Meet and Greet Dora the Explorer at Megaworld Lifestyle Malls

This August, Megaworld Lifestyle Malls is inviting all kids to embark on a fun and learning-filled musical adventure with their favorite traveler Dora the Explorer and her friends!

Dora the Explorer, the fun-loving and inquisitive little Latina girl from the world-famous animated children's television series, will be headlining a series of fantastic kiddie events at Megaworld Lifestyle Malls, where kids can also enjoy a variety of fun performances and pocket activities.

Fans of the Dora the Explorer can come over and see the adorable cartoon character come into life at the Venice Piazza at McKinley Hill on August 15, Eastwood Mall Atrium on August 16 and Lucky Chinatown Atrium on August 23, with two meet and greet opportunities taking place at each venue at 2PM and 5PM.

Laundrybest Adopts Ariel As Official Detergent

GQWEST Inc. has entered into a partnership with Mazy's Marketing Corporation that allows the brand to utilize the Ariel detergent brand for its Laundrybest laundromat brand.

Under the agreement, the Laundrybest stores will use Ariel detergent while its franchisees will enjoy certain privileges like free delivery to their stores. The partnership with Mazy's Marketing Corporation, the exclusive distributor for institutionals is part of the company's efforts to give added value to their franchisees and to make every experience count to all its customers.

"Through this partnership we can assure our customers that their laundry will be processed with the utmost care, while our franchisees can reassure their customers thanks to our partnership with a credible brand like Ariel" says the company's President Carson Tan.

Laundrybest is the laundromat concept attached to the company's Aquabest water refilling franchise. At present there are 50 Laundrybest stores in Metro Manila with more set to open as the company seeks to capitalize on the booming property sector.

Judd Apatow's New Comedy "Trainwreck" Exclusive at Ayala Malls Cinemas‏

No contemporary filmmaker has chronicled the messy human experience with the eye and ear of a comedic cultural anthropologist like Judd Apatow. Hits as varied as those he’s directed, like “Knocked Up” and “The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” and those he’s produced, like “Superbad” and “Bridesmaids,” are all unified by their honest, unflinching, comic look at how complicated it is to grow up in the modern world.

Apatow has also built a history of helping break distinctive new comedy voices into the mainstream, from Seth Rogen to Lena Dunham among many others. Now, in his fifth feature film as a director, Apatow again brings a portrait of an unforgettable character, and a portrayal by a breakout new comedy star, together in “Trainwreck,” written by and starring Amy Schumer (“Inside Amy Schumer”) as a woman who lives her life without apologies, even when maybe she should apologize.

San Miguel Pure Foods Home Foodie Premieres On August 10

Anyone with a zest of discovering new flavors can be considered a foodie nowadays.

San Miguel Pure Foods believes that aside from dining out, foodies should come home and harness their passion for food by cooking in their own kitchens and creating their own food experience.

Home Foodie is all about inspiring home cooks to reinvent favoriets and recreate dishes from food discoveries using San Miguel Pure Food products.

Thus, Home Foodie dishes are “masarap, masustansya, at kayang-kaya.”

Even the home foodie newbies can do the recipes.

First National Science Quiz Competition of Exploreum offers P 4M in Prizes

SM’s science museum, the Exploreum at SM Mall of Asia, will hold its first national science quiz competition, giving away as much as PHP 4 MILLION in prizes on September 2015 until February 2016.

Endorsed by the Department of Education, the Exploreum has partnered with the Department of Science and Technology to produce the first national science quiz competition: an inter-school tournament, open to public and private schools, with a total of PHP 4 MILLION in prizes for the winning schools.

The Exploreum will be accepting as many as 140 schools for the grade school and high school categories. Competing schools will already begin to win prizes in weekly, monthly, and quarterly preliminary rounds, while the winning schools and its student representatives will take home the winning pot of Php 1 MILLION each for the grade school and high school divisions during the grand finale.

Windows 10 Available in 190 Countries as a Free Upgrade

Windows is nowcavailable in 190 countries around the world including the Philippines as a free upgrade for eligible Windows 7 & 8.1 devices or with new PCs and tablets. The most secure Windows ever, Windows 10 is delivered as a service and kept automatically up-to-date with innovations and security updates. Windows 10 offers one experience that will become available on the broadest range of devices with more than 2,000 devices or configurations already in testing. The new Windows Store and Windows Software Development Kit also become available Wednesday, opening the door to new and innovative app experiences on Windows 10.

Guarte, Agura top 39th MILO Marathon Calapan race

SEA Games silver medalist and Philippine National Team member Mervin Guarte and MILO APEX Running Clinic coach Janette Agura clinched the first place honors in the 21K male and female divisions at the 39th National MILO Marathon Calapan qualifying leg on Sunday. Calapan is one of the new locations of the MILO Marathon this year. Over 5,000 runners of all ages graced the event and helped establish the record of the biggest fun run in Oriental Mindoro, to date.

Henry Cavill, Suave American Super Spy in "Man from U.N.C.L.E."‏

Before he reprises his Superman role in the much-anticipated “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” scheduled for release in March 2016, Henry Cavill will first tackle the role of CIA super spy Napoleon Solo in Warner Bros.' slick action-thriller “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.”

Cavill and Armie Hammer (“The Social Network”) team up in the film as, respectively, CIA operative Napoleon Solo and KGB agent Illya Kuryakin—two fierce rivals from opposing sides of the Iron Curtain who are ordered to put aside their differences and work together to subvert a global catastrophe at the height of the Cold War.

Your Big Chance to Prove you’re Tough Enough

KIX and Daniel Matsunaga want to know: R U Tough Enough? If you think you are, then time is running out on your best chance to prove it. KIX is currently recruiting tough Filipinos to participate in a one of a kind competition to find the toughest Filipino of all in “KIX R U Tough Enough?”.

The Contest is open to all legal residents of the Philippines, males and females aged 18 years old and above who exude toughness – physically strength, mental endurance and emotional resilience. To join the contest, entrants must first apply online at www.kix-tv.com/tough. Those interested have until August 07, 2015 to apply. Shortlisted participants will be invited for a closed-door audition on August 16 which will determine 10 finalists who will compete in a final showdown at SM Megamall on September 5, 2015.

Main Trailer of "The Intern" Now Online‏

The main trailer for Warner Bros. Pictures’ “The Intern” starring Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway, has just been released and may be viewed here at https://youtu.be/rOnGHBpVcxI.

The film is written and directed by Nancy Meyers (“It’s Complicated,” “Something’s Gotta Give”).

In “The Intern,” De Niro stars as Ben Whittaker, a 70-year-old widower who has discovered that retirement isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin (Hathaway).

The film’s multi-generational cast also features Rene Russo, Anders Holm, Andrew Rannells, Adam Devine, Celia Weston, Nat Wolff, Linda Lavin, Zack Pearlman, newcomer Jason Orley, and Christina Scherer.

Meyers also produced the film, with Suzanne Farwell. Celia Costas served as executive producer.

Opening across the Philippines on September 24, “The Intern” will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.