IYAZ Live at The Eastwood Year-End Countdown to 2013

Megaworld Lifestyle Malls and Eastwood City welcomes the New Year with supercharged performances from musical superstars, as they celebrate another year of Living the Good Life in their Countdown to 2013 on December 31 at the Eastwood Mall Open Park.



Donning fun, commemorative 2013 memorabilia from Eastwood City, guests are all invited to join the party, cheer and kiss their loved ones as they watch the Star Drop to celebrate the coming of 2013.

Guests have even more to look forward to at this year’s New Year Countdown as Eastwood City is the only celebration in Manila to treat its customers to a foreign artist to this year - none other than renowned reggae hiphop artist IYAZ.

A multi-platinum singer, songwriter and rapper, IYAZ first burst into the music scene with the hit single “Replay”, which reached platinum in different countries all over the world. This was followed by other hit tracks including “Solo” and “Pretty Girls”. Iyaz is also known for his collaboration with Philippines’ very own Charice for the pop-ballad “Pyramid.”

Other prominent artists will also be rocking Eastwood City’s New Year Countdown to 2013. The festivities, hosted by by Myx VJ Joyce Pring, Sam YG and Slick Rick from Boys Night Out, include performances from musical icon Ely Buendia, award-winning Filipino rock band Up Dharma Down, hiphop and R&B hitmakers Urbanation, the all-girl rock group General Luna, and X-Factor Philippines finalist Mark Mabasa,

At the stroke of midnight, Eastwood City will be lighting up the skies with a grand fireworks display right after the Dazzling Star Drop, an Eastwood tradition now in its second year that hearkens to the New York Times Square Ball Drop, marking the beginning of 2013.



For those celebrating the New Year in the provinces and abroad, they can still watch the festivities by logging on to www.megaworldlifestylemalls.com and watch a live stream of the New Year Countdown on the website.

“This year’s Countdown to 2013 will be our biggest and brightest yet. Party with international and local artists, be amazed by the glittering fireworks display, and be dazzled by the amazing Star Drop, our very own Eastwood New Year Tradition. That is why we are inviting everyone to kiss off 2012 and welcome 2013 here in Eastwood City,” said Kevin L. Tan, First Vice President and Commercial Division Head of Megaworld Corporation.

Usher in the New Year and celebrate another year of Living the Good Life at the Megaworld Lifestyle Malls and Eastwood City New Year Countdown to 2013 on Dec. 31, 6PM at the Eastwood Mall Open Park. This event was made possible through the help of The Richmonde Hotel, Emperador Light “Gawin mong Light”, The Philippine Star, Business World, HerWord.com, Monster Radio RX 93.1, Crossover 105.1 Manila and Myx.

For inquiries and restaurant reservations, call the Megaworld Lifestyle Malls Concierge at 709-9888 or 709-0888, or log on to www.megaworldlifestylemalls.com.

Sosy Problems: A GMA Films Metro Manila FilmFest 2012 Entry

On December 25, the country's hottest "it" girls Heart Evangelista, Solenn Heussaff, Bianca King and Rhian Ramos come together for Sosy Problems, the glossiest entry of GMA Films to this year's Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF).



Four girls, rich and famous, may have the most expensive pairs of shoes, high-end designer bags and the life that every girl wanted - but behind the glitz and glamour are the struggles and differences that they have to face.



In the story, Sosy girls' tambayan, The Polo Club, is in danger of being torn down. The new owners of the exclusive club want to build a "yaya mall" - which for the girls is not at all a Sosy plan.



Meet the Sosy girls.



The spoiled-rich daughter of a hotelier and self-appointed leader of the Sosy group, Lizzie (Rhian Ramos), proposes a planking protest to stop the bulldozers from rolling. But she gets in trouble and as a way to get back to the good graces of their family's matriarch; she has to do one thing - to live with her poor relatives. Having the luxuries and comfortable life that she has, will she be able to survive the living conditions in the province?



Then there's Danielle (Bianca King), the daughter of an ex-politician who's in the process of impeachment wherein all their assets were frozen. She is still in denial that they now are not part of Manila's richest. Until when will she be able to cover up their financial struggle? What if she meets the guy who will love her for who she is, will she be courageous enough to accept her real status or will she stick to her plan of looking for a rich guy who can save them from financial difficulties?



