Tupperware Brands Philippines Supports 2nd PhilHealth Annual Simultaneous Nationwide Run

PHOTO shows Alexander A. Padilla, PhilHealth President and CEO,
and Mark Charles Lew Salecina, Tupperware Brands Marketing Support Manager,
 during the MOA signing for the Philhealth Run.

For 22 years, Tupperware Brands Philippines has continuously pursued touching and transforming Filipinos’ lives with its wide array of product lines, career opportunities, and support to various cause-oriented initiatives. 

This 2015, Tupperware Brands manifests this lifelong value by partnering with PhilHealth for the Ready, TseKap, Go! Nationwide Simultaneous Run to promote the government corporation’s benefits and services.  

Through this activity, PhilHealth aims to further strengthen the public’s awareness about the health care benefits that all members are entitled to. This year’s theme called “PhilHealth: Ready, TSeKap, Go!” aspires to educate families on how they can steer clear of costly hospitalizations through the availment of basic health services. “TseKap” is short for Tamang Serbisyo para sa Kalusugan ng Pamilya, PhilHealth’s primary care benefit package. 

REEL DEAL: Adam Sandler And Dustin Hoffman Team In Comedy-Drama 'THE COBBLER"

Two-time Academy Award winner Dustin Hoffman teams up with Adam Sandler in the heart warming comedy-drama “The Cobbler” directed by acclaimed and Oscar nominee Tom McCarthy (“Up”).

Max Simkin (Sandler) repairs shoes in the same New York shop that has been in his family

for generations from his father (Hoffman). Disenchanted with the grind of daily life, Max stumbles upon an heirloom that allows him to step into the lives of his customers and see the world in a new way. Sometimes walking in another man's shoes is the only way to find out who you really are.

Savor a Romantic Weekend at the Sky

Seeking for a romantic adventure and fun-filled Valentine’s date venue outside the metro? You may not know it, but Tagaytay's Sky Ranch is a magical wonderland that will answer your hearts' desires this season of love.

Known among Filipinos as a to-go place for kids' merriments, the Sky Ranch transforms into a majestic Cupid nest this Valentine’s Day for couples who would want to enjoy each other's warmth and company through the location's cold breeze and the nonstop excitement offered by existing and new attractions of the tourist hub away from the busy and hassle city life.

Located beside the Taal Vista Hotel on Aguinaldo Highway in Tagaytay, the famed recreational site offers a total of 19 exhilarating rides the extreme two-way, 300-meter zip line and additional attractions like horseback riding for children and adults.

REEL DEAL: Salma Hayek Faces Intense Action Challenges In "EVERLY"

Shot in an apartment where groups of armed men take turns to shoot and kill a woman named Everly, Salma Hayek stars in the title role of “Everly” - a non-stop intense action thriller where her character is forced to fight off a series of assassins sent to her by a former lover and mob boss.  

        

Director Joe Lynch takes the viewers in an emotional roller coaster ride as the heroine, Everly (Hayek) is put under a series of action scenes breaking the boundaries of the genre.   Salma Hayek for her part had loved the badass character of the heroine but wanted to add more depth into the character and injected heart within the action and has thus added three generations of strong women in the film who have to deal with a very dangerous predicament.  

“Salma was looking for something that would effectively capture those feelings of being a mother and the lengths a mother will go to protect her child. I don’t know what would have happened with the movie had Salma not pushed for this,” recalls director Lynch. 

REEL DEAL: A Perfect Post-Valentine's Movie Date Opens February 18 - "THE LAST 5 YEARS"

Anna Kendrick whose stars shot to worldwide acclaim with her viral performance in “Pitch Perfect” will next be seen in the latest romantic musical “The Last five Years” opposite Jeremy Jordan. 

Based on the acclaimed musical of the same name by Tony Award winning composer/lyricist Jason Robert Brown, “The Last Five Years,” directed to film by Richard LaGravenese is a musical deconstruction of a love affair and a marriage taking place over a five year period. Jamie (Jordan), a young, talented up-and-coming Jewish novelist falls in love with Cathy (Kendrick), a Shiksa Goddess and struggling actress. The film, told almost entirely through song and a beautiful pop music score, portrays an honest, heartbreaking, often funny, exploration of love and its consequences on individual identity.             

