2013 03/22-03/28
Northern California's fast-growing Filipino American newspaper in circulation since 2007, the Philippines Today is well-known to provide fair news and fearless views. The leading mid-week Fil-Am local newspaper is being distributed free in the major cities of Northern California.
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The Premier Filipino-American Newspaper in the U.S. since 1961. It was founded in 1961 in the San Francisco home of expatriate Alex Esclamado. It has become one of the oldest and biggest Asian American newspapers with a weekly circulation of 120,000.
Bradford Adkins, 'SCENES In The City' is a widely read Filipino-American community column in San Francisco since 2008. Online, it is being globally read by more than 1.7 M viewers in 160 countries. The column features include: the issues and events, the individuals and organizations moving the community.
Bruno Mars, whose single 'When I was Your Man' is the current favorite airplay, will be performing LIVE at HP Pavilion San Jose on July 25.
BRUNO MARS
IN SAN JOSE
TO-BE SEEN IN THE CITY
(SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA) – Bad News: Tickets to the 2-day (July 27 & 28) Staples Center Los Angeles concert tour of Bruno Mars are already sold out. Good News: Bruno Mars is performing live at San Jose’s HP Pavilion on Thursday, July 25, 2013 and tickets are still available.
Bruno will be coming from Sacramento’s Sleep Train Arena on July 24. Before that, he will be performing at Seattle’s Key Arena on July 21 and Portland’s Rose Garden Arena on July 22.
Bruno Mars (born Peter Gene Hernandez in real life from a Puerto Rican father and Hawaiian Filipina mother) has sold 6 million albums and 40 million singles worldwide, according to Wikipedia. His current single “When I Was Your Man” is a current favorite air play. He started performing at the age of 2, nicknamed Bruno by his father for his strong resemblance to legendary professional wrestler Bruno Sammartino. It’s when he moved to Los Angeles later that he adopted "Mars" at the end because he felt like he didn't have pizzazz and a lot of girls say he’s out of this world - like he was from Mars.
His notable hits include “Nothin’ On You, “ for which he won his first Grammy Award, “Just The Way You Are,” “Grenade,” among others.
Subsequent concert venues and dates include San Diego’s Valley View Casino Center on July 30, Phoenix, AZ’s US Airways Center on July 31, West Valley City, UT’s Maverick Center, Las Vegas’ MGM Grand on August 3and a lot more.
There are not many tickets left, so grab one soonest before the show gets sold out also, athttp://www.ticketmaster.com/Bruno-Mars-tickets/artist/1466801
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Congratulations to Ohio's Isabel Donesa-McCahan, right, who was 1st place Champion (for her 15 & under age group division) @ the recent AHA Heart Mini Marathon Cincinnati Ohio. Isabel is a consistent Honor student at Loveland Intermediate Schooland plays soccer. She is the daughter of John, left, and Maries Isabel Donesa-McCahan (not in photo).
Fremont's iRaceCenter Owners (L-R) Rolando Tolibas, COO, Wilson Talaugon, CFO, and Filmore Figueroa, CEO.
Avid car racing enthusiasts try the iRaceCenter (L-R) San Ramon's Rudy Borgonia, Jr, Aaron Raymundo, 18 and Nick Raymundo, 14.
iRACE CENTER
BAY AREA’S
FIRST RACING SIMULATION FACILITY OPENS
SEEN IN THE CITY
(FREMONT, CALIFORNIA) – The Fremont Experience - the iRaceCenter located at 43464 Boscell Road, Fremont, CA 94538 (right smack in the middle of Pacific Commons Shopping Center) opened to the public early morning last Friday, March 8, 2013 with televised coverage from KPIX station. It is Bay Area's first simulated racing entertainment center. And it’s All-Filipino owned.
It’s not an arcade style car racing entertainment – but a real race track experience, a simulation. On a tour of their facility last week, arranged and led for this Columnist by the trio of its Filipino American owners - Rolando Tolibas, CEO, Filmore Figueroa, COO and Wilson Talaugon, CFO, we got a firsthand experience of what the center has to offer - a set of state of the art customized racing pods (14 units capable of handling up to 42 race participants ); each attached to its own set of 3 giant-screen monitors and a blasting surround sound system that dynamically blares every screeching tire. We drove-tested and felt the dynamic feel of the reactive bucket driver seat that establishes a real full sensory experience. We felt the vibrations and the bumps, even! You can pick and choose to drive different cars (actually used by NASCAR drivers) and tracks- that way the action stays fresh and exciting in this extraordinary simulated racing center. Several overhead giant television screens live stream race feeds that are happening all around the world enhancing further the simulated racing experience.
