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Darryl Yap
Darryl Ray Spyke Balingit Yap (born January 7, 1987) is a Filipino film director, screenwriter and producer. Biography Early life and education Yap was born in Olongapo, Zambales to his parents who are school teachers. He graduated in Manila's Centro Escolar University with a mass communication degree and later enrolled at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore to pursue a degree in public administration. Career Yap started his directing career with the short film ''Squatterina'' that highlighted the similarities between a typical illegal settler in Olongapo and the disciplines of ballet. It was followed by his first full film ''#Jowable'' in 2018 which is about a troubled young woman named Elsa (starring Kim Molina) who yearns for a mature and intimate relationship. The film gained mixed reviews from critics. In May 2020, Yap released a television series entitled '' Sakristan'' about two men coming to terms in finding love despite being church servants. He rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olongapo
Olongapo (), officially the City of Olongapo (; ; ; Kapampangan: ''Lakanbalen/Ciudad ning Olongapo''), is a highly urbanized city in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 260,317 people. It is geographically situated and grouped under the province of Zambales by the Philippine Statistics Authority but governed independently and is also its largest city. Portions of the city also form part of the Subic Special Economic and Freeport Zone. Along with the municipality of Subic, it comprises Metro Olongapo, one of the twelve metropolitan areas in the Philippines. History Spanish colonial era In 1868, a Spanish military expedition was dispatched to study the possibility of relocating the Cavite Naval Station in Subic Bay due to its unhealthy conditions. Spanish King Alfonso XII through a Royal Decree made Subic Bay (then called Subig) as Spain's stronghold in the Far East in 1884. Vice Admiral Juan Bautista de Ant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paglaki Ko, Gusto Kong Maging Pornstar
''Paglaki Ko, Gusto Kong Maging Pornstar'' () is a 2021 Philippine comedy-drama film starring Alma Moreno, Rosanna Roces, Ara Mina and Maui Taylor. The film was written and directed by Darryl Yap and edited by Vincent Asis. It premiered on January 29, 2021, through Vivamax. This is the second film written and directed by Darryl Yap for Viva Films, after his feature-length debut ''#Jowable'' (2019) became a success. Plot A group of former porn stars gathered to teach aspiring teen actress to be a porn star and will receive cash each if the actress will be launched. Cast * Alma Moreno as Alma * Rosanna Roces as Osang * Ara Mina as Ara * Maui Taylor as Maui * AJ Raval as Twinkle * Ana Jalandoni as Agatha * Rose Van Ginkel as Sofia * Kianna Milla as young Twinkle * Billy Jake Cortez * Loren Mariñas * Clifford Pusing * Henry Villanueva Production and release Yap said that they started to shoot in early August and he also added that film scenes were taken in Subic and Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maid In Malacañang
A maid, housemaid, or maidservant is a female domestic worker. In the Victorian era, domestic service was the second-largest category of employment in England and Wales, after agricultural work. In developed Western nations, full-time maids are now typically only found in the wealthiest households. In other parts of the world (mainly within the continent of Asia), maids remain common in urban middle-class households. in Middle English meant an unmarried woman, especially a young one, or specifically a virgin. These meanings lived on in English until recent times (and are still familiar from literature and folk music), alongside the sense of the word as a type of servant. Description Maids perform typical domestic chores such as laundry, ironing, cleaning the house, grocery shopping, cooking, and caring for household pets. They may also take care of children, although there are more specific occupations for this, such as nanny. In some poor countries, maids take care of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Distortion Regarding Ferdinand Marcos
Historical distortion regarding Ferdinand Marcos is a political phenomenon in the Philippines. Ferdinand Marcos was the country's president between 1965 and 1986. Distortion, falsification, or whitewashing of the historical record regarding this period, sometimes referred to using the phrases "historical denialism", "historical negationism", or "historical revisionism" as a euphemism for negationism, is an academically documented phenomenon linked to the return of Marcos' immediate family and political allies to government positions, as well as the hero's burial of Marcos himself in 2016. It continues Marcos' own efforts to create a cult of personality for himself, which in itself involved various forms of historical distortion.Root, Hilton L., Three Asian Dictators: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (January 16, 2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2716732 Some of the earlier examples of distortion involved various instances of historical denialism by the remaining Marcos f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Drama
A historical drama (also period drama, period piece or just period) is a dramatic work set in the past, usually used in the context of film and television, which presents history, historical events and characters with varying degrees of fiction such as artistic license, creative dialogue or scenes which compress separate events. The biographical film is a type of historical drama which generally focuses on a single individual or well-defined group. Historical dramas can include romance film, romances, adventure films, and swashbucklers. Historical drama can be differentiated from historical fiction, which generally present fictional characters and events against a backdrop of historical events. A period piece may be set in a vague or general era such as the Middle Ages, or a specific period such as the Roaring Twenties, or the recent past. Scholarship In different eras different subgenres have risen to popularity, such as the westerns and sword and sandal films that dominated Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coming Of Age
