things start to happen to him. Plot Art forger Amir (Ian Veneracion) lives like a recluse with his young son Jaime. His beloved wife died a few years ago and the rest of his family lives abroad. His social interactions are limited to his young assistant Nika (Jasmine Curtis) and his dealer, who sells his forged paintings to rich buyers. There's not a lot of joy in his life. Then Amir and his son are involved in a car crash. He wakes up in hospital and discovers that he's color blind. His son lies in a coma. To pay for Jaime's treatment, Amir has to continue working, which is anything but easy with his condition. The blind woman whose eyes were gouged out by her mother when she was a child and whom he painted just before the accident, starts appearing everywhere. Birds fly out of his canvasses, his painting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Archuleta
David James Archuleta (born December 28, 1990) is an American pop singer. At ten years old, he won the children's division of the Utah Talent Competition, leading to other television singing appearances. When he was twelve years old, he became the Junior Vocal Champion on the second season of ''Star Search'', known as "Star Search 2". In 2008, he finished second on the seventh season of ''American Idol''. In August 2008, He released " Crush", the first single from his self-titled debut album. The album, released three months later, debuted at number two on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart; it has sold over 750,000 copies in the United States and over 900,000 worldwide. In October 2010, he released a third album, ''The Other Side of Down'', featuring the lead single "Something 'Bout Love". In March 2012, he went on hiatus for two years to be a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Chile, but stated that he would continue his music career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Idol (season 7)
The seventh season of ''American Idol'', the annual reality show and singing competition, began on January 15, 2008, and concluded on May 21, 2008. Ryan Seacrest continued to host the show with Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, and Randy Jackson returning as judges. David Cook was announced the winner of the competition on May 21, 2008, defeating runner-up David Archuleta by a margin of roughly 12 million votes out of over 97 million, which was at that time the highest recorded vote total in the show's history. The split was 56 to 44%. The seventh season was the first season during which neither the winner nor the runner-up was ever in the bottom group during any week before the finale on May 21, 2008. It was also the second season during which both the winner and the runner-up were male contestants, with the second season being the first. Changes from past seasons Prior to the start of the seventh season, Executive Producer Nigel Lythgoe admitted that the sixth season had placed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Idol
''American Idol'' is an American singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller, produced by Fremantle North America and 19 Entertainment, and distributed by Fremantle North America. It aired on Fox from June 11, 2002, to April 7, 2016, for 15 seasons. It was on hiatus for two years until March 11, 2018, when a revival of the series began airing on ABC. It started as an addition to the '' Idols'' format that was based on ''Pop Idol'' from British television, and became one of the most successful shows in the history of American television. The concept of the series involves discovering recording stars from unsigned singing talents, with the winner determined by American viewers using phones, Internet, and SMS text voting. The winners of the first twenty seasons, as chosen by viewers, are Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia Barrino, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, Jordin Sparks, David Cook, Kris Allen, Lee DeWyze, Scotty McCreery, Phillip Philli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eula Caballero
Lou Eula May Caballero Simo-Samson (born May 23, 1995), known professionally as Eula Caballero, is a Filipina actress. She is known as the first ''Star Factor'' grand winner. She also played the role of Holly Posadas in the TV mini-series, '' Nandito Ako'' on TV5. Caballero landed a major project wherein she again portrayed the daughter of a veteran actress, ranged against the ''Diamond'' star Maricel Soriano. Eula played as the daughter of Maricel Soriano and Gabby Concepcion in the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) entry '' Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow''. Early life Eula was born in Boljoon, Cebu to Mary Lou Caballero-Simo and Euladio Simo. She is now married with her co-finalist of Star Factor Christian Samson on October 10, 2017, in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. Background In 2010, she joined the celebrity talent search of TV5, Star Factor. She was one of the 18 star hopefuls and after few weeks of training, made it to the top 4 or "Final 4". In the Grand Finals held at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nandito Ako (TV Series)
''Nandito Ako '' (English: ''Here I Am'') is a television mini-series in the Philippines. It was produced by TV5, and was broadcast from February 20 to March 23, 2012. The programme was the second ''Mini Serye'' by TV5, and like the first one, ''Sa Ngalan ng Ina'' (lit. ''In the Name of the Mother''), it was also set to air for only a month. retrieved via www.tv5.com.ph 02-28-2012 Synopsis International singing star Josh Bradley is a who was born and raised in the Philippines. When he was six years old, he was separated ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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