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Volts Vallejo
Voltaire Calahi Vallejo, simply known as Volts Vallejo, is a Filipino songwriter and recording artist who rose to popularity when his song "Hey Crush" was chosen as the official theme song for the Metro Manila Film Festival movie Vince & Kath & James under Star Cinema. Early life Volts was born in Nueva Ecija, Philippines to Rodolfo and Zenaida Vallejo on October 23, 1991. Volts started out as a dancer and a commercial model before learning how to play the guitar and composing songs. Musical career Volts started his musical career on YouTube, posting vlogs and song covers on his own channel. He was later discovered by a local online music hub and discovery site. Volts big break happened when he submitted his song "Hey Crush" to Star Cinema. The song was released on 2016 as his first single. A version of the song was also released by Star Music with Star Magic talent Joshua Garcia Joshua Espineli Garcia (; born October 7, 1997) is a Filipino actor, dancer, and commercial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Jose, Nueva Ecija
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Nueva Ecija
Nueva Ecija, officially the Province of Nueva Ecija ( tgl, Lalawigan ng Nueva Ecija , also ; ilo, Probinsia ti Nueva Ecija; pag, Luyag/Probinsia na Nueva Ecija; Kapampangan: ''Lalawigan/Probinsia ning Nueva Ecija''), is a landlocked province in the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is the city of Palayan, while Cabanatuan, its former capital, is the largest local government unit (LGU). Nueva Ecija borders, from the south clockwise, Bulacan, Pampanga, Tarlac, Pangasinan, Nueva Vizcaya and Aurora. The province is nationally known as the ''Rice Granary of the Philippines'', producing the largest rice yield in the country. History Precolonial era These first settlers included tribes of Ilongots ( Egungot) or Italons, Abaca and Buquids. Settlements were built along the banks following the river's undulations. The Ilongots, meaning people of the forest, were the fierce headhunters and animist tribes who occupied Carranglan and the mountainous terrain of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filipino People
Filipinos ( tl, Mga Pilipino) are the people who are citizens of or native to the Philippines. The majority of Filipinos today come from various Austronesian ethnolinguistic groups, all typically speaking either Filipino, English and/or other Philippine languages. Currently, there are more than 185 ethnolinguistic groups in the Philippines; each with its own language, identity, culture and history. Names The name ''Filipino'', as a demonym, was derived from the term ''Las Islas Filipinas'' ("the Philippine Islands"), the name given to the archipelago in 1543 by the Spanish explorer and Dominican priest Ruy López de Villalobos, in honor of Philip II of Spain (Spanish: ''Felipe II''). During the Spanish colonial period, natives of the Philippine islands were usually known by the generic terms ''indio'' ("Indian") or ''indigenta'' ("indigents"). However, during the early Spanish colonial period the term ''Filipinos'' or ''Philipinos'' was sometimes used by Spanish writers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro Manila Film Festival
The Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) is an annual film festival held in Metro Manila, Philippines. The festival, which runs from December 25 (Christmas) through New Year's Day and into first weekend of January in the following year, focuses on Filipino films. During the course of the festival, movie theaters show only films that are approved by its jurors and exclude foreign films except in 3D theaters and IMAX theaters. Since 2010s, film entries were played in select 3D cinemas that it can show movies in 2D format. It is one of the two Filipino major film festivals to exclude movies out of the country in a week-long period, the other being the Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino happening during August. The annual event began with the 1975 Metro Manila Film Festival, during which ''Diligin Mo ng Hamog ang Uhaw na Lupa'' ("''Water the Thirsty Earth with Dew''") by Augusto Buenaventura won the best film award. One of the festival highlights is the parade of floats at the opening of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vince And Kath And James
''Vince and Kath and James'' (stylized as ''Vince & Kath & James'') is a 2016 Filipino teen romantic film directed by Theodore Boborol, starring Julia Barretto, Joshua Garcia and Ronnie Alonte. It is based on the online series '' Vince and Kath'' written by Jenny Ruth Almocera, that told the story of two lovestruck teens, Vince and Kath, through text messages. The film was graded "A" by the Cinema Evaluation Board of the Philippines. It is an official entry to the 2016 Metro Manila Film Festival, where it won the Children's Choice Award along fellow entries ''Saving Sally'' and '' Sunday Beauty Queen'', and the Male Celebrity of the Night award for Ronnie Alonte. The film was famous during its run and helps the careers of Joshua Garcia and Julia Barretto rise to fame and prominence because of their impressive performance as the lovers, Vince and Kath. Plot Kath ( Julia Barretto) wins Miss Engineering 2016, making her more popular and receiving many congratulatory messages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Cinema
