ABS-CBN’s award-winning fantasy-drama anthology “Wansapanataym” encourages TV viewers to start the new year right as it shares the importance of forgiveness and family in its special episode this Sunday (January 4).

In the episode titled “Housemates ni Lola,” Mika dela Cruz will portray the role of Grace, a young girl who resents her parents after their business went bankrupt. As they adjust to their simpler lifestyle, Grace meets Lola Criselda (Rustica Carpio), their grouchy and mysterious neighbor who uses black magic to turn kids into pieces of furniture.

What will Grace do when she witnesses Lola Criselda’s wicked deeds? Is there a connection between Grace and Lola Criselda’s lives? How will Grace learn to value her parents through the life story of Lola Criselda?

Also part of “Wansapanataym Presents Housemates ni Lola” are Yayo Aguila, Alexa Ilacad, Allan Paule, Maurice Mabutaa, Diamond Delahenty, Andre Garcia, and Angelo Garcia. It is written by Joel Mercado and directed by Jon “Spongky” Villarin.

The original story book for Filipino kids “Wansapanataym” is under the production of Dreamscape Entertainment Television, the group that created top-rating TV masterpieces such as “Walang Hanggan,” “Ina, Kapatid, Anak,” “Juan dela Cruz,” and “Ikaw Lamang.”

Don’t miss “Wansapanataym” this Sunday, 6:45PM, after “Goin’ Bulilit” on ABS-CBN. For more updates, log on to www.abs-cbn.com or follow @abscbndotcom on Twitter.

Meanwhile, viewers may also catch up on full episodes and past episodes of “Wansapanataym” through ABS-CBNmobile. For more information, please go to www.abscbnmobile.com.

Broadcast journalist Anthony Taberna looks back to the most explosive stories of “Tapatan Ni Tunying” in 2014 as the current affairs program airs a special episode dubbed as “Ultimate Throwback ni Tunying” this Thursday (January 1).

Who would forget James Yap’s first and exclusive confession of having a child before his marriage with Queen of All Media Kris Aquino? How about Piolo Pascual’s response against unrelenting gay rumors and Angelica Panganiban’s defense on allegations that she and her boyfriend John Lloyd Cruz are alcoholics?

Aside from TV personalities, some politicians also took the hot seat in “Tapatan Ni Tunying” to explain their side on various intrigues thrown at them. One of them was vice president Jejomar Binay, who said that the Liberal Party might be the one behind the alleged black propaganda against him as he plans to run for president in 2016. His children senator Nancy Binay and Makati mayor Junjun Binay also fired back at critics in the program.

These and other high-profile interviews of “Tapatan ni Tunying” all throughout 2014 on New Year’s Day (Jan 1) at 4:30 PM on ABS-CBN’s Kapamilya Gold. For updates, follow the program’s social media accountswww.Twitter.com/TNTunying, www.Instagram.com/TNTunying, and www.facebook.com/TNTunying.

ABS-CBN extends the celebration of the Christmas season until 2015 as it continues to share important family values and life lessons through the hit Kapamilya Christmas TV special “Give Love on Christmas.” Award-winning actors KC Concepcion and Paulo Avelino will star in the third and last featured story titled “Exchange Gift.”

In “Give Love on Christmas Presents Exchange Gift,” which will air on January 5 (Monday), KC and Paulo will give life to the characters of Anna and Christian, a married couple who drifted apart because of misunderstandings and unresolved issues. But despite their problems, Christian and Anna will be forced to pretend that they have a happy family for the sake of their only child.

How will Christian and Anna explain to their son that their once perfect family is now broken? Will the couple still be able to forgive each other, settle their differences, and fulfill the vows they made on their wedding day?

“Give Love on Christmas Presents Exchange Gift” also features Melai Cantiveros, Jason Francisco, Miguel Vergara, Cheska Iñigo, Lauren Burgos, and Jim Paredes. It is directed by Manny Palo.

“Give Love on Christmas” is composed of three stories that revolve around family, relationships, and love. These include Paulo and KC’s “Exchange Gift,” Eddie Garcia, Aiko Melendez, Dimples Romana, Carlo Aquino, and Louise Abuel’s “The Gift Giver,” and Gerald Anderson and Maja Salvador’s “The Gift of Life,” which premiered on Monday (December 22).

