Tropical Depression "Mina" Update [August 22, 2011]

The latest PAGASA bulletin says that a Tropical Depression was spotted 400 kilometers East Southeast of Virac, Catanduanes. Named Tropical Depression Mina, it has maximum winds of 45 kilometers per hour near the center. It is forecast to move northwest at 09 kph.

While it is still weak, it will bring cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms which may trigger flashfloods and landslides over Southern Luzon and Visayas.

Mindanao and Central Luzon, on the other hand, will have mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms.

The rest of the country will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms.

Light to moderate winds blowing from the northeast to east will prevail over northern and central Luzon and coming from the southwest to west over the rest of the country.

Coastal waters throughout the archipelago will be slight to moderate.

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Watch "The Kitchen Musical" – Boom Boom Pow [Video]

Check out the Boom Boom Pow video clip from the pilot episode of The Kitchen Musical, a music-dance-drama series produced in Singapore by The Group Entertainment.

The series stars Filipina singer-actress Karylle as Maddie Avilon as the rich girl fresh from culinary school working as a chef in his dad's restaurant called "The Avilon." The story will revolve around her as she faces the trials of being a young chef and learns that she cannot always get her way just by being the daughter of the restaurant's owner.

The Kitchen Musical also stars Christian Bautista and a lot of other Pinoy talents like Thou Reyes, Ikey Canoy, and Rachel Alejandro.

The series will run for 13 weekly episodes of 1 hour each. It will premiere on October 15, 2011 in Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and 12 other countries. It will air on AXN Asia, MetroTV Indonesia, nTV7 Malaysia, and the country's Studio 23.

Watch the video clip from The Kitchen Musical featuring Black Eyed Peas' Boom Boom Pow after the jump.

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Nora Aunor's First TV5 Series is "Sa Ngalan ng Ina"

Nora Aunor's first project with TV5 is a mini-series titled Sa Ngalan ng Ina. She will be joined in this show with ex-husband Christopher de Leon and their child Ian de Leon.

Family reunion? Guess so. But where's Lotlot and Matet?

Others in the cast of Sa Ngalan ng Ina include Bembol Roco, Rosanna Roces, Eugene Domingo, Nadine Samonte, Alwyn Uytingco, Edgar Allan Guzman, and Eula Caballero.

Sa Ngalan ng Ina will be directed by Mario O'Hara.

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The Leading Men of "Muling Buksan ang Puso"

ABS-CBN's upcoming series Muling Buksan ang Puso is already much talked about this early for its lead stars alone. Put together Gretchen Barretto, Angelica Panganiban, and KC Concepcion in one show and people will surely talk about it.

Sam Milby, Zanjoe Marudo and Luis Manzano are said to be in the cast as leading men. There are also talks about Derek Ramsay joining the series but it hasn't been confirmed.

Muling Buksan ang Puso is being helmed by Ruel Naval, the director behind the top-rating Gretchen Barretto-starrer Magkaribal.

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John Lloyd Cruz on Metro Magazine's September 2011 Cover

Metro magazine flew John Lloyd Cruz all the way to Paris to shoot two cover versions of the mag's Fashion Issue (September 2011). Wearing Louis Vuitton, John Lloyd shares the cover with IMG's new model named Vanja.

John Lloyd was recently awarded as SM Cinema's 2010 Box-Office King for the movie My Amnesia Girl which was SM Cinema's highest grossing film last year.

Features in Metro magazine's September 2011 issue:

- 50 glossy pages of fashion, beauty and lifestyle features shot in Paris
- Autumn/Winter 2011 Trend Report
- Places to go to and clothes to wear in Paris

Metro magazine September 2011 issue is available for only P150 in all leading magazine stands.

The other cover version after the jump.

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Lea Salonga at the 2011 Disney Legends Award Ceremony

Check out Lea Salonga's photo at Walt Disney's D23 Expo during the 2011 Disney Legends Award ceremony on August 19. The Pinoy pride was honored for her contribution to Walt Disney. She did the singing voices of Aladdin's Jasmine in 1992, and of Fa Mulan in two Mulan movies in 1998 and 2004.

In the above photo, Lea Salonga was with other inductees who were also being honored for doing Walt Disney princesses voices. From left to right: Paige O'Hara (Belle), Lea Salonga (Princess Jasmine, Mulan), Anika Noni Rose (Princess Tiana), and Jodi Benson (Ariel).

Aside from the four, other honorees of the 2011 Disney Legends Award were Barton "Bo" Boyd, Jim Henson, Linda Larkin, Regis Philbin, Jack and Bonita Wrather, Ray Watson, and Guy Williams.

The 2011 Disney Legends Award was held on the first day of D23 Expo at the Anaheim Convention Center Arena in California. The expo is a 3-day "Ultimate Disney Event for Fans and Families" which brings the entire world of Disney under one roof. The event provides guests unprecedented access to Disney movies, television and theme parks.

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Mike Tan Takes Over Paulo Avelino's Role in an Upcoming Soap

The GMA-7 soap opera that Paulo Avelino turned down to transfer to ABS-CBN had been handed over to another a fellow StarStruck alumnus, Mike Tan. And perhaps this is the break Mike had been waiting for.

Titled Kung Aagawin Mo ang Lahat (previously titled Magkaagaw), Mike Tan will be working alongside Carla Abellana and Michelle Madrigal.

This is quite a good news for the fans and supporters of Mike. A big break after a series of supporting roles since after he won the second season of StarStruck back in 2005.

Congratulations, Mike!

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