Angel Locsin returns to TV with a fantasy series for kids

Wala raw binabalikang relasyon si Angel Locsin, kaya nang magkasira sila ni Luis Manzano, sa tingin ng marami ay malabo nang madugtungan pa ang relasyon nila.



Pero nang makapanayam si Angel ng PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) sa nakaraang story conference at pictorial para sa Kokey, tila di na ganoon katigas ang posisyon ng aktres.



"Yes, di ako naniniwala sa reconciliation, pero baka kainin ko ang mga salita ko," pag-amin ni Angel.



"Di ko naman maalis agad kung ano ang nararamdaman ko, kung ano ang mga pinagsamahan namin. Pero sa ngayon, mas okey pag friends muna kami," sabi ng aktres na nitong Nobyembre lang uling nakipag-usap kay Luis, apat na buwan matapos ang kanilang breakup.



PROUD OF LUIS. Si Anne Curtis ang ka-date ni Luis sa nakaraang 23rd Star Awards for TV kung saan nanalo siya as Best Male TV Host, samantalang Female Star of the Night naman si Anne.



Ayon kay Angel ay niyaya siya ni Luis na samahan ito pero hindi siya puwede noon.



"Nagtanong siya, pero di naman ako makakapag-provide ng gown nang ganun kabilis. Ayoko rin naman kasi may commitment din naman ako kinabukasan."



Pero nagpahayag ang aktres ng kagalakan nang matamo ni Luis ang karangalan.



"Sinabihan ako agad ni Luis nung manalo siya, same thing with Anne. Dapat lalabas kami ni Anne kasi nanalo siya as Star of the Night, pero antok na antok na ako kasi mayroon akong fun run kinabukasan ng 5:30 a.m. for McDonald's. Baka mahimatay ako sa fun run, di maganda, kasi tinatawag akong Darna tapos ganun ang mangyayari, di ba?



"Very proud ako kay Luis kasi alam ko kung paano niya seryosohin ang trabaho niya. Alam ko kung paano siya magtrabaho. I think deserve naman niya yun."



NO DATE FOR THE EMMYS. Di man pinalad si Angel na manalo sa 37th International Emmy Awards, kung saan nominated siya for Best Actress para sa teleserye na Lobo, masasabing nagbukas ito ng pinto para mapansin internationally ang mga shows na gawa dito.



Inimbitahan ni Angel si Piolo Pascual na maging kapareha niya sa awards night sa New York noong November 23, pero hindi ito puwede. Naging honest rin si Angel na inaya niya si Luis pero hindi rin siya nito napagbigyan.



"Tinext ko si PJ [Piolo] kung gusto niyang sumama sa Emmys. Sabi niya gusto naman daw niya. Nagpaalam naman siya, kaya lang di siya pinayagan kasi naghahabol sila ng taping for Lovers [in Paris]. Siyempre, siya ang in-invite ko dahil siya ang kasama ko din, ka-partner ko sa Lobo. Gusto kong ma-experience din niya.



"Oo, in-invite ko rin si Luis pero nanood siya ng Pacquiao... Medyo nagtampo lang ako sa kanya. Ang tagal naming di nag-usap tapos heto nga, parang naging okey na although friendship muna, tapos din dun siya kay Pacquiao. Ako, ang suporta ko sa Team Pacquiao, nandun siya kay Pacquiao-wan. 'Ok, dun ka muna.'"



WORKING WITH JOHN LLOYD. Magiging kapareha niya si John Lloyd sa sisimulang teleserye ng ABS-CBN at tiyak na mahahaluan ng love angle ang samahan nila. Sa isang panayam ay inamin daw ni Luis na masasaktan siya kung saka-sakaling mahulog ang loob nina John Lloyd at Angel sa isa't isa.



"Huwag muna siyang magselos kay John Lloyd," ang sagot naman ni Angel dito. "I don't think about those things kasi ang focus ko ay sa magiging trabaho namin ni Lloydie... Wala naman sigurong dapat ika-hurt o ano pa man kasi wala namang issue.



"Basta ako pag nag-start na kami ng show, magwo-workshop talaga ako, ayokong mapahiya kay Lloydie. Napakahusay niyang aktor, iba yung atake ni John Lloyd. Kaya niyang magpatawa, kaya niyang magpaiyak, ang galing! Sobrang intense actor talaga."



Sabi ni John Lloyd sa ibang interviews na medyo nailang daw siya nung ginagawa nila ang station ID ng ABS-CBN dahil kailangan niyang akbayan si Angel.