It is a Christmas special produced by Dreamscape Entertainment Television, the group that created top-rating TV masterpieces such as “Walang Hanggan,” “Ina Kapatid Anak,” “Juan dela Cruz,” and “Ikaw Lamang.”

Don’t miss the beginning of “Give Love on Christmas Presents Exchange Gift” on January 5, before “It’s Showtime” in ABS-CBN Prime-Tanghali. For more information about “Give Love on Christmas,” visit the show’s official social networking sites Twittter .com/DreamscapePH and Instagram.com/DreamscapePH.

Viewers may also catch up on full episodes and past episodes of “Give Love On Christmas” through ABS-CBNmobile. For more information, please go to www.abscbnmobile.com.

One Direction visits Jimmy Fallon on his The Tonight Show Music Room and they performed to sing "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" using classroom instruments together with The Roots!

Thingking of where to bring your children as well as those kids at heart this holiday season? Check out the following:

Let us always remember that He gave us His life in order to save us from our sins. He loved us so dearly that He carried the cross for our salvation.

Here are some of the tips that we could recommend for you to do so that a travel to a family gathering or a friend's party will be enjoyable even if we have the worst Christmas traffic in the Metro:

A first look of George Clooney in Downton Abbey's Christmas episode!

In the new comedy series “Jane The Virgin,” Gina Rodriguez stars as Jane Villanueva, whose meticulous life plans are suddenly turned upside down when she is accidentally artificially inseminated.

Named the “Next Big Thing” and one of the “Top 35 Latinos Under 35” by The Hollywood Reporter, Gina Rodriguez’s profile has been rising steadily since her breakout performance as the titular character in “Filly Brown” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012 and brought Rodriguez an Imagen award winner for Best Actress in a Feature Film.

 

Growing up in Chicago, Rodriguez started performing at age 7 with the salsa dance company Fantasia Juvenil. She went on to work with other companies including Los Soneros Del Swing, performing at several Salsa Congresses in Chicago, California, New York and Puerto Rico. At 16, Gina was one of thirteen teens to be accepted into Columbia University NY- Theatrical Collaboration taught by Richard Niles, where she wrote, directed and performed original works.

 

She fell in love with New York and was accepted into the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU.

Rodriguez had four years of intense theatre training at both the Atlantic Theatre Company and Experimental Theatre Wing, working with David Mamet, William H. Macy and Rosemary Quinn. Directly after graduation, she booked her first lead role in the feature film “Tiny Dancer.” Next, she originated the role of Frida Kahlo in the world premiere of “Casa Blue: The Last Moments in the Life of Frida Kahlo,” at the American Stage Theatre. She continued to work in NY with multiple theatres and her work in film and TV steadily grew, including series “Jonny Zero,” “Army Wives,” and “Law & Order,” in addition to several shorts and indie films. One short film, “Osvaldos,” earned Rodriguez a “Best Actor” award at the First Run Film Festival in NY.

After the years of success in NY, Rodriguez booked a lead role in a feature film “Go For It” in which she received a 2011 Imagen Awards nomination. After this, Rodriguez booked her first co-star role on CBS’ “Eleventh Hour.” She went on to book series regular roles on web series “Eden's Court” and “No Names;” her first studio film “Our Family Wedding” with America Ferrera; and a lead in the film “Superchicas.” Since then she has also guest starred on the “The Mentalist,” “Happy Endings” and “Ten Things I Hate About You.”

 

Next came one of Rodriguez’s most exciting roles to date, “Filly Brown.” Originally, this role had been written as a spoken word artist, an area in which Rodriguez had experience, but upon meeting Rodriguez, the producers changed the part to a rapper. After an outstanding audition,

in which Gina provided an impromptu rap performance, she secured the role. She collaborated with music producers, E Dub and Khoolaid from Silent Giant, to come up with original songs for the film. Rodriguez went on to star in the dark indie comedy “Sleeping with Fishes,” written and directed by Nicole Gomez Fisher. The film focuses on Alexis Rodriguez Fish, who returns home to her family after the death of her cheating husband.

