Awra Briguela hailed first “Your Face Sounds Familiar Kids” Grand Winner

Breakout Child Star Awra Briguela was hailed the first “Your Face Sounds Familiar Kids” grand winner after garnering the highest combined scores from the jury and Philippine text votes at the program’s two-night Grand Showdown last April 8 and 9 (Manila time), which were seen outside the Philippines via TFC and which will continue to be seen via TFC online (TFC.tv) and TFC IPTV in key countries worldwide.

On the VTR interview with host Billy Crawford shown before Briguela went on the stage, he candidly told Crawford “Ako ang nagsimula, ako rin ang magtatapos. Awra!” pertaining to his transformation on the first week of the show as Dionisia Pacquiao, when he was hailed first weekly winner of the show.

TFCU brings talk series to Manila, ties up with ABS-CBN University for 1st international event

Gauging from the vibe and the reaction of the nearly 200 young Filipinos at the heart of ABS-CBN compound on March 27, one would think that a rock concert was in progress.   In truth, ABS-CBN University and TFC, ABS-CBN’s global media network, just launched its first Philippine leg for TFCU Talks entitled “Make Your Mark” at the iconic Dolphy Theater in Quezon City.

TFCU is TFC’s outreach to Filipino college and university students worldwide, primarily through a series of interactive exchange of ideas and discourses. Launched only in November last year, its TFCU Talks through its “Dare to Dream (San Francisco) and “Breaking the Mold” (Los Angeles) events, has since been creating a buzz for successfully gathering young Filipinos who are positively impacting their hometowns in North America and the world:

TFC Brings ABS-CBN Star Magic 25 Celebration to Canada and U.S. this April

Today, when the words, “ABS-CBN Star Magic”, are heard, an electric feeling of excitement and energy shoots up quickly among multitudes of fans around the world.  And with very good reason. 

What began in 1992 as the ABS-CBN Talent Center – a stable of new stars in training and development for ABS-CBN – has grown to be the leading source of global Filipino pride with the rise of its world-class TV and film actors and actresses, recording artists, concert and stage performers, and commercial talents whose collective body of work has entertained several generations of Filipinos in the past 25 years.

On the occasion of its Silver Anniversary, ABS-CBN Star Magic is poised to deliver its biggest and brightest year ever in its history.  After its star-studded kick-off on the longest running Filipino weekly variety show, “ASAP”,  last February, #StarMagic25 is raring to go around the world – in cooperation with ABS-CBN The Filipino Channel (TFC) -- to thrill millions of its fans abroad as a way of thanking them for their enthusiastic support for a quarter of a century.

Over 3,500 Pirated DVDs Surrendered to ABS-CBN from Dragon Mart, Red Carpet Express and Other Stores in Toronto, Canada

ABS-CBN representatives, with the presence of Toronto Police Service officers, received yesterday a total of 3,590 pirated DVDs of copyrighted ABS-CBN movies surrendered by Dragon Mart, Tina Shop and Unit 16B of Dragon Centre and Red Carpet Express of Oriental Centre in Toronto, Canada.

This development followed the successful enforcement effort by ABS-CBN earlier this month that resulted in the confiscation of hundreds of pirated DVDs of ABS-CBN content from six stores in Montreal and Toronto.

ABS-CBN Involved in Enforcement Effort Against Sellers of Pirated DVDs of ABS-CBN Content

Six stores selling DVDs in Toronto and Montreal surrendered last March 7 and 8 over a thousand pirated DVDs of ABS-CBN content.  Included in the enforcement effort were the following stores: Bulacan Fashion, Bon-Bon, Waynes Collectibles, a store at 23 Glen Watford Drive in Dragon Centre, Universe Communication Ltd. in Oriental Centre, and a store located at 6057 Victoria Avenue in Montreal, Quebec.  

"Pusuan Mo Si Vice Ganda Sa Amerika" Kicks Off U.S. Tour This Weekend

What makes a great stand-up comedian?

Rolling Stone magazine adeptly described its criteria when it named this year its Top 50 Stand-Up Comics of All Time:

“In coming up with our version of a comic canon, we weighed artistic merit, technical proficiency and sense of timing, quality of their written material, their delivery and degree of influence — and often, their sense of what makes something, anything, funny. No disrespect to the foundational figures who shaped the earliest incarnations, but this list tiptoes past some of the early craftsmen and focuses on the unique voices who have helped to push stand-up forward in more recent days. These 50 stand-ups best embody what we have come to expect of our modern-day comedians: Someone who can wake us up to the weird, wonderful possibilities of the world around us, impel us to think differently about our own lives – and most of all, make us howl like blithering idiots.” 

Well, Jose Marie Viceral a.k.a. Vice Ganda is not in that list, maybe because his comedy appeals primarily to a singular but growing and fiercely loyal global audience: the Filipinos.  But that doesn’t mean that he is no less the “comic canon” or comedy powerhouse that he is today.  He does meet the criteria and more.

International news anchor Annalisa Burgos joins ANC’s newest program “Early Edition” / International news anchor Annalisa Burgos bahagi na ng bagong ANC news program “Early Edition”

 ABS-CBN’s News Channel, ANC, has a new news program entitled “Early Edition,” that will bring to you the latest news and business stories in the country and around the globe and which can be seen in key cities worldwide via The Filipino Channel (TFC).

Headlining “Early Edition” are anchors TJ Manotoc and Annalisa Burgos who deliver the latest news and financial updates.

Burgos, who is also the face of the program “News Now,” was welcomed and introduced on ANC through “Early Edition.”