Marcelito Pomoy declared 'Pilipinas Got Talent 2' grand winner

Marcelito Pomoy was proclaimed the grand champion of ABS-CBN's talent search franchise, "Pilipinas Got Talent Season 2" Sunday night.

Marcelito Pomoy, Pilipinas Got Talent 2 champion, showing off the 2-million check he won

An early favorite, Marcelito outshone the other 13 finalists during the Grand Finals of the popular weekend show, which was held last Satuday night at the Araneta Coliseum, by performing a flawless rendition of Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli's duet of "The Prayer", singing both the female and male parts distinctly. After an overnight online and text voting, Marcelito earned more than 19 percent of the total votes which was enough to win the competition. Happy Feet, the tap dancing duo from Bukidnon, and Freestylers, a dance crew from Laguna came in second and third, respectively.

Here's the result of the text voting:

1. Marcelito Po Moy – 19.36%
2. Happy Feet – 18.22%
3. Freestylers – 9.46%
4. B4 – 9.12%
5. Buildex – 8.25
6. Neilbeth – 7.81%
7. Rico the Magician – 7.59%
8. John Michael Darag – 5.3%
9. Madrigal Siblings – 3.68%
10. Skeights – 3.64%
11. Jem Cubil – 2.86%
12. DJP Trio – 2.60%
13. Angel Calalas – 1.99%
14. Filogram – 0.40%

Marcelito Po Moy, 25 years old and from Cavite, was awarded 2 million pesos. He is the second grand winner of the show, following Jovit Baldivino who won last year.

Next weekend, a special episode of Pilipinas Got Talent Season 2 will be aired on ABS-CBN, featuring the grand finalists in a concert. Season 3 will then premier a week after next, on July 9, 2011.

Meanwhile, here's a youtube video of Marcelito's phenomenal Grand Finals performance courtesy of Youtube and ABS-CBN:

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Star Magic Music Video 2011 to debut on ASAP Rocks

In celebration of Star Magic's 19th anniversary, a fun music video featuring more than 300 hundred of its talents has been created in direction of Direk Paul Soriano.

The Star Magic Music Video 2011 will showcase all the talents of the management program which include the ones above. | Photo courtesy of Star Magic

The music video which is said to be 10-minute long, was also made by the Star Magic artists to express their gratitude to their fans and supporters who give "magic" to their lives.

Yeng Constatino was the one tasked to write an original song for this anniversary music video. She was able to accomplish in a matter of 2 days! Yeng instantly wrote the main theme song of Star Magic's 19th anniversary, “Ikaw ang Magic ng Buhay Ko”.

The said Star Magic Music Video is set to be released on "ASAP Rocks" on June 26, 2011.

Update: Check out the said Star Magic Music Video below:

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Piolo Pascual and Angel Locsin to reunite in an upcoming movie project

Piolo Pascual and Angel Locsin are set to do a movie together once again! Piolo himself confirmed the report on late night entertainment news show on ABS-CBN, "Showbiz News Ngayon":

“There is a project and hopefully sometime soon ay magawa na namin. She’s also doing some project with another leading man pero even while we were doing ‘Lobo’ mayroon ng project na gagawin namin together….I hope it will happen soon,” the Kapamilya hunk said.

Piolo Pascual and Angel Locsin on "Lobo" | Photo courtesy of ABS-CBN

Undeniably two of the biggest Kapamilya stars right now, Piolo and Angel first teamed up on TV via the defunct hit series "Lobo." In 2009, they were paired in the movie "Love Me Again".

At the moment, Angel is doing the movie adaptation of the longest drama anthology on Philippine TV "Maalaala Mo Kaya: The Movie". Piolo, on the other hand, is filming a movie with Angelica Panganiban.

Just a little update on the two:

Piolo won the "Hottest Actor" award at the recently concluded Yahoo! OMG Awards 2011 (details HERE).

Angel is also said to play Darna again but this time it would be on ABS-CBN (details HERE).

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Angel Locsin to play 'Darna' on ABS-CBN?

Angel Locsin as Darna on ABS-CBN?

Angel Locsin is said to be playing once again the role of the Noypi female superhero Darna which would have to be one of the memorable characters Angel ever portrayed. But this time it will be on the Kapamilya network.

According to reports, ABS-CBN has finally acquired the rights to do a remake of "Darna" and Angel Locsin is again the one slated to do the role of the superhero.

"Darna" was remade by the GMA-7 a couple of times, with Angel Locsin taking the lead role in 2005 and Marian Rivera in 2009. Learning the news about ABS-CBN doing the show, was said to have made the rival network dismayed especially that another popular show on their network "Dyesebel" was also purchased by the Kapamilya.

