Kick-Off August with a Fun, Interesting Exchange on the Second Episode of CROSSOVER CONVERSATIONS – a First-Of-A-Kind Digital Talk Show Series on TFC and Myx

Episode 2 features a candid conversation among Star Music sibling act GIBBS and Filgrimage Ambassadors Gabby Almazar and Joce Montehermoso.

Watch and listen as they share their thoughts on various topics like their proudest moments as a Filipino, university life, and family.

ABS-CBN News Senior Correspondent Don Tagala Wins at the 2021 New York Press Club Journalism Awards

TFC News places among mainstream media giants like The New York Times, CBS News, The Wall Street Journal, Time, Bloomberg News, Politico, and others.

The New York Press Club recently announced the winners of the 2021 New York Press Club Journalism Awards and ABS-CBN News Senior Correspondent Don Tagala won for Community Coverage.

An enduring tradition in New York media, the annual New York Press Club Awards for Journalism honor excellence by writers, reporters, editors, producers, photographers, and multi-media journalists. Entries this year were judged in 30 categories, including sub-categories for print, broadcast, and the Internet.

Tagala’s multi-media report, “Filipino ‘Superheroes’ at the Frontlines of COVID-19 Wear Scrubs, Not Capes,” was a stirring, yet honest look at how these warriors faced the daily risk of combating the deadly, yet invisible coronavirus at the height of the pandemic last year.

Yeonjun of K-pop group TXT recommends Timmy Albert’s “FEELINGS”

Yeonjun is one-fifth of the Korean boy band Tomorrow x Together or more commonly known as TXT. During his livecast on July 21, 2021 he was asked about the songs he listens to these days and mentioned Timmy Albert’s single, “FEELINGS”. 

“This is the song I found while shooting… I listened to this song, and I liked it so much.. Kian ‘Every Hour’ and ‘FEELINGS’ by Timmy Albert. Please try these songs. They are so good” Yeonjun shared on VLive. 

Timmy Albert shared on Instagram his great delight upon hearing the news, “#yeonjun recommemnded my song??”. 

This 21-year-old singer-songwriter started his journey with Universal Records on May 2019. His current talk of the town single “FEELINGS” is part of his debut EP entitled “DISTANCED”. His music influences range from the classics - Madonna, Foreigner, Phil Collins, Richard Marx, to the modern sounds of joan, The 1975, and LANY.

Catch Timmy Albert’s “FEELINGS” now streaming on iTunes, Apple Music, Deezer, Youtube and Spotify.

OFs from the Middle East win big from “TFC Win From Home Season 2” first monthly draw

The giving away of prizes to the overseas Filipinos in the Middle East and Europe has started with “TFC Win From Home Season 2’s” first monthly draw which was held last July 10 that was seen live via TFC Middle East and TFC Europe Facebook pages, TFC The Filipino Channel Facebook page and YouTube Channel, and @TFCX on Kumu.

For the first monthly draw, the winners of the major and minor prizes both came from the Middle East. They are Merry Grace Procia from UAE who won Php 50,000, and Annie Bayonito from Saudi Arabia who won Php 25,000.

"Baby Shark's Big Show!" Makes a Splash in Southeast Asia!

Nickelodeon’s brand-new preschool series Baby Shark’s Big Show!, based on the global hit Pinkfong Baby Shark, is set to make a splash with its premiere in Southeast Asia. Starting from July 26, preschoolers in Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia can join the pop culture phenomenon for jaw-some underwater escapades every weekday at 8.30am (WIB) and 9.30am (MY/PH).

Co-produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio and SmartStudy, the global entertainment company behind the beloved children’s brand Pinkfong, the series of 26 half-hour episodes follows Baby Shark and his best friend William as they journey on fun-filled comedic adventures in their community of Carnivore Cove, make new friends and - of course - sing original catchy tunes along the way!

Baby Shark’s Big Show! features a swim-sational lineup of voice actors, which was just nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in the category of “Outstanding Casting for a Daytime Animated Program”: Kimiko Glenn (Orange is the New Black), as Baby Shark; Luke Youngblood (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone), as William; Natasha Rothwell (Insecure), as Mommy Shark; Eric Edelstein (We Bare Bears), as Daddy Shark; Debra Wilson (MADtv), as Grandma Shark; and Patrick Warburton (Seinfeld), as Grandpa Shark.

Sab marks first music anniversary and “Sunsets & Heaven” album launch with a free concert

Wrap up the week with some good music from one of Star Music’s fresh artists, Sab, as she officially launches her debut album “Sunsets & Heaven” (which will drop tonight at midnight in Manila!) and celebrate her first year in the music industry with a FREE concert happening tomorrow, July 23, Friday, at 8:00 p.m. (Manila), live streaming at her @officialsabmusic account on Kumu and Facebook.

Sab officially launched her music career under Star Music last year through her coming-of-age single “She.” Since it was launched, the song was a hit and was even included on Spotify’s New Music Friday playlist in Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. It was also part of Spotify Japan’s editorial playlist when it was released in July last year. Her debut single was also used in several shows: locally, in the iWantTFC digital series “Hello Stranger,” and internationally in the TvN-produced Korean drama series “Flower of Evil.”

