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Suddenly It's Magic
''Suddenly It's Magic'' is a 2012 Filipino-Thai romantic film directed by Filipino film director Rory Quintos, starring Thai actor Mario Maurer and Filipina actress Erich Gonzales. The film is produced by Star Cinema and was released on October 31, 2012, in the Philippines. On March 7, 2013, Baifern Pimchanok confirmed on her Twitter account that the movie will be screened in Thailand on March 14, 2013 at the Major Cineplex theater. Following Thailand's premiere of the movie, on March 25, 2013, Cambodia's Legend Cinemas confirmed on their Facebook fanpage of the official screening of the movie in the country on March 28, 2013. The story depicts two star-crossed lovers: Marcus Hanson (Mario Maurer), a Thai superstar, and Joey Hermosa (Erich Gonzales), a Filipina baker. When Marcus decides to fly to the Philippines to escape from his career, he meets Joey. Even though their worlds collide, the two later fall in love. But their relationship is tested by conflicts from their worlds. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rory B
Rory is a given name of Goidelic languages, Gaelic origin. It is an anglicisation of the ga, Ruairí/''Ruaidhrí'' and gd, Ruairidh and is common to the Irish people, Irish, Scottish people, Highland Scots and their diasporas. for the given name "Rory". The meaning of the name is "red king", composed of ''ruadh'' ("red") and ''rígh'' ("king"). In Ireland and Scotland, it is generally seen as a masculine name and therefore rarely given to females. History An early use of the name in Late antiquity, antiquity is in reference to Rudraige mac Sithrigi, a High King of Ireland who eventually spawned the Ulaid (indeed, this tribe are sometimes known as ''Clanna Rudhraighe''). Throughout the Middle Ages, the name was in use by various kings, such as Ruaidrí mac Fáeláin, Ruaidrí na Saide Buide and Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair, the last High King of Ireland. As well as this, Ruairí Óg Ó Mórdha, the famous King of Laois, and his nephew Rory O'Moore, Ruairí Ó Mórdha, who was a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dionne Monsanto
Dionne Monsanto-Stalder (born December 5, 1985) is a former Filipina actress. Career Monsanto appeared on '' Pinoy Big Brother: Season 2'' as a contestant in 2007. Monsanto entered on ''Day 12'' of the series, and was evicted on ''Day 77''. In the later part of 2007, Monsanto portrayed Salonna in '' Super Inggo 1.5: Ang Bagong Bangis'', the series starring former child actor Makisig Morales. Monsanto's next television appearance was in 2008, when she starred in the TV series, '' Lobo''. In 2009, she portrayed Grace Palacios in '' George and Cecil''. and appeared as Jenny in a Philippine remake of ''Lovers in Paris''. In 2015, Monsanto appeared in ''FlordeLiza'', '' Pasión de amor'' and in the film ''Swap''. In 2016, Monsanto appeared in the daytime TV series ''Tubig at Langis ''Tubig at Langis'' (International title: ''Broken Vows'' / ) is a 2016 Philippine television drama romance series based on 1980 film of the same name, starring Vilma Santos, Amy Austria-Ventura and Din ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south, the South China Sea to the east, and the Straits of Johor to the north. The country's territory is composed of one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet; the combined area of these has increased by 25% since the country's independence as a result of extensive land reclamation projects. It has the third highest population density in the world. With a multicultural population and recognising the need to respect cultural identities of the major ethnic groups within the nation, Singapore has four official languages: English, Malay, Mandarin, and Tamil. English is the lingua franca and numerous public services are available only in Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated population of 10.539 million as of 2020, 15.3 percent of the country's population. Over 14 million people (22.2 percent) lived within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region at the 2010 census, making Bangkok an extreme primate city, dwarfing Thailand's other urban centres in both size and importance to the national economy. Bangkok traces its roots to a small trading post during the Ayutthaya Kingdom in the 15th century, which eventually grew and became the site of two capital cities, Thonburi Kingdom, Thonburi in 1768 and Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932), Rattanakosin in 1782. Bangkok was at the heart of the modernization of Siam, later renamed Thailand, during the late-19th century, as the country faced pressures from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paoay, Ilocos Norte
Paoay, officially the Municipality of Paoay ( ilo, Ili ti Paoay; fil, Bayan ng Paoay), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Ilocos Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 25,001 people. The town is home to the Paoay Church, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Geography Barangays Paoay is politically subdivided into 31 barangays. These barangays are headed by elected officials: Barangay Captain, Barangay Council, whose members are called Barangay Councilors. All are elected every three years. * Bacsil * Cabagoan * Cabangaran * Callaguip * Cayubog * Dolores * Laoa * Masintoc * Monte * Mumulaan * Nagbacalan * Nalasin * Nanguyudan * Oaig-Upay-Abulao * Pambaran * Pannaratan (Poblacion) * Paratong * Pasil * Salbang (Poblacion) * San Agustin * San Blas (Poblacion) * San Juan * San Pedro * San Roque (Poblacion) * Sangladan Pob. (Nalbuan) * Santa Rita (Poblacion) * Sideg * Suba * Sungadan * Surgui * Veronica Climate Demographics In the 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tagalog Language
