11 year old Fil-Am gets a Golden Buzzer at America’s Got Talent from Judge Howie Mandel

"You are amongst champions. You show up and you lift the ceiling off this theater. That was your fight song and if I can do anything, I will do anything to help you win this fight," Mandel said seconds before he pressed the golden buzzer for Hale. The golden buzz will fast track her through the finals.

 

Hale received a standing ovation but Judge Mel B didn't seem to agree saying "you have an incredible voice, and you're like a firecracker" and added that the young singer should have put her own signature flare on the song but was teased by Judge Simon Cowell.

This is the second time that the young singer got a golden buzzer, the first was back in 2017 when she competed at the 12th Season of America’s Got Talent and placed 2nd at the finals.

Angelica Hale was born to Fil-Am James Hale and Eva Bolando, from Iligan City. Angelica is not your ordinary girl and she has a medical condition At the age of four, she contracted a severe bacterial pneumonia, causing septic shock and multiple organ failure including her kidneys. After spending a year and a half on dialysis, she received a life-saving kidney transplant from her mother Eva.

POKWANG, ANNE CURTIS, NADINE LUSTRE AND JM DE GUZMAN GETS FILM CRITICS NOD

Pinoy Rebyu released the results of their annual poll that chooses the best feature films, best performances and technical excellence for movies released in 2018. The 36 respondents, mainly film reviewers and bloggers unanimously voted "Oda sa Wala" as the Best Feature Film for 2018. Marietta Subong A.K.A. Pokwang topped the poll for best performance in a leading role for her stellar performance in the same movie as an old maid stuck in a town that long ceased to recognizer her existence. Therese Malvar ("Distance) edged out Arjo Atayde ("Buy Bust") for the best performance in a supporting role.

As expected, the top 20 best feature films is dominated by independent films, however it is noteworthy to mention that a few mainstream actors or shall I say popular stars like Anne Curtis ("Sid & Aya" and "Buy Bust") and Nadine Lustre ("Never Not Love Me") made the top 20 cut leaving their respective screen partners Dingdong Dantes and James Reid excluded on the list. Paolo Avelino's performance in "Goyo: Ang Batang General" failed to make it.but the film ranked 7th place. Sad to say, only a few films in the top 20 did well at the box-office and the rest were just confined to festival and micro-theater screenings and some never got released due to difficulty in booking for commercial run.

Here's the Top 20 List in 4 categories, detailed as under:

Source: Pinoy Rebyu - Filipino FilmAggregator

To see full details please visit this link : https://pinoyrebyu.wordpress.com

	TOP 20 BEST FEATURE FILMS			TOP 10 BEST DIRECTORS
1	Oda sa Wala		1	Dwein Baltazar (Gusto Kita With All My Hypothalamus, Oda sa Wala)
2	Kung Paano Hinihintay ang Dapithapon		2	Carlo Catu (Aria, Kung Paano Hinihintay ang Dapithapon, Mga Anak ng Kamote)
3	Signal Rock		3	Chito Rono (Signal Rock)
4	Gusto Kita With All My Hypothalamus		4	Jerrold Tarog (Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral)
5	Never Not Love You		5	Erik Matti (BuyBust)
6	Tanabata’s Wife		6	Irene Villamor (Meet Me in St. Gallen, Sid and Aya
7	Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral		7	Antoinette Jadaone (Never Not Love You)
8	BuyBust		8	Lav Diaz (Ang Panahon ng Halimaw)
9	Liway		9	Whammy Alcazaren (Never Tear Us Apart)
10	Paglisan		10	Lito Casaje, Charlson Ong, Choy Pangilinan (Tanabata’s Wife
11	Ang Panahon ng Halimaw
12	Sid & Aya: Not a Love Story
13	Ma
14	Never Tear Us Apart
15	A Short History of a Few Bad Things
16	Pan de Salawal
17	Mamu
18	Distance
19	Meet Me in St. Gallen
20	Kung Paano Siya Nawala

