REEL DEAL: Runner Runner SPOTLIGHT

How deadly is gambling and the things that go with it? It may be worth more than money but can also change your life forever.

In the sexy, sultry thriller RUNNER RUNNER, Richie (Justin Timberlake), a Princeton college student who pays for school with on-line gambling, bottoms out and travels to Costa Rica to confront the on-line mastermind, Ivan (Ben Affleck), whom he believes has swindled him. Ivan sees a kindred spirit in Richie and brings the younger man into his operation. When the stakes get incredibly high and dangerous, and Richie comes to fully understand the deviousness of his new boss, he tries to turn the tables on him.

"Runner Runner" will open very soon this September from 20th Century Fox to be distributed by Warner Bros.

Check out the trailer after the jump!

Barbie Forteza teams up with Aljur Abrenica this Saturday in Maynila

This Saturday (June 22), Kapuso tween star Barbie Forteza teams up with Kapuso Hunk Aljur Abrenica in an episode entitled Tibok at First Sight of the weekend series Maynila. 

Currently playing the role of Karen in the primetime series Anna Karenina, the Tween Queen plays the role of Abby who was raised by her spinster aunt to be an extremely conservative and anti-social girl.

Abby’s world changes when she meets Mark (Aljur Abrenica), an upperclassman, in college. Abby enjoys the attention she gets from Mark to the extent that she goes against her aunt’s wishes when it comes to dealing with boys. Soon, Abby finds out that Mark has a girlfriend.

How will this change Abby’s view on dealing with boys? Will she be able to mend her broken heart?

Don’t miss the story of Abby and Mark in Maynila airing every Saturday morning right after Sarap Diva.

37th National MILO Marathon sprints into action

2013 MILO Marathon King and Queen to compete at the 2014 Paris Marathon

The National MILO Marathon, the most prestigious running event in the country, kicks off another exciting marathon season with the first of 18 leg races set in Puerto Princesa on June 30. Marking its 37th season this year, the sporting event has a rich history that features a continuous expansion of its scope to nationwide races, and a growing attraction among hundreds of thousands of participants from all over the country.

XSTIG: PH consumer market eagerly awaits HP Slate7

The HP Slate7, an ideal trusted personal companion, will soon hit the Philippine market and the country is waiting in anticipation. And why not? HP’s Slate7 is a consumer tablet packed with the Google Android that is aimed at the value conscious shopper.

The entry of Slate7 will usher in HP’s coverage of the consumer tablet segment with a broad portfolio of products and technologies geared towards everyday use. Soon the market will experience the world leader in PC’s range with a variety of sizes and operating systems and offer compelling solutions for the BYOD space.

“The product is primarily for play and entertainment consumption, but it can also be used as BYOD and for email, note-taking, and other processes,” Albert Mateo, HP General Manager for PPS, said. “This product will be able to contend in the Philippine market instantly and we expect the value conscious shopper to frenzy over the possibilities they can do with the Slate7 as soon as it gets here.”

The HP Slate7 is the first tablet ever to have Beats Audio, providing superior sound quality for music and movies, coupled with built in stereo speakers. To power your movie marathon, the battery life is capable of five hours video playback.

MUSIC LYF: Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (ALbum)

CERTIFIED RIAA PLATINUM IN THE US

Album Is Top 10 on Billboard 200, 40 Weeks On The Chart

June 14, 2013 – Santa Monica, CA – KIDinaKORNER / Interscope recording artist IMAGINE DRAGONS’debut album, Night Visions is certified platinum by the RIAA. Night Visions, released on September 4, 2012 entered the Billboard Top 200 Chart at #2 with the best first week sales for a full-length debut by a new rock band in over six years. Imagine Dragons crosses a monumental threshold; according to Nielsen SoundScan, since 2008 there have been 25 rock bands to sell over one million copies, only three of which were for debut albums.

Dennis Trillo and Tom Rodriguez’ on-screen romance sparks interest among straight women, men

In last Sunday’s pilot episode of GMA’s new Sunday noontime show “Sunday All Stars,” Dennis Trillo and Tom Rodriguez, the male lead stars of the network’s controversial primetime series, “My Husband’s Lover” titillated the studio audience when they did a duet of their soap’s theme song, “One More Try.”

The two actors have become a popular topic on social networking sites and blogs lately because of their portrayal as gay lovers in the said primetime series.

BPI Family Auto Loan Free Insurance Promo, protecting your hard earned car at no extra cost.

Experience has taught us how rain can be life endangering, catastrophic and damaging to our properties. Since your car is one of the most valuable investments you own that is very vulnerable to the profound weather, protecting it is very essential. But never let these calamities threaten your hard earned investment and let BPI Family Auto Loan help in protecting your brand new car.

BPI Family Auto Loan makes car ownership easy and worry-free through its FREE 1-year Comprehensive Insurance with Acts of Nature Coverage* (ANC) promo. The promo, which runs until June 21 2013, is a pioneering promo of BPI Family Auto Loan that aspires to protect newly-purchased cars, through its car financing facility, from the frightening effects of calamities. As BPI Family Savings Bank knows that your vehicle is important in providing your family with convenient transportation in work, business and leisure, protecting it from natural threats such as heavy rains and other unforeseeable incidents is necessary. This bank offering also relieves clients of the usual steep upfront expense when buying a brand new car by eliminating the pricey auto insurance cost which amounts to about 3% of the car’s value (e.g. P30,000 insurance cost for a car worth P1,000,000). BPI Family Auto Loan understands your needs as it continues to commit to its mandate of guaranteeing your money’s worth.