GMA Films Denies Sending Text Message About First-Day Gross of "I.T.A.L.Y."

Pinabulaanan ng GMA Films ang lumabas na balita tungkol sa isang text message na galing daw mismo sa presidente ng film company na si Ms. Annette Gozon-Abrogar tungkol sa first-day gross ng pelikulang I.T.A.L.Y (I Trust And Love You).

Ayon sa ulat, nakalagay raw sa kumakalat na text message mula kay Ms. Annette na naka-P17 million diumano ang pelikula na tinatampukan nina Jolina Magdangal, Dennis Trillo, Eugene Domingo, Mark Herras, Rhian Ramos, at Rufa Mae Quinto; at na-surprass pa nga raw nito ang kinita ng Star Cinema movie na A Very Special Love.

Ayon sa GMA Films hindi kailanman nagti-text si Ms. Annette directly sa mga manunulat. Dumadaan ang lahat ng official statements ng GMA Films President sa dalawang top men ng film arm ng Kapuso network na sina Joey Abacan at Noel Ferrer. Walang ipinadalang ganitong text message either si Joey o si Noel.

Hindi rin daw naging ugali ng GMA Films na maglabas ng first-day gross. Ang mga pinakahuling pelikula nito na My Best Friend's Girlfriend at My Monster Mom, halos one week bago inilabas ang official box-office results.

Ayon sa GMA Films, maayos ang naging box-office gross ng I.T.A.L.Y. Hindi ito ang magiging pinakamalakas na pelikula ng GMA Films ngunit hindi ito ituturing ng kumpanya na isang flop. Maganda rin daw ang word of mouth ng pelikula kung kaya't magtatagal pa ito ng ilang linggo sa sinehan.

Source: PEP

60th Primetime Emmy Awards - List of Winners

The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards was held on Sunday, September 21, at the NOKIA Theatre in Los Angeles. Check out this year’s honorees.

2008 Emmy Nominees & Winners

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
Mad Men - winner
Boston Legal
Damages
Dexter
House
Lost

OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
30 Rock - Winner
Curb your Enthusiasm
The Office
Entourage
Two and a Half Men

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock - Winner
Steve Carell, The Office
Lee Pace, Pushing Daisies
Tony Shaloub, Monk
Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Tina Fey, 30 Rock - Winner
Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?
America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
Julie Louis-Dreyfuss, The New Adventures of Old Christine
Mary Louise Parker, Weeds

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad - Winner
Gabrielle Byrne, In Treatment
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House
James Spader, Boston Legal

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Glenn Close, Damages - Winner
Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Holly Hunter, Saving Grace
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Zeljko Ivanek, Damages - Winner
William Shatner, Boston Legal
Ted Danson, Damaged
Michael Emerson, Lost
John Slattery, Mad Men

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Dianne Wiest, In Treatment - Winner
Candice Bergen, Boston Legal
Rachel Griffiths, Brother & Sisters
Chandra Wilson, Grey’s Anatomy
Sandra Oh, Grey’s Anatomy

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Jean Smart, Samantha Who - Winner
Kristin Chenoweth, Pushing Daisies
Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live
Holland Taylor, Two and a Half Men
Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Jeremy Piven, Entourage - Winner
Kevin Dillon, Entourage
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
Rainn Wilson, The Office
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men

OUTSTANDING REALITY COMPETITION
Amazing Race - Winner
American Idol
Dancing with the Stars
Project Runway
Top Chef

OUTSTANDING HOST, REALITY SERIES
Jeff Probst, Survivor - Winner
Tom Bergeron, Dancing with the Stars
Heidi Klum, Project Runway
Howie Mandel, Deal or No Deal
Ryan Seacrest, American Idol

OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart - Winner
Late Show With David Letterman
Real Time With Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live
The Colbert Report

Star Studio Magazine - 12 Hotties of 2008

Star Studio Magazine is giving away girls and girl-alike an early Christmas present by unwrapping their list of showbiz' "12 Hotties - The Young and The Beautiful".

Find out who made it to the list of the most sizzling guys under 23 or I better called SSM's "Sexy Dozen".

1. Gerald Anderson

2. JC De Vera

3. Enchong Dee

4. Robi Domingo

5. Jake Cuenca

6. Aljur Abrenica

7. Carlo Guevarra

8. Joem Bascon

9. Marvin Raymundo

10. Rayver Cruz

11. Jason Abalos

12. Matt Evans

Photos courtesy of Star Studio Magazine

Star Cinema's My Only U - Teaser Trailer

Toni Gonzaga reunites withVhong Navarro, this time...in a serious love story?

Nope. It’s a romantic comedy. About 30% romance and 70% comedy that will make you fall in love and laugh out loud at the same time! And it is directed by no less than the box-office director Cathy Garcia-Molina. Only from Star Cinema.

See My Only U teaser trailer below:

Richard Gutierrez and Gabby Concepcion is Philippine's Ambassadors for Peace

Actors Gabby Concepcion and Richard Gutierrez were both offered to become the country's Ambassadors for Peace.

According to TV Patrol World's report on September 20, Presidential Peace Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. issued the invitation to the two actors during the ‘Run for Peace' activity, which was part of the nationwide observance of peace month held every September.

Gabby and Richard joined more than 4,000 participants of the 10-kilometer fun run from Quirino Grandstand in Manila to the Cultural Center in Pasay City and back to the grandstand.

Gabby was amenable to the idea of being the country's peace ambassador. Likewise, Richard stated his desire to end the armed conflicts in the country so we can move forward.

The two actors are now in the same league as Robin Padilla and Manny Pacquiao, who were recognized as Ambassadors of Peace during the Global Peace Festival in 2007.

Serbis Wins Best Director and Best Actress Awards in Pacific Meredian International Film Festival

Indie film Serbis won the Best Director Award for Brillante Mendoza and Best Actress Award for Gina Pareño in the Pacific Meredian International Film Festival of Asian-Pacific Countries held in Vladivostok, Russia last Sept. 13 to 19. Director Mendoza attended the festival to accept the awards.

Serbis which premiered to mixed reviews in Cannes main competition last May had its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Regent Entertainment has acquired the US distribution Regent Entertainment and they have confirmed that Serbis will open theatrically in select cities in the US in November. It will have its US premiere as an official selection in the New York Film Festival next month.

Regent said with the release of Serbis this year, it is possible that it will qualify for the Best Foreign Language Film category in the Golden Globes awards and critics awards like the Los Angeles and New York Film Critics Awards.

Fortissimo executives Michael Werner and Wouter Barendrecht announced that they have finalized the Canadian deal of Serbis for Maximum Distribution for English Canada and Seville Pictures for French Canada.

French co-producer Dider Costet is also releasing Serbis in France in November. Equation (the distributing arm of Swift Productions) is handling the French distribution of the film.

Thailand’s Sahamongko Films plans to release Serbis later this year. Other territories which acquired Serbis so far are Benelux with Paradiso Entertainment, Singapore and Brunei with Cathay, Portugal with Lusomundo, Greece with Seven Films and in Israel with United King.

Brillante will attend the New York screening of Serbis on Oct. 12. He will also serve as instructor at the Asian Film Academy (Sept. 25 to Oct. 12) in Pusan, Korea. Director Hou Hsiao Hsien will be this year’s Dean of the AFA.

In November, Brillante will sit as a member of the jury in the international competition section of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival in Greece where Serbis will be screened in the Independence Days section with Francis Pasion’s Jay. Paolo Villlaluna and Ellen Ramos’ Selda is in the main competition section.

Serbis - Movie Trailer: