Bless Las Paellas Opens Door To Spanish Cuisine Lovers

Last Saturday, a new haven for Spanish cuisine opened its doors to the public, catering the people from south particularly in Taguig City. The Bless Amare Group proudly opens its first Bless Las Paellas Restaurant located in Vista Mall Taguig, the opening was graced by Malaysian superstar Min Yasmin as she performs her hit covers and singles in the opening event, also a fashion show was held to showcase not only the good food, but also the good fashion style of the owners of the restaurant.  

Bless Las Paellas Restaurant was established on March 2017. The restaurants concept comes from his travels abroad, visits to other restaurants and research, resulting in a multifarious mix of influence.

Bless Las Paellas is a combination of different seafood cultures perfected by the Spanish, and fermented by the Filipinos. The biggest challenge for the owner is when he was planning the expansion for Bless Las Paellas, it was to get random samples of different cultures seafood ideas and to pull them together as a whole; he wanted to spread all the restaurants all over the Metro Manila and all over the Philippines.

Bless Las Paellas is a casual restaurant offering Spanish fusion cuisine with Filipino imprints. Enjoy trusty Spanish dishes such as the paella, gambas and lengua, as well as Filipino favorites like crispy kare-kare and tortang talong.

The Bless Las Paellas is located at the ground floor of Vista Mall Taguig. 

FDCP Cine Lokal presents: Sinag Maynila 2018

In line with its program to support and empower local film festivals, the Film Development Council of the Philippines is partnering with Solar Entertainment Corporation to host Sinag Maynila 2018 films in its SM Cine Lokal theaters starting March 9, 2018 and hold the FDCP Film Talks @ Sinag Maynila.

Sinag Maynila boosts a powerful line up of feature films in competition which include Abonimation directed by Yam Laranas, Bomba directed by Ralston Jover, El Peste directed by Richard Somes, Melodrama/Random/Melbourne! directed by Matthew Victor Pastor and Tale of the Lost Boys directed by Joselito Altarejos. "Cine Lokal aims to be a venue for quality films to be made available to Filipino audience and by supporting Sinag Maynila, these creative and meaningful films will have a home and will be watched by not just film enthusiasts, but the general public", said FDCP Chairperson and CEO Liza Dino. 

Furthermore, Sinag Maynila will be featuring the FDCP Film Talks @ Sinag Maynila on  March 10, 2018 at SM North Edsa Cinema 3 at 1:00PM. This is a special panel discussion on the international journey of films from film festivals to distribution and will be free of charge. Participants can pre-register by sending an email with their name and contact number to filmdevelopmentcouncil@gmail.com. Venue will open at 12:30pm.

The panel features Jeremy Segay, Korea and South East Asia Representative of Unifrance, Takeo Hisamatsu, Festival Director of Tokyo International Film Festival and our very own, globally recognized director, and co founder of Sinag Maynila, Brillante Mendoza.

FDCP's strengthened partnerships with film festivals and organizations starting with Sinag Maynila is also in line with the celebration of the one hundred years of Philippine cinema. "This year and next year will be focused on celebrating this milestone. We believe that this is the time to come together to commemorate this legacy, learn from our film history, and also look forward to the next hundred years," added Chairperson Dino. 

Make sure to catch all Sinag Maynila films in all Cine Lokal theaters in Manila from March 9-15, 2018.

  

For more information, visit the Cine Lokal facebook page and other FDCP social media accounts.

Vivo extends select models’ warranty period for another 6 months

To show its gratitude to its loyal patrons, global smartphone brand Vivo is extending the warranty period of its select phone models.

The warranty extension covers Vivo V3, V3Max, Y51, and Y55 units for an additional period of six months to take effect beginning March 1, 2018.

For example: Vivo units bought on September 10, 2016 came with a one-year warranty period. This means that their warranty supposedly expired on September 10, 2017. But with Vivo’s new announcement, these units are now covered by the extended warranty until March 10, 2018.  

Repair policies such as no human errors as well as physical and liquid damage still apply for the warranty extension. This extended warranty period does not include the smartphone accessories.

Vivo is also now offering free software update, recover system, and cleaning services at its centers to all its patrons nationwide also beginning March 1, 2018.

About Vivo

A global smartphone brand focused on introducing perfect sound quality and ultimate photography with cutting-edge technology, Vivo develops innovative and stylish products for young people. We now have over two hundred million users and are one of the preferred brands of young people around the world. As an Official Sponsor of the FIFA World Cup™, Vivo believes in the importance of encouraging young people to embrace self-expression and an energetic lifestyle.

For inquiries about Vivo, visit the Vivo website at www.vivo.com/ph or check out their Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/VivoPhil), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/vivophil/), and Twitter (https://twitter.com/vivo_phil) accounts.

Devil’s Gate

Gear up for a terrifying sci-fi thriller that will leave you on the edge of your seats as Star Cinema releases Devil’s Gate starring Amanda Schull, Shawn Ashmore, Jonathan Frakes, Bridget Regan, and ‘This is Us’ star Milo Ventimiglia.

Directed and co-written by award winning commercial director Clay Staub – whose past works include horror-mystery hit The Thing (2011), Dawn of the Dead (2004), 300 (2007), Superman: Man of Steel (2013), and Justice League (2017) as the 2nd Unit Director – Devil’s Gate is an original horror story with a very unexpected sci-fi twist.