 

Rodriguez starred in the Cima Productions film “Marching Banda,” playing a single mother of a boy whose estranged father comes back into their lives and begins teaching him traditional regional Mexican music and incorporating it into the school’s marching band repertoire. She also starred in a supporting role in “Snap,” a reunion with her “Filly Brown” director Youssef Delara, which had its world premiere at SXSW this past year. She also completed production on another indie film, “California Winter,” with Rutina Wesley.

 

Rodriguez is a supporter of Inspira, an organization that works to spotlight Latino leaders who shape their communities. She also works with the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts and the Boyle Heights Learning Collaborative.

 

She lives in Los Angeles, California.

 

The series is currently on hiatus now and new episodes will return in January 25, Sunday, 8.50pm, Same Week As The U.S.

 

Sony Channel is seen on SKYCable Channel 35, Cignal Digital TV Channel 60, Destiny Cable Channel 62, Cable Link Channel 39.

 

About Sony Channel

Sony Channel is the premier destination for female-skewing entertainment with the biggest and best of Hollywood. Designed for the socially connected viewer, Sony Channelfeatures some of the most captivating and talked-about drama, comedy, lifestyle and reality programs on TV, all airing close to the U.S. telecasts, together with popular feel-good movies.

Fresh, confident and stylish, with a dash of clever wit, Sony Channel is visually stunning with a brand identity that perfectly complements its line-up of high calibre programming.  Sony Channel appeals to a female-skewed, male-inclusive audience who loves to escape, engage and lose themselves in premium content. Viewers are modern, social, stylish and aspirational.

Sony Channel is wholly owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment and managed by Sony Pictures Television Networks, Asia, which also operates pay-TV channels AXN, beTV, Sony Entertainment Television, Animax, ONE and GEM. See www.sonychannelasia.com, as well as followwww.facebook.com/SonyChannelPH andhttps://twitter.com/SonyChannelPH for more.

Manila, Philippines- Gina Rodriguez went to Manila to promote her show “Jane the Virgin” on

November 26-28 where her Filipino fans met and greeted her in Fairmont Hotel, Makati.

 

Meanwhile, JANE THE VIRGIN is nominated in Golden Globe awards as the following:

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL and GINA RODRIGUEZ

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL.

 

About the Show

 

When Jane Villanueva was a young girl, her grandmother, Alba, convinced her of two things: telenovelas are the highest form of entertainment, and women must protect their virginity at all costs. Now age 23, Jane is a driven young woman studying to become a teacher, nursing a dream to be a writer, and supporting herself with a job at a hot new Miami hotel.

All the years of watching telenovelas with the two women who raised her – her sexy, young-at-heart mother, Xiomara (known as “Xo”), and her still-devout grandmother, Alba – have given Jane a slightly unrealistic view of romance. Although she is determined not to make the same mistake Xo made – becoming an unwed mother at 16 – Jane could not be closer to the two wonderful women who have shaped her life. They are very different people – Xo lives her life as a perpetual teenager, performing at local clubs and always looking for a new man, while Alba makes religion and prayer the focus of her life – but both women consider Jane the center of their universe and love the grounded, compassionate and ambitious young woman she has become. 

Despite the conflicting influences of her mother and grandmother, Jane has managed to find a wonderful fiancé: a handsome, hard-working detective named Michael, who loves her enough to accept her detailed timeline for their future together and even her insistence on “saving herself” until they’re married. All of Jane’s meticulous life plans are turned upside down, however, when she sees her doctor for a routine check-up and is accidentally artificially inseminated with a specimen meant for the patient in the next room. Unbeknownst to her, the specimen belongs to Rafael, a reformed playboy and cancer survivor, who is not only the new owner of the hotel where Jane works but also a former summer crush of hers. 

Uploaded on YouTube, SNL Host Amy Adams under the mistletoe with no other than One Direction as musical guest of the show on 20 December 2014!

Based on the year-end report of Google Philippines on online trends under the music category, "Dati" ranked 10th as the most searched term in 2014 and the only Pinoy entry among the top music searches.