Samuel L. Jackson's escape from Air Force One crash in action movie "Big Game"

A president’s life is under the protection of a 13-year-old village boy in the latest big-budget action film “Big Game” starring Samuel L. Jackson, Onni Tommila, Ray Stevenson and Ted Levine directed by Jalmari Helander.

In the tradition of worldwide blockbuster films about the president at the center of terrorists’ target such as “Air Force One,” “Big Game” introduces us to a young boy named Oskari (Tommila) who anxiously awaits his fate according to their family’s tradition until one fateful day that he has to face his most daunting challenge yet.

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Miss Universe Philippines MJ Lastimosa portrays herself in 'MMK'

Binibining Pilipinas Universe 2014 Mary Jean “MJ” Lastimosa will portray herself in the upcoming episode of ABS-CBN’s “Maalaala Mo Kaya” which will feature her colorful story.

Discover this Saturday (April 11) the personal battle that MJ had won even before her career in beauty pageants flourished. How did the young MJ strive for her dreams without her parents beside her? Who inspired her to become a fighter in life?

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Before the Legend: Kid Kulafu

Manny Pacquiao braces for the biggest fight of his life on May 3 opposite American Floyd Mayweather but the Champions of the East and West wouldn’t even be meeting each other inside the ring if not for their respective uncles.

Pacquiao acknowledges that if not for his uncle Sardo Dapidran, he would not be where he is now. Mayweather, on the other hand, has his uncle Roger as his trainer and coach whenever he steps on the ring, for his father was not there for him in his formative years.

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ABS-CBN maintains lead in viewership in March

ABS-CBN still remains undisputed in national TV viewership in March as it hit an average national audience share of 42%, which is seven percentage points higher compared to GMA’s 35%, based on data from Kantar Media.

Kantar Media uses a nationwide panel size of 2,609 urban and rural homes that represent 100% of the total Philippine TV viewing population, while the other ratings data supplier AGB Nielsen reportedly has only 1,980 homes based solely in urban areas that represent only 57% of the Philippine TV viewing population.

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Buboy Villar is young Manny Pacquiao in "Kid Kulafu," in cinemas April 15 (Trailer)

Buboy Villar stars as the young Manny Pacquiao in the upcoming movie, "Kid Kulafu," which is about the Filipino boxing champion's humble beginnings.

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"Child 44," based on crimes of real-life serial killer Andrei Chikatilo

A sumptuous period thriller encompassing themes of power, love, betrayal and murder, “Child 44” is novelist Tom Rob Smith’s fictionalized version of the grisly case that was met with resounding critical and popular acclaim upon publication in 1998. Real-life serial killer Andrei Chikatilo, also known as “The Butcher of Rostov,” was convicted of murdering and mutilating 52 women and children in Soviet Russia in the early 1950s.

Winner of the Crime Writers Association’s CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger award and translated into 26 languages, “Child 44” became the first in a trilogy that now includes “The Secret Speech” and “Agent 6.”

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Have you ever been branded as 'The DUFF' - Designated Ugly Fat Friend?

Young adult New York Times bestseller “The Duff” (written by Kody Keplinger when she was 17 and was published when she turned 19) is now a major motion picture starring today’s young rising stars Mae Whitman, Bella Thorne, Skyler Samuels, Bianca Santos, Robbie Amell and Nick Eversman along with Ken Jeong.

“The Duff” finds Bianca (Mae Whitman) as a content high school senior whose world is shattered when she learns the student body refers to her as ‘The DUFF’ (Designated Ugly Fat Friend) to her prettier, more popular friends (Skyler Samuels & Bianca Santos).

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