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Unitel Pictures
Unitel Pictures is a Philippine independent film production company. History The film company was established in 2001 by Tony Gloria. ''American Adobo'', co-produced with Star Cinema, was its maiden movie. Prior to establishing Unitel, Gloria served as supervising producer of Viva Films from its inception to 1987 and executive producer of Viva's subsidiary Falcon Films in 1988. In 1989, he left Viva and established his own film company ''Filmstar'', known for releasing a slew of Joey de Leon's hit movies Elvis and James (1989) and Barbi for President (1991). In 1992, Filmstar closed and Gloria focused solely on TV commercials. In 2003, Unitel began producing and distributing its own movies. Among its critically-acclaimed and award-winning movies are ''Crying Ladies'', ''Santa Santita'', '' La Visa Loca'', ''Inang Yaya'' and Peque Gallaga's directorial comeback film ''Pinoy/Blonde''. In 2004, ''Imelda Imelda is a feminine Spanish/Italian given name derived from the German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makati
Makati ( ), officially the City of Makati ( fil, Lungsod ng Makati), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. Makati is the financial center of the Philippines; it has the highest concentration of multinational and local corporations in the country. Major banks, corporations, department stores as well as foreign embassies are based in Makati. The biggest trading floor of the Philippine Stock Exchange used to be situated along the city's Ayala Avenue, before the stock exchange moved their headquarters to the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig. Makati is also known for being a major cultural and entertainment hub in Metro Manila. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 629,616 people making it as the 17th most populous city in the country and ranked as the 41st most densely populated city in the world with 19,336 inhabitants per square kilometer. Although its population is just above half a million, the daytime populat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peque Gallaga
Maurice Ruiz de Luzuriaga Gallaga (August 25, 1943 – May 7, 2020), better known as Peque Gallaga, was a multi-awarded Filipino people, Filipino film-maker. His most significant achievement in film was ''Oro, Plata, Mata'', which he directed after winning a scriptwriting contest sponsored by the Experimental Cinema of the Philippines. He has received an award from the International Film Festival of Flanders-Ghent, Belgium in 1983; a Special Jury Award from the Manila International Film Festival; and the 2004 Gawad CCP Para sa Sining. Education Gallaga spent his elementary and high school years at De La Salle University in Manila, City of Manila, then finished his bachelor's in commerce and liberal arts at the University of St. La Salle in Bacolod, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Negros Occidental Province, Visayas. He taught theater and film at the University of St. La Salle. Career Rise to prominence Upon moving back to Manila, he got involved in television musicals and eventu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippine Film Studios
This is a list of film studios and film production companies in the Philippines from 1919 up to the present. * 3 Star Pictures * Above-the-line Productions * A.C.C.S. Film Productions (Avanguard Creatives) * Acuña-Zaldariaga * A.G.P Film Production * A.L.B. Production * A.M. Production * APT Entertainment * A. R. Production (Armando Rodriguez Production) * A.V.P. Production * AgostoDos Pictures * Agrix Film * Al Martin Pictures * Aliud Productions * Amaritz Productions * Ambassador Picture * Americo-Filipino * Angora Films * Associated Artists * Associated Theaters * Atic Inc. * ATB 5 * Athena Productions * Artikulo Uno Productions * Avellana and Company * Banahaw Pictures * Balatbat Productions * Bonanza Productions * Bancom Audiovision * Bayani * Bayanihan Pictures * Bigfoot Studios * Binatang Parang Films * Black Sheep Productions * Broadway Production * Buchi Boy Entertainment * ByTheSea Philippines * Camia Production * Carlos Vander Tolosa Production * Cervatina Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Business World
''BusinessWorld'' is a business newspaper in the Philippines with a nationwide circulation of more than 117,000 (as of March 2014). Founded in 1967 as ''Business Day'', it is Southeast Asia's first daily business newspaper. History ''Business Day'' Raúl Locsin, then a reporter for the business section of the now-defunct '' The Manila Chronicle'', took out a ₱5,000 loan to start ''Business Day'', the paper's forerunner. ''Business Day'' released its debut issue on February 27, 1967. It was the first business daily in Southeast Asia, and it was dedicated to “competent and responsible reporting of the news.” On March 1, 1971, ''Business Day'' published a record of the previous year's highest-grossing Philippine firms. Eight years later, the Securities and Exchange Commission and ''Business Day'' launched ''1000 Top Corporations in the Philippines'' gazette. This effort laid the foundation for what is now known as BusinessWorld Top 1000 Corporations in the Philippines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene Domingo
Eugena Roxas Domingo (born July 23, 1971), popularly known as Eugene Domingo, is a Filipino actress, comedienne and host. She has performed in lead and supporting roles in various genres of the Philippine film industry. She is popularly known as the "Comedy Star for All Seasons" and was a sidekick of Ai-Ai delas Alas in the '' Ang Tanging Ina'' series (20032010), until her very first lead film role in ''Kimmy Dora'' in 2009. Domingo's other notable films include ''Bahay Kubo'' (2007) for which she received her first Best Supporting Actress award. Her most successful film to date is the Cinemalaya entry, ''Ang Babae Sa Septic Tank'' (2011), which is the highest-grossing independent film in Philippine history. The film was an official entry for various international film festivals in Vancouver, South Korea, Hawaii, Japan, and Italy. The film was also chosen by the Film Academy of the Philippines to represent the Philippines in the Best Foreign Language Film category of the 84th Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MediaQuest Holdings