ABS-CBN Film Productions, Inc. (doing business as Star Cinema or ABS-CBN Films) is a Philippines, Filipino film studio and film and television production company and film distributor headquartered in Quezon City. It is one of the major film studios in the Philippines, along with Viva Films and Regal Entertainment. Star Cinema List of films produced and released by Star Cinema, has produced and released most of the List of highest-grossing films in the Philippines, highest-grossing Philippine films of all time. Star Cinema, along with its subsidiaries and the now-defunct DWRR-FM, MOR 101.9 Manila, forms the Star Creatives Group, the main entertainment division of media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation. History Vanguard Films (1982–1989) Vanguard Films was formed in 1983. It was headed by Simon Ongpin and Charo Santos-Concio. In 1985, the serial komiks by Nerissa Cabral, ''Hindi Nahahati ang Langit'' was adapted into a film and it stars Christopher de Leon, Lorna Tolentin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippines
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] |
Star Music
Star Music (stylized in lowercase as starmusic; formerly known as Star Records), is a record label in the Philippines owned and operated by media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation. It was formerly a separate company operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of ABS-CBN until 2013 when it was merged to ABS-CBN Film Productions, Inc. It is now a division of ABS-CBN Music, a division of ABS-CBN for its music. Its publishing and distribution subsidiary in the country is Star Music Publishing (formerly Star Songs, Inc.) and has over one thousand songs in its catalog including the classic song "Anak" by Freddie Aguilar. It is a member of the Philippine Association of the Record Industry (PARI), a non-profit and private trade organization, that represents the recording industry distributors in the Philippines. Star Music also released video karaoke VCDs versions of the label's songs in the Philippines. History Star Music was founded on February 20, 1995, as Star Recording, Inc. with Star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Magic
ABS-CBN Center for Communication Arts, Inc., trade name, doing business as Star Magic (formerly known as ABS-CBN Talent Center), is the Talent agency, talent agency owned by ABS-CBN Corporation based in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines that was founded in 1992. History In April 1992, Freddie M. Garcia, then ABS-CBN executive vice president and general manager, and Johnny Manahan, then program director, formed the idea of creating a stable of new stars exclusively for the network. Star Magic was created to assist young talent in the Philippines, where its talents undergo training in acting, personality development and physical enhancement before joining in the Television in the Philippines, Philippine television and Cinema of the Philippines, film industry such as the television shows of ABS-CBN and Star Cinema films, commercial projects, and corporate events. On June 26, 2011, the company celebrated its 19th anniversary on ''ASAP (Philippine TV program), ASAP Rocks''. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Garcia
Joshua Espineli Garcia (; born October 7, 1997) is a Filipino actor, dancer, and commercial model. He began his professional acting career in 2015 after being part of the reality show '' Pinoy Big Brother: All In'' as a contestant. He rose to prominence for his critically acclaimed performances in the 2016 Metro Manila Film Festival top-grosser '' Vince and Kath and James'' and in the primetime series '' The Good Son''. Garcia has starred in various TV series such as ''Nasaan Ka Nang Kailangan Kita'' (2015), '' The Greatest Love'' (2016), '' Ngayon at Kailanman'' (2018), ''The Killer Bride'' (2019), ''Viral Scandal'' (2021), and '' Darna'' (2022). He has also starred in the films '' Love You to the Stars and Back'' (2017), '' Unexpectedly Yours'' (2017), '' I Love You, Hater'' (2018), and ''Block Z'' (2020). Early life Garcia was born on October 7, 1997 in Bauan, Batangas, Philippines. He is the second son of Filipino parents Geo Garcia and Marife Espineli. Coming from a bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Filipino Male Singers
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius (AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman emperor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABS-CBN Personalities
ABS-CBN (an initialism of its two predecessors' names, Alto Broadcasting System and Chronicle Broadcasting Network) is a Television in the Philippines, Philippine Commercial broadcasting, commercial broadcast broadcast network, network that serves as the flagship property of ABS-CBN Corporation, a company under Lopez Holdings Corporation owned by the López family of Iloilo, López family. The network is headquartered at the ELJ Communications Center and ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center in Quezon City, with additional offices and production facilities in 25 major cities including Baguio, Naga, Camarines Sur, Naga, Bacolod, Iloilo City, Iloilo, Cebu City, Cebu, Davao City, Davao, and Bulacan, where ABS-CBN's production and post-production facility in ABS-CBN Soundstage, Horizon IT Park is located. ABS-CBN is colloquially referred to as the ''Kapamilya'' Network; the branding was originally introduced in 1999 and was officially introduced in 2003 during the celebration of its 50th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