	TOP 20 BEST LEAD PERFORMANCES			TOP 20 BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCES
1	Marietta Subong (Oda sa Wala)		1	Therese Malvar (Distance)
2	Christian Bables (Signal Rock)		2	Arjo Atayde (BuyBust)
3	Glaiza de Castro (Liway)		3	Menggie Cobarrubias (Kung Paano Hinihintay ang Dapithapon
4	Iyah Mina (Mamu: And a Mother Too)		4	Anthony Falcon (Gusto Kita With All My Hypothalamus)
5	Alwyn Uytingco (Asuang)		5	EJ Jallorina (Mamu: And a Mother Too)
6	Eddie Garcia (ML)		6	Joem Bascon (Double Twisting Double Back)
7	Nadine Lustre (Never Not Love You)		7	Daria Ramirez (Signal Rock)
8	Iana Bernardez (Gusto Kita With All My Hypothalamus)		8	Nicco Manalo (Gusto Kita With All My Hypothalamus)
9	JM de Guzman (Kung Paano Siya Nawala)		9	Arron Villaflor (Mamu: And a Mother Too)
10	Dante Rivero (Kung Paano Hinihintay ang Dapithapon)		10	Ketchup Eusebio (Mamang)
11	Bela Padilla (Meet Me in St. Gallen)		11	Moi Bien (Kuya Wes)
12	Gina Pareño (Hintayan ng Langit)		12	Publio Briones III (A Short History of a Few Bad Things)
13	Anne Curtis (Sid and Aya)		13	Soliman Cruz (Liway)
14	Perla Bautista (Kung Paano Hinihintay ang Dapithapon)		14	Kenken Nuyad (Liway)
15	Iza Calzado (Distance)		15	Mon Confiado (Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral)
16	Eula Valdez (Paglisan)		16	Adrienne Vergara (Dog Days)
17	Gabby Padilla (Billie and Emma)		17	Nico Antonio (Delia and Sammy)
18	Anne Curtis (BuyBust)		18	Therese Malvar (School Service)
19	Celeste Legaspi (Mamang)		19	Cielo Aquino (Billie & Emma)
20	Mai Fanglayan (Tanabata’s Wife)		20	Bituin Escalante (Ang Panahong ng Halimaw)

WILL LUIS AND JESSY TIE THE KNOT THIS YEAR?

Jessy Mendiola posted on her Instagram a video capturing her sweet moments with boyfriend Luis Manzano.  On the video, Luis  pointing at Jessy saying that she would "mother of my children." 

Jessy posted this message on Insgtagram

Senyorita _jessy:  

"This is my way of saying YES to new beginnings and to life’s endless surprises.  I have something new for you guys this 2019.  Get to know me more.  Stay tuned."

To watch the video please click on the this link:

https://www.facebook.com/stargazerph101/videos/347369595857450/

I wonder what are those surprises for 2019, could it be that they will tie the not this year?  Luis' Mom Movie Queen and Lipa District Representative Vilma Santos can't wait for this event to happen and she's just too agog to have a grand child soon.  Luis is 37 while Jessy is only 26 so there's 11 year age gap which is somewhat similar to the 11 years age gap of Luis' mom Vilma Santos and step dad Senator Ralph Recto (Ate Vi being older at  66 while Ralph is 55).

2018 MISS UNIVERSE CATRIONA GRAY FORMALLY KICKS OFF MEDIA TOUR IN NEW YORK CITY

She's got to be one of the most popular Miss Universe ever.  The newly crowned Miss Universe appeared on popular American morning show Good Morning America and on Live with Kelly and Ryan.  

She talked about her Mom who, according to Catriona, once dreamed of her winning the Miss Universe crown wearing a red dress and she actually won the Miss Universe title wearing a red dress.  She also talked about her passion for helping  under-privileged children living in impoverish areas of Metro Manila and is involved in an NGO project called "Young Focus Philippines."  If I am not mistaken this is also the same project and subject that she presented when she participated in Miss World two years ago.  Her video for Beauty With a Purpose was one of the Top 5 winners.

Catriona will be doing rounds on U.S. television shows and expect more interviews and appearances as she begin her reign as Miss Universe 2018.  Like her predecessors, she will also be travelling to Indonesia for TV commercial shoot.

Meanwhile, please watch this 5 minute video showing footage of her appearance on Good Morning America and Live with Kelly and Ryan.   Please click here to watch the video

WHAT'S NEW WITH MMFF?

The 10 day Metro Manila Film Festival has just been concluded and again Vice Ganda is lording it over at the box-office supremacy for the past 6 or 7 consecutive years.  Just like in previous years, there were reports that some entries were pulled out from theaters due to poor showing at the box-office.  There's nothing new about this as this happens every year but the good thing is that after the awards night  (held just a few days after the festival kicked off), the runaway winner "Rainbow's Sunset" boosted its ticket sales after it won major awards including best picture.

