2010 11/03-11/09
Northern California's largest Filipino American newspaper in circulation since 1990, the Manila Mail is the Bay Area's most read Fil-Am weekly publication distributed free in major cities of Northern California. Community is a B Section page that contains the weekly column of Bradford Adkins 'SCENES in the city'. The column features include: the issues and events, the individuals and organizations moving the community.
'Till My Heartaches End' lead stars & today's hottest love team, Gerald Anderson & Kim Chiu, shown here at the recent 'One Kapamilya Go' backstage at CA Great America Park in Santa Clara, CA with ABS-CBN Executive, Ms. Cory Vidanes, leftmost.
The US ILOCANO NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. (USINA) induction of officers dinner and dance was held at Hyatt Regency Hotelin Burlingame, CA last Oct. 23,2010. Attendees included (L-R) Rey Reyes, President of Luzvimin Association, Elsie Grace Gracia, Re-elected President of USINA, Vic Gacusan, Ex counsilor of Candon City, Ilocus Sur, Vic Barba, Sgt. at Arms USINA.
The attendees to the recent US ILOCANO NATIONAL ASSOCIATION INC. induction of officers dinner and dance held at Hyatt Regency Hotel in Burlingame, CA on Oct. 23,2010.
The Philippine Institute of CPAs (PICPA) Silicon Valley (Joey Kimpo, President, standing 2nd right) & San Francisco (Rusty Bernardo, President, standing leftmost) Chapters had a Dual Citizenship drive last Sunday, October 31, 2010 held at San Jose, spearheaded by Reginald Bernabe,Vice Consul-Philippine Consulate General of San Francisco.
JD Charisma aka "JDC" meets Manny Pacquiao last Saturday, Oct. 30th in LA when he delivered his original composition entitled "Lights Out" to the People's Champ. JDC dedicated and also performed the song in front of Paquiao. Furthermore, JDC filmed a movie & a music video (coming soon) at the Wild Card Gym where the Pound for Pound King was in the middle of practicing for his Nov 13th Dallas fight against Antonio Margarito.
Antioch-based Fil-Am Dentist, Ricky Masiddo, right, had a blast attending the recent Club Royale Coronation Gala at Marriott Marquis San Francisco, with Pleasanton's Miss Reggie Panganiban, RN.
Dahren Gerald Layante, right, celebrated his 13th birthday via a huge party held in San Jose, CAtendered by his mom, Eileen Layante of PNB-San Jose.
The LUZVIMIN Organization (Rey Reyes, President; not in photo) of San Francisco celebrated their 10th year anniversary last Saturday, October 30th at the Buri Buri in South San Francisco. Attendees included (L-R) Gil Navarro, Claire Viray, Jett Viray-Navarro, Richard Lao, International Beauty Impressario Ferdie Villar, Alma Roxas, Harbor District Commissioner Candidate Robert Bernardo, Bradley Roxas.
Daly City Council Candidate Dorie Paniza was seen having fun at the Luzvimin 10th-anniversary Buri-Buri shindig in South San Francisco last Saturday night.
Good luck to Fil-Am Robert Bernardo, right, who is running for Harbor District Commissioner, who this columnist met at last Saturday's Buri-buri Luzvimin anniversary event in South San Francisco.
Gerald & Kim’s ‘Till My Heartaches End’ to screen in San Francisco starting November 5th
(The struggling Barista meets/falls for a Nursing student)
TO-BE-SEEN IN THE CITY
Fans of the Philippines’ hottest love team Kim Chiu and Gerald Anderson, known in showbiz as “Kimerald”, came in droves at the recent premiere of their latest film, Till My Heartaches End, filling up three floors of a huge mall in Manila where the film was screened.
The good news for Kimerald fans in the U.S. – thousands of whom saw the screen duo live at One Kapamilya Go sa California’s Great America last September – is that ABS-CBN International’s Starry Starry Store is screening the love team’s new film in the following U.S. cities starting November 5: San Francisco, Los Angeles-Cerritos, San Diego, Las Vegas, Seattle, new York, New Jersey and Honolulu.
So much talk has surrounded Kim and Gerald following the rumored demise of their off-camera relationship. The tension that gripped the two and their fans was so intense that Kim and Gerald broke into tears at the Manila press conference for their film last October 12, while pleading for understanding and respect for their personal lives.
Even as this controversy rages on, many are wondering if the plot of Till My Heartaches End hews closely to real goings-on in the lives of the widely popular on-screen duo who both started their TV and movie careers in the first teen edition of ABS-CBN’s Pinoy Big Brother.
Paolo “Powie” Barredo (Gerald), a struggling barista, is out to prove to the world that he is not just a son out of wedlock, but that he can succeed in life independently. Though he started out roughly, he soon picks up pace by changing careers and climbs the ladder of success.
Agnes Garcia (Kim) has always longed for the time when her family will finally be complete again. At the young age of 6, her parents left the country to work abroad – her mother is a medical technician in the U.S, while her father works as an engineer in Riyadh. Despite the distance, Agnes holds tight to the hope that she will reunite with her parents once again when she passes the nursing exam and applies to work in America.
