"were then taken to Z Bar, the upper level of Aziza, where the bar's interior was personally designed by Cobonpue in his signature style of using natural materials subjected in a modernistic approach. Afterwards, the designers were taken to the Kenneth Cobonpue showroom where they were able to see the world-famous furniture designs up close, including the ""Dragnet"", ""Yoda"", and ""Lolah"" chairs, as well as the ""Voyage"" bed, which was reported to be bought by Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. At the end of the tour, their final challenge was presented: to create an outfit of their choosing with Cobonpue"
"in Cannes, Sundance, and taught at CalArts. He has danced and acted in everything from A-list features to street theater and guerilla film groups. His directing and producing has spanned every form from feature films, commercials, music videos, to live events and stage. He recently started Unified Everything Project (501c3 Nonprofit) to bring the arts and sciences together for great spectacle and enriching of audience and creators alike. He is author of a kids book series: Wee Charles. Kenneth has even competed internationally stunt riding on horses (Vaulting), played professional dodgeball, and sung in the California Boys Choir conducted by"
"former president of Bodybuilding Sport. After his competing days in the field of bodybuilding, Carbungco became the first manufacturer of weight training equipment in the Philippines.(Velasco) Carbungco died on March 10, ??? when he was 80 years old. Roland Dantes was a third runner-up competitor during the 1969 Mr. Universe competition, the year when he competed against Arnold Schwarzenegger. After the competition, Dantes went on to become an actor in local and international cinematic films. He appeared as a protagonist in a Tagalog film title ""Durugin si Totoy Bato"" (literally ""Knock Totoy Bato Down""), a classic movie by Fernando Poe,"
"Kenneth Earl Gesulga Medrano (born May 9, 1991), or more simply known as Kenneth, is from Cebu City, Cebu. Prior to joining the ""Eat Bulaga!"" segment, Medrano was a Hotel and Restaurant Management junior at the University of Southern Philippines Foundation. He also had a part-time job as a bartender and a model, but is best known for his viral Dubsmash videos. Medrano gained fame after becoming the grand winner of the ""That's My Bae: ""Twerk It"" Dance Contest"" segment of ""Eat Bulaga!"". ""Buena Familia"" gave Medrano his first breakthrough acting role as Pacoy Alvero. Joel Palencia Joel Palencia (born"
"tigers, motorcycle, stunts, high-wire and trapeze acts. Kenneth Kokin Kenneth Kokin is an American film producer and director. Kokin produced ""The Usual Suspects"", ""Mortdecai"", ""The Way of the Gun"", ""Forbidden Kiss"" in Chengdu, China and Captain Abu Raed the Sundance Audience Award Winner in festival’s World Dramatic Competition. This was the first independent film produced in Kingdom of Jordan. His film Public Access, directed by Bryan Singer, won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize. Kokin produced and directed the documentary For Tomorrow in Argentina which was an official selection for the Tribeca Film Festival and the Newport Beach Film Festival where"
"music legends but only few can be mentioned. Joseph Onyenegecha Iwuchukwu (popularly known as JONEZ) and Chief Chrisogonus Ezebuiro Obinna, aka (Dr. Sir Warrior) of Oriental Brothers International Band brought style and zeal into highlife music. Many Mbaise sons and daughters are among the celebrities in drama, theatre and sports. Before the advent of Nollywood, Jegede, the husband of Akpeno in the popular play “Zebrudaya” made his mark. Today, there are brand names such as Kanayo O. Kanayo, Genevieve Nnaji, and Rita Dominic Nwaturuocha. Others are Okey Bakassi, Eucharia Anunobi, Ben Nwosu (aka Papa Andy), Chidi Chikere and Ms. Phina"
"Kenneth Medrano Kenneth Earl Gesulga Medrano (born 9 May 1991) also known as Bae Kenneth, KEM or popularly known as Kenneth Medrano as his screen name is a Filipino television personality, model, dancer and actor. He is best known for his viral Dubsmash videos especially the song ""Twerk It Like Miley"" by ""Brandon Beal"", thus naming him ""The Philippines' King of Dubsmash,"" and his role as Pacoy Alvero in the afternoon's prime time drama Buena Familia on GMA Network and worldwide via GMA Pinoy TV. He gained fame after winning as the ""Ultimate Bae Grand Winner"" of ""That's My Bae:"
