JDI’s Solignum goes on ‘University Tour’

JDI’s Solignum University Tour tackles career development
for architecture and engineering students, as well as the
importance of wood science and preservation.

As part of its advocacy to educate the public on the importance of wood preservation and termite protection, trusted industry leader Jardine Distribution, Inc. (JDI) recently conducted its Solignum University Tour, made possible by the tried-and-tested Superbrand timber expert, Solignum.

Price drop alert: Vivo Y81i can be all yours for only Php6,999

Christmas is finally in the air! Global smartphone brand Vivo is making sure its loyal patrons going to get a steal. It has dropped the price of its Vivo Y81i to Php6,999 from Php7,999. 

Steal one of this Christmas season’s best deals! The Vivo Y81i can be all yours for Php1,000 lower than its original price. 

Vivo released the Y81i in the Philippines mid-2018. It is a trendy, notch-bearing smartphone that gives users 6.22-inch FullView™ Display. 

Just like its predecessors, it has the smartphone maker’s thumbprint specs. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera and a 5MP selfie camera equipped with the AI Face Beauty that produces natural-looking shots. 

"Ralph Breaks the Internet's" Josie Trinidad at Animahenasyon

Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Josie Trinidad recently visited the Philippines to talk to fellow Filipino animators at the 2018 Animahenasyon, Philippine Animation Festival. Trinidad is the head of story for Disney’s upcoming Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2, the much-awaited sequel to 2012’s Wreck-It Ralph.

“I can't tell you what a dream come true everything on this film has been for the animators,” Trinidad told the aspiring and professional animators at the festival about her experience working on Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2.

Shopee Attributes Outstanding Success of First Wave of Shopee 11.11-12.12 Big Christmas Sale to Users’ Support

Achieves Over 11 Million Orders in 24 Hours

Users can look forward to Shopee’s newest instalment of Surprise Celebrity Delivery from November 17 to 24, featuring celebrities Ethel Booba, Ruffa Mae Quinto and Tony Labrusca; and the second wave of promotions from November 26 to December 12

Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, announces the success of the first wave of Shopee 11.11 - 12.12 Big Christmas Sale on November 11. With overwhelming support from millions of users, Shopee broke last year’s record at 7:46 AM (+8 GMT).

Across the region, more than 11 million orders was recorded on November 11, around 4.5 times that of 2017. Total visits hit over 42 million as shoppers snapped up unbeatable deals across all categories. At its highest, over 58,000 items were sold in a single minute.

Terence Pang, Chief Operating Officer of Shopee, said, “As our biggest Shopee 11.11 Big Christmas Sale shopping event to date, this year’s sale was extremely well-received by users, and again surpassed all past achievements in record time. The year-on-year growth of our 11.11 performance proves that this will continue to be an integral part of the year-end shopping season for shoppers in the region. We would like to thank our loyal users for their support in making this year’s event our most successful one yet.”

Shopee 11.11 Big Christmas Sale performance in the Philippines

This year’s Shopee 11.11 Big Christmas Sale in the Philippines featured an upsized package of non-stop promotions at up to 99% off; the comeback of the popular in-app game, Shopee Shake; and exclusive deals from Shopee’s brand and strategic partners.

On November 11, top participating brands and sellers enjoyed up to 1,159 times their average daily orders and an average of over 1,500% increase in traffic. Women’s Apparel, Mobile & Accessories, and Home & Living emerged as the top three categories. Highly sought after products on that day included:

Maybelline’s SuperStay Matte Ink Un-Nude Liquid Lipstick

Sandisk Ultra Micro SD

Timeless Manila’s Mystery Box

Mobile continues to drive online shopping forward

In line with the growth of mobile commerce in the region, Shopee’s mobile-first strategy continued to be a key success factor for this year’s Shopee 11.11 Big Sale in the Philippines, with around 95% of orders made on mobile.

In-app games continue to grow in popularity

Shopee’s iconic in-app game, Shopee Shake, continued to engage users throughout Shopee 11.11 Big Christmas Sale. Shopee Shake was played around 2 million times in the Philippines throughout the entire campaign.

