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E ric Bana was first introduced to American audiences in the title role of Mark “Chopper” Read in the feature film Chopper , which premiered at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival and was then released in the U.S. to critical notice after its Australian success. Bana earned awards from the Film Critics Circle of Australia and the Australian Film Institute for his portrayal of Chopper. Bana was seen co-starring in Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down as Delta Sergeant First Class Norm “Hoot” Gibson, one of a group of elite U.S. soldiers, opposite Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor and Tom Sizemore.

iWantv! is a site that hosts all your favorite ABS-CBN and cable channel shows. With iWantv!  you can watch the shows you want, anytime, anywhere for free! iWantv!  have the freshest episodes so you don’t have to worry about missing out on anything. You can also catch live news programs such as ANC , Teleradyo and Al Jazeera . iWantv! is exclusively available to SKYBROADBAND and Bayan DSL subscribers in Metro Manila. So that's yay for me, because I have a BayanDSL and ABS-CBN signal is not that good here. Also available to ZPDEE , Bayan Broadband and Surfer by SKY subscribers, but also only if with at least 512kbps download speed. If you are not yet a subscriber, check out the websites and see what package fits you best.

More options to get Your AI Phone, now available with GPlan 1799! Leading global smart devices provider HONOR Philippines just introduced its newest viral phone HONOR 400 5G in the market and it has been now announced that the AI Phone will hit the Globe stores soon starting with GPlan 1799 with Php 2,300 cashout. The mobile plan comes with 13GB Data, Unli All-net Call and Texts, Exclusive Perks and a FREE Jisulife Handheld Pro 1S. “HONOR 400 5G is, by far, the smartphone that we’re most proud of. It’s basically AI meeting top-of-the line specs and stunning design at a very affordable price point. This announcement makes our commitment to our HONOR fans true in providing them countless options to avail our products,” said Stephen Cheng, HONOR Philippines Vice President. HONOR 400 5G comes with AI-Powered Creativity With advanced AI Editing tools, the HONOR 400 allows users to transform photos into dynamic videos using Google’s Veo 2 model on Google Cloud. The HD Moving Photo feature ca...

Jobseekers may have their lucky weekend at SM Supermalls with the JobsLive Mega Job Fair happening this May 1, 2010 at SM Supermalls. In partnership with the Department of Labor and Employment , JobsLive at SM welcomes the graduates of class 2010 together with others looking for better job opportunities. In Central Luzon SM City Baliwag , SM City Marilao and SM City Pampanga will host the Jobs Live Mega Job Fair on Labor Day at their respected Event Centers.

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies (ARISE) Philippines, a leading resilience network in the country, held its first annual general meeting for 2025 on January 27 at the ARISE Secretariat headquarters in MOA Square, Mall of Asia Complex. With a growing membership of 156 private sector companies, civil society groups, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and academic institutions, ARISE Philippines is poised to significantly impact disaster resilience efforts nationwide. Multi-sector representatives attend ARISE Philippines’ first Annual General Assembly in 2025. Under the theme “Catalyzing Progress for a Resilient and Sustainable Future towards ARISE 2030,” the meeting was grounded in the words “Innovate, Integrate, and Elevate,” urging members to embrace new approaches, collaborate across sectors, and raise the bar for disaster resilience standards.  ARISE Philippines Board Members (from left): Dr...

C Comic leading man Kevin James stars in Columbia Pictures’ wild comedy “ Zookeeper ” as the kindhearted caretaker, Griffin Keyes who's beloved by the zoo animals. Finding himself more comfortable with a lion than a lady, Griffin decides the only way to get a girl in his life is to leave the zoo and find a more glamorous job. The animals, in a panic, decide to break their time-honored code of silence and reveal their biggest secret: they can talk! To keep Griffin from leaving, they decide to teach him the rules of courtship – animal style.

Two years on from the release of his sixth studio album, Sometimes I Just Don’t Know in 2019, Filipino-Australian artist Bryan Estepa returns with another exciting set of soulful and melodic guitar pop. Released under Lilystars Records, Estepa’s new EP, Back To The Middle grows closer to home with its penchant for warm, inviting hooks and sunburst instrumentation.   Lyrically speaking, there is no set thematic agenda when the acclaimed singer-songwriter conceptualized and penned Back To The Middle. In an authentic troubadour fashion, Estepa lets the song take him to where it wants to go most of the time. “But by the end I did notice a leaning towards the idea of letting go and acceptance,” Estepa shares in a statement. “Life throws us curveballs that we may not want or see coming, but then we ask ourselves how do we deal with them? There’s always a slither of light ahead.” While his previous record, Sometimes I Just Don’t Know exhibited a more melancholic, brooding treatmen...

S pider-Man returns to the big screen for the untold story of Peter Parker in Columbia Pictures' new action-adventure “ The Amazing Spider-Man. ” Focusing on an untold story that tells a different side of the Peter Parker story, the new film stars Andrew Garfield , Emma Stone , Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Campbell Scott, Irrfan Khan, with Martin Sheen and Sally Field. The film is directed by Marc Webb. Screenplay by James Vanderbilt and Alvin Sargent and Steve Kloves. “The Amazing Spider-Man” is the story of Peter Parker (Garfield), an outcast high schooler who was abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben (Sheen) and Aunt May (Field). Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. Peter is also finding his way with his first high school crush, Gwen Stacy (Stone), and together, they struggle with love, commitment, and secrets.

I f Maleficent has long been a symbol of the dark feminine, the character Aurora has always symbolized the light and innocent. In casting the role of the Princess who falls under Maleficent’s spell, the filmmakers of Walt Disney Pictures' “ Maleficent ” chose one of the most talented actresses of her generation, Elle Fanning. “Elle is Aurora,” comments Angelina Jolie, who plays the title character. “From the moment I met her, she is just sunshine. She’s a wonderful, sweet, intelligent young woman.”

Following in the footsteps of the Wi_Fi Body 4 ‘In Focus’ series at the Cultural Center of the Philippines . Inviting all to our cultural films screening on Tuesday, November 24 at Indie Sine on Robinson's Galleria. featuring: Iskwaterpangk (2006) 1:00pm Directed by Khavn De La Cruz An urban punk rock vibe not to be missed Cinemanila 2006 Grand Jury Prize Awardee Squatterpunk tackles the life of youth in poor urban communities living the punk lifestyle. The film is set in the slums of Manila where law enforcement is rare. Shot in black-and-white to the relentless punk rock energy of ’80s Filipino punk icon Bobby Balingit (The Wuds) and the postmodern art-punk heroes The Brockas, the camera follows the lives of the youth as they scavenge for a living while still managing to play around. Images of riot and poverty are set against the background of a loud musical score that makes the film wild, pulsating and certainly punk, while casting a tenderly poetic eye...