'Amazing Cooking Kids' starts cooking this Saturday

Simula ngayong April 16 ay mapapanood na ang pinakakakaibang cooking competition ng GMA, ang ‘Amazing Cooking Kids’.

Twelve finalists, ranging from ages 9 to 12, ang maglalaban-laban para maging kauna-unahang winner ng pinakabago at pinaka-cute na cooking competition ng Kapuso network, ang Amazing Cooking Kids. Magpapakita sila ng kani-kanilang natatanging talent sa pagluto, at tiyak na mapapabilib nila kayo sa kanilang kakayahan gaya ng pagka-bilib sa kanila ng host na si Ms. Carmina Villaroel at ng tatlong chef judges.

“We have 12 amazing kids talaga. Nakapag-taping na po kami ng pilot episode and I can really say na talagang amazing po talaga. Bagay na bagay ang Amazing Cooking Kids sa aming programa,” says Carmina.

Ang twelve finalists na ito ay sina Dingdong Lagman ng Quezon City, Tasha Pulgado ng Bulacan, Nica Fortuno ng Batangas, Xymon Caballero ng Caloocan City, Duday Reyes ng Quezon City, Budik Villalobos ng Cavite, Pat Reyes ng Mandaluyong City, Ice Almalmani ng Parañaque City, Tarah Santos ng Muntinlupa City, Angela Rosales ng Quezon City, Ronin Leviste ng Makati City, at Pau Sablaya ng Quezon City.

Kuwento naman ng isa sa mga judges na si Chef Rosebud Benitez, “This show is something that you should be looking forward to, kasi talaga namang maa-amaze kayo sa kagalingan ng mga bata. Kasi kahit na kaming mga chef na ay bilib sa kanila. At their very young age, napakagaling ng skills nila when it comes to cooking.” 

“Actually abangan niyo rin, hindi lang sa pagluluto. Meron din mga challenges ang mga bata na talagang ang saya-saya,” says Chef Jackie Ang-Po. “Aabangan niyo rin kasi nga masayang-masaya yung show. Hindi lang talaga puro luto, basta, parang very, very fun summer na cooking and playing ng mga bata.”

Samantala, ang isa naman sa mga judges ay nai-inspire sa mga bata.

“Natutuwa po ako na nakita ko itong mga bata. Sa totoo lang nung bata po ako naga-aspire po ako to become [a] chef. And now, to see young kids going that direction, very heart-warming and very, very amazing,” paglalahad ni Chef GB Barlao.

Abangan ang pagsisimula ng Amazing Cooking Kids ngayong Sabado, April 16, bago mag-Eat Bulaga on GMA.

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April 14, 2011

Iza Calzado is Cesar Montano's leading lady in GMA-7's upcoming sitcom Andres de Saya

Pagkatapos sumabak sa comedy genre para sa I Heart You Pare, mapapanood si Iza Calzado sa bagong sitcom ng GMA-7, ang Andres de Saya.Ang kanyang leading man sa palabas na ito ay si Cesar Montano.

Kilala sa kanyang mga drama roles, ang role na ito ay bago para kay Iza at inamin nito na kinakabahan siya. Pero ayon sa aktres, matagal na niyang hinihintay na mabigyan siya ng ganitong klase ng karakter.

"Medyo kinakabahan ako. I've been wanting to do comedy for such a long time, pero ngayon na nandito na parang, 'Uh-oh, anong gagawin ko?' But I trust that my director will also guide me and that the script will also be very good," sabi ni Iza sa isang panayam sa kanya ng iGMA.tv.

Banggit pa ng aktres, ang karakter na kanyang gagampanan ay kaugali niya sa tunay na buhay. Off-cam, sinabi ni Iza na siya ay masayahin at kuwela.

"Maloko ako sa totoong buhay. Sabi ko nga, matagal na matagal ko nang gustong mag-comedy kasi hindi talaga ako serious. Serious ako on certain occasions, but most of the time I'm kengkoy. Or I'd like to think I'm kengkoy."

Masaya rin ang dalaga sa pagtatambal nila ni Cesar sa sitcom na ito. Matagal na niyang gusto na makatrabaho ang aktor at ngayon ay napagbigyan na siya.