Set in the small town of Devil's Gate, North Dakota, the film examines the disappearance of Maria Pritchard (Regan) and her young son. FBI agent Daria Francis (Schull), helps Sheriff Gruenwell (Frakes) search for answers, partnering with Deputy ‘Colt’ Salter, they track down the missing woman's husband (Ventimiglia) and find that nothing is as it seems.

Amanda Schull gained widespread fame for memorable recurring roles on The CW’s fan favorite One Tree Hill and the wildly popular ABC Family series, Pretty Little Liars. Schull also appears as Atty. Katrina Bennett on USA’s drama, Suits, where she has had a multi-season recurring arc playing the fan favorite character. Feature film credits include a lead role in Mao’s Last Dancer, directed by Academy Award Nominee Bruce Beresford, and featured scenes opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in Warner Bros.’ J. Edgar directed by Clint Eastwood.

Milo Ventimiglia, on the other hand gained international recognition for his recurring roles on the television series Gilmore Girls, and NBC’s sci-fi drama series Heroes. For his role as Jack Pearson on NBC’s This Is Us, Ventimiglia received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and went on to win a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

Shawn Ashmore is best known for starring as Iceman in the highly successful X-Men movie franchise. He recently reprised his role in the latest installment, X-Men: Days of Future Past. Ashmore currently stars as Jack Joyce in Microsoft’s groundbreaking sci-fi action-adventure video game Quantum Break, which has become their most successful release since Xbox One.

Devil’s Gate is produced by Scott Mednick – who brought us Vince Vaughn and Chris Pratt’s Delivery Man, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Batman Begins, 300, Superman Returns, Where The Wild Things Are, 10,000 BC  – and Andre Rouleau, founder of Montreal-based production company Caramel Films.

As night falls in in the Pritchard family’s remote farm outside Devil’s Gate, North Dakota, will Jackson be able to protect the world from the monster that he is keeping inside?

Distributed by Star Cinema in the Philippines, Devil’s Gate exclusively opens in SM Cinemas starting March 7.

Cinelokal kicks off the month of March with the movie Ma'Rosa

Renowned actress Jaclyn Jose made history in 2016 when she won the Palme D'Or for Best Actress for her performance in Ma'Rosa, the gripping film by Brillante Mendoza. This March, FDCP Cine Lokal brings this film which portrays the horrific realities of the slums and the broken system back to its theaters. 

The film centers on the family of Rosa (powerfully played by Miss Jose) who owns a small community convenient store connected to their home in the slums of Manila. Together with her husband, Nestor, they use their convenient store as cover-up for selling illegal narcotic, Methamphetamines, their fate changes one Saturday night when their neighbor Bong-Bong, who works as fly-by-night parking attendant, begs her to sell him a small pack of Methamphetamine without knowing that it’s a play for a pending buy-bust operation by the policemen waiting outside the community.

Watch ‘Ma’Rosa’ as it opens in the following cinemas starting this March 2 at SM Mall of Asia, Megamall, North Edsa, Fairview, Southmall, Bacoor, Sta. Mesa and Bacoor at 1:00pm,3:30pm, 6:00pm and 8:30pm.

#UAAP80: FEU Tamaraws Clinch Inaugural 3x3 Men's Basketball Title

The Far Eastern University Tamaraws wins the inaugural 3x3 Men's Basketball Tournament of the the University Athletics Association of the Philippines. 

Held at the Mall of Asia Music Hall this Sunday the Tamaraws who placed third in the 80th season of the Men's Basketball tournament was able to clinch the title after defeating the University of the East Red Warriors in the Finals 21-13 with Inno Comboy led the Tams with 11pts followed by Richard Escoto with 5 points, Kenneth Tuffin with 4 points, and Michael Casino with 1 point. 

The Tamaraws defeated La Salle in the final four 15-12, while UE defeats the Bulldogs with 19-16. 

In the women's division the NU Lady Bulldogs brought their A Game as they clinched the first ever women's 3x3 title after defeating Adamson 15-6. 

Preview Magazine March 2018: Janine Gutierrez

Cosmopolitan Philippines March 2018: Camila Mendez

FHM Philippines 18th Anniversary Issue: Rachel Alejandro

Ang Pambansang Third Wheel

Viva Films in partnership with Ideafirst Company brings to you  a movie that you will surely relate specially if you are single, starring Sam Milby and of course Yassi Pressman as the "Ang Pambansang Third Wheel", directed by Ivan Andrew Payawal in cinemas March 7! 

Ang Pambansang Third Wheel tells the story of Trina (Yassi) a receptionist turned copywriter in an advertising agency. She has a very active imagination and believes that every person is destined to meet someone that will keep her company in life, but she's already on her 30's  still Trina has yet to find the man of her dream. She's had her heart broken thrice and she has long accepted the difficult situation of being always the third wheel to her friends who were all in a relationship. 

On the other hand, Neo (Sam) an art director who gets partnered with Trina in an advertising project. Aside from his good looks, Trina finds something in him that makes her break down the wall she's built to protect herself and her heart. Neo admits he had loved three women, but still like Trina he was left by those and leaving him an 8-year old son that destroyed Trina's dream of not being a third wheel again.