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(c) AXN Get ready for double the action when two of AXN’s highest rated TV series, MACGYVER and HAWAII FIVE-0, collide for a no holds barred crossover episode this March 16, Thursday, 9.45pm! When Mac and the team travel to Hawaii to aid in earthquake relief efforts, they team up with Chin (Daniel Dae Kim) and Kono (Grace Park) from the Five-0 task force to rescue a group of government scientists trapped in a building. However, as they work on the complicated rescue, a group using the chaos as a distraction aims to steal the top-secret weaponry from the scientists.

The illusions continue as Masters of Illusion, the magic show that raises magic to a whole new level of amazement, returns to Sony Channel in March. The new season showcases all-new performers –more than 70 world-renowned magicians, escape artists, mentalists, illusionists, and up-and-coming talents – as they display their exceptional abilities in performing new and exciting illusions in front of a live audience.

Born in Florida, he quietly began his career behind the scenes. With a sharp instinct for a smash, he quickly became an in-demand songwriter for the likes of Lil Wayne, Pitbull, Diddy, and more before stepping into the spotlight. Now, he joins the ranks of some of history’s most successful artists, and he turns up the heat yet again with the explosive anthem, “Swalla” [feat. Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign]. Over a sun-soaked island groove, Derulo delivers an unshakable chorus flanked by fiery cameos from Nicki Minaj and Ty Dolla $ign. Expect “Swalla” to soundtrack 2017.

Fresh off the critical success of their last outing, the family comedy-drama Tribes, Red Turnip Theater is ready to take audiences into a different theater experience with the sci-fi thriller THE NETHER. Ever since making their debut four years ago, Red Turnip has already made quite the dent in the local theater scene. By sticking to their vision of producing contemporary straight plays, this young company has almost single-handedly paved the way for the straight play to find equal footing in a landscape formerly dominated by the musical. Younger companies have sprouted and followed suit and there are now more text-driven plays getting produced than ever before. Each of the Red Turnip’s eight productions has gone on to top critics’ lists and garner awards and nominations from both the Aliw and Gawad Buhay Awards, making this company the go-to for outstanding plays that both entertain and move.

The SBR.ph Tri Series is back and is bigger than ever! For the 2017 edition, we’re introducing the LITE category for those newbies who needs just a “little bit more” convincing. You requested it, you got it!  Registration for the Philippines’ first and only multi sport race series dedicated to beginners and beginners at heart is now open!

Synopsis :  "Bawal ang pag-ibig."  'Yan ang batas na umiiral sa Pilipinas sa taong 2117. Ang lahat ng tao'y takot magmahal dahil sa isang device na pumipigil sa kanilang umibig, maliban sa mga BomBayanis, isang grupo ng mga terorista na gustong maghasik ng pag-ibig sa mga nakakalimot nang makaramdam. Sa pamamagitan ng kanilang kakaibang pamamaraan sa pakikipagdigma, kailangan nilang gumawa ng isang perpektong bomba na magpapasabog sa kasalukuyang Presidente, para ipaalala sa kanya ang pwersa na mas malakas pa sa pinakamatinding bomba sa lahat: ang pag-ibig.

Light Network channel 33 is achievinggreater innovation as it begins its official broadcast on Digital Television this coming March 2017! Through this exciting breakthrough, viewers in Mega Manila will soonbe able to experience a clearer and highly-improved video and sound quality of Light Network in their televisions.

LoveYourself Inc., in collaboration with Mr. Gay World Philippines (MGWP), will be hosting Cherry Poppin' - The 3rd Party on  25 February  at the One Canvas Events Place in Makati City for the benefit of the organization's testing clinics and community centers. Already on its third year, Cherry Poppin' is a fundraising activity indulging guests with man-date auctions, a fashion show of the creations of Don Cristobal and Jaggy Glarino to be styled by Syper Abel, and a rave party.

The local film festival’s new tagline “Sine Lokal, Pang-Internasyonal” lives up to its core as the roster of finalists handpicked by Sinag Maynila CEO and Founder Wilson Tieng and world-renowned and internationally acclaimed film director Brillante Ma Mendoza have been announced. “The upgraded mechanics for this season may have been a risky move, but we are very happy with the outcome,” says Tieng. “We are looking forward to the reception of these films here and of course, internationally.”

Carving a historic milestone in Philippine media, the first ever documentary mini-series featuring real lives, struggles, and voices of Tomboys in Manila premiered at Pineapple Lab last February 4. Creator and Executive Producer Pj Gurnamal shares, “Masculine lesbians have either been under or misrepresented in popular media.” To directly address this, The Tomboy Files utilizes various creative channels such as media, art and performance to spread SOGIE awareness.