"Masayang-masaya ako nang malaman ko na makakatrabaho ko si Kuya Buboy [palayaw ni Cesar], because I've been looking forward to working with him. It's just di lang nangyari over the years. So finally, now we've been given an opportunity to work together and I'm glad na he's okay when working with me."

Nanghinayang pa ang aktres dahil hindi sila magkakasama ni Cesar sa isang heavy drama na palabas tulad sana ng gusto niya. Pero ganun pa man, masaya pa rin siya dahil bagong experience ito para sa kanya.

"He has a very big say as to who he's going to work with, and siyempre I'm honored that I get to be his partner. Sayang it's not a heavy drama, but this is something very refreshing for me kasi first time kong magsi-sitcom."

Ang sitcom na Andres de Saya ay nakatakdang ipalabas sa GMA-7 by May 2011. Ito ay patterned sa orihinal na komiks novel ni Carlo J. Caparas, at isinapelikula noong 1980 nina Vic Vargas at Gloria Diaz. 

Si Iwa Moto ang magiging dahilan sa pagseselos ng karakter ni Iza na kasal na sa karakter ni Cesar. Ang iba pang cast members ng Kapuso show na ito ay sina Gloria Romero, Caridad Sanchez, Elmo Magalona, Julie Anne San Jose, Chariz Solomon, Pekto at Jillian Ward.

Miriam Quiambao portrays a demon-possessed faith healer in Panata

Christian Broadcasting Network Asia's (CBN Asia) foray into producing horror-suspense telemovies,Tanikala, every Holy Week has been one of this season's much-awaited TV events. For the third installment of the Tanikala book, three special horror-suspense telemovies will be aired from Maundy Thursday to Black Saturday, 5 p.m., on GMA-7. 

Tanikala features true-to-life stories of people who battled against a pure evil that tried to control their lives.

On Maundy Thursday, former Sexbomb girl Izzy Trazona will go from dancing and singing to tackling heavy drama as a wife under a mortal curse in Kulam.

On Good Friday, theater actor Icko Gonzalez plays a young man spiraling into sex and drug addiction in Wasak. The episode also features John Arcilla and Roselyn Perez.

My role in Wasak is very challenging—emotionally and physically. But everyone was up for the challenge," says lead actor Icko. "I hope that people will listen to the message of our episode."

Beauty queen-turned-actress Miriam Quiambao faces her most challenging role as a demon-possessed faith healer in "Panata," which will air on Black Saturday.

Miriam adds, "working with Panata Team was challenging and yet fulfilling. I even lost my voice for a week due to the number of times I had to shout. Everyone was working in the spirit of excellence."

Catch all of these TV masterpieces on Tanikala this Holy Week, April 21, 22, and 23, 5:00 p.m. on GMA-7.

GMA-7 bags three awards in 54th New York Festivals

Three of the awards were given to entries of GMA-7 while the remaining two were handed to entries from ABS-CBN.

GMA-7 AWARDS. The star-studded cinematic version of the "Lupang Hinirang" (Philippine National Anthem) won a Bronze award in the Music Video category. This particular work features Kapuso stars who brought life to national heroes in reenactments of historical events, such as the Battle of Mactan in 1521, the Philippine Revolution of 1896 to the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution.

Another Bronze award was given to GMA-7's I-Witness: "Paraisong Uhaw" (A Parched Land) in the Social Issues/Current Events category under the Documentary/Information Program heading.

The third award of the Kapuso network is a Silver trophy for Biyaheng Totoo (Real Journey) in the Special Report in News: Reports/Features category.

Meanwhile, Born To Be Wild: The Born Expeditions Finale earned a finalist certificate for the Nature & Wildlife category.

ABS-CBN AWARDS. Storyline, the weekly documentary of ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) bagged a silver medal for the biography-profiles category and a bronze medal for the community portraits category.

The winning entries of Storyline are titled "Alexis and Nika," "Orphan" and "Stolen."

Finalist certificates were given to the six other entries of ABS-CBN namely Altar (Copywriting: Promotion Spot), I Survived (Docudrama), Storyline (Social Issues/Current Events), Dahil May Isang Ikaw (Telenovelas), Magkaribal (Telenovelas), and TV Patrol's Bloodbath in Manila (Coverage of Breaking News).

The annual New York Festivals International TV & Films Awards aims to honor the "World's Best Work" in news, sports, documentary, information and entertainment programs, as well as music videos, infomercials, promotion spots, openings and IDs.