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Philippine Showbiz Today
December 22 , 2018 - January 7, 2019
Jan. 22-Feb.7, 2015
This is where Darna
is going to be filmed
Love Jacked (PG) ***
Fatal Attraction!
Love is the most vexing emotion ever. Prepare to see your
hearts warmly massaged with the wonderfully timed Love Jacked. How
nice it is to experience a small film with meaningful performances.
Thanks to Red Eye Media, you can start your holiday season with the
right spirit by taking in this glowing will she / won’t she affair at the
International Village Cinemas and select Cineplex screens around B.C.
No one can account for good taste - or finding the right
match. Lost in love, Maya has a tough time finding mister right
- especially living under the roof of her rather overbearing dad
Ed. Watch the sparks fly between Amber Stevens West and Keith
David as the two become engulfed over a possible walk down the
aisle. Ah, but viewers don’t despair as there are some wild twists to
the pending nuptials not the least of which is an African interloper.
Paying homage a bit to Eddie Murphy’s classic Coming to
America Maya somehow loses her head to a potential African beau.
Things get even more complicated (and hilarious) when somehow a
petty con enters the fray in an unbelievable switch that should leave
onlookers In stitches. Yes, the con is on in this zestful playful escapade.
Family turmoil that never lets up spells big time laughs in this
fun romantic lark that has some solid performances. Get your good
cheer on with one wacky family.●
ABS-CBN
Corporation
marked
its
65th founding
anniversary with the inauguration
of its state-of-the-art and brand
new sound stages in San Jose del
Monte City, Bulacan last week,
Dec. 12.
The studios will host the
productions
of
upcoming
television series, The Faithful Wife
and the much-anticipated Liza
Soberano starrer Darna film in
the second quarter of 2019.
ABS-CBN president and chief
executive officer Carlo Katigbak
said the two sound stages were
built to support the company’s
efforts towards expanding its
audience and content output
beyond the Philippines and to
foreign audiences.
“We want to bring ABS-
CBN content to the international
stage, and having a state-of-
the-art facility and a world-class
production team is a big step
for us towards that direction and
dream,” Katigbak said.
ABS-CBN chairman Mark
Lopez added, “What I’m most
proud of about this project is that
we’re creating Hollywood-level
sound stages which puts us at par
with the rest of the world.”
This project was the brainchild
of ABS-CBN chairman emeritus
Eugenio “Gabby” Lopez III, who
saw that building the studios is
the best way to keep in step with
the world’s top entertainment
companies, which shoot bigger
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