The musical where the movie was based was staged by Flickering Light Productions that had two fantastic runs at The Cultch and Studio 1398. It also competed in Theatre BC's Greater Vancouver Zone Festival. After a week of amazing shows, the cast and crew emerged with 6 awards; including Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Lighting, Best Backstage Cooperation, Runner-Up to Best Production, and People's Choice Best Production. After being invited to compete at Theatre BC's Provincial Mainstage Theatre Festival, “The Last Five Years” took home a Thespian Award for Best Technical Sound, and a special Thespian Award for Best Musical.

Radioactive Sago Project Steps Into Eraserheads' Shoes In "MANHID" This February

“MANHID: The Pinoy Superhero Musical” brings together not only talented actors, singers, and dancers, but critically acclaimed musicians too! Audiences will be treated to live music in each show, care of the Radioactive Sago Project. The sought-after group is taking over where the Eraserheads left off in 1991, as the production’s live band.

The Radioactive Sago Project’s perennially surprising stylistic excursions have earned them a cult following, from critics to art fans, even to discerning rock audiences. The band is fronted by four-time Palanca Award-winning writer Lourd De Veyra, along with alumni from the UP College of Music, two-time Gawad Urian awardee for Best Music, Francis De Veyra on bass, Jay Gapasin on drums, Junji Lerma on guitars, Pards Tupas on trombone, Arwin Nava on percussions, and Wowie Ansano on trumpet. Eventually, the band added Roxy Modesto (tenor and baritone saxophone) and B-boy Garcia (turntables) to beef-up the lineup.

MUSIC LYF: Brad Go and The HUSH Project

Music may be beyond the melodies and the lyrics sometimes it tells a story. And these stories may have been inspired by real life people from a lot of places around the world. Filipino-American singer-songwriter Brad Go is out there composing songs and sharing it to the world via The HUSH Project.

The Hush Project is a unique musical and visual kickstarter project by Brad Go who went to a lot of places around the world to meet people and explore the places where he finds inspiration and turn them into songs. The album launched under MCA Music Philippiines includes performed select cuts from the self-penned and self-produced album, including the new single “I Want You Now.”

REEL DEAL: A World Of Horror Behind Our Screens: Poltergeist (3D) First Look Photos and Trailer Reveal

The first two photos and first trailer of “Poltergeist” (3D) have just been revealed by 20th Century Fox. Legendary filmmaker Sam Raimi (“Spiderman,” “Evil Dead”, “The Grudge”) and director Gil Kenan (“Monster House”) contemporize the classic tale about a family whose suburban home is haunted by evil forces.  When the terrifying apparitions escalate their attacks and hold the youngest daughter captive, the family must come together to rescue her before she disappears forever.  Starring Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jared Harris and Jane Adams.

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"Whenever someone approaches material that's so beloved, there's a reflexive reaction to be worried," says Kenan in recent interviews. "It's a responsibility we take very seriously. We're working to make a Poltergeist film that lives up to the original's legacy."

REEL DEAL: “THEORY OF EVERYTHING” Exclusive At Ayala Cinemas feb 25

One of the year's multi-awarded films, Universal Pictures' “The Theory of Everything,” the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, will be shown exclusively at Ayala Malls Cinemas nationwide starting February 25.

Nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Actor (Eddie Redmayne), Best Actress (Felicity Jones) and Best Adapted Screenplay, the film is an inspiring biopic of renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde.

REEL DEAL: That Thing Called Tadhana REVIEW

I rarely review Filipino films, not that I don't want to but there are less invitation to see them compared with foreign films. But when it comes to movies that I am looking forward to watch because of their quality and critical response, I do make an effort to watch them and do a review for that movie. Well this love month, Star Cinema got Cinema One Originals "That Thing Called Tadhana" starring Angelica Panganiban and JM De Guzman over to a bigger distribution.

Known to be an all-out love story, it however reflects realistic conversations of today's generation on how they deal and talk about love and heartbreak. With the elements of comedic lines and sarcasm that we Filipinos use to make us realize our faults and turn them into moments of laughter.