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Akira Morishita
is a Filipino-Japanese actor, singer and songwriter known for being a member and lead vocalist of the Filipino boy group BGYO. Morishita has co-written several tracks released by BGYO: " The Light" (2021), " Runnin'" (2021), " The Baddest" (2021), "Kundiman" (2021), "Fly Away" (2021) and an original soundtrack for a series '' Bola Bola'' entiled " Mahal Na Kita" (2022), of which he released a solo version of the song. Prior to his music career, Morishita started as an actor known for four movies: "Sundalong Kanin (Rice Soldiers)" (2014), "Alienasyon" (2014), "Kalel, 15" (2019), "'Tol" (2019); a television series '' All of Me'' (2015) and have appeared on several television commercials aired in the Philippines: Jollibee, Cherifer and Royal. In March 2022, he became part of iWantTFC's original miniseries '' Bola Bola''. Early life Akira Morishita was born on the 27 April 2001 to a Japanese father and a Filipino mother; both of them worked as musicians in Japan. At a young ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morishita
Morishita (written: ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese footballer and manager *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese motorcycle racer *, Japanese judoka *, Japanese animator *, Japanese long-distance runner *, Japanese illustrator *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese mayor *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese physician *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese ballet dancer *, Japanese long-distance runner See also * Morishita Station (other), multiple railway stations in Japan {{surname Japanese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IWantTFC
iWantTFC is a Filipino over-the-top content platform and production company owned and operated by ABS-CBN Digital Media, a division of ABS-CBN Corporation, formed in 2020 through the merger of two streaming services iWant and TFC Online. In addition to offering on-demand contents of ABS-CBN, iWantTFC also live streams linear channels such as Kapamilya Channel, TeleRadyo, Knowledge Channel, FashionTV, A8 ESports, and Black Belt. The service is available worldwide, primarily catering to a Filipino audience. The service is also a replacement for Sky On Demand of Sky Cable on September 1, 2020. History As ABS-CBNnow! (2003-2010) Launched in 2003 as ABS-CBNnow!, a service primarily focusing to the overseas Filipino workers where they can watch ABS-CBN programs such as MTB, The Buzz and Magandang Gabi Bayan anywhere in the world using a PC with high-speed Internet or broadband connection. Users can stream directly or download files and are required to install Windows Media ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shawn Mendes
Shawn Peter Raul Mendes (; born August 8, 1998) is a Canadian pop singer. He gained a following in 2013, when he posted song covers on the video sharing platform Vine. The following year, he caught the attention of artist manager Andrew Gertler and Island Records A&R Ziggy Chareton, which led to him signing a deal with the record label. Mendes' self-titled debut EP was released in 2014, followed by his debut studio album '' Handwritten'' in 2015. ''Handwritten'' debuted atop the US ''Billboard'' 200, making Mendes one of five artists ever to debut at number one before the age of 18. The single " Stitches" reached number one in the UK and the top 10 in the US and Canada. Mendes' second album ''Illuminate'' (2016) also debuted at number one in the US, with its singles " Treat You Better" and "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" reaching the top 10 in several countries. His self-titled third studio album (2018) was supported by the lead single " In My Blood". The album's number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Sheeran
Edward Christopher Sheeran (; born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. Born in Halifax, West Yorkshire and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk, he began writing songs around the age of eleven. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play, ''No. 5 Collaborations Project''. He signed with Asylum Records the same year. Sheeran's debut album, '' +'' (pronounced "plus"), was released in September 2011 and topped the UK Albums Chart. It contained his first hit single " The A Team". In 2012, Sheeran won the Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. Sheeran's second studio album, '' ×'' (pronounced "multiply"), topped charts around the world upon its release in June 2014. It was named the second-best-selling album worldwide of 2015. In the same year, ''×'' won Album of the Year at the 2015 Brit Awards, and he received the Ivor Novello Award for Songwriter of the Year from the British Academy of Songwriters, Compo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otso
In Finnish mythology Otso, Ohto, Kontio, metsän kuningas (the king of the forest), and mesikämmen (honeypalm) are some of the many rarely uttered circumlocutory epithets for the spirit that was never directly named. Generally, the spirit of the bear was referred to as friend, brother, uncle, or forestcousin, or ways were thought up that would bypass the need to refer to the spirit at all, even indirectly. Some sub-traditions considered the bear to be a relative who had fled the community and been transmogrified by the power of the forest. If a bear had to be killed, a sacred ritual of Peijainen, which was held, and the bear's spirit in the form of its skull The skull is a bone protective cavity for the brain. The skull is composed of four types of bone i.e., cranial bones, facial bones, ear ossicles and hyoid bone. However two parts are more prominent: the cranium and the mandible. In humans, t ... remained in a sacred clearing which was upkept, and people would bring e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rappler
Rappler (portmanteau of the words "rap" and "ripple") is a Filipino online news website based in Pasig, Metro Manila, the Philippines. It was founded by 2021 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa along with a group of fellow Filipino journalists as well as technopreneurs. It started as a Facebook page named MovePH in August 2011 and evolved into a website on January 1, 2012. In 2018, agencies under the Philippine government initiated legal proceedings against Rappler. Rappler and its staff alleged it was being targeted for its revelations of corruption by government and elected officials, the usage of bots and trolls favoring Rodrigo Duterte's administration, and documenting the Philippine drug war. In October 2021, Rappler co-founder Ressa, alongside Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for safeguarding freedom of expression in their homelands. History With the idea of professional journalists using social media and crowd sourcing for news distr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mickey Perz
