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I ♥ Betty La Fea
''I Love Betty La Fea'' (stylized as ''I ♥ Betty La Fea'') is a Philippine television drama series broadcast by ABS-CBN. The series is based on the Colombian telenovela ''Yo soy Betty, la fea''. Directed by Erick C. Salud, Don M. Cuaresma and Claudio "Tots" Sanchez-Mariscal IV, it stars Bea Alonzo and John Lloyd Cruz. It aired on the network's Primetime Bida line up and worldwide on TFC from September 8, 2008 to April 24, 2009, replacing '' The Singing Bee'' and '' My Girl'' and was replaced by '' Only You''. Plot Beatriz Pengson, or simply Betty, is an aesthetically challenged career-oriented girl who happens to work in a posh advertising agency known as Ecomoda Manila. In an industry where everyone thrives on beauty and perfection, her lack of good looks and outdated sense of fashion make her an instant outcast among her superficial colleagues. Despite her shortcomings, Betty's capabilities and innate kindheartedness have gained her a set of loyal friends. Betty's lackluste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama
Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the Epic poetry, epic and the Lyric poetry, lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's ''Poetics (Aristotle), Poetics'' ()—the earliest work of dramatic theory. The term "drama" comes from a Ancient Greek, Greek word meaning "deed" or "Action (philosophy), act" (Classical Greek: , ''drâma''), which is derived from "I do" (Classical Greek: , ''dráō''). The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional Genre, generic division between Comedy (drama), comedy and tragedy. In English (as was the analogous case in many other European languages), the word ''Play (theatre), play'' or ''game'' (translating the Old English, Anglo-Saxon ''pleġan'' or Latin ''ludus'') wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Only You (2009 TV Series)
''Only You'' is a 2009 Philippine television drama broadcast by ABS-CBN. The series is based on the 2005 South Korean drama series of the same title. Directed by Rory B. Quintos, it stars Angel Locsin, Diether Ocampo and Sam Milby. It aired on the network's Primetime Bida line 8p and worldwide on TFC from April 27 to August 21, 2009, replacing '' I Love Betty La Fea'' and was replaced by ''Dahil May Isang Ikaw''. Synopsis Despite her mother's protests, Jillian pursues her dream of becoming a chef by joining a cooking contest where she gets a chance to study culinary arts in different Asian countries. Before anyone can stop her, she is already on her way to South Korea with her long-time best friend, Jonathan. But it soon becomes clear to her that skill alone is not enough to make her pass such a difficult course. So in her desperate attempt to succeed and create a good life for her family, she goes in search for a woman who can teach her a winning recipe. She crosses paths w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lloyd Zaragoza
Lloyd Zaragoza (born November 2, 1981) is a Filipino actor and singer. Personal life Zaragoza is a younger brother of singer and actress Jessa Zaragoza Richelle Ann Mallari Loyola-Avanzado (born January 31, 1979), better known by her stage name Jessa Zaragoza, is a Filipino commercial model, singer and actress. She is known as the "Phenomenal Diva" and "Jukebox Queen of the 90s" for her first ... and the uncle of Jayda Avanzado. Filmography Television Film External links * References Living people 21st-century Filipino male singers Filipino male television actors 1982 births ABS-CBN people 21st-century Filipino male actors People from Metro Manila {{Philippines-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronnie Liang
Ronnie de Guzman Liang is a Filipino singer, actor, model, and influencer. Early life Liang is the youngest of seven children from a low-income family. He working at a fast-food restaurant and a video store while attending Holy Angel University in his hometown of Angeles, Pampanga. He earned a BS in education with majors in physics, chemistry, and biology. Music career Liang worked part-time as a ramp model, until his manager encouraged him to enter singing contests, including ''Pinoy Pop Superstar''. Liang then joined ''Pinoy Dream Academy'' and made it past the initial screening as one of the 20 to study within the academy. After a few months, he made it to the Honor's List of Six and ended up as the season's second runner-up. He sang the popular OPM hit "Ngiti" and was once a mainstay of ABS-CBN's Sunday variety show '' ASAP 08''. He also served as one of the "JukeBosses"/Judges of TV5's Sing Galing. Liang now is being managed by Viva Artist Agency. Other activities L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pilar Pilapil
Pilar Delilah Veloso Pilapil-Penas (born October 12, 1950) is a Filipino actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned as Binibining Pilipinas Universe 1967. She represented the Philippines at the Miss Universe 1967 pageant but was unplaced. In the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s her highly publicized life became the staple of the multimedia. Pilapil starred in Highly Acclaimed Films such as ''Kailan Ba Tama Ang Mali'' in 1985, ''Tinik Sa Dibdib'' and ''Nagkapasakit Kuya Eddie'' an outstanding feat she was nominated and won one award in the movie categories for FAP FAMAS and MMFF then Manila Film Festival in 1985 in 1988. She did the film ''Kailan Mahuhugasan Ang Kasalanan'' she continued to take a break and then came back with more movie projects such as ''Forever'' with Aga Muhlach and Mikee Counjangco and ''Tayo Na Sa Dilim'' and ''Bakit Ako Mahihiya'' in 1997. She went on to do a soap called ''Mulha Ng Buhay'' for Viva Television as a main antagonist of the television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheryn Regis
Sheryn Mae Poncardas Regis (; born November 26, 1980) is a Filipino singer and songwriter. She rose to fame after finishing as first runner-up of the television talent show ''Search for the Star in a Million, Star in a Million'' in 2003. Dubbed as the "Crystal Voice of Asia," she is best known for singing the theme songs for several hit television series on ABS-CBN, including ''Marina (2004 TV series), Marina'' (2004), ''Krystala'' (2005), and ''Kampanerang Kuba'' (2005). Regis is popularly known as a 'power belter,' noted for her belting range and technical ability. With a career spanning 20 years in entertainment, she has since earned four multi-platinum albums and five gold records to her credit. In 2004, she placed second in one of Asia's most renowned music festivals since 1990, ''Voice of Asia''. Among her many accolades include the Asian Star Entertainment Award for "Asian Best Female Performing Artist" and an Awit Awards, Awit Award for "Favorite Female Recording Artist." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thou Reyes
