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World-class entertainment reaches BF Paranaque as SM Cinema, the country’s biggest film exhibitor, launches a branch at this city South of Manila with the opening of SM Cinema at SM City BF Paranaque November 28, 2013. The new branch has two digital cinemas capable of showing 2D and 3D movies and four Director’s Club Cinema branches. SM Official | Hans Sy and other

This November 29 at the Eastwood City Central Plaza, Parokya Ni Edgarwill launch their latest release Bente , which celebrates the band’s 20 th anniversary as a group. Bente has two editions – 1 DVD/2 CD and 2 CD. The DVD includes 28 music videos of the band plus two documentaries. The 2 CD has a total of 29 tracks (27 of the band’s biggest hits plus 2 brand new tracks). Bente also includes their newest single AngParokya, which talks about the beginnings of the band. It also features Gloc-9 and Frank Magalona. AngParokya is the second time that Parokya Ni Edgar, Frank and Gloc-9 collaborated in a song. The music video of the song is also included in the DVD.

Wang Chung and Naked Eyes will be having their first concert in the country entitled Back 2 Back Throwback on December 5, 2013 (Thursday) 7pmat the Grand Ballroom of Solaire Resort and Casino for the benefit of the recent super typhoon victims thru Oplan Damayan Yolanda and for the kids of Gabay sa Landas Foundation. Naked Eyes a British New Wave band that rose to prominence in the early 1980s and originally formed by two friends from Bath, England; Pete Bryne on vocals and Rob Fisher on keyboard. The duo is known largely for its four Top 40 singles. The first, a cover of the Burt Bacharach/Hal David standard  "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me"(Bacharach himself has cited the cover as a personal favorite). The band had subsequent hits with their own compositions, "Promises, Promises" (the 12” mix of which features vocals from Madonna), "When the Lights Go Out" and "(What) In the Name of Love” and a lot more. Wang Chung...

The Cultural Center of the Philippines presents a durational performance art series entitled NALUWAS SI LIGTAS SA MANILA by artist Russ Ligtas on November 22 and 29, December 6 and 13, 2013 with a blend of fun and amazing performances that will excite audiences.

The star of 2005’s internationally-acclaimed independent film “Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros” Nathan Lopez will act opposite his identical twin Gammy in ABS-CBN’s “Maalaala Mo Kaya” this Saturday (November 23). In the episode directed by Nuel Naval, Nathan and Gammy will portray the roles of identical twins Elmer and Eric, who were very close since childhood. However, after the death of their soldier father, Elmer chose to come out as gay—a decision disliked by Eric, who is a ‘closet queen.’ Also part of the fun and heartwarming “MMK” episode are Jackilou Blanco, Nikki Valdez and Ricardo Cepeda. The episode was written by Benson Logronio and Arah Jell Badayos and researched by Akeem del Rosario. “MMK” is led by business unit head Malou Santos, production manager Roda Dela Cerna, and executive producers Cathy San Pablo and Lindsay Dizon. Don’t miss “MMK” Saturday nights, after “Wansapanataym” on ABS-CBN.

In celebration of Metro Magazine’s 24th year, which coincides with Francis Libiran’s 15 years in the fashion industry, Metro has named him, the “designer to the stars,” its latest Metrowear Icon. Francis Libiran with Anne Curtis

TENDA, a new kid on the block in the wireless distribution system in the Philippines, is set to impress the consumers with its easy-to-install units and reliable data connection of up to 300 Mbps. The company introduces three new exciting models in the Philippine market-the W3002R, W309R+ and FH303. According to Charlie Jiang, company sales manager for the Philippines, TENDA is set to win the competition against other wireless solution brands in the market. "TENDA's edge against the other routers are, it is easy to set up or install and its parts are made by Broadcom chipset company (famous WIFI chipset maker in the world)," Jiang said.