UNICEF prepares for Maysak/Chedeng; Landfall expected on E. Luzon onthe weekend

Super Typhoon Maysak (local name Chedeng) has entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility and is expected to make a landfall on the eastern coasts of Luzon over the weekend.

According to latest reports from PAGASA, the country’s weather bureau, Maysak has maximum sustained winds of 175 km/h and gusts of up to 210 km/h making it a Category 2 typhoon. This typhoon has slightly slowed down from its previously recorded sustained winds of 215 km/h. 

REEL DEAL: “MAD MAX: FURY ROAD” Explodes New Trailer

The new “Mad Max: Fury Road” trailer explodes through the post-apocalyptic wasteland. Catch it here at https://youtu.be/6gOPNzvjeFA.

Haunted by his turbulent past, Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy) believes the best way to survive is to wander alone. Nevertheless, he becomes swept up with a group fleeing across the Wasteland in a War Rig driven by an elite Imperator, Furiosa (Charlize Theron).

They are escaping a Citadel tyrannized by the Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne), from whom something irreplaceable has been taken. Enraged, the Warlord marshals all his gangs and pursues the rebels ruthlessly in the high-octane Road War that follows.

“Mad Max: Fury Road”—the fourth in the franchise’s history—stars Tom Hardy (“The Dark Knight Rises”) in the title role, alongside Oscar winner Charlize Theron (“Monster,” “Prometheus”) as the Imperator, Furiosa. The film also stars Nicholas Hoult (“X-Men: Days of Future Past”) as Nux; Hugh Keays-Byrne (“Mad Max”, “Sleeping Beauty”) as Immortan Joe; and Nathan Jones (“Conan the Barbarian”) as Rictus Erectus. Collectively known as The Wives, Zoë Kravitz (“Divergent”) plays Toast, Riley Keough (“Magic Mike”) is Capable, and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”) is Splendid.

Opening across the Philippines in 2D and 3D theaters on May 14, 2015, “Mad Max: Fury Road” is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

REEL DEAL: Northern Ireland's Pride Carrickfergus Castle Featured In "ROBOT OVERLORDS"

The Gillian Anderson and Ben Kingsley starrer, “Robot Overlords,” along with Callan McAuliffe features a prominent location that is part of Northern Ireland’s Built Heritage, the Carrickfergus Castle, the place is reported to have first been built by the Norman adventurer John de Courcy in the years 1177-1181.

“Robot Overlords” sees the adults losing the war and now the kids must save the world. Robots rule the streets and the people are locked in their homes. Stepping outside means being vaporized by a hulking sentry or picked off by a lethal sniper.  Through the ruins of Britain, a group of kids, led by Callan McAuliffe (The Great Gatsby), set out to join the Resistance. Hot on their heels, however, is their old teacher turned robot collaborator Mr Smythe, played by Ben Kingsley (Iron Man 3) and his captive Gillian Anderson (The X-Files) where earth has been occupied by intergalactic robots on a cosmic fact-finding mission and is placed under global house arrest.

REEL DEAL: New "SPONGEBOB MOVIE" Marks A Sponge For All Seasons

After 15 years – and as the new theatrical film, “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water” starts screening in the Philippines on April 4 – the cast and creative team of SpongeBob Squarepants have had time to ponder the SpongeBob franchise's legacy.

"It's mind blowing just how big it's become and how long it's gone," muses Tom Kenny, the voice of SpongeBob. "As an actor, you're perennially a freelance employee. We're a bit like migrant workers; we go where the crops are, and SpongeBob is a crop that just keeps growing."

GSK pushes for more quality time with the family with five times faster (Paracetamol) Panadol®

For Filipinos, family comes first, that is why when pain strikes, quality time with the family is the first to suffer. The brand trusted all over the world puts the power to take away the pain in your hands with fast-acting (Paracetamol)

Panadol®—for quicker recovery and more time for the ones you love. Panadol provides fast-acting pain relief, helping Filipinos improve their day to day lives. Panadol advocates the importance of having pain-free moments with loved ones, and sharing this message together with Panadol is father/athlete/host Ryan Agoncillo.

REEL DEAL: Britt Robertson Fights For Love In "THE LONGEST RIDE"

Love requires sacrifice...always – an unforgettable quote from “The Longest Ride’s” trailer starring talented rising actors Scott Eastwood and Britt Robertson who play lovers with different backgrounds trying to fight for the love that binds them.

Based on the best-selling Nicholas Sparks tome of the same title, “The Longest Ride” is an epic drama interweaving two love stories, linked across the decades.   In 1940 Ruth (Oona Chaplin) a beautiful Austrian immigrant in America, meets Ira, (Jack Huston), a local man working in the family’s clothing store and they fall in love. In present day North Carolina, Sophia (Robertson), an art history student falls for Luke (Eastwood), a bull rider.  Luke and Sophia rescue a man who is severely injured in a car crash. It turns out to be Ira, now an elderly widower (Alan Alda). Sophia befriends Ira and learns about his extraordinary life and marriage to Ruth. 