MediaQuest Holdings, Inc. is a Philippine-based media conglomerate that provides radio and television broadcasting, as well as direct-to-home satellite services and print media. Though an affiliate of telecommunications company PLDT, MediaQuest is owned by the former's Beneficial Trust Fund (corporate entity - BTF Holdings, Inc.), a retirement pension plan funded through its Philippine Depository Receipts. PLDT does not directly own any media property as the current 1987 Constitution states that media companies should be 100% owned by Filipinos and the company's major shareholders include foreign entities such as First Pacific and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone. MediaQuest owns and operates national media firms TV5 Network (TV5) and Nation Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), as well as pay TV provider and regional radio network Cignal TV. MediaQuest also owns majority interest on newspaper companies ''The Philippine Star'' and Business World Publishing Corporation (''BusinessWor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cavite (film)
''Cavite'' is a 2005 thriller film in English and Tagalog, written and directed by Filipino American filmmakers Neill Dela Llana and Ian Gamazon which also stars them as the film's leads. Plot Flying back to the Philippines to bury his father, an American man is informed by a mysterious phone caller that his mother and sister have been kidnapped and will be killed if he doesn't comply with certain demands. As he follows the phone caller's every wish, he slowly realizes that he is involved in a large conspiracy hatched by the Abu Sayyaf. Critical reception ''Cavite'' was met with largely positive critical reviews. The film has a score of 73% with a certified "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 40 reviews with the consensus being it is "A gritty, low-budget thriller, ''Cavite'' takes us on a heart-pounding ride through the seedy Filipino underworld." Robert Koehler from ''Variety'' in his glowing review of the film said "For a guerrilla-style, no-budget Yank indie to even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the United States. The publication has won more than 40 Pulitzer Prizes. It is owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by the Times Mirror Company. The newspaper’s coverage emphasizes California and especially Southern California stories. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to labor unions, the latter of which led to the bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. In recent decades the paper's readership has declined, and it has been beset by a series of ownership changes, staff reductions, and other controversies. In January 2018, the paper's staff voted to unionize and final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spider-Man 2
''Spider-Man 2'' is a 2004 American superhero film directed by Sam Raimi and written by Alvin Sargent from a story by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar and Michael Chabon. Based on the fictional Marvel Comics character of the same name, it is the second installment in Raimi's ''Spider-Man'' trilogy and the sequel to ''Spider-Man'' (2002), starring Tobey Maguire alongside Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Alfred Molina, Rosemary Harris, and Donna Murphy. Set two years after the events of ''Spider-Man'', the film finds Peter Parker struggling to stop Dr. Otto Octavius from recreating the dangerous experiment that kills his wife and leaves him neurologically fused to mechanical tentacles, while also dealing with an existential crisis between his dual identities that appears to be stripping him of his powers. Principal photography began in April 2003 in New York City and also took place in Los Angeles. Reshoots took place later that year and concluded in December. ''Spider-Man 2'' was rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imelda Marcos
Imelda Romualdez Marcos (; born Imelda Remedios Visitacion Trinidad Romualdez; July 2, 1929) is a Filipino politician who served as the First Lady of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986, wielding significant political power during the dictatorship of her husband, 10th president Ferdinand Marcos. She is the mother of current president Bongbong Marcos. During her husband's 21-year rule, Imelda Marcos ordered the construction of many grandiose architectural projects, using public funds and "in impossibly short order" – a propaganda practice, which eventually came to be known as her "edifice complex". She and her husband stole billions of pesos from the Filipino people,Manapat, Ricardo (1991) Some Are Smarter than Others: The History of Marcos' Crony Capitalism. Ateneo de Manila University Press. amassing a personal fortune estimated to have been worth to by the time they were deposed in 1986; by 2018, about $3.6 billion of this had been recovered by the Philippine government, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imelda (film)
''Imelda'' is a 2003 documentary film directed by Ramona S. Diaz about the life of Imelda Marcos, former First Lady of the Philippines. Beginning with her childhood, the film documents her marriage to future President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos, her rule under the dictatorship, her exile in Hawaii and her eventual return to the Philippines. Reviews were largely favorable and it won the Excellence in Cinematography Award Documentary award at Sundance Film Festival in 2004. ''Imelda'' outsold ''Spider-Man 2'' in the Philippines, but only took at the US box office with an additional worldwide. Reviews from critics are favorable with a 94% fresh rating from Rotten Tomatoes and a 69/100 from Metacritic. Synopsis Diaz followed Imelda Marcos, the former First Lady of the Philippines, for a month and interviewed her daughter Imee and her son Ferdinand Jr. The film incorporates third party interviews and archive material; it recounts Imelda's life, including her marriage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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