"including spaghetti westerns ""They Call Me Trinity"" and ""They Call Me Renegade"", Swedish action-thriller ""They Call Her One Eye"", Sidney Poitier-starring drama ""They Call Me Mister Tibbs!"", and even a Filipino martial arts knock-off, ""They Call Him Chop Suey"", which had been written and directed by Bobby A Suarez himself in 1976, two years before he created Cleopatra Wong. Cinematically, Cleopatra Wong has been an influence within the spy as well as martial arts genres, becoming an icon of popular culture. A major testament to Cleopatra Wong’s prominence in popular culture was made public when Quentin Tarantino, talking about the"
"the Philippines. Benny Lan: Sr. Programmer who picked up his cackle, chopsticks and COBOL at a tender age in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. Has a wry sense of humor that's reflected in the random bug he leaves behind in software. He can survive for months on a staple diet of Chinese takeout, Japanese toys and American music. Received a complimentary life membership from Workaholics Anonymous. Robert Cobolobo: Human Resources Director, stationery watchdog, and annual holiday program organizer, all rolled into a small South American frame. Found himself in the US after a nubile Texan student succumbed to his charms in"
"Kenneth Kokin Kenneth Kokin is an American film producer and director. Kokin produced ""The Usual Suspects"", ""Mortdecai"", ""The Way of the Gun"", ""Forbidden Kiss"" in Chengdu, China and Captain Abu Raed the Sundance Audience Award Winner in festival’s World Dramatic Competition. This was the first independent film produced in Kingdom of Jordan. His film Public Access, directed by Bryan Singer, won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize. Kokin produced and directed the documentary For Tomorrow in Argentina which was an official selection for the Tribeca Film Festival and the Newport Beach Film Festival where he won the Humanitarian Vision Award. This"
"Rome), Canada, Switzerland, Russia, Brazil, Japan and the ASEAN region. Ruel Antipuesto Ruel Dahis Antipuesto simply known as Ruel Antipuesto is a Cebuano motion picture director and cinematographer from the Philippines. Considered as ""The Godfather of Cebuano Filmmaking"", he is a major contributor to the new wave of Cebuano filmmaking as he continues to mentor and collaborate with younger filmmakers while his works continue to gain national and international awards and recognition. Ruel Dahis Antipuesto began as an engineer. When the filmmaking became digital in the late 90's, he taught himself filmmaking by making animations and documentaries. In 2004, the"
"into the full-length feature in 1984 with the acclaimed ""Boatman"". It was exhibited at the 1985 London Film Festival where it was cited as the outstanding film of the year. It was followed up several years later, in 1995, with his own version of the story of the ill-fated household helper Flor Contemplacion in the equally acclaimed docu-drama entitled ""Bagong Bayani, OCW"". In 1996, his film ""Segurista"" (Dead Sure) was picked as the official Philippine entry to the Oscars for the Best Foreign-Language Film category. It placed 12th in the list of thirty-nine titles. The same film won the Best"
"grace the occasion. Before the closing of 2008, another full-length animated film, """", graced the bigscreen as an entry to the 2008 Metro Manila Film Festival. The year 2009 brought the highest international esteem to a Filipino filmmaker when Brillante Mendoza was judged as the Best Director at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival for his film ""Kinatay"" (literally ""Butchered""), about murder and police brutality. The film was notorious for being critically panned by Roger Ebert, a distinguished and world-famous film critic, who declared it the worst film ever to be shown at the Cannes Film Festival. His win was heralded"
"(1909 - 1991), the man who is credited with turning Acapulco into a world class resort, (and for some time managed the El Mirador Hotel at La Quebrada) actually turned the boys, who were diving from the cliffs there, into stars, some ten years later. He is remembered as ""Mr. Acapulco"" to this day. The 1963 Elvis Presley film ""Fun in Acapulco"" brought the cliffs to worldwide attention. ABC's Wide World of Sports popularized La Quebrada during the 1970s as one of the early extreme sports. Professional high divers worldwide regard La Quebrada as one of their favorites. The Cliff"