Yes, "Darna" and "Dyesebel" reportedly will be on ABS-CBN soon!

Do you think Angel Locsin should take the Darna role once again? And who do you have in mind the best to play Dyesebel? Feel free to comment below.

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Bagyong Falcon June 25, 2011 PAGASA Update

Bagyong Falcon 'moving away' from the Philippines - PAGASA

Bagyong Falcon satellite image as of 5 a.m. on June 25, 2011

Bagyong Falcon (Tropical Storm FAlcon) has acquired more strength and has accelerated as it continuously moves away from the country, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said via its bulletin on Friday.

Bagyong Falcon was last spotted at 590 km North Northeast of Basco, Batanes at 4 a.m.

The bulletin added that Tropical Storm Falcon is still expected to "enhance the Southwest Monsoon and bring occasional rains over Luzon particularly over the western sections of Northern and Central Luzon. "

Moving at a rate of 24kph in a North Northwest direction, the weather disturbance now has maximum sustained winds of 105 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 135 kph.

Meanwhile here's PAGASA's 24-hour weather outlook for June 25, 2011:

English:

Northern and Central Luzon will experience monsoon rains which may trigger flashfloods and landslides while the Southern Tagalog Region will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. The rest of Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms mostly in the afternoon or evening.

Moderate to strong winds blowing from the Southwest will prevail over Northern and Central Luzon and Southern Tagalog Region and coming from the Southeast to Southwest over the rest of the country. The coastal waters throughout the archipelago will be moderate to rough.

Filipino:

Ang Kalakhang Maynila ay makakaranas ng mga pag-ulan dulot ng Habagat. Katamtaman hanggang sa malakas na hangin mula sa Timog-kanluran ang iiral at ang Look ng Maynila ay magiging katamtaman hanggang sa maalon. Ang tinatayang agwat ng temperatura ay mula 24 hanggang 28 antas ng Celsius (75°F hanggang 82°F).

Ang Hilaga at Gitnang Luzon ay makakaranas ng mga pag-ulan dulot ng habagat na maaring magdulot ng mga pagbaha at pagguho ng lupa samantalang ang Timog Katagalugan ay magkakaroon ng maulap na kalangitan na may kalat-kalat na pag-ulan at pagkidlat-pagkulog. Ang nalalabing bahagi ng Katimugang Luzon ang Kabisayaan at ang Mindanao ay magiging bahagya hanggang sa maulap na may pulu-pulong pag-ulan o pagkidlat- pagkulog lalo na sa dakong hapon o gabi.

Katamtaman hanggang sa malakas na hangin mula sa Timog-kanluran ang iiral sa Hilaga at Gitnang Luzon at sa Timog Katagalugan at mula naman sa Timog-silangan hanggang Timog-kanluran sa nalalabing bahagi ng bansa. Ang mga baybaying-dagat sa buong kapuluan ay magiging katamtaman hanggang sa maalon.

Since heavy rains and flashfloods are still being experienced in Metro Manila, several universities and colleges have suspended Saturday classes. Check out the details here: http://noypistuff.blogspot.com/2011/06/metro-manila-universities-suspend.html

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DOT launches controversial tourism ad

The Department of Tourism (DOT), in cooperation with giant telecom company Smart, has begun its “Pilipinas, Tara Na!” domestic tourism advocacy program. But it seems like the government agency kicked things off with a controversial print ad. Check it out below:

This DOT "Tara Na! Tourism Ad" compares Phuket, Thailand to El Nido, Palawan | Photo courtesy of Jayvee Fernandez

The following are written on the bottom of the ad:

"** This value driven campaign promotes the Philippines to its own people, many of whom opt to travel abroad unaware of their country’s beauty. “Tara na” means let’s go."

Although the "comparison" makes the ad controversial, it has been well received by a number of people who said that it is "catchy" and "effective".

In the coming weeks the DOT is expected produce more print and TV advertisements and billboards which aim to further stimulate growth of the domestic base.

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Eguchi Aimi, Japanese pop star, not human!

Eguchi Aimi, the freshest addition to the all-girl Japanese pop group AKB48 has been revealed to be computer-generated and does not live in the real world!

Eguchi Aimi of AKB48

A video on how Eguchi Aimi came to "life" has been released. It appears that Eguchi was nothing more than the outcome of combining the facial features of the AKB48 members using a computer software. Take a look on how this clever publicity stunt was created.



Fans were said to have been disappointed upon learning that Eguchi Aimi of AKB48 is fake.

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