It's holiday season and obviously moviegoers would go for comedy and family oriented films. Millennials prefers the so called "hugot" genre and horror films, however only "Aurora" succeeded this year. "One Great Love" and "Otlum" are in the bottom 3 and are struggling to catch up.  The gay themed "Rainbow's Sunset" top-billed by octogenarians Eddie Garcia, Tony Mabesa and Gloria Romero started at the bottom but managed to pull up after it won the best picture award.  Some says Vice Ganda's entry this year "Fantastica" is probably his worst MMFF movie but nonetheless it still the second most watched movie of 2018  with a whopping 10 day gross of P480M,  next to the monster hit "The Hows of Us."  Trailing behind Fantasica is the Coco Martin-Vic Sotto tandem with P340M, followed by "Aurora" with P95M. 

Here's the unofficial 10 day box-office ranking of MMFF entries according to our source.

Based on the box-office results and ranking above, approximately 70% of the total sales gross went to  "Fantastica" and "Jack Em Poy."  As reported some entries were pulled out from theaters in favor of the two blockbuster films but we can't blame theater owners, this is business after all.  Except perhaps "Aurora" and "Mary, Marry Me," all the other four entries  are struggling to reach their break-even point and return of investment but on a positive note, the total festival gross this year has exceeded 1 Billion Peso mark albeit only 4 films are performing well at the box-office. 

Here's the full list of winners of MMFF 2018 Awards;

Best Picture: "Rainbow's Sunset"
Second Best Picture: "Aurora"
Third Best Picture: "One Great Love"

Special Jury Prize: Max Collins, "Rainbow's Sunset"
Special Jury Prize: Eddie Garcia, "Rainbow's Sunset"

Best Actor: Dennis Trillo, "One Great Love"
Best Supporting Actor: Tony Mabesa, "Rainbow's Sunset"
Best Actress: Gloria Romero, "Rainbow's Sunset"
Best Supporting Actress: Aiko Melendez," Rainbow's Sunset"
Best Child Performer: Phoebe Villamor, "Aurora"

Best Director: Joel Lamangan, "Rainbow's Sunset"
Best Float: "Jack Em Popoy: The Puliscredibles"
Best Short Student Film: Bulacan State University, "Kasilyas"
Best Production Design: "Rainbow's Sunset"
Best Visual Effects: "Aurora"
Best Sound Design: "Aurora"
Best Musical Score: "One Great Love"
Best Original Theme Song: "Sa'yo Na" from "Rainbow's Sunset"
Best Editing: "Jack Em Popoy: The Puliscredibles"
Best Cinematography: "Aurora"
Best Screenplay: "Rainbow's Sunset"
FPJ Memorial Award: "Jack Em Popoy: The Puliscredibles"
Stars of the Night: Jericho Rosales, "The Girl in the Orange Dress"; Anne Curtis "Aurora"
Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Award: "Rainbow's Sunset"

TOP 40 MOST VIEWED MUSIC & LYRIC VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE BY LOCAL ARTISTS -2018-19

My post about Top 40 most viewed music videos by local artists posted in April last year has been receiving some feedback from readers.  I apologize for not updating it on a regular basis as I am also busy with my work.  But nonetheless I'll always find time to update it whenever I can.  To make it more accurate, I decided to change the title of the post since a number of entries in the top  40 are not really music videos per se.  I'm referring to the new trends which has evolved during the past few years seeing the rise of lyric videos and live performance on Wish 107.5 bus that has become very popular and even getting more views than their corresponding official music videos.  Referring to the latter, I'm not sure if this is just a trend in the Philippines.  I guess by next update, I will have to separate the two areas from legitimate music videos.   

Whatever it is, here's the top 40 most viewed music/lyric videos on YouTube by local artists. Just in case I missed some of your favorite videos, please feel free to notify us.

On top of the list is "Mundo" by fast rising band IV of Spades, winner of the recent MYX New Artist of the year award.  Taking the second spot is Morisette Amon's cover of "Secret Love Songs,"  followed by "Bakit Ba Ikaw" by Anthnoy Pangilinan.  Interestingly enough, all the first three were all live performance on Wish 107.3 Bus.  Inigo Pascual "Dahil Sa'Yo" which stayed  no. 1 for several months slipped to no. 4 and 5th place is Bugoy Drillon's cover of "One Day," another live performance on Wish 107.5.  Obviously the biggest gainers are "Mundo" and "One Day" which climb all   the way to the top 5 and JK Labajo's "Buwan" which was released just 3 months ago climbed to no. 15.  It is also noteworthy to mention that "Pyramid" by Charice is still in the top 40 and Darren Espanto's version of "Dying Inside to hold You" stays on top 10. 

