Star Cinema continues its tradition of non-stop fun and laughter for the whole family in this year’s Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) as it collaborates with Viva Films for its “MerryGalo” — Wenn V. Deramas’ Beauty And The Bestie starring Vice Ganda and Coco Martin.
With a script by Mel Del Rosario, Beauty And The Bestie marks the fifth team-up of the phenomenal and unbeatable tandem of Deramas and Vice Ganda at the MMFF, this time with Kapamilya Primetime King Coco Martin.
The film is centered on Erika (Vice Ganda), a gay photographer, and his former best friend, special agent Emman (Coco Martin). Emman offers Erika a secret mission to pose as the missing Miss Uzeklovakia in the Miss Uniworid 2015 pageant to prevent the latter’s recluse country from waging a possible world war.
As Erika accepts the mission, the former BFFs find themselves entangled in the crazy world of beauty pageants in their action-packed adventure of finding the elusive Miss Uzeklovakia. As they race against time, Erika and Emman find themselves in an awkward situation that forces them to rekindle a peculiar flame in their past.
This action-packed, laugh-a-minute comedy also stars James Reid and Nadine Lustre, two of the hottest young stars today and whose love team is soaring high on ABS-CBN’s top-rating primetime series, On The Wings Of Love. Completing the wacky-gang of Beauty And The Bestie are child superstars Marco Masa and Alonzo Muhlach, Badji Mortiz, Karia Estrada, Ryan Bang, MC Calaquian, and Lassy.
Beauty And The Bestie is showing in all cinemas nationwide starting Dec. 25.
★★★★★
Charo, Christopher re-unite with Kakabakaba Ka Ba cast
ABS-CBN president and CEO Charo Santos-Concio and actor Christopher de Leon had a memorable reunion with the cast and the team behind the 35-year-old Filipino classic, Kakabakaba Ka Ba? during the world premiere of its digitally restored version at a special screening of Cinema One Originals at Trinoma.
Charo, one of the lead stars of multi-awarded director Mike de Leon’s musical-comedy film in the 80s, praised the director for the film’s satirical story and good mix of music that made it a great film.
Cinema One Channel Head Ronald Arguelles meanwhile, shared that Filipino classic films like Kakabakaba Ka Ba? are close to Cinema One as the channel shares the same advocacy with ABS-CBN’s film restoration group to expose the younger generation to classic, well-made Filipino films.
Leo Katigbak, head of ABS-CBN Film Archive and Restoration also revealed that films such as Kung Mangarap Ka’t Magising also by De Leon, Haplos, Langis at Tubig, and even some of Star Cinema’s well-loved films are already part of the line-up for digital restoration.
Other members of the cast present at the event were Boboy Garovillo, Leo Martinez, Nanette Inventor, Joe Hardi the UP Concert Chorus, original crew members Ding Achacoso, Cesar Hernando, and screenplay co-writer and the film’s production designer Raquel Villavicencio.
Kakabakaba Ka Ba? officially closes the 2015 Cinema One Originals Festival as the last film to be shown in this year’s Filipino classics film program line-up.
The digitally restored version of Kakabakaba Ka Ba? will also have a limited theatrical run in the first quarter of 2016. It is one of the classic films that ABS-CBN’s film restoration arm has restored for the younger generation to see so they can appreciate Filipino classic films. ABS-CBN film restoration and Cinema One are united in the sagip pelikula advocacy of the network.
Alab Poi Dancers ; Todo Bigay grand champion
Dancing trio Alab Poi Dancers won the first “Todo BiGay” grand champion last Saturday in It’s Showtime after the group impressed the madlang people and the hurados with their creative use of fire and laser lights in their performance.
As the winners, Alab Poi Dancers took home P200,000.00 while interpretative dancer and second placer Prince Erich won P100,000.00, and cheer-dancing group and third placer EMU Cheerdancers brought home P50,000.00.
Former Miss International Melanie Marquez, You’re My Home star Assunta De Rossi, and Vice Ganda were judges for the finals.
★★★★★
Heart ignores bashers
With numerous “trolls” in social media, Heart Evangelista has no time for them. She totally is unmindful of her and her husband’s bashers.
She has gotten inured from what she has been hearing or reading regarding her and Senator Chiz Escudero, especially on Facebook. Heart said this during a guest appearance in the Winnie Monsod hosted show Bawal ang Pasaway ni Mareng Winnie Monsod on GMA News TV last Monday.
“In the beginning, it drove me crazy. Especially ako sanay ako sa social media. I’m very active on Instagram, Facebook, so nung umpisa nakikita ko lahat,” Heart said referring to the t”rolls” on social media.
Chiz told her not to mind the bashers.
“Pero siyempre bilang asawa or bilang kaibigan din, parang nasasaktan ako para sa kanya. Hindi ba? So I have learned to let go,” Heart said.
“Eventually, siguro, you get immune din to what they throw at him or even at me,” Chiz’s wife added.
Chiz Escudero still leads in most surveys among vice-presidential aspirants.