"Hindi, no, nang-aasar lang 'yun, baka raw may magalit. Nagbibiro lang si Lloydie," paliwanag ni Angel.



SERIES FOR KIDS. Habang di pa sinisimulan ang teleserye nila ni John Lloyd, isa munang fantaserye ang gagawin ni Angel. Ito ay ang Kokey, kung saan makakapareha niya si Vhong Navarro.



"Happy and excited ako. Ang tagal na rin akong di nakikita sa TV at ngayon babalik ako sa isang show na pambata. Excited ako kasi first time kong makakatrabaho si Vhong. Pangalawa, unit ito ni Direk Loren Dyogi, ibang atmosphere naman. Pangatlo, si Direk Wenn, first time ko siyang makakatrabaho din."



Masaya ring nagkuwento si Angel na habang tumatagal ay lalong dumarami daw ang sumusuporta sa kanila ni Anne sa proyekto nilang Shop and Share na almost half a million ang nalikom at naibigay na sa Philippine National Red Cross.



"Nag-donate si apl.de.ap ng Black Eyed Peas, na-touched talaga ako, sobrang nice-nice. Kasama niya ang family niya, pinuntahan ko siya sa hotel, nandun ang buong family niya kasi birthday niya. Nag-donate siya ng jacket, shirt, 'saka shoes.



"Si Efren Peñaflorida [CNN Hero of the Year in 2009] naman, nag-donate din. Facebook friends kami tapos nakakatuwa nga kasi nag-meet kami sa airport. Nag-good luck kami sa isa't isa. Siya mismo ang nag-offer sa suot niyang dog tag. Susuotin daw niya yun sa CNN, tapos pag siya ang nanalo, ipapa-auction niya. Na-touched ako kasi naalala pa niya yung promise niya. Ang sweet din niya kasi binigyan niya ako ng sarili kong trophy, 'Hollywood Best Hero.'"


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The 2005 DARNA TV SERIES CONTINUITY STARRING ANGEL LOCSIN

Before the 2009 DARNA TV Series reboot begins starring Marian Rivera, we take one last look at the 2005 DARNA TV Series continuity and the the art of the 3 part English Language Comics mini-series that inspired it.

There once was a faraway planet called “Marte” inhabited by two races with a vast understanding of advanced sciences and magic, The Adranikans were the enlightened people of peace and justice led by Queen Adran and the Anomalkans were the underground dwelling, serpent-like beings ruled by Queen Braguda.

Braguda & Adran were friends when they were young and both were fond of the Planet Earth light years away. Through the combined powers of the Magic White and Black Stones which Braguda possessed , both she and Adran were able to observe it from afar. Adran was fascinated by the Eagles of the Earth and made these noble creatures the symbol of her peoples’ coat of arms. Braguda of the Anomalkans patterened their symbol on the Serpents of the Earth for their grace and cunning.

After Braguda showed the planet to Adran, she vowed to one day possess it. Adran tried to convince Braguda that everything they need was on the Planet Marte and there was no reason to conquer other Planets. But Braguda was defiant so Adran used her powers and telekinetically stole the white stone from Braguda. This is what began the war between the Adranikans and the Anomalkans.

Queen Adran knew that the magic white and black stones would be needed by Braguda for this endeavor. So she took away the magic white stone and kept it away from Braguda who wanted it.

Years pass and Braguda’s insatiable hunger for interstellar domination makes her desparate and much more dangerous. A prophecy comes to the people of the Planet Marte that states that Braguda’s reign of power would end when she meets her death at the hands of a fellow Anomalkan.

Since no one from the Planet Marte can survive for long in Earth’s environment, the Anomalkan refugee only had a short time to live. The Alien comes across an Earth woman named Prospera who was pregnant at the time. Noticing this, the Anomalkan transfers the seed it is carrying onto the already pregnant womb of Prospera making it a parasitic twin. Eventually Prospera gives birth to both. One human, the other-a Monster.

Horrified at her half- alien offspring, Prospera takes the hideous child back to the spacecraft in the hopes of killing it there. But before she could, the monstrous child morphs into a normal human baby girl. This causes her to abandon her plan and take the child home. As she arrives, she discovers that her normal, human daughter has disappeared (who unknown to her was taken by her half brother- Mulong to replace his own daughter who had been born dead.) Because of this, she decides to name her half-Anomalkan baby “VALENTINA” which was originally meant for her missing human offspring- The baby daughter she had with Rafael.