Completing the Sosy Girls are frenemies Margaux (Solenn Heussaff) and Claudia (Heart Evangelista), daughters of former beauty queens who have had a long standing unfriendly competition. What if they found out that each of them is running after the same man, Benjo (Aljur Abrenica), an all-around employee at the Polo Club? Will their friendship end just because of a guy? Will someone be brave enough to give up love for the friendship?



Can our Sosy girls patch over their differences to save their friendship and the much-loved tambayan? Will they ever realize that their friends, family and loved-ones are more important than the riches and luxuries in the world?



Adding glamour to the movie are Kapuso hunks Aljur Abrenica as Benjo, Mikael Daez as Santi, Alden Richards as Iñigo, classy character actress Cherie Gil as Martina, Mylene Dizon as Bernice, Mikey Bustos as Denmark, Tim Yap as Jamie Yap, Agot Isidro as Glory, Maritoni Fernandez as Dada, Johnny Revilla as Gabriel, Ricky Davao as Sebastian, Nova Villa as Lola Patria, Barbie Forteza as Becca, Kristoffer Martin as Israel with the special participation of Ruffa Gutierrez as Luca.


The geniuses behind the fabulous creations and designer pieces that the girls are wearing are Preview Fashion Editor Daryl Chang and stylist Andrei Chang. As the Sosy girls put it, "They are not just fashion editors. They're artists who can translate the emotions and personalities into the clothes."

Under the helm of Director Andoy Ranay and with Marlon Rivera as the script consultant, Sosy Problems is the official entry of GMA Films to the Metro Manila Film Festival 2012.

TEEN GEN A New Youth Oriented TV Show From The Kapuso Channel 7

After several months of its intensive search for the next batch of TV sensations, GMA Network finally comes up with the coveted list of promising faces that will banner the upcoming youth-oriented series, TEEN GEN.

Fresh from winning in Protégé, Jeric Gonzales and Thea Tolentino land their first project in the Kapuso Station as they lead the promising cast of Teen Gen. They will portray the roles of Tiago and Angge in the series, respectively.

On being part of the much anticipated project, Jeric shares "Ito na ang umpisa ng aking mga pangarap kaya excited ako sa project na ito. Nakaka-pressure kaya kailangan naming galingan at patunayan na karapat-dapat kami for the show"

Meanwhile, Thea expresses her gratitude as she embarks on her first project. "Sobrang happy ko po. God has been so good to me and I will give all my best sa Teen Gen."

Also, TEEN GEN brings back the kilig tandem of Bobby Andrews and Angelu de Leon as they once again breathe to life to the characters from the phenomenal T.G.I.S series Wacks and Peachy.

Completing the cast of TEEN GEN are - Juancho Trivino as Lucho, Dianne Hernandez as Lyca, Abel Estanislao as JV, Gianna Revilla as Madison, Seth Isay as Itos, Sunyee Maluche as Drew, Gab de Leon as Jeff and Arkin Magalona as Mackenzie.

TEEN GEN is under the helm of film and TV director Mark Reyes, the man behind the very successful youth series in the 90's produced by GMA and Viva, T.G.I.S., together with Kit Villanueva - Langit as creative consultant/headwriter.

Direk Mark looks back to the happy memories of creating the unparalleled youth program which also launched the careers of today's respected actors in the industry.

As he puts it, "18 years ago, I was given the opportunity to create a youth oriented show for a Saturday afternoon which had a non-existent audience market. With the courage of ignorance, we broke the norms of Philippine TV by doing a light drama-comedy, which was unheard of in the traditional soap dominated  1990's. We got an inspiration from the fast rising MTV channel in terms of visual treatment and fashion styles. Our 1^st season was shaky. T.G.I.S. was branded too "bourgeois" or too upper class for the masa market. But come the 2^nd season, it skyrocketed to the TV phenomenon that it was, prompting the rival network to copy our format after a year. Now, with much excitement and bravado from experience, the original director and writer bring back T.G.I.S as TEEN GEN. Expect a new generation of young stars and T.G.I.S. alumni Bobby and Angelu to bring back youthful family entertainment for both young and not so young who are now parents to teenagers."

Witness the highs and lows of teenage life as TEEN GEN premieres on December 16 after Party Pilipinas on GMA. 

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