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"X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST" LATEST TEASER VIDEO

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l   The X-Men send Wolverine to the past in a desperate effort to change history and prevent an event that results in doom for both humans and mutants. Director Bryan Singer tweets latest "X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST" teaser video featuring selected X-Men characters poised to face the battle that will define their fate.   Please click here for the link:  http://instagram.com/p/k2XZgiDo_c/#   "X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST" opens May 21 in (Phils.) theaters from 20th Century Fox.

Philippine Veterans Bank launched its Home Loan Free Home Promo

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Last February 28, 2014, Philippine Veterans Bank (PVB) launched its Home Loan Free Home Promo in an event held at the Asian Institute Management Conference, Makati City. The said real estate housing loan product (with a loan term of 20 years) refers to a promotion wherein a cash back is guaranteed at the end of the term. PVB’s Home Loan Free Home Promo is designed to entice homeowners to take up a housing loan with PVB and avail of the bank’s cash-back guarantee. Qualifications for this promo include: 1. Homeowners with existing mortgages of at least twelve (12) months in other banks who are of good standing. 2. New home-buyers including buyers of residential house and lots, townhouses, or condominiums. 3. Homeowners who wish to make major improvements or construction on their existing residential properties Interest rate is at 8.25% p.a. repricing every 5 years with a loan able amount of up to 80% of the appraised value of collateral property (house and lot, condominium, townhouse)...

RAMPED-UP SCARES AND SHOCKS IN “DEVIL’S DUE”

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A few years ago, a quartet of filmmakers known as Radio Silence, comprised of Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett, Chad Villella and Justin Martinez, helmed a segment of the horror anthology film V/H/S about four friends who show up for a Halloween house party, only to realize that not only are they in the wrong home, they have stumbled onto an exorcism. The segment ends in a melee of brilliantly staged and horrific mayhem and inventive visual effects.The film premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and was acquired by Magnolia Pictures. The group’s 2010 short film Mountain Devil Prank Goes Horribly,went “viral” and led directly to the V/H/S assignment. That in turn led to Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett getting the nod to direct their debut feature film, “Devil’s Due,” with Villella and Martinez serving as executive producers. The quartet’s work on “Devil’s Due” showcases a series of ramped-up scares, shocks and an overall disquieting tone. But, notes Gillett, they were als...

ASEAN Integration: Are We Ready to Run with the Tigers?

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This should be the goal of our nation as a whole, Running with Tigers is a very aggressive and can overpower any creature that would come his way. It is a pride to say that PMAP , who has gone it’s 51’st year moving and doing their work in a very professional and multinational kind of movement not stopping of  thinking  new ideas and  has been so eager running with tigers along with the economies of ASEAN and the world. The borderless future is today. With it comes a torrent of opportunities and parallel challenges that usher in a more complex and ambiguous world. Some turn to speed as the best response. Others bet on flexibility, and in this introspection find the enormous potential of a network with people at its center. Come 2015, that network of potential will realize itself as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) actualizes its vision of an integrated bloc to navigate the intricacies of a globalized world. ASEAN 2015 – the integration of Southea...

LESLIE MANN’S COMEDIC TALENT SHINES IN “MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN,” “THE OTHER WOMAN” & “RIO 2”

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Leslie Mann’s impeccable timing and improve skills will soon be seen in the upcoming comedy movies “Mr. Peabody & Sherman, “Rio 2”” and in “The Other Woman.” In DreamWorks Animation’s “Mr. Peabody & Sherman” Mann is the voice of Patty, parent to Sherman’s friend Penny where they set foot in Peabody’s home to settle the brawl that happened between their children. Director Rob Minkoff was thrilled to be working with comedy actress Leslie Mann, “Leslie has incredible charm and a great and unexpected attitude in her voice,” he says. The worldwide smash hit “Rio” by Blue Sky Studios brings the wacky group of Blu and Jewel back in the height of adventure in “Rio 2” with Carlos Saldanha at the helm once again where Mann lends voice to Linda who is now married to Tulio (voiced by Rodrigo Santoro), Blu’s best pal. The newlyweds are exploring the Amazon, where they discover there may be more Blue Macaws, and set out to find them. Mann describes the game-changing discovery in “Rio ...

“MR. PEABODY AND SHERMAN” DIRECTOR ROB MINKOFF SALUTES PINOY ANIMATORS

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    In a recent interview by ABS-CBN2 correspondent Don Tagala in New York where “Mr. Peabody & Sherman” junket was held, the movie’s director, Rob Minkoff praises Filipino animators whom he have worked with. MInkoff also helmed the worldwide hit “Lion King.” “Ruben Aquino was an animator that I worked with for a long time in Disney on the Lion King – a great Filipino animator. He was one of the best animators I ever got to work with. He did adult Simba in The Lion King. He also animated Ursula in the Little Mermaid, which is a character that I designed,” shared Minkoff. Watch more of the director’s interviews here: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/video/global-filipino/02/25/14/mr-peabody-and-sherman-director-salutes-pinoy-animators and at http://www.balitangamerica.tv/ . “Mr. Peabody & Sherman” is based upon the beloved characters that first appeared in in the late 1950s and early 1960s animated television series “Rocky and His Friends” and “The Bullwinkle Show,”...

Grand, Glittery, and Gold at Marriott Manila

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  It was a night of all things shining, shimmering, splendid as Marriott Hotel Manila’s associates – aptly called Brilliant Hosts – celebrated their Annual Party last February 10 at the Manila Ballroom. With the theme “Grand, Glittery, and Gold,” the hosts were in their best regalia as the men were dapper in their suits and tuxedos, while the ladies strutted their stuff in their beautiful flowing gowns. All of the hotel’s departments were divided into groups and were tasked to create a video presentation based on an era assigned to them, from the roaring 50’s to the modern 2000’s, whilst still staying true to the night’s theme. The Sales & Marketing and Engineering team defended their title and emerged as the champion for the 2 nd straight year with their rock-and-roll inspired 80’s music video, While the F&B Kitchen team won 2 nd place with their throwback 90’s entry And  the Housekeeping and Laundry team bagged 3 rd place with their flashback 50’s...