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Ogie Alcasid
Herminio Jose Lualhati "Ogie" Alcasid Jr. (; born August 27, 1967) is a Filipino singer-songwriter, television presenter, comedian, parodist, and actor. He is currently the President of OPM (Organisasyon ng Pilipinong Mang-Aawit). Early career Ogie is a former batch member of the all-male singing group '' Kundirana'' batch 1984 after Gary Valenciano. His first album was released in 1989. His debut movie was ''Feel Na Feel'' released by Regal Entertainment in 1990. In 1991, Ogie made his VIVA films debut movie, ''Pitong Gamol''. Television career Alcasid's television career started as one of the hosts of comedy show ''Small Brothers'' on ABS-CBN in 1992. He appeared on other comedy programs such as ABS-CBN's ''Mana Mana'' (1991–92), ABC's ''Tropang Trumpo'' (from 1994 to 1995), GMA Network's ''Bubble Gang'' (1995-2013), QTV's ''Ay, Robot!'' (2005–07), and a sitcom ''Show Me Da Manny'' (2010–11). He also branched out as a game show host, beginning in ABS-CBN's ''Game N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taal, Batangas
Taal (), officially the Municipality of Taal ( tgl, Bayan ng Taal), is a 3rd class municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 61,460 people. Taal is famous for its old Ancestral houses of the Philippines, ancestral houses, one particular ancestral house (now a museum) where Marcela Coronel Mariño de Agoncillo grew up in Taal, Batangas built in the 1770s by her grandparents, Don Andres Sauza Mariño and Doña Eugenia Diokno Mariño, (added by Slavstan Mariño). Its poblacion (central business district) is designated as a National Historical Landmark. The municipality is known as the Balisong (knife), Balisong and Barong Tagalog Capital of the Philippines. The town is home to hundreds of heritage structures dating from the Spanish colonial period. Scholars have been pushing for its inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List. History The town of Taal was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tropang Trumpo
''Tropang Trumpo'' ( Tagalog for ''Troop of Tops'') is a Philippine sketch comedy show produced by ABC-5 (later known as TV5), a one-hour comedy program that featured gags, spoofs and lampoons, was known to be the "mother" of all local gag shows. It was the show that started it all, so to speak, and paved the way for all the comedy shows that followed thereafter. It was aired from March 12, 1994, until March 13, 1999, when it was replaced by ''Ispup''. History Its original cast included Ogie Alcasid, Michael V., Gelli de Belen, and theatre/voice actors Noni Buencamino, Manny Castañeda, Earl Ignacio, Sheilou Bharwani, Mhalou Crisologo, Ana Abad Santos and Lorna Gay Long. Tropa aired on Saturday nights and was originally directed by Jose Javier Reyes. However, when Reyes became busy with movies, former Goin' Bananas cast members Edgar "Bobot" Mortiz, Al Tantay and former Goin' Bananas headwriter Dan Salamante came in and assumed the respective posts of director and writers. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinoy Idol
''Pinoy'' ( ) is a common informal self-reference used by Filipinos to refer to citizens of the Philippines and their culture as well as to overseas Filipinos in the Filipino diaspora. A Pinoy who has any non-Filipino foreign ancestry is often informally called '' Tisoy'', a shortened word for ''Mestizo''. Many Filipinos refer to themselves as ''Pinoy'', sometimes the feminine ''Pinay'' ( ), instead of the standard term ''Filipino''. ''Filipino'' is the widespread formal word used to call a citizen of the Philippines. ''Pinoy'' is formed by taking the last four letters of ''Filipino'' and adding the diminutive suffix -y in the Tagalog language (the suffix is commonly used in Filipino nicknames: e.g. "Noynoy" or "Kokoy" or "Toytoy"). ''Pinoy'' was used for self-identification by the first wave of Filipinos going to the continental United States before World War II and has been used both in a pejorative sense and as a term of endearment, similar to ''Desi''. ''Pinoy'' was created ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aiza Seguerra
Cariza "Ice" Yamson Seguerra (born September 17, 1983), formerly and still known professionally as Aiza Seguerra, is a Filipino actor, singer-songwriter, director and guitarist. Initially coming out as a lesbian in 2007, Seguerra now identifies himself as a transgender man. On August 12, 2016, Seguerra was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte as Chairperson of the National Youth Commission. Career Seguerra first appeared as a three-year-old contestant of ''Eat Bulaga!s " Little Miss Philippines". He subsequently became part of the show from 1987 to 1997. As a child star, Seguerra appeared in more than 30 movies and TV shows to date. He often portrayed the role of actor and fellow ''Eat Bulaga!'' host Vic Sotto’s daughter in numerous films. He portrayed the role of Aiza Kabisote, daughter of Enteng Kabisote in ''Okay Ka, Fairy Ko!'' from 1987 to 1997. He only appeared in six films for Regal Films. At age 14, he competed in Bong Revilla's Invitational Shootfest '98, and has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanggang Kailan
''Hanggang Kailan'' (International title: ''Circle of Hearts'' / ) is a 2004 Philippine television drama romance series broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Jose Javier Reyes and Mark A. Reyes, it stars Lorna Tolentino, Christopher de Leon and Alice Dixson. It premiered on March 8, 2004 on the network's Telebabad line up replacing '' Narito ang Puso Ko''. The series concluded on July 30, 2004 with a total of 95 episodes. It was replaced by ''Mulawin'' in its timeslot. Cast and characters ;Lead cast * Lorna Tolentino as Valerie Rosales * Christopher de Leon as Diosdado "Dado" Villarama * Alice Dixson as Thelma Villarama ;Supporting cast * Ogie Alcasid as George * Aiza Seguerra as Gina * Ana Capri as Lulu * Nancy Castiglione as Tara Rosales * Maxene Magalona as Angela Villarama * Alessandra De Rossi as Jennifer Villarama * Jake Cuenca as Warren Rosales * Paolo Contis as Dennis Carbonel ;Recurring cast * Sid Lucero as Eugene * Janus Del Prado as Lito * Boy 2 Quizon as Obet * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SOP Rules
''SOP'' is a Philippine television variety show broadcast by GMA Network. It premiered on February 2, 1997, replacing ''GMA Supershow''. The show concluded on February 28, 2010, with a total of 672 episodes. It was replaced by '' Party Pilipinas'' in its timeslot. History After ''GMA Supershow's'' month-long farewell in January 1997, ''SOP'' started airing on February 2, 1997, with a live episode from the GMA Broadway studios. Regular dancers include the VIP Dancers, Universal Motion Dancers, Abstract Dancers and Kidz at Work; with Al Quinn as director and German Moreno as production consultant. In 2005, the entire cast of ''SOP'' and ''SOP Gigsters'' together with Mel Tiangco, Joey de Leon, Richard Gomez and German Moreno went to San Francisco, California, United States, for the launch of GMA Pinoy TV. The show moved to a new set at GMA Network Center Annex, Studio 7 in November 2008. It is one of the biggest studios in the Philippines accommodating 1,000-member audiences. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV5 (Philippines)
TV5 (also known as 5 and formerly known as ABC) is a Philippine free-to-air television network based in Mandaluyong, with its alternate studios located in Novaliches, Quezon City. It is the flagship property of TV5 Network, Inc. with Cignal TV as its main content provider, both owned by MediaQuest Holdings, the multimedia arm of Philippine-based telecommunications company PLDT. TV5 is also formally referred to as "The ''Kapatid'' Network", the Filipino term for "sibling", which was introduced in 2010. Named after its flagship station in Metro Manila, DWET-TV, which are carried in VHF Channel 5 (analog broadcast) and UHF Channel 51 (digital test broadcast; the latter is licensed to TV5's sister company Mediascape/Cignal TV), TV5 is also broadcasting to seven other owned-and-operated stations and seven affiliate television stations nationwide, as well as on all cable and satellite TV providers nationwide. Its programming is also available outside the Philippines through Kapatid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippine Edition
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] |
