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MANILA, Philippines – The St. James the Great Christmas Bazaar, the biggest bazaar south of Manila with over 500 concessionaires, will once again be held on Nov. 27 to 30, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Cuenca Community Center, Ayala Alabang Village. The annual extravaganza is transformed into a virtual shoppers paradise for all shoppers. Products range from holiday foods for gift giving, Christmas décor, native and imported bags, shoes, Filipino ethnic products and handicrafts, Christmas packaging and wrappers, decorative candles, paintings, jewelry, toys, musical instruments, overruns of men’s, ladies and children’s clothes and fashion accessories. Globe, Petron, Purefood’s Tender Juicy Hotdog, San Mig Coffee, Tentworld, Bibingkinitan, Asian Eye Institute, Price Solutions, Asia United Bank, Play & Display, Unilever, Diamond Rent a Car, Buenaflor Insurance and Pronto Auto Services are the major sponsors of the bazaar. Official drink is Pepsi. Event chairpersons are the mother-daughter team of Mimi and Nikki Valerio. Committee members are St. James Foundation president Manny Gonzales, Edza Gonzales, Titang Montinola, Dr. Lulu Africa and parish priest Msgr. Allen Aganon. The committee members do not receive salaries or commissions from the proceeds of the bazaar. They organize and run the bazaar as their apostolate to St. James the Great Parish. All Mastercard and Visa credit cards will be accepted. Metrobank ATM machine, UCPB Mobile ATM, RCBC Mobile ATM and other ATM machines will be available to service the shoppers. Entertainment ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1 Free shuttle service will be provided for all the shoppers from the bazaar venue to their parked cars.

Judy Ann Satos-Agoncillo said acting is her passion. Philstar.com/Joyce Jimenez  MANILA, Philippines- Judy Ann Santos-Agoncillo is flattered to portray the role of Janice de Belen in the remake of the Filipino horror film “T’yanak.” The actress, however, said people shouldn’t compare their interpretation to the character of Julie. “Of course hindi ko naman puwedeng i-remake kung paano nila ginawa ‘yon,” she explained. “Kasi we’re two different people, hindi naman kami pareho ng pagtatrabaho. “But I try my best na magampanan ‘yong role ni Julie. With the story now of T’yanak, it’s a bit modernized compared sa 1990’s na T’yanak.” The film, directed by Peque Gallaga and Lore Reyes, will be showing in all SM cinemas on October 29. Meanwhile, it has been a while since Judy Ann did a teleserye. Her last was in 2013 when she starred in  “Huwag Ka Lang Mawawala” opposite Sam Milby and KC Concepcion. Entertainment ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1 She’s presently hosting two ABS-CBN shows, “I Do” and “Bet on Your Baby.” Judy Ann explained that although most of her projects now involve hosting, it doesn’t mean she’s giving up her passion in acting. “Hindi naman puwedeng ilagay ko lang sa backseat ang passion ko, so from time to time I still act,” she relates. “With hosting kasi it’s very relaxed, it’s all about being beautiful lang, makeup ka lang, outfit ka lang. With acting kasi it’s the passion, e. Pero kung hosting ang trabaho, bakit naman ako hihindi sa trabaho?” Read More …

Miles Teller poses for a portrait to promote his new film, “Whiplash,” in New York. The film is an acclaimed indie about an aspiring jazz drummer and his drill sergeant instructor. Dan Hallman/Invision/AP How badly does Miles Teller want it? In “Whiplash,” he plays an aspiring jazz drummer at a Julliard-like New York music conservatory, playing until his hands bleed to meet the impossible standards of his oppressively perfectionist teacher (J.K. Simmons). The movie, a festival hit since winning a heap of awards at Sundance, rhythmically beats on the theme of ambition and its high sacrifices. Teller, too, is an up-and-comer, tagged as one of Hollywood’s hottest rising stars. He landed his first movie role, 2010’s “Rabbit Hole,” partly because Nicole Kidman was impressed that he — playing a fragile kid weighed by guilt from a fatal car accident — blushed in the audition. Like his “Whiplash” character, Andrew, Teller can play the drums, and spent three weeks cramming to learn to play the jazz pieces of the film. The Florida-native was schooled in New York, too, studying acting at New York University’s Lee Strasburg Theatre and Film Institute. Speaking to the candid, jokey Teller, the confident, frat-boy charm he showed in “Project X” and “21 & Over” comes through. But so does the clear-eyed ambition of the sensitive actor of “The Spectacular Now” who will also soon be inducted into the superhero realm, playing Mr. Fantastic in “The Fantastic Four.” But the Oscar-buzzed “Whiplash” sounds Teller’s serious aspirations. He’d Read More …