Coming of age is a young person's transition from being a child to being an adult. The specific age at which this transition takes place varies between societies, as does the nature of the change. It can be a simple legal convention or can be part of a ritual or spiritual event. In the past, and in some societies today, such a change is often associated with the age of sexual maturity ( puberty), especially menarche and spermarche. In others, it is associated with an age of religious responsibility. Particularly in Western societies, modern legal conventions stipulate points around the end of adolescence and the beginning of early adulthood (most commonly 16 and 18 though ranging from 14 to 21) when adolescents are generally no longer considered minors and are granted the full rights and responsibilities of an adult. Some cultures and countries have multiple coming of age ceremonies for multiple ages. Many cultures retain ceremonies to confirm the coming of age, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Cuneta
Sharon Gamboa Cuneta-Pangilinan (born January 6, 1966) is a Filipino actress, singer, and television personality. Prolific in multiple fields of entertainment, she is known for playing dramatic and comedic leading roles in film and television. Her accolades include three FAMAS Awards, a Gawad Urian Award, nineteen Box Office Entertainment Awards, three PMPC Star Awards for Movies and two Luna Awards. Referred to as the "Megastar", Cuneta began her career as a recording artist with the release of the 1978 single "Tawag ng Pag-ibig" under Vicor Music Corp. She rose to prominence following the success of " Mr. DJ", composed by Rey Valera. With record sales exceeding a million in the Philippines, Cuneta is one of the best-selling Filipino musical artist of all time. Among her multi-platinum albums include ''Isn't It Romantic?'' (2006), ''For Broken Hearts Only'' (1989), ''Movie Theme Songs'' (1990) and ''Sharon Sings Valera'' (1991). Some of her most successful songs include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revirginized
''Revirginized'' is a 2021 Philippine sex comedy film directed by Darryl Yap under Viva Films and starring Sharon Cuneta. Premise Carmela gets pregnant at age 16 therefore she never got a proper coming of age experience. As an adult, Carmela deals with the end of her marriage with her husband Bart. She meets her goddaughter and her friends who are going to a beach party and coerces her goddaughter to let her join the event threatening to snitch her to her mother if she does not comply. At the beach, Carmela parties and "rediscovers" her youth in the process. She goes on to have a one night stand with Morph, a young hunk, who later confesses his own feelings for her. Cast *Sharon Cuneta as Carmela **Paula Palomata as Young Carmela *Marco Gumabao as Morph *Rosanna Roces as Girlie **Loren Mariñas as Young Girlie *Albert Martinez as Bart **Neil Villanueva as Young Bart *Cristina Gonzales as Charlotte *Kylie Verzosa as Czarina *Rose van Ginkel as Jen * Marion Aunor as Liz *Jobelyn M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manila Standard
The ''Manila Standard'' is a broadsheet newspaper in the Philippines which, as of 2017, 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 Yuch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Universe
Miss Universe is an annual international major beauty pageant that is run by a Thailand and Mexican-based Miss Universe Organization.Natalie Tadena (July 2, 2015"Donald Trump's Miss USA Pageant Lands on Reelz Cable Channel". ''The Wall Street Journal''. Along with Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Earth, it is one of the Big Four beauty pageants. The Miss Universe Organization and its brand is currently owned by JKN Global Group and Legacy Holding Group USA Inc., an American division of Mexican company Legacy Holding through the joint venture company JKN Legacy Inc. Telemundo has the licensing rights to air the pageant through 2023. The pageant's advocacy is "humanitarian issues and is a voice to affect positive change in the world." The reigning Miss Universe is Victoria Kjær Theilvig of Denmark, Miss Universe 2024, who was crowned on 16 November 2024 at the Mexico City Arena, Arena CDMX in Mexico City, Mexico. History The title "Miss Universe" was first used by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aeta
Aeta (Ayta ), Agta and Dumagat, are collective terms for several indigenous peoples who live in various parts of Luzon islands in the Philippines. They are included in the wider Negrito grouping of the Philippines and the rest of Southeast Asia, with whom they share superficial common physical characteristics such as: dark skin tones; short statures; frizzy to curly hair; and a higher frequency of naturally lighter hair colour ( blondism) relative to the general population. They are thought to be among the earliest inhabitants of the Philippines—preceding the Austronesian migrations. Regardless, the modern Aeta populations have significant Austronesian admixture, and speak Austronesian languages. Aeta communities were historically nomadic hunter-gatherers, typically consisting of approximately one to five families per mobile group. Groups under the "Aeta" umbrella term are normally referred to after their geographic locations or their common languages. Etymology The en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivamax
VMX is a Philippine video on demand, subscription video on demand over-the-top media service, over-the-top streaming service owned and operated by Viva Communications. It features original Filipino movies and series, as well as a variety of non-original programming. It also distributes television series and films produced by Viva. Starting as Vivamax in 2021, the service was rebranded as VMX in October 2024. It is the largest and top online streaming service in the Philippines. History Prior to 2020, Viva Communications Chairman and CEO Vic del Rosario was developing what he envisioned as the country's largest Filipino streaming platform, coinciding with Viva's 39th anniversary in November 2020. Del Rosario announced that Viva would produce its own digital content, allocating at least over five years with the goal of releasing fresh content weekly. Although this was initially conceived before the pandemic, the outbreak of COVID-19 and the subsequent closure of cinemas expedite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
