Bea Alonzo to take a break from TV

 Entertainment
Feb 192013
 
Bea Alonzo to take a break from TV

Bea Alonzo (MNS Photo) MANILA, Feb 19 (Mabuhay) -– Actress Bea Alonzo refused to get affected by rumors that her last series “A Beautiful Affair,” with John Lloyd Cruz, did not rate well and was thus ended immediately. Alonzo said what’s important is all of them in the cast did their job well. “No, hindi na [ako affected]. Parang feeling ko, unang-una, we’re doing our job well. And parang, we just came from a movie that did so well. Parang ganun lang naman siguro talaga ‘yun. I mean, I’m sure everyone had their own good intentions, but it just didn’t… maybe it didn’t measure up or something,” she said. A lot of viewers were caught by surprise when “A Beautiful Affair” came to end only three months after its premiere episode. Alonzo said one of the many reasons it went off the air so soon is their Cruz’s hectic schedule. “Isa rin sa mga dahilan ‘yun because John Lloyd is doing a movie with Sarah Geronimo. So medyo nakaapekto rin ‘yun, kasi we were always hand-to-mouth eh. We were taping hand-to-mouth, so laging for airing. So nagiging problema rin ‘yung schedule niya,” she said. “At the same time, I guess, baka hanggang dun lang talaga ‘yung story nun. You cannot stretch it or it’s better that way. It’s better that it ended that way,” she added. After “A Beautiful Affair,” Alonzo said she will temporarily take a break from doing teleseryes as she will concentrate on her upcoming movie under Read More …

THE BEE AND THE SWEETENING OF A COUNTRY’S CULTURE

 News
Feb 122013
 
THE BEE AND THE SWEETENING OF A COUNTRY’S CULTURE

By Ana Maria Villanueva-Lykes In the US a child’s first words are usually “dada”, “momma”, and “dog”. In the Philippines, it’s “papa”, “mama” and “bee”. And it’s not just any kind of bee. It’s a special yellow and orange bee with a chef’s hat and jacket. No pants. Every toddler in the Philippines knows the sweet taste of the hotdog bits in the spaghetti just as well as Lolo is familiar with the delightful sensation of the Chicken Joy crispy skin on the tongue. Their wide eyes — both Lolo’s and apo’s — shine at the first bite. It is because of these toddlers and their lolos — and every member of the family for that matter — that Jollibee is no longer just a fast food chain but an icon. A mere burger chain has somehow managed to colonize “the youth culture and mass consumption”, as Andréa Picard would put it in her Cinema Scope feature. What is it about Jollibee that makes international film critiques call it a phenomenon and even The New York Times describe it as “strangely addicting”? Jollibee’s success has gone beyond Philippine taste in spite of the fact that others might define its fare as substandard, a taste for the masses. It has conquered the international palate, earning Jollibee the right to call itself the “Filipino Triumph”. Jollibee’s story is not just the tale of Tony Tan Caktiong but the story of the Filipino’s triumph over the red-haired clown and what others might consider Read More …

GMA Network asks SC to stop airtime limits on pol ads

 News
Feb 082013
 
GMA Network asks SC to stop airtime limits on pol ads

(Updated 5:44 p.m.) Broadcast giant GMA Network Corp. on Friday asked the Supreme Court to stop and declare as illegal two Commission on Elections (Comelec) resolutions limiting political advertisements in television and radio. In a 56-page petition for certiorari, the network said Comelec Resolution 9615 issued in January and Resolution 9631 in February imposing limits on the total number of minutes for a national or local candidate’s broadcast campaign were “too restrictive.” “We raised that the aggregate airtime for political advertisements is restrictive considering that it inpinges on the right to suffarge and the right of the people to be informed on important matters and the right of the people to free speech and expression,” said one of the network’s lawyers, Maria Estelita Arles. Under the January Comelec ruling, which was upheld by the February resolution, the following guidelines were set: For all national candidates, 120 minutes in all TV networks and 180 minutes in all radio stations For all local candidates, 60 minutes in all TV networks and 90 minutes in all radio stations. GMA Network also asked the high court to issue a temporary restraining order or a writ of preliminary injunction against the Comelec ruling. It also said the Comelec ruling should be declared unconstitutional and unlawful for having been promulgated in excess or without jurisdiction. “Section 9(a) of the new rulesis a cruel and oppressive regulation as it imposes the unreasonable and nearly impossible burden on the broadcast mass media of monitoring a candidate’s or political Read More …

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