"of Famer Thom Hannum. Hannum is best known for his work in Drum Corps International, as well as being a clinician and author of percussive technique books. The UMass Drumline is also known for many of its alumni who have branched out into many teaching and writing opportunities in percussive arts throughout the nation. The 2003 Season show consisted of a mix of songs with no clearly set theme. It has sometimes been called ""Hot Jazz"". Among the songs were ""Birdland"", ""El Boro"", ""Legend of the One Eyed Sailor"", ""Get it On"", and Gloria Estefan's ""Oye Tu Conga"". The pit"
"France, Lito Concepcion (deceased), Hugh Doherty, Roger Z. Solar, Juerg Ziegler, Ramses Sison, John R. Malmo, Jon Rudy, Andy Elliott, Kevin Smith, Shelley Millspaugh, Vincent Pernice, Wolfgang Schnur, Walter Hubmann, Edwin Lao, Thorbjørn “Toby” Hartelius, Johan Skålberg, Alex Ercia, Audy Ercia, Tomi Harell, Jose G. Paman, Allan Fami, Oliver Garduce, Randy Remolin, Jess Pablo (deceased), Carlos Pulanco, Andreas Boruta, Heikki Martikainen, Giovanni Zagari, Mark Day, Timothy Morris, Oskar Wirmark, Salvador Caballero and Marina Regnér. Kombatan combines several traditional Filipino styles that have been blended into a single art: Presas, E. A., Philippine Combative Arts Series. (1995). Presas, E. A., Kombatan"
"of Kim Ki-young's ""The Housemaid"" and Yu Hyun-mok's ""Aimless Bullet"", both of which have been listed among the best Korean films ever made. The late 1950s and 1960s was also a 'Golden Age' for Philippine cinema, with the emergence of more artistic and mature films, and significant improvement in cinematic techniques among filmmakers. The studio system produced frenetic activity in the local film industry as many films were made annually and several local talents started to earn recognition abroad. One such honor was bestowed to Manuel Conde's immortal movie ""Gengis Khan"" (1950) when it was accepted for screening at the"
"Ruel Antipuesto Ruel Dahis Antipuesto simply known as Ruel Antipuesto is a Cebuano motion picture director and cinematographer from the Philippines. Considered as ""The Godfather of Cebuano Filmmaking"", he is a major contributor to the new wave of Cebuano filmmaking as he continues to mentor and collaborate with younger filmmakers while his works continue to gain national and international awards and recognition. Ruel Dahis Antipuesto began as an engineer. When the filmmaking became digital in the late 90's, he taught himself filmmaking by making animations and documentaries. In 2004, the animated short film, ""The Snake's Pit"" won him his first"
"his most famous were ""Amour"", ""Just want to spend my life with you"" (只想一生跟你走) and ""Goodbye Kiss"" (吻别). The album ""The Goodbye Kiss"" (吻别) was one of the best-selling albums of all time, achieving more sales in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia than ever attained before, with more than 4 million copies sold in 1993, making him one of the PolyGram's top 10 artists worldwide that year and he was the first Asian artist to do so. It made him the first singer with non-Taiwanese citizenship to win Taiwan's Golden Melody Awards. The album was also instrumental in helping"
"""Don’t Cry, Don’t Fret"" in poetry; ""Ikalawang Pagdalaw,"" ""Unang Pamumulaklak,"" ""Rice and Bullets,"" and ""Bakia"" in fiction; and ""Buntot Page,"" a screenplay written with Mario David. His major works in the visual arts include ""Ina ng Balon, Calvary, Slum Dwellers, Nude with Candle and Flower, Man and Carabao, Angel's Kiss, Palayok at Kalan, Ancestors, Isda at Mangga, The Resurrection, Fifty-three ""Q,"" Back drop, Fiesta, Mother and Child, Easter Sunday"", and his most acknowledged work ""Genesis"", which served as the basis of curtain design in the Cultural Center of the Philippines Main Theater. His works were exhibited in Washington, New York,"
"the far-reaching role of cartoons in education and value formation. He died on June 24, 2002 when he was 75. His most popular cartoon series was ""Slice of Life, which is a reflection of the many unique aspects of everyday life in the Philippines. He captured the interest of his weekend patrons by giving them the task of looking for his image cleverly concealed within the weekend cartoon. He did the same with his other comic strip ""Kalabog and Bosyo"". His cartoons had been tapped in advertising campaigns, such as corporate calendars, print ads, promotional T-shirts and in San Miguel"
"of the Filipino poor, women, and children who struggle to survive under harsh conditions. Arguably her most famous work, ""José Rizal"", featured actor and 2007 Philippine senatorial candidate César Montano playing the national hero as an ordinary human being, artist, and struggling doctor. A Japanese award-giving body described her body of work to be ""harmoniously blending entertainment, social consciousness, and ethnic awareness."" The organization continued by saying: ""(Her work) has won acclaim both in the Philippines and abroad for its high level of artistic achievement. It is an ideal manifestation of the artistic culture of Asia, and so is most"
"industry. He is famous for being very particular on the delivery of his task, he has had more than two decades of significant contribution with regards to the development of Singapore's pop culture. He currently runs one of Singapore's most established record companies, Hype Records, a set-up that does PR & Campaign conceptualization, Concert Promotions, Artiste & Music Promotions across Asia Pacific region, Record Production, Recording Facilities, Artiste Management, Music Publishing, TV & film productions. Reputed to be a godfather to the local music and entertainment industry since the 80s, Ken represented Singapore in numerous song festivals and competition since"
"Vincent Magbanua Vincent Magbanua is a Filipino child actor appearing in films like ""Palawan Fate"" and ""Balut Country"". He also appears in the TV show ""Super Ma'am"". [1] He was born on April 7, 2000. He is also a member of GMA Artist Center. His other projects include ""Nino"", ""Prinsesa ng Buhay Ko"", ""Indio"", ""Kakambal ni Eliana"", and ""Magkano Ba Ang Pag-Ibig?"". [2] Vincent Magbanua is one of the cast of the TV show ‘Juan Happy Love Story’ [3] and hails from Palawan. He’s part of the TV soap opera ‘Indio’ where he played the young Bong Revilla. He’s also"
"According to Felipe de Leon, Jr., an authority on Philippine music, the song was composed in a Western style but has aspects of ""pasyon"", a form that many Filipinos can identify with. and Elmer Estrera the co-composer ""Anak"" became a finalist in the first MetroPop Song Festival. It went on to become very popular in the Philippines and eventually abroad. The song generated a hundred cover versions, was released in 56 countries and in 27 different foreign languages, and has sold 30 million copies. A movie of the same name was released in 2000, with a plot inspired by the"
"Los Angeles, California. O'Brien and Delgado's first work together was in ""The Lost World"", but they became famous a few years later with ""King Kong"" (1933). Kong's success was followed by a failed sequel, ""Son of Kong"". They also worked on movies like ""The Last Days of Pompeii"" (1935) etc. Marcel Delgado Marcel Delgado (January 16, 1901 in Coahuila, Mexico - November 26, 1976 in Los Angeles, California) was a sculptor and model-maker. His technique revolutionized the stop motion film industry. He is best known for his work on the 1933 film ""King Kong"". Prior to Delgado, stop motion models"
"Ka Man"". The latter became the most popular teleserye internationally after ""Pangako Sa'Yo"" and boosted the careers of John Lloyd Cruz, Bea Alonzo, Sam Milby and Anne Curtis. On the year 2008, ABS-CBN produced its most expensive series ""Lobo"", about two opposing groups in the story—the Luna and the Waya. The show starred Piolo Pascual and Angel Locsin, in the latter's first major project on ABS-CBN after transferring from GMA Network in one of Philippine television's most controversial network switches by any actor to date. Locsin's performance was the first from any Filipino to be nominated to the International Emmys"
"created in his signature ""fat"" style of portraying people and animals. It was accompanied by a message that he had wanted to create ""this present for my country in order to express my support and my solidarity with this [peace] process"". A Twitter campaign to promote the peace process outside Colombia, entitled ""#Peace4Colombia"", attracted the support of Colombian-born Hollywood actor John Leguizamo and Spanish singer Miguel Bose, who holds honorary Colombian nationality. Most displaced Colombian victims living outside of the country supported the Yes vote, and voted accordingly, although some were critical of having been excluded from the peace process."
