Google launches Cebuano on Word Lens and indigenous scripts on Gboard

Google concludes the celebration of Buwan ng Wika
 with the exciting addition of Cebuano on Translate
and four new native scripts on Gboard. Photo shows
(from left) Google Philippines Marketing Head Gabby Roxas,
Baybayin advocate and calligraphist Taipan Lucero,
and Google Philippines Communications
and Public Affairs Lead Mervin Wenke

In line with the concluding celebration of the National Language Month or Buwan ng Wika, Google honors the Filipino language with exciting updates for Translate and Gboard.

Cebuano, one of the country’s major languages, is now available on Word Lens, a feature within Google Translate app that gives an instant camera translation. Word Lens works by simply letting users hold their phone in front of a sign or menu in a foreign language, and then the translation instantly overlays on the screen. The newly expanded 88 source languages including Cebuano can now be instantly translated into more than 100 languages.

This update is helpful for tourists to communicate with the locals better and understand Cebu’s culture more. Users who are already familiar with Cebuano can still use the tool to learn other languages as well.

Experience The Merlion City With Singaporium!

I've never been to Singapore, and may still have not, but this does not mean I cannot experience what it is like to be in the progressive South East Asian city state because recently at the Podium they have launched SINGAPORIUM - an exclusive lifestyle and food pop up showcasing brands that are proudly from Singapore.

And as the Philippines and SIngapore are celebrating their 50th diplomatic relations this year, it is fitting to have this kind of event that will celebrate the friendship and let Filipinos have a taste and feel of their country. Organized by Enterprise Singapore, the Pop-Up experience center will run from September 6 to 15, 2019. They aim to grow and globalize Singaporean brands in which many are looking forward to open their branches in the Philippines.

Michael B. Jordan Fights for Justice in the "Just Mercy" Trailer

Warner Bros. Pictures has just premiered the first trailer for “Just Mercy” starring Michael B. Jordan and Oscar winners Jamie Foxx and Brie Larson.  The film is an inspiring drama that brings one of America’s most important stories today to the big screen.  

Award-winning filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton (“The Glass Castle,” “Short Term 12”) directed the film from a screenplay he co-wrote, based on the award-winning nonfiction bestseller by Bryan Stevenson.  

YouTube: https://youtu.be/qTv_CBF2wsw 

Facebook: https://fb.com/786484145118903 

See the Anti-Hero Up Close in Two New "Joker" Posters

Warner Bros. Pictures has just unveiled two new posters for “Joker,” starring Oscar nominee Joaquin Phoenix in the title role, alongside Oscar winner Robert De Niro, and directed, produced and co-written by Oscar nominee Todd Phillips.

Check out the one-sheet artworks below and watch “Joker” in Philippine cinemas October 3.

(Watch the film’s final trailer at http://bit.ly/JokerFinalTrailerPH.)

“Joker” is distributed in the Philippines by Warner Bros. Pictures, a WarnerMedia Company.  Use the hashtag #JokerMovie

McAvoy, Chastain, Hader Lead the Adult Losers in "IT Chapter Two"

Twenty-seven years after the Losers’ Club defeated Pennywise, he has returned to terrorize the town of Derry once more, in Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema’s “IT Chapter Two.” Now adults, the Losers have long since gone their separate ways. However, people are disappearing again, so Mike, the only one of the group to remain in their hometown, calls the others home. Damaged by the experiences of their past, they must each conquer their deepest fears to destroy Pennywise once and for all...putting them directly in the path of the shape-shifting clown that has become deadlier than ever.

Bringing Thra To Life

Netflix released a behind the scenes look at The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance - Bringing Thra to Life - featuring voice cast and creators.

“The ensemble cast of actors that are doing the voice work speaks for itself. It’s incredible. But behind that is the other layers of the puppeteers and suit artists because they have made choices in movement and pace and style that you inherit,” said Nathalie Dormer who voices Onica.

Based on The Dark Crystal, Jim Henson’s groundbreaking 1982 feature film, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance tells a new story, set many years before the events of the movie, and realized using classic puppetry with cutting edge visual effects. The world of Thra is dying. The Crystal of Truth is at the heart of Thra, a source of untold power. But it is damaged, corrupted by the evil Skeksis, and a sickness spreads across the land. When three Gelfling uncover the horrific truth behind the power of the Skeksis, an adventure unfolds as the fires of rebellion are lit and an epic battle for the planet begins.

‘Inside Out’ on Sept 10 at RCBC auditorium

“Inside Out” is a dance concert inspired by the book of the same title. The book is a compilation of lectures of yogini Dadi Janki, who was touted by scientists as having the World’s Most Stable Mind.

In 1978, the Medical and Science Research Institute at the University of Texas conducted a study on the brain activity of people who meditated. Dadi Janki’s results showed that while performing actions, lecturing and doing math, her brain waves recorded delta, a state equivalent to deep sleep and regeneration.

In most of her lectures, she explains that developing a calm mind under all circumstances is based on using the powers of the soul—peace, love, purity, happiness and truth.

“Inside Out” will be held on Sept. 10, 7:30 pm at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza. This one-woman show, performed by Marge Enriquez, is directed by Bong Cabrera and choreographed by Kris-Belle Paclibar.