Friday, August 23, 2013

‘Divergent’ first teaser released (VIDEO)

Summit Entertainment has just released the first teaser for Divergent, a sci-fi movie based on the best-selling book series by Veronica Roth. The movie stars Shailene Woodley as Tris, Theo James as Four, and Kate Winslet as Jeanine Matthews.

Divergent poster

The movie is set in the future where world people are divided into factions based on personalities. Those that do not fit into any of the groups are called Divergents. When Tris, a divergent, discovers a conspiracy to destroy her kind, she has to find a ways to survive.

Kantar Media National TV Ratings (Aug. 18, 2013) - ‘Pepito Manaloto’ tops ratings

GMA-7’s Pepito Manaloto: Ang Tunay Na Kuwento topped last Sunday’s ratings based on the data by Kantar Media. The Michael V-starrer got 23.2% national rating, beating its rival show, ABS-CBN’s Goin’ Bulilit, which only got 20.7%.

Pepito Manaloto: Ang Tunay Na Kuwento

It’s to be noted that the highest rating was only 23.2% and that the top program wasn’t from ABS-CBN. Two Sundays ago when ‘Labuyo’ hit the Philippines, the ratings was also ruled by Pepito Manaloto. And as ‘Maring’ hit Metro Manila and several other Luzon provinces this week, it was again GMA-7 that topped the ratings.

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Kantar Media National TV Ratings (Aug 17, 2013) - ‘Eat Bulaga!’ is no. 1 daytime program

GMA-7’s Eat Bulaga! was the most-watched daytime television program on Saturday, August 17, 2013, based on Kantar Media’s data. It got 16.7% national rating, beating its ABS-CBN counterpart, It’s Showtime, which got 14.6%.

Eat Bulaga!

The Kapamilya fantasy program, Wansapanataym, on the other hand, was topped primetime and overall ratings with 30.9%. It was followed by Maalaala Mo Kaya with 28.8%, and Kapamilya Deal Or No Deal with 23.6%.

Kantar Media National TV Ratings (Aug 16)

The Koreanovela Absolute Boyfriend ended last Friday, August 16, 2013, and although it didn’t do as much, it was still able to beat its rival show in GMA-7, My Daughter SeoYoung.

Based on Kantar Media’s data, the final episode of Absolute Boyfriend got 11.7% national rating, ranking 9th in daytime, while its Kapuso counterpart only got 10.4%.

Suspension of Classes - August 23, 2013 #WalangPasok

Some LGUs/schools are left with no choice but to declare suspension of classes due to the floods brought by the recent heavy rains. Some schools, meanwhile, are still being used as temporary shelters by the flood victims and cannot be used by students until the evacuees have all gone back to their respective houses.

Here’s the current list of LGUs/schools that still don’t have classes on Friday, August 23, 2013:

Gretchen Barretto gets into word war on Instagram with someone believed to be Claudine Barretto

Gretchen Barretto recently caught the attention of netizens for exchanging heated words with user @marjoriekabit in the comments section of one of the actress’s recent Instagram posts.

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Captioned “My tony aww he loves me,” it was the above photo that the Instagram user @marjoriekabit posted malicious comments on, which obviously got Gretchen’s ire.