Unlike full blooded Anomalkans, VALENTINA was a hybrid. This mutation in her genes, the melding of Anomalkan and human DNA makes her more resilient to Earth’s environment since she is also part human. Both the Adranikans and the Anomalkans of the Planet Marte cannot long survive in Earth’s atmosphere for long since their life energies get depleted causing them to age prematurely and perish.

Meanwhile, back on the Planet Marte, Braguda is convinced that she has escaped the prophecy by destroying all the unborn Anomalkan infants. She then embarks on her war against the Adranikans.

The day finally came when Planet Marte’s core could no longer withstand the stress brought upon by the war. The Planetary core becomes unstable. Queen Adran then instructed her faithful ally- AIO to carry the magic white stone and take it far away from Marte and out of Braguda’s hands. AIO reluctantly agrees to leave with the stone. But not before she is spotted by Braguda who chases AIO’s starcraft away from the doomed planet. Just as Aio & Braguda escape the gravitational pull of their home planet, it explodes leaving them among the few survivors.

AIO flies through a “wormhole” in space which sends her to the Earth’s solar system with Braguda in pursuit. As AIO’s ship is disabled by Braguda, AIO sends her own ship on a collision course towards Braguda’s.

The 2 of them manage to survive the crash while the white stone of power is flung free and streaks toward the Earth to the Philippine province of Laguna where it is discovered by a young 10 year old girl named Narda. Narda is the daughter of Prospera’s half brother- Mulong, making her Valentina’s cousin. Narda meets AIO disguised as an Earth woman who explains to her that the stone is part of a greater destiny. A destiny that would be revealed in time.

8 years pass and Narda is a young woman of 18. On a high rise rooftop in the city of Manila one day, a telepathic voice is heard by Narda emanating from the white stone that explains to her that it was time and she must now unlock the stone’s power by swallowing it and then speaking the name inscribed on it. Narda reads the word, swallows the glowing amulet and utters…
”D A R N A !!!”

A burst of brilliant star light is unleashed and a thunderclap is heard and Narda is transformed into an otherworldly being- A metahuman warrior of the Planet Marte- “DARNA.” The Adranikan sage- AIO explains what it means to be DARNA and what she was created for. Her mission is to halt the impending assimilation of the Earth by the Galactic Tyrant- BRAGUDA of the Anomalkans.

Braguda creates Neo-Anomalkans through the power of the black stone so that these new minions can be used to search the Earth for the white stone and to destroy the Adranikan champion- Darna. The black stone is what helps sustain Braguda and her Anomalkans while in earth’s environment. Without the black stone, they themselves cannot survive on Earth. The Neo-Anomalkans are Earthlings who are transformed by sorcery into evil beings of tremendous power.
VALENTINA, the Snake Woman, NOSFERAMUS-the Shadow of Death, MAMBABARANG-the Warlock King of Insects, SULFURA-The Acid Woman, MOLECULA the metamorph. DIVINA DEMONICA the succubus, MANANANGGAL, BABAING TUOD and BABAING IMPAKTA.

These are the menaces that would challenge Darna time and time again. But not all of these threats that besieged the Earth were of Anomalkan origin. Other menaces included the demented Dr. Ted or DR. ZOMBIE and his legion of ghouls, a mystical imp called The TOYMASTER, and Darna’s own dark side made flesh- THE BLACK DARNA !!

Origin of the Magic Stones & the Adranika vs. Anomalka War.

Centuries ago, there were 2 Planets beyond our star system that contained 2 of the most powerful forces in creation. The opposing forces drew the 2 planets together and destroyed both. In its wake, 2 very powerful stones of energy were formed. On the Planet Marte, the first Queen of the Anomalkan race discovered the 2 stones of power floating in space and retrieved them to be passed on from one generation to another. When the stone was finally passed on to the current Anomalkan Queen- BRAGUDA, Planet Marte’s destiny changed forever. Unlike the former rulers of the Anomalkan race, Braguda longed for conquest of other planets beginning with the Planet Earth.

During this period, there was peace and harmony between the Anomalkans and its surface dwelling counterparts- the race called “Adranika”. Braguda was still good friends with Queen Adran of the Adranikans. One day, Braguda called Queen Adran to show her a beautiful blue planet she had discovered. She took out the magic Black Stone and Magic White stone and combined their powers to show Adran the planet Earth. Adran was impressed and admired this discovery for its beauty and exotic wildlife. Adran saw the Eagle and used the image of this noble creature to be the symbol of the Adranikans while Braguda saw s Serpent and used this to be the symbol of the Anomalkans.

