It’s Trendy Thursdays with Zalora and MasterCard

Shopping at Zalora becomes more exciting on Thursdays with MasterCard.

Thursday is the new favorite day of the week among trendspotters and fashionistas, as leading fashion and accessories retail website Zalora now provides 10% discount for MasterCard cardholders under the MasterCard Thursdays promotion.

Zalora provides a secure and user-friendly shopping platform, which features a wide range of clothing and accessories for men and women from some of the top local and international brands. Providing the ultimate shopping convenience, Zalora offers an extensive delivery network nationwide, free shipping for orders from Php1,000 and above, and a 30-day return policy.

REEL DEAL: “SURVIVOR” In Theaters July 23

Director John Lyde, known for his crowd-pleasing independent films such as “Saga: Curse of the Shadow” is back at the helm of “Survivor” starring sci-fi icon Kevin Sorbo and upcoming action star Danielle Chuchran. 

Produced by Arrowstorm Entertainment, the world leader in fantasy entertainment, “Survivor” tells the story of Kate Mitra (Chuchran), who crash-lands after decades of drifting in space, along with a group of living humans on an alien planet. But when Kate's crewmates are captured by flesh-eating creatures, she must join forces with the planet's mysterious masked inhabitants before what's left of humanity is destroyed.

REEL DEAL: “FOOSBALL” Teaser Poster

 With over 2 million admissions in Argentina, home of soccer icons Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi, “Foosball” (“Metegol” in Argentine Spanish) is about to kick balls in Philippine cinemas very soon. 

“Foosball” (known/retitled in the US as “Underdogs) tells the story of Amadeo, a shy but talented boy, and of a foosball team that is trying to get back together after having been dismantled. With the help of the foosball players, Amadeo will have to face his most terrible rival on the football pitch: the Champ.  Guided by their leader, the charismatic Right Winger, the foosball players and Amadeo will set off on a great adventure together, like a true team, to get back the dignity that the Champ stole from them. Football is the stage on which this story of love, respect, friendship and passion is played out.

Directed by Academy Award Winner Juan José Campanella with animation supervisor Sergio Pablos who also supervised the blockbusters “Rio” and “Despicable Me,”  “Foosball” (English-dubbed version) will open very soon in theaters this 2014 from Axinite Digicinema.   Follow Axinite Digicinema at Facebook and YouTube.

REEL DEAL: ABS-CBN To Air Mr. And Ms. Chinatown 2014 This July

ABS-CBN will be airing the second search for the next "Mr. and Miss Chinatown" this July 27, 2014, following a deal signed by the network and the Miss Chinatown Foundation last year. 

In what is to be a meeting of two cultures with shared values, this search is set to redefine Filipino-Chinese beauty, and to pave the way for better business relations. It also aims to realize cultural and artistic goals that are shared between the Filipinos and the Chinese. 

ART IS A BANG: Performance Artist Explores Female Power and Beauty Through Poetryand Visual Expression

Performance poetry artist, advocate and educator Kooky Tuason presents a fresh look at female empowerment in her new coffee table book Picket Lines: Dialogues Between Eves, Among Eves and For Eves, which features 100 photos of women with poems written on their bodies. The book juxtaposes poetry on select women’s skin and images to make powerful statements about the lives of women.

Picket Lines is a product of the author’s collaboration with photographers Niccolo Cosme, Tabitha Fernan, Mitch Mauricio, Katrina Pallon, and Nikkorlai Tapan. It features various women, many of whom are leaders in their fields and prominent in the public arena such as Sr. Mary John Mananzan, Fides Cuyugan-Asensio, Miriam Quiambao, Shawn Yao, Andrea del Rosario, Nina Ricci Alagao, Cecile Guidote-Alavarez, Love Anover, Jodi Sta. Maria, Lilia Cuntapay, Cynthia Alexander, Kate Torralba, Michelline Syjuco, Risa Hontiveros, Sonia Roco, Twinkle Ferraren, Abby Asistio, Gaby dela Merced, Giselle Sanchez, Sanya Smith, Mocha, Karen Kunawicz, Gloria Diaz, Aimee Marcos, Anita Linda. The images reflected in the book were intensified by the contributions of highly talented make-up artists and stylists.

MUSIC LYF: McJim Classic Leather proclaims Three Winners in Talent Search

(L-R) Joshua Bulot, Bryan Del Rosario, Kim Ordonio, Neo Domingo,
Daryl Jay Santos, Aldrin Condat, Mark Cordovales, John Peterson Layva,
Eljon Nono

THREE aspiring musical acts were declared grand champions in the maiden edition of “Dreams Get Real: The Search for the Next OPM Star” organized by McJim Classic Leather held on Monday night (June 30) at Teatrino in Promenade, Greenhills, 

Shining on stage with their unique performances and proving that they could be the next big thing in Original Pilipino Music (OPM) were band Fifth Dynamics, vocal trio JBK and solo performer Neo Domingo.

REEL DEAL: First Image of Henry Cavill As Man of Steel In “BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE”

Warner Bros. Pictures has just debuted the first image of Henry Cavill as the Man of Steel in “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” the highly anticipated action adventure from director Zack Snyder.

Starring Cavill in the role of Clark Kent/Superman, and Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne/Batman, the film also stars Gal Gadot as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman, with Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne and Diane Lane returning from “Man of Steel,” Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, Jeremy Irons as Alfred, and Holly Hunter in a role newly created for the film.

“Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” is written by Chris Terrio, from a screenplay by David S. Goyer.  Charles Roven and Deborah Snyder are producing, with Benjamin Melniker, Michael E. Uslan, Wesley Coller, David S. Goyer and Geoff Johns serving as executive producers.