The paths of Powie and Agnes cross at a café where the former works. They quickly hit it off, with Agnes becoming Powie’s biggest cheerleader, rallying behind him through thick and thin. But when Powie finally hits paydirt as a real estate agent, things begin to change. And as Agnes tries to hold on to the relationship, the more she drives Powie away as the guy begins to see that there is more to conquer in life… perhaps including another woman, Lea (played by Desiree del Valle).
Is there still hope for Powie and Agnes or is it time to let go and grow as individuals separately?
Written and directed by the acclaimed, multi-awarded screenwriter and director Jose Javier Reyes, as usual, deftly tackles relationship woes, especially one torn apart by personal differences and too many expectations. Aside from eliciting the most mature performances to date from Kim and Gerald, Direk Joey got topnotch acting from the supporting cast led by Mark Gil, Matet de Leon, Desiree Del Valle, Guji Lorenzana, Angel Jacob, with the special participation of Boots Anson-Roa. The film also introduces Martin Del Rosario, Enrique Gil, Paco Benin and Tibo Jumalon.
“I won’t be exaggerating if I say that Till My Heartaches End is the most eagerly anticipated film among Filipino moviegoers this year and I’m glad we’re finally bringing it to the U.S. for thousands of waiting Kimerald fans,” said Kerwin Du, ABS-CBN International’s head of theatricals. “We can’t promise anything about what will happen to this much beloved duo onscreen, but we can guarantee everyone that this is their best movie to date. It’s a thoroughly watchable film focusing on the complexities of relationships that all of us could learn from.”
Till My Heartaches End will be shown in the following theaters and cities:
From November 5-11:
SAN FRANCISCO
UA Stonestown Twin
501 Buckingham Way
San Francisco, CA 94132
LOS ANGELES - CERRITOS
Cerritos Stadium Cinema
12761 Towne Center Drive
Cerritos, CA 90701
SAN DIEGO
UA Horton Plaza
475 Horton Plaza
San Diego, CA 92101
LAS VEGAS
Regal Village Square Stadium
9400 W. Sahara Avenue
Las Vegas, NV 89058
SEATTLE
Parkway Plaza Stadium 12
5910 South 180th Street
Tukwila, WA 98188
From November 5-18:
NEW YORK
Clearview 1st & 62nd Street Cinemas
400 East 62nd Street (cor. 1st Ave)
New York, NY 10021
From November 5-25:
NEW JERSEY - BERGENFIELD
Clearview Bergenfield Cinemas
58 South Washington Avenue
Bergenfield, NJ 07621
From November 12-18:
HONOLULU
Regal Dole Cannery Stadium 18
735 Iwilei Road #B
Honolulu, HI 96817
For more information, please visit www.abs-cbnglobalmovies.com. Check out also the trailer athttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McHG1Zn6oC0&feature=related (NOTE: U.S. theatricals begin on November 5)
SEEN IN THE CITY
GMA Network Also Bags Major Awards at the 32nd CMMA
And the rivalry continues. Aside from ABS-CBN, GMA Network also earned numerous recognitions for its television and radio programs in the recently concluded 32nd Catholic Mass Media Awards (CMMA) held at the University of Santo Tomas.
GMA Network's late-night news program SAKSI: Liga ng Katotohanan, anchored by Arnold Clavio and Vicky Morales, was named Best News Program while the longest-running morning show UNANG HIRIT bagged the Best Public Service TV Program award.
The weekend news magazine KAPUSO MO JESSICA SOHO, hosted by multi-awarded broadcast journalist Jessica Soho, earned the award for Best Adult Educational & Cultural Program.The show also received the Best News Magazine special citation trophy. KANDIDATO, the Network’s ten-part special which featured candidates in the 2010 Philippine presidential elections in a job-interview fashion, won the Best Talk Show award.
Meanwhile, GMA-7’s PANATA SA BAYAN and BANGON received the Best Secular Song and Best Music Video awards, respectively. Panata sa Bayan is a song and music video which reaffirms GMA News and Public Affairs’ commitment to Serbisyong Totoo while Bangon is a special music video which features the resilience and unity of Filipinos during the onslaught of typhoon Ondoy.
Aside from these major awards, GMA Network also received special citations in different categories.GMA Network’s PASALOVE, the 2009 Christmas Station ID, earned the special citation for the Best Station ID category.
Congratulations, GMA Network!
PERSONAL NOTES
Personally, I hope these Fil-Am candidates win the Nov 2 elections – Joe Estevez for Milipitas Mayor; Mrs. Dorie Paniza and Atty. Mike Guingona for City Council Members of the City of Daly City; Mr. Rob Bonta for Council Member of City of Almeda; Alfonso Faustino for Member of State Assembly, District 12 & Robert Bernardo for Harbor District Commissioner.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"I miss my job.” by Manny Pacquiao referring to his Sarangani Congressional job (and not as the World Boxing Champion) to his trainer Freddie Roach as shown on HBO Sports Channel’s 24/7 coverage of the November 13 pre-fight preparations by both fighters and their respective camps. Roach is alarmed and continuously expressed dissatisfaction on this recent Pacquiao training; blaming Pacquiao’s ‘other’ activities aside from being a Congressman – basketball, celebrity photo ops, autograph signings, social event appearances, etc.
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