Surprise Celebrity Delivery

To thank users for their continued support, Shopee will be holding another installment of its Surprise Celebrity Delivery series. From November 17 to 24, several lucky users will have the chance to meet their favorite celebrities including comedian Ethel Booba, actress Ruffa Mae Quinto, and actor Tony Labrusca, who will personally deliver Shopee orders made from November 13 to 23 to their doorsteps. The event will be broadcasted on Shopee’s Facebook Live on November 17, 19, and 24.

Chibi DC Super Heroes Invade SM Megamall!

As we get hyped with the upcoming Christmas season and the Aquaman movie this December it's time to get powerfully cute and astonishingly amazed with the Christmas Capers that have invaded SM Megamall. Our favorite superheroes have arrived at the events center of Mega A for an interactive set up of all things DC.

The DC Comics' Justice League Christmas Capers was launched at the Events Center near Toy Kingdom and the Foodcourt. It has a number of activities that kids and parents can join that will unleash the hero in them. It will also spark more love for the DC heroes as they also will make an appearance for a meet and greet session at certain dates. There is also a tall Christmas Tree in the middle where the family can take pictures bringing the yuletide feel.

Globe Business Clients Create Big Bold Moves With iPhone Xs series

Globe Business, the corporate information and communications technology (ICT) arm of Globe Telecom, brings the much-awaited iPhone Xs and Xs Max to the Philippine enterprise market. The new iPhone Xs series with its new A12 Bionic chipset and memory capacity of up to 512GB, empowers Philippine enterprises to create big, bold moves and move closer to going beyond business. Globe Business customers can choose from three colors - New Gold, Silver, and Space Gray - and three storage capacities - 64GB, 256GB, and 512GB. In photo: Jacqueline Ang-Chai (Center), Assistant Vice President for Procurement of Petron Corporation avails an iPhone XS Max. Together with her are Globe Business Account Manager Robert Gerald Yao (left) and Globe Business Product Marketing Manager Romeo Gutierrez (right).

A New "Dragon Tattoo" Story Explodes in "The Girl in the Spider's Web"

Lisbeth Salander (Claire Foy) may not need the world, but the world needs Lisbeth Salander.

The look. That tattoo. Those skills. That determination.

The fierce vigilante star of Stieg Larsson’s massively popular Millennium trilogy of dark, twisty, vengeance-driven cyber-thrillers, and four acclaimed film adaptations, independent hacker Lisbeth Salander is everything we need in a modern hero: smart, resourceful, driven by demons but not defined by them, and possessing a me-against-the-universe attitude that has been more than enough to take down abusive men, hidden killers, and anyone foolish enough to go up against her.

Now, in the blistering thriller The Girl in the Spider’s Web, fans will experience an all new Lisbeth Salander adventure that finds this misfit outsider – 21st century fiction’s most original and complicated warrior for justice -- in the middle of her most dangerous and personally revealing crusade yet.

(Watch The Girl in the Spider’s Web new TV Spot here at https://youtu.be/N6O1ELTflXU.)

When a scientist employs her to steal his work from the Americans, Lisbeth finds herself pulled into a dark and violent web of intrigue after mysterious forces take the data, torch her apartment, and leave her for dead. With her old friend, journalist Mikael Blomkvist, acting as an unlikely ally, Lisbeth must go on a perilous journey to find her attackers, protect the scientist’s young son, and get back what was taken from her. As the net tightens, she is drawn ever deeper back into the shadows of her own mysterious past.

The bad men of the world take on Lisbeth Salander at their own peril. But for those who need a new kind of hero – the voiceless, the vulnerable -- she’s that righteous, volatile rebel we may need now more than ever.

The Girl in the Spider’s Web is a first-time adaptation of the recent global bestseller by David Lagercrantz, which continues the acclaimed Millennium book series created by Stieg Larsson. Emmy and Golden Globe winner Claire Foy, the star of Netflix’s “The Crown,” plays outcast vigilante defender Lisbeth Salander under the direction of rising filmmaking talent Fede Alvarez, the director of 2016’s breakout thriller Don’t Breathe.