When Braguda vowed to one day use the power of the 2 stones to seize the Earth, Adran tried to convince her that everything they needed was already on the Planet Marte and that there was no need to invade other worlds. Braguda was insistent on her dreams of conquest so Adran used her telekinetic abilities to yank the white stone out of Braguda’s hand and ran off with it. She knew that with only one of the stones, Braguda’s power would be insufficient.

Beccause of this, war broke out between the 2 races which lasted a long time leading to the eventual destruction of the Planet Marte. But Queen Adran who kept the white stone all this time hoped to find a champion who could one day harness the power of the stone for good and be the Earth’s protector and prevent Braguda’s evil from taking root. She asked her trusted aide- AIO to journey away from Marte and onto the Earth to get the stone as far away from Braguda as possible and prevent her from acquiring it.

But Braguda, in her starcraft, was able to follow Aio all the way to where the Earth was. The 2 ships collided and the magic white stone was thrown free and fell towards the Earth like a falling star. As if in answer to Queen Adran’s last wish, the white stone landed in close proximity to a girl who was out in the woods one evening. A young girl who was pure of heart named…NARDA. She would one day unlock the power of the stone as the champion she was destined to be …DARNA !!

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Only You (Philippine TV series)

Only You[5] is a Philippine remake of the Korean drama of the same title aired by SBS (South Korea) in 2005.[3] It stars Angel Locsin on the lead role,[6] under the direction of Rory Quintos.[5] It aired last April 27, 2009 on ABS-CBN Primetime.


Production

Only You had its first cast look test pictorial last February 17, 2009 with the three leads cast in the series, Diether Ocampo, Sam Milby, and Angel Locsin. On the following day, February 18, 2009, ABS-CBN announced its upcoming shows in Kapamilya Trade Launch, including Only You.

The shooting for the series started last week of March, 2009 in Seoul, South Korea with the lead cast Diether Ocampo, Sam Milby and Angel Locsin also with Iya Villania and Dimples Romana. For The Philippines There Was Also Shootings Specifically In Flavors Of Seas Restaurant in San Juan Angel also learned cooking lessons for this series.


Plot

Despite her mother's protests, Jillian (Angel Locsin) pursues her dream of becoming a chef by joining a cooking contest where she gets a chance to study culinary arts in different Asian countries. Before anyone can stop her, she is already on her way to Korea together with her long-time best friend, Jonathan (Diether Ocampo). But it soon becomes clear to her that skill alone is not enough to make her pass such a difficult course. So in her desperate attempt to succeed and create a good life for her family, she goes in search for a woman who can teach her a winning recipe.

Then she crosses paths with TJ (Sam Milby), an arrogant but wealthy businessman who is looking for his mother, the same woman Jillian is after. They hardly get along yet they eventually end up having a one-night stand as Jillian momentarily makes him forget about his worries about his mom's second marriage. They go their separate ways the next morning after a misunderstanding and it's only later on that Jillian finds out that she's pregnant, which means that she can't continue her studies anymore. Then a twist of fate brings them together again in the Philippines six years after that fateful encounter abroad.


Cast & characters

Main Cast

* Angel Locsin as Jillian Mendoza
* Sam Milby as Theodore "TJ" Javier Jr.
* Diether Ocampo as Jonathan Sembrano

Supporting cast

* Tirso Cruz III as Theodore Javier Sr.
* Iya Villania as Trixie Gonzales
* Dimples Romana as Dina Javier
* Bing Pimentel as Erika
* Irma Adlawan as Cora Mendoza
* Al Tantay as Nanding Mendoza
* Dick Israel as Ricardo "Ricky" Sembrano
* Ella Cruz as Andrea Mendoza
* Elijah Magundayao as Joshua Mendoza Javier

Other cast

* Gina Alajar as Ms. Montez
* Candy Pangalinan as Chef Minnie
* Franzen Fajardo
* Justin Cuyugan as Vince Lapuz III
* Gabe Mercado

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Lobo (TV series)

Lobo (lit. Wolf) was a fantasy thriller television series featured in the primetime block of ABS-CBN. The show premiered January 28, 2008. It was topbilled by Ms.Angel Locsin with Piolo Pascual and was the most expensive teleserye made by ABS-CBN.

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