The owners iRaceCenter are all gainfully employed full-time IT Engineers by profession, who translated their car racing passion into a business venture by partnering with the a major game software company, iRacing.com (it’s the same software that the NASCAR professional racers practice on) and chose the Fremont, CA location that is sandwiched between the popular NASCAR racing courses in Sonoma and Fresno.
Already, the center attracted professional race car drivers, auto club members and race league enthusiasts who tried and tested the center’s entertainment offerings.
iRaceCenter offers a variety of group racing formats (the race tracks are scalable, meaning you can race against 1 driver or against 13 others) and event packages that are sure to please your guests, clients, or staff.
Plan your next grand corporate event, birthday party, or team building and call
(855) 333-RACE.
iRace Center in Fremont is open 7 days a week from 11:00AM until night time.
You have to drive it to experience it!
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MEG, BAGONG GIRLFRIEND NI XIAN LIM?
Magsisimula na ba ng panibagong love team sina Xian Lim at Meg Imperial? Kung ganoon, paano na si Kim Chiu?
Sa “Toda Max” ngayong Sabado (March 23), makikigulo ang heartthrob na si Xian bilang Earl at bagong Kapamilyang si Meg bilang Gem na gaganap bilang magnobyo.
Makikipagsabayan sa dance moves ni Justin (Vhong Navarro) si Earl dahil magtatrabaho sila bilang mimers na nang-aaliw ng mga tao sa mall. Nililihim ni Earl ang trabaho sa ambisyosa at mukhang perang nobya na si Gem sa takot nito na baka hindi siya matanggap. Dahil dito, pinaniwala ni Earl si Gem na isa siyang manager sa isang restaurant.
Matatanggap kaya ni Gem ang nobyo kapag nalaman niya ang katotohanan? Alamin sa “Toda Max” ngayong Sabado (March 23) pagkatapos ng “Maalaala Mo Kaya” sa ABS-CBN.
"MUST BE...LOVE" RAKES IN OVER P50-M IN JUST 1 WEEK! Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla are now certified box-office stars as their launching film under Star Cinema, "Must Be...Love," clinched the no.1 spot for the period after raking in over P50 million in just one week. Under the direction of Dado Lumibao, "Must Be...Love" was graded B by the Cinema Evaluation Board. Aside from Kathryn and Daniel, also part of "Must Be...Love" are Liza Soberano, John Estrada, John Lapus, Miguel Morales, Kit Thompson, Ramon Christopher, Janus del Prado, Sharlene San Pedro, Paul Salas, Cacai Bautista and Arlene Muhlach. "Must Be...Love" is written by Mae Chua and Melai Monge, under the guidance of Star Cinema's award-winning writer Vanessa Valdez. Don't miss Kathryn and Daniel's successful big screen debut via Star Cinema’s latest romantic movie, "Must Be...Love," still showing on theaters nationwide. For more information and latest updates about "Must Be...Love" simply visit www.StarCinema.com.ph,http://facebook.com/StarCinema and http://twitter.com/StarCinema.
2013 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS®
ENTRY DEADLINES APPROACHING
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – The deadlines to submit entries for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 2013 Student Academy Awards competition are Friday, March 22 (Foreign Film category), and Monday, April 1 (all other categories).
In the Foreign Film category, entries are accepted only from full-time college and university students attending schools that are members of the international film school organization known as CILECT (cilect.org), and located outside the borders of the United States.
The competition in all other categories is open to all full-time college and university students at accredited U.S. institutions, whose films are made within the curricular structure of a film program or class at their respective schools. For 2013, the Academy has limited the list of accepted accreditation agencies for U.S. institutions to the following: Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools; New England Association of Schools and Colleges; North Central Association of Colleges and Schools; Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities; Western Association of Schools and Colleges; and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
The 40th Annual Student Academy Awards presentation will be held on Saturday, June 8, at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal awards, along with cash prizes, may be presented to student filmmakers in the following categories: Alternative, Animation, Narrative, Documentary and Foreign Film.
The rules and online application forms are available at: http://www.oscars.org/saa.
The Academy established the Student Academy Awards in 1972 to support and encourage excellence in filmmaking at the collegiate level. Past Student Academy Award® winners have gone on to receive 46 Oscar® nominations and have won or shared eight awards.