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Blessed Sacrament School
A Jesuit-sponsored school of academic excellence

STAR AWARDS IMAGINE ILLUMINATE INSPIRE NIGHT

The Blessed Sacrament School is celebrating nearly 100 years of educating Hollywood at its 3rd Annual Star Awards Night on Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 6:00 PM at Blessed Sacrament School Auditorium, 6641 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, 90028.  It was founded in 1915 in Hollywood, by the Jesuit Fathers then run by IHS, the Sisters [...]

2013/05/03 More
Actresses Maggie Grace & Victoria Justice wear Oliver Tolentino

Actresses Maggie Grace & Victoria Justice wear Oliver Tolentino

Hollywood designer OLIVER TOLENTINO continues to add names to the list of celebrities who have worn his couture.  The latest to wear dresses by the Philippines-born Tolentino, who has boutiques on Melrose Avenue and in Makati, are actresses MAGGIE GRACE and VICTORIA JUSTICE. Maggie Grace, recent co-star of Taken 2 with Liam Neeson and the final Twilight: Breaking [...]

2012/12/10 More
Walgreens Look Boutique cosmetics section in Hollywood. (Photo: Business Wire)

Walgreens opens flagship store in Hollywood

On December 1st, Walgreens welcomed the public to the official opening of its 8,000th store, which also happened to be its flagship location on the West Coast. The store features a modern, revolutionary style, one that, in conjunction with its iconic location on the corner of Sunset and Vine, creates a truly unique experience and look. [...]

2012/12/08 More
Rome film festival world premieres include the hotly-awaited second episode of the vampire-themed Twilight saga.
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Stallone, Twilight to star in Rome film festival

(ROME-AFP) – Hollywood veteran Sylvester Stallone will take to the red carpet at Rome’s 2012 film festival, which host 59 world premieres including the hotly-awaited second episode of the vampire-themed Twilight saga. The festival, which runs November 9 to 17, will open with Tajik director Bakhtiar Khudojnazarov’s magical realist epic “Waiting for the Sea” and [...]

2012/10/11 More
Anne Curtis

Anne back in Manila from Hollywood

Actress Anne Curtis is back in Manila after a one-month stay in United States to shoot the Hollywood film “Blood Ransom.” In her official Twitter account, Curtis said she’s excited to return to ABS-CBN’s noontime show “It’s Showtime.” “Good morning, madlang people! I’m baaaaaack!,” Curtis tweeted on Tuesday morning. “Hmmm what should I do for [...]

2012/07/06 | 0 Comments More
Sam Milby

Sam Milby not giving up Hollywood dream

Actor Sam Milby is not giving up on his dream of making it in Hollywood, saying he will return again to the United States next year for auditions. Milby, who’s now busy with his upcoming series “Against All Odds,” returned to the Philippines after spending several months in the U.S. “Halos every year babalik ako [...]

2012/06/22 | 0 Comments More
Described by international film critics as “creepy to the extreme” (KillerFilm.com) and a “beautifully shot supernatural tale with incredible effects and great scares” (Bloody Disgusting), The Road is a story about a twelve-year-old cold case, which was recently reopened when three teenagers went missing while traversing an infamous and abandoned road.

‘The Road’ to Hollywood: History in the making for Philippine movies

AFTER FREAKING the hell out of moviegoers in the Philippines with its unique but effectively haunting storyline and superb cinematography, GMA Films’ 2011 thriller movie The Road will pave the way to Hollywood fame as it becomes the first all-Filipino film to be commercially released in North America and Canada this May.In a well-attended news [...]

2012/05/11 | 0 Comments More
Angelina Jolie

Jolie urges more aid for Horn of Africa; Sean Penn visits ‘inspirational’ Libya

GENEVA (AFP) –  Hollywood star Angelina Jolie on Tuesday pleaded with the international community to step up aid to the Horn of Africa, saying that its response would determine “whether huge numbers of people live or die.” “Today three-quarters of a million people are at risk of death in the next four months in the [...]

2011/10/07 | 0 Comments More
American heiress and media personality Paris Hilton is escorted to her limousine shortly upon arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila, Philippines late Sunday Aug.14, 2011. Hilton is in Manila to meet with her friend, Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao and his wife Jinkee as well as inaugurate her Paris Hilton boutique and promote a beach resort.

Paris Hilton to design clubhouse of Manila condo

MANILA, Aug 15 (Mabuhay) – Socialite and hotel heiress Paris Hilton has partnered with Century Properties to design the central amenity of its Azure Urban Resort Residences in Manila. Besides becoming the firm’s official ambassador for the project, Hilton will also design the concept for the Azure Beach Clubhouse. Azure Residences is a six-hectare residential [...]

2011/08/16 | 0 Comments More
Destination Hollywood

Destination Hollywood

By Jay Fermin A few weeks after the 83rd Oscar Awards and while cinema fever was still in the air, I decided to spend a day and revisit Hollywood. The red carpet has been rolled up and the golden drapes and giant statues are gone. However, the excitement is still in the air when I [...]

2011/03/24 | 0 Comments More