Anna Maria Perez de Tagle Shines on Camp Rock
July 8, 2008 by cd · 4 Comments
Our very own Anna Maria Perez de Tagle is one of the rising stars in Disney Channel bagging important roles such as Ashley Dewitt on the hit tv series Hannah Montana and Ella on the second highest rating telemovie in the USA for all time - Camp Rock.
Team Philippines Prepare for WCOPA 2008
July 7, 2008 by cd · 10 Comments
The Philippine delegates to the 12th World Championships of Performing Arts will begin to leave for the United States in order to prepare for the global talent competition happening on July 19 to 27, 2008.
Ely Buendia’s Band ‘Pupil’ Wins Best Music Video in 2008 Promax Awards
July 7, 2008 by cd · 5 Comments
An animated music video featuring Filipino band Pupil (Ely Buendia’s newly formed band after Eraserheads) won gold and was hailed as the Best Music Video in 2008 Promax/BDA Awards held in New York City.
Charice - I’ll Be There Music Video
June 27, 2008 by cd · Leave a Comment
Check out this video i found in Youtube (where else?) featuring Charice when she was still competing on ABS-CBN’s Little Big Star. I think this is her piece for the finale that is also included in the Little Big Star album. If i’m not mistaken, she ended up 3rd. She was beaten by Sam Concepcion who won the title at that time.
Josephine ‘Banig’ Roberto to Release Newest Album in Manila
If Charice is RP’s international singing sensation today, “Banig” was our singing sensation in the 80s. The former International Star Search champion will release her newest album in Manila soon.
Filipino Rodell Rosel won in Jose Iturbi International Music Competition
A Filipino has given our country another pride. Rodell Rosel has won the People’s Choice award for vocalist in the Jose Iturbi International Music Competition for classical pianists and vocalists. The competition was held in Los Angeles, USA.
Rodell Rosel won $3,000.
Top prizes of $50,000 went to soprano Angela Meade, 30, a resident artist at Philadelphia’s Academy of Vocal Arts, and pianist Mariya Kim, 26, of Ukraine and Germany. Kim also shared the $3,000 Spanish Prize. The $3,000 People’s Choice award for piano was given to Chetan Tierra, 24, a student at the Cleveland Institute of Music.
Source: Philstar
Pinoy Joe Datuin Gets Gold in Olympics Art Contest
June 20, 2008 by cd · Leave a Comment
A stainless-steel work by Filipino sculptor Joe Datuin won the prestigious international Sport and Art Contest in connection with the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Datuin’s “Dancing Rings” reinterprets the traditional Olympic logo into a flight of the athletic spirit. The art piece recasts the conventionally horizontal Olympic logo into a vertical leap of faith, much like a gymnast or a classical dancer in action, to signify both human grace and human solidarity.
For his winning feat, Datuin will receive US$30,000 and a diploma.
“We’ve struck gold even before the Beijing games have opened,” said top sculptor Ramon Orlina. Orlina is the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) art coordinator who led the screening of the Philippine entries to be sent to the contest. He had also won the grand prize in the II International Biennale of Basketball in the Fine Arts in Madrid in 2000.
Meanwhile, “Dreams for Goals,” an oil-on-canvas work by Edmar Colmo, won a Highly Recommended award In the Graphic Arts category of the contest. The young Iloilo-based artist will get a diploma.
Orlina said 61 entries from 36 countries were screened by an international jury composed of representatives from the International Olympic Committee’s Commission for Culture and Education and art experts from the different continents.
Datuin said that he derived his winning design from the logo of the 2008 Olympics, the “Dancing Beijing.” According to host China, the logo represents Beijing’s effort to reach out to embrace all humanity. It is an invitation for “the world to join their dance, experience their culture, and share their joy,” according to the Beijing Olympics website.
Datuin, 52, is known for his modernist idiom which he had acquired as a Fine Arts student at the University of Santo Tomas where his mentors included National Artist J. Elizalde Navarro, Cenon Rivera, Angelito Antonio, Leon Pacunayen and Mario Parial. He had also apprenticed under National Artist Arturo Luz at the Design Center of the Philippines (1977-1981).
“Dancing Rings” and “Dreams for Goals” will be on exhibit in the Olympic Museum in Lausanne and later, at Olympic Expo in Beijing. The winners will receive their prizes in Busan, Korea, during the VI World Forum on Sport, Education and Culture on Sept. 25-27.
Source: Good News Pilipinas
Charice - ‘It Can Only Get Better’ Music & Lyrics
June 19, 2008 by cd · 12 Comments
Check out Charice’s single entitled “It Can Only Get Better” lifted from her self-titled debut album from Star Records.