ANC Airs Special Holy Week Programming And Mmoves Into New Digital Home On ABS-CBNNEWS.COM

ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC), the country’s most trusted 24/7 news channel, is moving to its new digital home on ABS-CBNNews.com to bring premium, up-to-date news content daily to Filipinos online.

The new ANC page (anc.abs-cbn.com), which goes live on April, will serve as ANC’s digital counterpart to provide credible, live wall-to-wall news coverage, and analysis with context the news channel is known for.

It will publish news stories, features, and exclusive interviews culled from ANC’s newscasts and talk shows, as well as webisodes and teasers of its current affairs and lifestyle programs. All exclusive videos, like “Teditorial” and “Manny The Movie Guy”, will also be stored in the page.

Its special features include a news wrap, a shareable 60-second video that will appear at 8AM and 6PM daily summing up the most important news stories, and Social Climber, a table that runs down the trending topics and stories on social media.

Anc.abs-cbn.com will also carry a PSE ticker tape, a market data table that serves up an overview of stock indexes, metal prices, foreign currencies, and commodity prices, and the livestreaming of big events and press conferences.

Meanwhile, ANC presents a special Holy Week programming in observance of the Lenten season. 

Reflect by watching special episodes of a documentary series on Catholicism, that will run Monday to Friday PM.  And for the first time on Philippine television, ANC will be airing the documentary of “Francis: The Story of Jorge Bergoglio” (9PM Thursday; 5:30AM Friday).

Continue to get inspiration from the Pope by watching documentaries about the well-loved religious leader such as “Mabuhay Lolo Kiko!” (5:30AM on Thursday and 10:30PM on Friday). Catch “The Pope’s Revolution” at (7AM), the “Pope From the End of the World” (11AM) and The "Pope For Everyone'' (12NN), all on Friday.

The Pope John Paul II documentary “Banal” will air at 5PM on Thursday, while “San Pedro Calungsod” (5PM) and “Kerygma TV Special” (7PM) will air on Friday.

Regular programming will resume on Black Saturday (April 4), with headlines coming in at 6AM.

Get the most credible and accurate news and information by visiting anc-abs-cbn.com beginning April and by watching ANC (SkyCable Channel 27). For updates, like www.facebook.com/ANCalerts or follow @ANCALERTS on Twitter.

REEL DEAL: Vin Diesel Steers "FAST & FURIOUS 7" To Most Memorable Ride

Inhabiting a character for more than a decade is a rarity for most actors, but it’s something that the multicultural ensemble of Universal Pictures' “Fast & Furious 7,” takes quite seriously—whether it is about dialogue, story points, or car selection. There’s a certain amount of fierce pride that comes with their endurance, which parallels the swagger of streetwise underdogs they all helped bring to audiences so many years ago.

No one owns that pride more than Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez, who play ex-lovers Dom and Letty, respectively.

REEL DEAL: Ayala Malls Cinemas Brings Best Selling Novel On Screen "CHILD 44"

From producer Ridley Scott and the producers of “Hurt Locker” and “ Zero Dark Thirty” comes the chilling crime thriller “Child 44” based on the best-selling first part of a trilogy by Tom Rob Smith starring Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Noomi Rapace, Joel Kinnaman, Paddy Considine, Jason Clarke and Vincent Cassel directed by Daniel Espinosa. 

“Child 44” tells the story of a man fighting to reclaim his humanity from a system that requires him to sacrifice in order to survive.  Set at the backdrop of Soviet Russia circa 1950, the movie further chronicles the crisis of conscience for secret police agent Leo Demidov (Tom Hardy), who loses status, power and home when he refuses to denounce his own wife, Raisa (Noomi Rapace), as a traitor. 

MUSIC LYF: Pupil Returns In 2015 With New Album ZILCH

Pinoy Alternative Rock Band Pupil is back this 2015 with a new album ZILCH under MCA Music which will also their fourth album in total. The band composed of Ely Buendia, who also worked with another band The Oktaves; Wendell Garcia, Dok Sergio, and new guitarist Jerome Velasco. 

With the last album released back in 2013, they said that during that period they still continue to record songs. They have also tried things such as set up with different venues like warehouses to bring out a whole new sound that is not the usual studio sound. 

"Every band member or musician has dreamed of going to Tagaytay, simbahan, Baguio o sa beach. the problem then was wala pang technology to do that, ngayon meron na, so I'm suprized why many musician aren't doing that" Ely shared.

The band is also gearing up for gigs and an album launch to be held in Craft BGC. The music video of their first single is also on the works and will be premiered soon on MYX.