"variety show ""Wowowee"" in 2009 as a special guest, during which host Willie Revillame addressed him as a ""Living Legend"". He was married to Lolita Mina-Panopio; they had a daughter, Jennifer Panopio. .*""Sana'y Pansinin"" Fred Panopio Fred Panopio (February 2, 1939 – April 22, 2010) was a Filipino singer and actor who rose to fame in the 1970s. He is known for having made the yodeling style of music famous in the Philippines. This particular kind of music is evident is many of his hits, such as ""Pitong Gatang,"" ""Markado,"" and ""Tatlong Baraha"". He was also an occasional actor, and"
"scholarship, and a chance to represent the Philippines at the World Championships of the Performing Arts (WCOPA) to be held in Hollywood, USA. In addition to the major prizes, three contestants (including Joseph the Artist) won PHP 10,000 for being the Champion Detergent Bar's Kahanga-Hangang Performance Awardees. Astroboy became the Third Ultimate Talentado in the Battle of the Champions held at the Quezon City Memorial Circle on May 6, 2012. He won P1 million cash with a brand new car. He was also given the opportunity to represent the country in the world Championship of the Performing arts (WCOPA) in"
"Curriculum. (2007). Kombatan Kombatan is a Filipino martial arts system. The founder of the system was Ernesto Amador Presas. The current head of the system is Ernesto Presas Jr. The style is known for its double stick techniques, but it features other stick and blade techniques, as well as empty-hand methods. Ernesto A. Presas Sr. was born in the coastal town of Hinigaran, Negros Occidental on 1945-05-20. At age 8 he began his martial arts training under his father, Jose Presas, a well known escrima practitioner at that time. He went on to be an athlete in his college years,"
"have flooded art houses since the mid-fifties owe a tremendous debt to the Apu trilogy, which Terrence Rafferty has rightly called 'cinema's purest Bildungsroman'."" Across the world, filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese, James Ivory, Abbas Kiarostami, Elia Kazan and Wes Anderson have been influenced by ""The Apu Trilogy"", with many others (such as Kurosawa) praising the work. The technique of bounce lighting developed by the cinematographer Subrata Mitra for ""Aparajito"" has also had a profound influence on the development of cinematography. After ""Aparajito"", Ray went on to make 35 more films, including feature films, documentaries and shorts. He worked on"
"Bodybuilding in the Philippines Bodybuilding in the Philippines refers to the bodybuilding sport practiced by Filipino bodybuilders in the Philippines to be able to compete in local and international bodybuilding competitions. According to Filipino sports reporter Bill Velasco of The Philippine Star newspaper, the Philippines has a ""long-standing history of bringing glory to the Philippines"". Notable pioneering Filipino bodybuilders include: Manuel Arce Cabigas was a 7 time Mr. Philippines and Mr Universe most promising body builder. He also serve in the United States Naval Special Warfare. Stan Carbungco was a former Mr. Philippines in the local bodybuilding contest and a"