Chicago Med, the compelling medical drama from executive producer Dick Wolf who also gave us Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D., airs this February on Sony Channel. (c) Sony Channel. Set in the emergency department of the Gaffney Chicago Medical Center, the city’s new state-of-the-art trauma center, this latest installment of the famed Chicago franchise revolves around the courageous team of doctors, nurses, and staff members who work together as they handle the most severe trauma cases everyday to save patients’ lives.

Care divas is not a gay-only show. It's a material that encompass a diverse group of people--men, women, gays, elders, overseas workers, and employers--performed by a cast of 10. The story may have used gays as leads, but it is love that you can find in every scene and across differences. Caring is loving. It features love of caregivers to their patients, of OFWs' sacrifices for their family, of friends to each other, of a person regardless of gender, and of people everywhere we may find ourselves in. Love is heart; and it is the heart that is truly captivating in this play.

Star Magic Hottest Love Team Star Magic celebrates their quarter century anniversary this year. With that said so, all their biggest stars will pay the love forward, giving them an extraordinary events and special projects. Star Magic is known as the ABS-CBN’s premiere talent management and has the strong foundation when it comes to showcasing talents and producing some world-class actors/actresses.

Twin Bill Theater Season 2 proudly presents the Asian premiere of “MY NAME IS ASHER LEV”, a passionate and poignant coming of age storyby Aaron Posner, based on the best-selling novel by Chaim Potok and directed by Steven Conde.                  . Winner of the Outer Critics Circle Award, the critically acclaimed play MY NAME IS ASHER LEV was called “rich, moving and surprisingly powerful” by The New York Times and the New York Daily News called it “as earnest as it is universal.”

As a fabulous fitting finale of Ballet Philippines’ 47th season entitled “Wings”, come and watch the new staging of “Swan Lake”, the most famous and legendary ballet adored by audiences all over the world for over a hundred years. On March 4, “Swan Lake” will be celebrating the 140th anniversary of its premiere.

ABOUT Antipara Collective teams up with the the makers of "#14 LEANDRO ROAD" (An adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall Of The House Of Usher), Theater House of Black and Fringe Manila in staging a play in three episodes done à la Philippine Cinema's "Shake, Rattle and Roll". The production showcases three Filipino adaptations of literary classics namely; Arthur Miller's "The Crucible", Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart", and a fused episode of William Golding's "The Lord Of The Flies" and Jean-Paul Sartre's "No Exit".

Film Ambassador Gloria Sevilla and FDCP Chair Liza Dino The Film Development Council of the Philippines recognized the creativity and global achievements of recent international film festival winners during the Film Ambassadors Night 2017 held last January 31 at the FDCP Cinematheque Manila Open Grounds, T.M. Kalaw St., Ermita, Manila.

Filipino moviegoers are in for a treat.  This coming February 15, fans and followers of the blockbuster biopic "Heneral Luna" are going to see a short film spinoff that serves as a bridge to the upcoming feature “Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral," the second installment of Jerrold Tarog's historical trilogy. The short film entitled “Angelito” is being theatrically released exclusively with the offbeat romantic-comedy “I’m Drunk, I Love You.”

A wide variety of exciting activities await the public in the  13th PASINAYA OPEN HOUSE FESTIVAL 2017: PALABAS AT PALIHAN ; the largest annual multi-arts festival in the country with more than 300 shows in music, theater, dance, visual arts, film, and literature to choose from and more than 50,000 viewers. Taking as its theme  ARTS FOR PEACE , the festival which will be held at the CCP and various museums and galleries in the city will feature excerpts from the works of over a hundred arts groups and thousands of artists from around the country.

Para sa pag-ibig, ano’ng kaya mong gawin? What can you do for love? The question really is, what won’t you do for love? Get ready to witness a different kind of love triangle between Eurydice, Orfeo and Eurydice’s father. We explore love, loss and the pleasures of pain and memory in thismyth’s contemporary retelling that shows the young and very much in love Orpheus and Eurydice.

The Metropolitan Museum of Manila (MET) recently launched a major exhibition on internationally-acclaimed Filipino artist Ronald Ventura. Ongoing until  March 4, 2017 ,  Shadow Forest: Encounters and Explorations  showcases a variety of Ventura’s works, from his lithograph prints during the nineties to his life-size mechanical carousels in 2016.

Tanghalang Ateneo, the longest-running theater company of the Ateneo de Manila University’s Loyola Schools, continues its 38th season: De/Constructing Narratives with a production of the award-winning young adult bestseller “Si Janus Silang at angTiyanak ng Tábon”by Palanca awardee Edgar Calabia Samar.