Sponge Cola Renews Recording Contract with Universal Records

Sponge Cola has renewed their recording contract with Universal Records. The contract signing was held on February 28, 2018 at the  Universal Records office in Quezon City. Present during the signing are Universal Records Executive Vice President Ramon Chuaying, General Manager Kathleen Dy Go, Operations Manager Peter Chan, Head of OPM Production Ito Rapadas, and Sponge Cola: Yael Yuzon (Vocalist), Gosh Dilay (Bass), Erwin Armovit (Guitar), and Ted Mark Cruz (Drums).

#BEEattheSummit: Jollibee supports Ad Summit Pilipinas 2018

Photo shows (from left) 4As chairman Bong Pacia,
Jollibee Philippines Assistant Vice President for Brand Communications,
PR and Digital Marketing Arline Adeva, Jollibee Global Brand
 Chief Marketing Officer and Jollibee Philippines Marketing Head
 Francis Flores, and ASP 2018 chairman
Norman Agatep during the recently held MOA signing
at the Jollibee headquarters.

Jollibee, the country’s leading fast-food chain and one of the nation’s biggest advertisers, is a major sponsor of Ad Summit Pilipinas (ASP) 2018. Themed "DIY Your ROI," this year's gathering of 3,000 advertising and marketing practitioners will be held from March 7 to 10 at the Subic Bay Exhibition and Convention Center. The Ad Summit takes a closer look at the various impacts of one's creative work, and urges creatives to take a look at how advertising and marketing can be used to create not only financial, but social impact as well.

Gawad Buhay 2017 Nominations Out - Tanghalang Pilipino 'Ang Pag-uusig And Ballet Manila's 'Ibong Adarna" Take Lead

Through Facebook Live, the Gawad Buhay—the Philstage Awards for the Performing Arts, which marks its 10th anniversary this year—announced the nominations for the 2017 awards, culled from productions and performances by Philstage member-companies last year.

The FB Live event, held at the lobby of The Theatre at Solaire, was hosted by Audie Gemora and Karla Gutierrez, Philstage president and treasurer, respectively.

Life-Like Animation Tricks the Eye in "Peter Rabbit" (Now Playing)

“I wanted the audiences to forget this was an animated film,” says filmmaker Will Gluck of his approach to the direction of Sony Pictures Animation's Peter Rabbit, the new family comedy based on Beatrix Potter’s beloved characters.

“Hopefully, after the first few minutes of getting acclimated to the fact that animals are talking and wearing clothes, it just feels real to the audience.”

Boyce Avenue With Moira At The Big Dome

One of the biggest independent bands in the world – BOYCE AVENUE, are coming to Manila for a one-night concert on June 1st at the Araneta Coliseum, together with the most streamed local artist in the Philippines now, MOIRA.

Boyce Avenue is comprised of the three Manzano brothers – Alejandro (lead vocals, guitar, piano), Fabian (guitar, vocals) and Daniel (bass, percussion, vocals). The Florida-based band was formed in 2004, and in 2007 they started posting videos on YouTube sharing not only their original songs, but also their distinctive acoustic covers with the world. The videos resonated instantly and to date the band's YouTube channel has amassed over 3.7 BILLION Views and over 10.6 MILLION Subscribers. On YouTube, the band is ranked above such artists as Justin Timberlake. Drake, Miley Cyrus, Sia, and Imagine Dragons. The brothers have forged a lasting and passionate digital fan base on other platforms as well, with over 3 MILLION Facebook likes and a half million Twitter followers.

"Pacific Rim: Uprising" Launches Banners of Hero Jaegers

Universal Pictures' 3D epic adventure Pacific Rim: Uprising, the follow-up to Guillermo del Toro's 2013 cinematic epic Pacific Rim, has just revealed the banners fo its four hero Jaegers – Gipsy Avenger, Guardian Bravo, Saber Athena and Titan Redeemer.

Check out the banners below and watch Pacific Rim: Uprising in Philippine cinemas Black Saturday, March 31.

Gipsy Avenger. It honors the heroic legacy of her namesake as the flagship leader of the Mark VI fleet. More than just a Jaeger, she is a symbol of hope to millions. Gipsy Avenger has a new weapon called the Gravity Sling which allows it to lift up buildings and cars and launch them at Kaiju enemies. This Jaeger is the most challenging to operate but the strongest.

Asian Superstar Daniel Wu Plays Lara Croft's Ally in "Tomb Raider"

After starring in recent box-office hits Warcraft and Geostorm, Chinese-American actor Daniel Wu returns to the screen as sailor Lu Ren, in Warner Bros. Pictures' new action-adventure Tomb Raider (in Philippine cinemas and IMAX on Thursday, March 8.)

In Tomb Raider, Lara Croft (Alicia Vikander) is the fiercely independent daughter of an eccentric adventurer who vanished when she was scarcely a teen. Now a young woman of 21 without any real focus or purpose, Lara navigates the chaotic streets of trendy East London as a bike courier, barely making the rent. Determined to forge her own path, she refuses to take the reins of her father’s global empire just as staunchly as she rejects the idea that he’s truly gone. Leaving everything she knows behind, Lara goes in search of her dad’s last-known destination: a fabled tomb on a mythical island that might be somewhere off the coast of Japan.

Novel "A Wrinkle in Time" Now a Big Screen Epic Adventure

Author Madeleine L’Engle's beloved novel A Wrinkle in Time is brought to the big screen by visionary director Ava DuVernay from a screenplay by Oscar winner Jennifer Lee and Jeff Stockwell.

A Wrinkle in Time is an epic adventure that takes audiences across dimensions of time and space, examining the nature of darkness versus light, good versus evil and, ultimately, the triumph of love. Through one girl’s transformative journey led by three celestial guides, we discover that strength comes from embracing one’s individuality and that the best way to triumph over fear is to travel by one’s own light.

Liza Soberano, Matteo Guidicelli, Sofia Andres, Makisig Morales, and Enrique Gil are the newest heroes in the fantasy series “Bagani”

Unleash the hero within and embark in an epic adventure inside a world where courage, resilience, justice, hope, and love prevail as ABS-CBN premieres its newest and highly anticipated fantasy series “Bagani”, topbilled by Liza Soberano, Matteo Guidicelli, Sofia Andres, Makisig Morales, and Enrique Gil and which will be seen outside the Philippines via The Filipino Channel (TFC), with its pilot episode streaming simulcast its Manila airing on March 5 via TFC online (www.TFC.tv) worldwide except in a few countries and linear platforms worldwide (except in North America). 

OPPO ranks third in YouTube Ads Leaderboard for 2nd half of 2017

OPPO F5 Capture the Real You: Clean and strong endorsement marketing resulted to clean and effective ad

OPPO Philippines, the No.2 smartphone brand in the Philippines, recently received the recognition of achieving third in the YouTube Ads Leaderboard in the Philippines for the 2nd half of 2017 with its OPPO F5 – Capture the Real You video commercial.

The YouTube Ads Leaderboard is a bi-annual list of the video platform’s top 10 ads in the Philippines that capture the hearts of Filipinos through popularity and promotion. More than just reaching views, engagement and likes, the recognition aims to foster more meaningful ads, relationships and challenges the industry through masterful storytelling.