ABS-CBN News online and TV Patrol expand global news coverage with TFC News overseas segments

Longest-running multiplatform Filipino news program now has news from North America, Europe, Middle East and Asia-Pacific for overseas Filipino viewers

With 2020 turning out to be one of the biggest dumpster fires in history as humanity tried to navigate through almost 365 days of various crises while confined in lockdowns or quarantines, the hunger of people around the world for news and information that are factual and accurate, timely, relevant, accessible, and understandable couldn't be more emphasized. 

It is within this context that ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs, the news and current programming affairs division of leading Filipino media and entertainment company ABS-CBN Corporation and its global flagship channel, TFC, decided to strategize and redesign news programming and news delivery.  

MVP Group Launches Gabay Advocacies for a Sustainable Philippines

In celebration of Chairman Manuel V Panglinan’s 75th birthday, the MVP Group of Companies will be launching its six GABAY Advocacies for a Sustainable Philippines through a digital concert on July 14, 8:00 PM. The event will feature the brightest stars of the Philippine entertainment industry coming together for the various causes that the group is supporting.

Through the years, MVP has inculcated the culture of “malasakit” within his organization.  He believes that with proper guidance and support, anyone can have the power to change their lives and rise above any crisis or setback.   It is for this reason that the group’s advocacies carry the word “Gabay” – because it embodies who MVP is to many – an inspiration, a true leader, and a guiding light.  

Broadcasted through Gabay Guro Facebook and YouTube accounts, the Virtual Concert will be hosted by Ogie Alacasid, Iza Calzado alongside Augie Palisoc Jr., President of the Metro Pacific Hospitals Holdings Inc., and Bong Sta. Maria, President and CEO of Pilipinas Global Network.

Bb. Pilipinas crowns new title-holders to represent the PHL

Newly crowned Queens to vie for international titles

Four beautiful, intelligent, and eloquent Filipinas were crowned at the Grand Coronation Night of the Binibining Pilipinas pageant held last night, July 11 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. 

Hannah Arnold took home the Bb. Pilipinas International title, Samantha Panlilio was crowned Bb. Pilipinas Grand International, Cinderella Faye Obeñita won the title of Bb. Pilipinas Intercontinental, and Maureen Montagne earned the Bb. Pilipinas Globe crown. 

Meanwhile, Gabrielle Camille Basiano and Meiji Cruz were named Bb. Pilipinas 2021 1st Runner-up and Bb. Pilipinas 2021 2nd Runner-up, respectively. 

TFC Middle East furthers reach in UAE through eLife and Switch TV partnership

As the biggest Filipino-owned media and entertainment company, ABS-CBN, continues to innovate and serve more Filipinos worldwide, TFC Middle East, its international arm in the region, strengthens its partnership with Etisalat, one of the world’s leading telecom groups in emerging markets, as more TFC content offerings will be seen on its eLife, IPTV and SwitchTV, OTT platforms starting this July.

Headquartered in Abu Dhabi, Etisalat provides innovative solutions and services to 154 million subscribers in 16 countries across the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. 

Yong Chavez of ABS-CBN TFC News North America selected to join Hollywood's new Critics Association

The Critics Choice Association (CCA) will introduce a major new awards event in 2022 – The World Movie Awards – which will honor the finest in non-English language films.  This global event has been in the planning stages for several years and has gained fresh impetus thanks to the recent formation of an International Branch of the CCA, which began enlisting new members this spring. 

“It has been clear for some time that many, if not most, of the leading critics and entertainment journalists reporting for foreign audiences were not welcome in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, so the CCA has opened its big tent and welcomed in dozens of them,” announced Critics Choice Association CEO Joey Berlin yesterday.

Best Sisters Forever, the new short from the director of Your Name Engraved Herein, gives "lip-syncing for your life" a new meaning

Best Sisters Forever, the latest title by Patrick Liu, the creator behind Taiwan's highest-grossing LGBT film of all time, Your Name Engraved Herein, will be making its exclusive premiere via GagaOOLala, globally on 2 July 2021. A first for both Liu and GagaOOLala, the partnership between the Taiwanese director and the platform explores the rising ‘drag’ culture within the queer landscape of Asia with Taiwan at the forefront of the LGBT rights and movement in the region. The film offers an authentic glimpse into the drag sisterhood in Taiwan and contains real-life performances by Taiwanese drag queens in the nation’s most famous gay destination, the Ximending district of Taipei.

The plot of the film centers on the graceful Xuerong (Heng-Chi Kuo) and the fun and frivolous Yihong (Ta SU), two gay best friends ‘sisters’, who get into a heated argument over questions concerning promiscuity and eventually decide to go their separate ways. A terrible misunderstanding leaves the once inseparable ‘sisters’ estranged for several years. However, a tragic turn of events suddenly reunites the two. Knowing their days together are numbered, the pair, then, set out on an adventure hoping to gain lost opportunities and make fond memories. Along the way, they gradually make important discoveries about life, love, friendship, and family, with a long-lost dream ultimately coming true for the life-long duo.