Tagalog (, ; ; '' Baybayin'': ) is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the population of the Philippines, and as a second language by the majority. Its standardized form, officially named ''Filipino'', is the national language of the Philippines, and is one of two official languages, alongside English. Tagalog is closely related to other Philippine languages, such as the Bikol languages, Ilocano, the Bisayan languages, Kapampangan, and Pangasinan, and more distantly to other Austronesian languages, such as the Formosan languages of Taiwan, Indonesian, Malay, Hawaiian, Māori, and Malagasy. Classification Tagalog is a Central Philippine language within the Austronesian language family. Being Malayo-Polynesian, it is related to other Austronesian languages, such as Malagasy, Javanese, Indonesian, Malay, Tetum (of Timor), and Yami (of Taiwan). It is closely related to the languages spoken in the Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABS-CBN Corporation
ABS-CBN Corporation is a Filipino media company based in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is the largest entertainment and media conglomerate in the Philippines. It is a subsidiary of Lopez Holdings Corporation which is owned by the López family ABS-CBN was formed by the merger of Alto Broadcasting System (ABS) and Chronicle Broadcasting Network (CBN). ABS was founded in 1946 by American electronics engineer James Lindenberg as Bolinao Electronics Corporation (BEC). In 1952, BEC was renamed Alto Broadcasting System (ABS) with its corporate name, Alto Sales Corporation after Judge Antonio Quirino, brother of President Elpidio Quirino, purchased the company and later launched the first TV station in the country, DZAQ-TV on October 23, 1953. The company that would later be merged with ABS to form ABS-CBN was founded in 1956 as Chronicle Broadcasting Network, Inc. (CBN) by Eugenio Lopez Sr. and his brother Fernando Lopez, who was the sitting Vice President of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippine International Convention Center
The Philippine International Convention Center ( fil, Sentrong Pangkumbensyong Pandaigdig ng Pilipinas, or PICC) is a convention center located in the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. The facility has been the host of numerous local and foreign conventions, meetings, fairs, and social events. The PICC served as the office of the Vice President of the Philippines until 2005. It also previously housed the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office. History In 1974, then President Ferdinand Marcos signed the Presidential Decree No. 520 which authorized the Central Bank of the Philippines (now Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) to construct an international conference building, acquire a suitable area for that purpose, and organize a corporation to manage a conference center. Thus, the PICC was organized under the Corporation Code. This was a part of Marcos' efforts to make Metro Manila as one of Southeast Asia's financial centers. The PICC bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penshoppe
Penshoppe is a casual wear retail brand based in the Philippines. Established in 1986, Penshoppe is the flagship brand of Golden ABC, Inc., a fashion house based in the Philippines. Brand history Philippines Established in Cebu in 1986, the brand initially established itself in the Visayas and Mindanao markets. Penshoppe then expanded to Metro Manila, with its first boutique opening its doors in SM City North EDSA in 1991. Since then, Penshoppe's network of stores has grown to over 300 sites. International expansion In 2015, Penshoppe opened retail outlets in Bahrain, Cambodia, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, and UAE. Marketing Endorsements Penshoppe previously had Nikki Gil-Albert, Jesli Hetutua, Heart Evangelista-Escudero and Jericho Rosales as their "local celebrity models". Some of the current local celebrity endorsers include Mikael Daez, Victor Basa, Bea Soriano, and Akihiro Sato. The brand previously had Mandy Moore as a celebrity endorser in 2001. In 2011, the brand sign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Love (2010 Thai Film)
''First Love'', also known as ''Crazy Little Thing Called Love'', ( th, สิ่งเล็กเล็ก ที่เรียกว่า...รัก, ''Sing lek lek thi riak wa... rak'', lit. "A Little Thing Called Love") is a 2010 Thai romantic comedy film and a 2011 Asian sleeper hit starring Mario Maurer and Pimchanok Luevisadpaibul. It tells the story of a seventh-grade 14-year-old girl Nam, who falls in love with her senior of tenth-grade Chon and tries desperately to win his attention. Plot Nam is a bespectacled, swarthy 14-year-old seventh-grader who is considered unattractive. She harbors a crush on Chon, a good-looking and popular tenth-grade freshman from her school who she feels is way out of her league. She hangs out with her three best friends known as the Cheer Gang and helps her mother out in their family-owned bed and breakfast. An average student, she begins to take her studies seriously in hopes of seeing her father in the United States who works there as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharlene San Pedro
Sharlene Santos San Pedro (born April 5, 1999) is a Filipino actress, singer, vlogger, streamer, VJ, and TV host. She made her first television appearance at the age of four when she joined ABS-CBN's talent search '' Star Circle Quest: Kids Edition'' in 2004, and came in at second place. She is known for portraying the roles of Gigi, Calla & Lily, and Shirley in the series ''Mga Anghel na Walang Langit'', ''Calla Lily'', and ''Luv U'' respectively. She also played the title role in ''Princess Sarah'' in 2007. San Pedro received her first acting award as the "Most Popular Child Actress" by the Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation in 2009. In 2012, San Pedro was nominated in the 17th Asian Television Awards as Best Actress in a Lead-Drama Role for her portrayal as a teenage mother in the ''Maalaala Mo Kaya'' episode, "T-Shirt". Early life Sharlene Santos San Pedro was born on April 5, 1999, in Pulilan, Bulacan to parents Hector, a business man, and Myleen. She ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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