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My Ex and Whys earns P27M on opening day

Star Cinema's My Ex and Whys earned P27-million on its 1st day in cinemas, according to social media posts by the ABS-CBN movie production outfit. Congratulations Team #MyExandWhys! The film earned P27 million on its first day of screening! Maraming salamat Kapamilya! Patuloy natin suportahan ang Most Beautiful Valentine film! #MyExandWhysNowShowing A post shared by STAR Cinema (@starcinema) on Feb 15, 2017 at 7:25am PST Directed by Cathy Garcia-Molina, the movie stars the love team of Enrique Gil and Liza Soberano. My Ex and Whys opened in Philippine cinemas on February 15th, a day after Valentine's Day. It was the 3rd movie starred by the LizQuen love team, following Just The Way You Are and Everyday I Love You, which was both released in 2015. The movie will surely earn even more during the weekend, but will it surpass the ticket sales of their previous movies which both earned over P100-M?

Mister International 2016 is Paul Iskandar from Lebanon

Mister International named its 11th winner on Monday, February 13, 2017, in Thailand, and it was none other than Mister Lebanon Paul Iskandar. Paul Iskandar, a 24-year-old personal trainer and professional basketball player, bested 34 other candidates from around the world for the title of Mister International 2016. Mister Japan Masaya Yamagishi was named 1st runner-up, while Mister Italy Vinicio Modolo was 2nd runner-up. Mister Philippines Miguel Guia, meanwhile, only reached the top 16. 11th Mister International results: 11th Mister International - Paul Iskandar, Lebanon 1st runner-up - Masaya Yamagishi, Japan 2nd runner-up - Vinicio Modolo, Italy Top 6: Kittikun Tansuhat, Thailand Nguyen Tien Dat, Vietnam Chris Veltkamp, Netherlands Top 9: Daniel Torres, Spain Matiss Pastars, Latvia Mudit Malhotra, India Top 16: Daniel De Zilva, Sri Lanka Ivo Cavalcanti, Brazil Josef Kurka, Czech Republic Walfred Crespo, Venezuela James C

Mind-boggling psycho thriller A Cure For Wellness opens February 15

From visionary director, Gore Verbinski, “A Cure for Wellness” is a chilling and mind-bending psychological thriller.  Embarking on the movie, Verbinski wanted to make a thriller with the depth, insight and power of classics in the genre that he admired, such as “The Shining” (Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 film), “Don’t Look Now” (Nicolas Roeg’s 1973 film) and “Rosemary’s Baby” (Roman Polanski’s 1968 film). The idea of a quick fix cure, together with society’s malaise and the obsession with perfect health were topics that fascinated Verbinski, whose films include the hugely successful “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise and the Academy Award® winning animated film, “Rango”. Dane DeHaan stars as Lockhart in “A Cure for Wellness”, a driven Wall Street stockbroker who is sent by his firm to a remote alpine medical spa. Lockhart is on a mission to retrieve the company’s CEO, Pembroke (Harry Groener), a patient at the spa, who has told his staff that he has no intention of returning to New Yo