Here's the break down of Top 40 Most Viewed Music/Lyric Videos by Filipino Artists on YouTube as of 01 January 2019.

Rank	SONG TITLE	No. of Views
1	IV of Spades perform "Mundo" LIVE on Wish 107.5 Bus	100,687,873
2	Morissette covers "Secret Love Song" (Little Mix) LIVE on Wish 107.5 Bus	91,313,700
3	Michael Pangilinan sings "Bakit Ba Ikaw" LIVE on Wish 107.5 Bus	90,152,270
4	Inigo Pascual - Dahil Sa'yo (Official Lyric Video)	89,379,822
5	Bugoy Drilon covers "One Day" (Matisyahu) LIVE on Wish 107.5 Bus	88,183,670
6	Dying Inside To Hold You - Darren Espanto (All of You OST) Lyric Video	86,640,837
7	Yeng Constantino "Ikaw" Official Music Video	82,098,048
8	December Avenue feat. Moira Dela Torre - Kung 'Di Rin Lang Ikaw (official music video)	74,248,475
9	Hayaan Mo Sila - Ex Batallion x O.C. Dawgs (Official Music  Video)	68,211,902
10	Tadhana - Up Dharma Down	65,828,585
11	Morissette performs "Akin Ka Na Lang" LIVE on Wish 107.5 Bus	64,830,793
12	Moira Dela Torre - Sundo (Full Version) LYRIC VIDEO	64,651,981
13	KZ Tandingan covers "Two Less Lonely People in the Worl ("Kita Kita OST) Wish 107.5	59,099,301
14	Stay by Daryl Ong (On the Wings of Love OST) Lyrics	56,222,429
15	juan karlos - Buwan	55,347,177
16	Pasensya Ka Na | Silent Sanctuary | Official Lyric Video	54,910,128
17	Tuloy Pa Rin by Neocolors	52,763,069
18	KZ Tandingan - Mahal Ko O Mahal Ako (official music video)	52,429,741
19	Morissette covers "Against All Odds" (Mariah Carey) on Wish 107.5 Bus	52,203,042
20	Charice - Pyramid (featuring Iyaz)	50,465,994
21	Hanap-Hanap - James Reid and Nadine Lustre (official music video)	50,201,352
22	Nadarang | (c) Shanti Dope | #AgsuntaJamSessions ft. John Roa	50,076,025
23	Abra ft. Thyro & Jeriko Aguiolar - Gayuma (official Music Video)	49,038,525
24	Smugglaz, Curse One, Dello and Flict-G perform "Nakakamiss" LIVE on Wish	48,297,568
25	DATI - OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO - Sam Concepcion	48,113,620
26	Rainbow by southborder (lyrics)	47,019,925
27	Hiling - Mark Carpio (PBB Lucky 7 OST) LYRICS	46,910,777
28	December Avenue - Sa Ngalan Ng Pag-Ibig (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)	46,187,308
29	KZ Tandingan covers "Tadhana" (Up Dharma Down) on Wish 107.5 Bus	44,690,241
30	Sue Ramirez covers "Your Love" (Alamid) LIVE on Wish 107.5 Bus	44,685,633
31	Dying Inside by Darren Espanto | #GlobeStudiosAllOfYou	42,964,637
32	Sam Concepcion - Mahal Na Mahal (Official Music Video)	42,007,282
33	Jireh Lim - Pagsuko *lyrics*	41,710,177
34	Disney's Moana - "How Far I'll Go" music video - Janella Salvador	40,336,580
35	TJ Monterde - Ikaw at Ako - Official Music Video	39,830,705
36	All By Myself (That's how you sing this song)	39,365,299
37	Kahit kailan - South border	39,348,198
38	ABS-CBN Christmas Station ID 2017 “Just Love Ngayong Christmas” Lyric Video	38,504,954
39	Kamikazee - Halik | Tower Sessions OSE (S01E13 Part 4)	37,735,801
40	Jona - Pusong Ligaw (Official Recording Session)	37,704,155

On a last note, please bear with me if I missed some videos which should be on the list and feel free to contact me.  Happy New Year to everyone.