Joseph Kollins Reyes (born March 28, 1985), known professionally as Thou Reyes, is a Filipino actor and model A model is an informative representation of an object, person, or system. The term originally denoted the plans of a building in late 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin , . Models can be divided in .... Filmography Television Film Theatre Awards and nominations References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Reyes, Thou 1985 births Living people Filipino male child actors Male actors from Quezon City ABS-CBN people Star Magic GMA Network (company) people Filipino television personalities Filipino people of African-American descent 20th-century Filipino male actors 21st-century Filipino male actors Filipino male television actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joem Bascon
Joseph Emmanuel Bascon (born August 29, 1986), popularly known by the stage name Joem Bascon, is a Filipino actor. Career Bascon's first relevance in the entertainment industry came due to his supposed resemblance to established entertainers Piolo Pascual and Sam Milby. However, he has since tried to create his own image. Speaking to the Philippine Star Supreme, he says, "To be compared with Piolo and Sam is really flattering especially when I was just starting, but I want now to be known as myself, as Joem Bascon, to finally have my own identity." Bascon is into weightlifting, boxing and kettle bell training. Education He graduated from high school at Don Bosco Technical College in Mandaluyong, an exclusive school for boys. He served as a basketball varsity player then. After graduating from high school in 2003, he attended the University of Santo Tomas to study Electrical Engineering. Personal life Meryll Soriano and Bascon became partners in 2008, separated but reuni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendy Valdez
Wendy Valdez-Garcia (; born June 2, 1982) is a Filipina beauty queen, former '' Pinoy Big Brother: Season 2'' contestant, and an actress. Biography Valdez grew up in Navotas. Valdez serves as her family's breadwinner. She claims she is going to do everything she has to do to help her family out. She has already done a couple of commercials and attempted to work in Japan. Both times she went to Japan, though, she suffered from homesickness. Still, in an effort to improve her family's life, she auditioned for the popular Filipino television series Pinoy Big Brother. In 2005, Valdez joined the Binibining Pilipinas beauty pageant and placed as Binibining Pilipinas Tourism, with Gionna Cabrera, Binibining Pilipinas Universe, Carlene Aguilar Binibining Pilipinas World, and Precious Lara Quigaman who placed as Binibining Pilipinas International. She was one of the original housemates to enter the Big Brother house of the second season and she was most regarded as the "Bad Girl" of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Concepcion
Samuel Lawrence Lopez Concepcion (born October 17, 1992) is a Filipino people, Filipino singer, dancer, actor, VJ (media personality), VJ and host. in April 2006 Concepcion won the Big Division in the first season of ''Little Big Star''. Concepcion signed a contract under Stages and ABS-CBN Corporation, ABS-CBN's Star Magic. Concepcion began with 12 theater roles and participated in plays at a young age, including the role of Edmund Pevensie in the local adaptation of ''The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe'' and ''Mr. Noah's Big Boat''. He played Peter Pan from 2002 to 2012. Aside from theater roles, he has acted in movies including ''Way Back Home (2011 film), Way Back Home'' and ''Shake, Rattle & Roll 13''. His first lead role came in 2012 in the first Filipino musical-film entitled, ''I Do Bidoo Bidoo: Heto nAPO Sila!''. He had his first role in television in ABS-CBN's ''Mga Anghel na Walang Langit'', and his major break was as Boy Bawang in ''Super Inggo''. In 2007, Concep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronaldo Valdez
James Ronald Dulaca Gibbs (November 27, 1947 – December 17, 2023), popularly known by his screen name Ronaldo Valdez (), was a Filipino actor whose career spanned almost five decades. Career Valdez started his earlier career as a leading man and was known for portraying paternal roles and antagonists in both TV and film. Valdez was discovered by Dolphy at a neighborhood basketball court while he was searching for a new actor to pair with Susan Roces in the 1966 film ''Pepe En Pilar''. His first major break came in the 1969 movie '' The Mad Doctor of Blood Island''. Valdez subsequently did many films in the 1970s and 1980s, where he gained popularity playing important father roles and rich father figures. He continued to be cast in this role in the 1990s and 2000s, most notably in TV dramas such as '' Mula sa Puso'' (1997–1999), '' Ang Munting Paraiso'' (1999–2002) and '' Sa Dulo ng Walang Hanggan'' (2001–2003), and the romantic comedy movie '' Labs Kita... Okey Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megan Young
Megan Lynne Talde Young-Daez (; née Young; born February 27, 1990) is a Filipino actress and beauty queen, who won Miss World Philippines 2013 title and was later crowned Miss World 2013. She is the first delegate from the Philippines and Southeast Asia to win the title of Miss World. Young started as a contestant on the reality television show ''StarStruck (Philippine TV series), StarStruck''. Early life and education Megan Lynne Talde Young was born on February 27, 1990, in Alexandria, Virginia to Victoria Talde, from Pandan, Antique, Pandan, Antique, Philippines, Antique, and American Calvin Cole Young III. Young's family moved to Castillejos, Zambales when she was 10. She received secondary education at the Regional Science High School III within the Subic Bay Freeport Zone from 2002 to 2005 before moving to Metro Manila to pursue her acting career. In 2011, she began studying filmmaking at De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde. Career 2004–07: Early acting career in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