Alongside Claire Foy, Sverrir Gudnason (Borg/McEnroe) stars as Mikael Blomkvist, Lakeith Stanfield (Get Out) as Ed Needham, Sylvia Hoeks (Blade Runner) as Camilla Salander, Stephen Merchant (Logan) as Frans Balder, Claes Bang (The Square) as Jan Holster, Christopher Convery as August Balder, Vicki Krieps (Phantom Thread) as Erika Berger, Cameron Britton (Mindhunter) as Plague, and Synnøve Macody Lund (Headhunters) as Gabriella Grane.

The screenplay is by Jay Basu & Fede Alvarez and Steven Knight, based on the global bestseller authored by David Lagercrantz.  Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Ole Søndberg, Søren Stærmose,  Berna Levin, Amy Pascal, and Elizabeth Cantillon produce the franchise's new film.

The Girl in the Spider’s Web is the first in the best-selling series to be produced into an English-language film in its initial adaptation.  The previous books in the series had been adapted into Swedish-language films, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was a remake of the Swedish film.  It became a global hit, taking in over $230 million worldwide.

The studio continues its development of the next book in the Millennium series, The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye.  Columbia Pictures retains the rights to all future Millennium Series books.

The Millennium Series is a worldwide bestseller, with the four books selling over 86 million copies since their debut. 

In Philippine cinemas November 21, The Girl in the Spider's Web  is distributed by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures Releasing International.

The Stage Is Set For Music and Laughter: A Show Tribute To Rico J. Puno

The sudden passing of OPM legend Rico J. Puno came as a major shock to many, and mourned his demise.

Puno, regarded as one of the prime movers of OPM, wowed and left us with a line up of popular national anthems such as his unque version of Barbra Streisand’s “The Way We Were," “Kapalaran,” “Buhat,” “Macho Gwapito,” “Lupa,” “May Bukas Pa,” “Ang Tao'y Marupok,” “Magkasuyo Buong Gabi” and "You and I."

When singer Tosca Puno was asked about the concert of his father on November 23 at the Theatre at Solaire, she said, “I know my Papa will say - the show must go on!".  It was announced recently that “Music and Laughter: Sana Tatlo Ang Puso Ko with Giselle Sanchez and Marissa Sanchez, will push through to pay tribute to the Total Entertainer.

Joining the show are Marco Sison, Nonoy Zuniga, Nanette Inventor and Eric Nicolas, with the special participation of Tosca Puno and Rox Puno.

Immerse in the Wizarding World at IMAX at SM Cinema with J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Get your wands ready at SM Cinema branches as our new favorite wizard, Newt Scamander is back on an attempt to stop Grindelwald on the newest movie feature, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald!

The continuation of J.K., Rowling’s Wizarding World, the movie picks up the end of first film wherein the powerful dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) was captured by MACUSA (Magical Congress of the United States of America), with the help of Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) during the Obscurus incident in New York. However, Grindelwald was able to escape and gathered followers to raise a Wizarding revolution that plans to rule over non-magical beings. Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) asked again the help of Newt to stop the uprising of Grindelwald. Can Newt stop the Dark Wizard and restore peace?  

Finding the freedom to love via film “Glorious"

Angel Aquino and Tony Labrusca will portray two people who will defy the odds to fight for the love they believe they deserve in “Glorious”, available outside the Philippines via TFC Online (www.TFC.tv) starting November 17

Angel Aquino and Tony Labrusca take on the most daring roles in their careers as they play lovers in a May-December love affair in “Glorious”, an original movie produced by Dreamscape Digital for streaming exclusively inside the Philippines via iWant, ABS-CBN’s new content-on-demand digital app, and in most countries outside the Philippines via TFC Online (www.TFC.tv).

The movie, which will be available starting November 17, has caught the imagination and piqued the interest of millions of netizens. Memes abound on social media, as its full trailer has earned more than 16.9 million views.