ABC-5 airs American Idol Wednesdays and Thursdays at 10pm.
Fil-Am among ‘Idol’s’ top 24
[source: article by Kathryn Reyes of inq7.net]
ANOTHER FIL-AM TALENT HAS MADE IT TO the top 24 of the widely popular talent search, “American Idol.”
Jose “Sway” Penala turned 28 on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila), when the final crop was selected during proceedings in Pasadena, California.
Out of thousands who auditioned from all over the United States, 200 had been sent to Hollywood for the qualifying rounds.
Sway said he felt “numb” when judges Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell told …

ABC-5 receives Golden Dove Best TV Station Award
The Associated Broadcasting Company (ABC-5), the station now under the stewardship of Antonio “Tonyboy” Cojuangco received the KBP Golden Dove Best Station award—the highest honor given by the association of broadcasters. The event was held last month at the Star Theater, CCP Complex.
The golden dove trophy was received by ABC-5 managing director for News and Entertainment Roberto V. Barreiro, who reiterated Tonyboy’s maxim “You don’t have to be the biggest to be the best,” in his speech. The ABC-5 executive also gave credit …

WISH FULFILLMENT
Turning every actor’s fantasy into reality
Hollywood, home of the stars, a place synonymous with glitz and glamour, fortune and fame. Even for most actors, Hollywood exists only as a dream state, a fantasy world that, no matter how near it may seem, is always a little too far beyond their reach.
For Filipino actors, to be able to step into a Hollywood studio and actually be a part of a movie or television show is like the be-all and end-all of a fruitful showbiz career. Never mind …

Mahuhusay na artista finalists sa ‘Hollywood Dream’
AWARD-WINNING actor Raymond Bagatsing and musician Minco Fabregas (he owns a band and is a musical director, like actor-musical director father, Jaime Fabregas) used to be mag-bayaw. Dati kasing kasal si Raymond sa nakababatang kapatid na babae ni Minco, si Lara Fabregas, na dati ring nag-aartista. Annulled na ang marriage nina Raymond at Lara, na ‘di man lang nagtagal ng one year.
Balitang aktibo sa theater work sa London si Lara sa kasalukuyan. At balita ring may bago na itong boyfriend na foreigner. …

Laura Jean
Meet the boob tube’s new party princess
SHE’s pretty, perky and party-hungry! Twenty-one-year-old Laura Jean is set to bring you the bling-bling from her birthplace, Las Vegas, plus the glamour of cosmopolitan fashion, music and clubbing in ABC 5’s new show, Club TV.
Premiering this Saturday, Club TV will feature young Laura’s dancing panache in some of the city’s hippest party places. The show’s partnership with J&G Entertainment will also bring party scenes from around the world—Ibiza, New York, San Francisco, Sydney and London—right to your living room!
The Filipino Spanish beauty …

ABC-5’s comic duo conquers Malaysia
Wednesday, April 06, 2005
They came. They saw. They conquered. Anthony “Maverick” Relova and Ariel “with a capital A” Villasanta, stars of ABC 5’s hit reality comedy The Misadventures of Maverick and Ariel (Misad), have become bonafide celebrities.
This odd tandem need not “act” on camera; it just comes naturally. That’s why Ideal Minds’s head honcho Christopher Tan got them for a project that became The Misadventures of Maverick and Ariel after Relova and Villasanta were discovered in On Air, another Ideal Minds’s show previously shown on ABC …

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Nag-text sa amin si Angeli Valenciano para ibalitang nakapasa sa audition ng Hollywood Dream si Roxie Barcelo. Pumasok ito sa top 15 considering na umabot sa 250 ang nag-audition. Tuwang-tuwa raw si Roxie dahil kung susuwertihin siya’y baka siya ang ipadala sa Hollywood para mag-audition for a foreign movie.
Sayang at hindi namin naitanong kay Angeli kung sino pa sa mga artista at stage actors ang pumasok sa top 15. Ang alam namin, maraming nag-audition at kung naalala n’yo, nasulat pa naming aksidenteng nakitaan ng butt si Rafael Rosell sa kanyang …

ADVANCED news din ito para hindi masabihan ang ABC na nakigagaya na rin.
Recently, naglabas ng bagong advertisement ang ABS-CBN na naghahanap ng mga gustong maging artista in 100 days na ang mananalo ay magbibida sa isang ba-gong show na inihahanda. Note lang na the day ABC and Next Generation Productions announced its first collaborated show na Hollywood Dream more than a month, isinabay na rin dito ang announcement ng second show na inihahanda na rin kasabayan ng pre-production ng Hollywood Dream, ang Curtain Call. Hollywood Dream is for the …

This article was witten by Walden Sadiri and published in Manila Bulletin. You can double check on the article here.
Called the “Circle of 10 Image Model Search,” it has become a haven for fresh faces wanting to join showbiz or the modelling world.
Like ABS–CBN’s Star Magic Talent Center or GMA’s Artist Center, Circle of 10 taps into the numerous raw talents in the country. Its onset has been inspired by the abundance of talented young Filipinos nationwide. And with the demand of advertising agencies, TV networks and movie producers for …