Michael Richard Perz is a Filipino-Swiss dancer and occasional actor. He is under contract with ABS-CBN and Star Magic. Biography Mickey Perz was born in Vienna, Austria to an Austrian father and a Filipino mother. His mother is from Alcala, Pangasinan. He finished his degree in business in the HVA Didac in Europe and worked as a computer analyst in Unisys. Perz auditioned in for a spot in the second season 2 Pinoy Big Brother Milan, Italy. He was one of the first batch of housemates to enter the Big Brother House. He placed second to Beatriz Saw. After Pinoy Big Brother, he and Saicy Aguila had guest appearances in ASAP. He was also cast in a lead role in Gee-Ann was cast in a lead role for the romance-fantasy series Love Spell in a multi-episodic story titled Bumalaka, Bulalakaw, Boom! alongside his fellow PBB housemates Bodie Cruz and Gee-Ann Abrahan Gianina Maria Sta. Maria Abrahan-Perz (born November 6, 1985), also known as Gee-Ann Abrahan, is a Filipino actress a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koreans
Koreans ( South Korean: , , North Korean: , ; see names of Korea) are an East Asian ethnic group native to the Korean Peninsula. Koreans mainly live in the two Korean nation states: North Korea and South Korea (collectively and simply referred to as just Korea). They are also an officially recognized ethnic minority in other Asian countries; such as China, Japan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Koreans also form sizeable communities in Europe, specifically in Russia, Germany, United Kingdom, and France. Over the course of the 20th century, Korean communities have also formed in the Americas (especially in the United States and Canada) and Oceania. As of 2021, there were an estimated 7.3 million ethnic Koreans residing outside Korea. Etymology South Koreans refer to themselves as Hanguk-in( Korean: 한국인, Hanja: 韓國人) or Hanguk-saram ('' Korean: 한국 사람''), both of which mean "people of the Han". When including members of the Korean diaspora, Koreans often ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel "Nate" Porcalla
Nathaniel Porcalla (born June 26, 2003), known professionally as Nate Porcalla, is an American-born Filipino singer-songwriter, rapper and a member of the Filipino boy group BGYO. Porcalla has co-written several tracks released by BGYO: " The Light" (2021), " Runnin'" (2021) and "Rocketman" (2021). Prior to his music career, Porcalla was a staple competitor and performer around the United States and have joined dance reality competitions in the Philippines: Dance Kids (2015) and World of Dance Philippines (2019). Early life Nathaniel Porcalla was born on the 26th of June 2003, in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America where he spent most of his childhood. He began showing his interest in dancing at the age of 6 and trained at Xtreme Dance Center in Naperville. Career 2015–2018: ''Career Beginnings and Dance Kids'' In 2015, Porcalla went back and forth to Manila to compete with Dance Kids. On 22 April 2016, Porcalla, as a 7th grade student at Cowherd Middle Sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manila Standard
The ''Manila Standard'' is a broadsheet newspaper in the Philippines. , it is owned by the Romualdez family. The Romualdezes, through incumbent speaker of the House Martin Romualdez, also own Journal Publications, Inc., the owner of tabloid papers '' People's Journal'' and ''People's Tonight''. Initially established as the ''Manila Standard'' in 1987, it merged with another newspaper, ''Today'', on March 6, 2005, and became the ''Manila Standard Today'' (MST). In 2015, the newspaper renamed itself as ''The Standard'' (temporarily ''The New Standard''), before reverting to its original name in 2016. History The ''Manila Standard'' was founded on February 11, 1987. The offices were then located at the bustling Ayala Avenue in the Makati CBD. In 1989, the group of Andres Soriano III bought out the Elizalde group and renamed the company Kagitingan Publications and relocated the offices in the Port Area, Manila. In June 1991, the group of businessman Alfonso Yuchengco bought ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KD Estrada
Kyle Daniel Magno Estrada (born May 3, 2002), better known as KD Estrada is a Filipino actor, singer, songwriter, and composer. He is mostly known for his stint as a celebrity housemate of Pinoy Big Brother: Kumunity Season 10. Career 2019–2020: Career Beginnings In 2019, he started being a Star Magic trainee and eventually released self-written single ''One of Many'' under StarPop, a subsidiary of music label Star Music. In 2020, He appeared as a performer in the Brightlight Productions' show ''Sunday Noontime Live!'' which aired in TV5. However, after just three months on air, the show released their final episode due to low ratings and high production costs. Its timeslot was later filled by a simulcast of '' ASAP''. 2021–present: New Projects, New Music, PBB and KDLex In 2021, Estrada along with other new artists were added as the new members of ''The Squad Plus'' (now ''The Squad 2022,'' formerly known as '' The Gold Squad'', popularized from the hit TV series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francine Diaz
Francine Carrel Saenz Diaz (; born January 27, 2004) is a Filipino actress, model and endorser. She rose to prominence and became a household name as Cassandra ''"Cassie"'' Mondragon in the highly successful TV series in the Philippines - '' Kadenang Ginto'' (2018 - 2020). Diaz first appeared in 2015’s Pasión de Amor, where she played as the young Sari Elizondo. She has then played guest roles in Be My Lady, The Greatest Love, Ikaw Lang Ang Iibigin and The Generals Daughter. After her big break in 2018's Kadenang Ginto, she was heralded as one of the ''Teen Drama Queens'' and since become one of the most promising stars of her generation. Personal life Diaz grew up in Manila, Philippines but they moved out to Cavite, Philippines because of struggles of living. Francine Diaz is the third out of the six children of Jesus Michael Diaz and Merdick Saenz-Diaz. Her siblings are Chantal, Cameron, Carmela, Courtney, and Eisa. At a very young age, she became the breadwinner o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
