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Philippine Showbiz Today
May 22 - June 7, 2018
Teresita Ssen ‘Winwyn’ Marquez still a Kapuso;
signs anew with GMA Network
Reina Hispanoamericana 2017
Teresita Ssen “Winwyn” Marquez
continues her journey as a Kapuso
as she recently renewed her exclu-
sive contract with GMA Network.
Winwyn is one of the network’s
home-grown and talented artists.
She feels blessed and thankful with
her contract renewal with the Kapu-
so Station.
“I am very, very happy to stay
here in my home network. Sobrang
saya ko. My manager and the Enter-
tainment Content Group, they are
really doing their best to give me
something na babagay sa akin.”
The Kapuso actress shared that
for her next TV project, she wants to
challenge herself and try action, “I
want to do action. Gusto ko mala-
Lara Croft or Scarlett Johansson.
Iyon yung mga gusto kong gawin.
Kung merong magandang project, I
would love to do that.”
Present in the contract-signing
were GMA Entertainment Content
Group Senior Vice President Lilybeth
G. Rasonable; GMA Senior Assistant
Vice President for Alternative Pro-
ductions Gigi Santiago-Lara; GMA
Assistant Vice President for Drama
Productions Cheryl Ching-Sy; Senior ing her reign while doing various ad-
Program Manager Bang Arespaco- vocacy projects.
chaga, Geleen Eugenio and Winwyn’s
During the contract signing, Ra-
manager Arnold Vegafria.
sonable assured Winwyn’s fans that
Winwyn made a milestone in the Network will continue to provide
the pageant history as the country’s quality projects for the international
first-ever Reina Hispanoamericana. beauty queen, “Nag-uusap na kami
She revealed that she’s really enjoy- with her manager regarding a project
for primetime pero i-a-announce na-
min pag naplantsa na lahat. Winywyn
has proven herself as a very good ac-
tress. Bukod dun, marami pa siyang
ibang talents like dancing na pwede
pa rin niyang gamitin in our other
shows. We are committed to support
her”.●
Netflix TV deals with Obamas
LOS
ANGELES
— Former US President
Barack Obama and his
wife, Michelle Obama, have
struck a deal to produce
films and series for Netflix
Inc, the streaming service
said on Monday, giving the
former first couple a pow-
erful and unprecedented
platform to shape their
post-White House legacy.
Under the name
Higher Ground Produc-
tions, the Obamas have
the option to produce
scripted and unscripted
series, documentaries and
feature films, Netflix said in
a statement.
The Obamas will have
hands-on involvement in
producing content and will
appear personally in some
of the shows while curating others,
said a person familiar with the deal.
Terms of the multi-year deal
were not disclosed and the first of
the programming is not expected to
reach viewers until about May 2019,
the person said.
The agreement between the
Obamas and Netflix, which boasts
some 125 million subscribers world-
wide, is a first for any occupant of the
White House.
The closest comparison is for-
mer US Vice President Al Gore,
whose global warming documen-
tary “An Inconvenient Truth” won an
Oscar in 2007. Gore also launched
a youth-oriented cable TV network,
Netflix, which has bud-
geted $8 billion for program-
ming in 2018, is also produc-
ing Martin Scorsese’s next film
starring Robert De Niro and Al
Pacino.
Barack Obama was the
first guest on David Letter-
man’s return to television in
an extended talk show format
with Netflix that debuted in
January.●
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Reuters/ Malaya
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Current TV, in 2005 but it was sold
to Middle-East based Al Jazeera in
2013, which later shut it down.
The Obamas gave no details of
the topics they planned to cover but
the content is not expected to be di-
rectly political.
Barack Obama in a statement
recalled the “fascinating people”
from all walks of life that he had met
during his eight years in office, end-
ing in January 2017.
“We hope to cultivate and curate
the talented, inspiring, creative voic-
es who are able to promote greater
empathy and understanding be-
tween peoples, and help them share
their stories with the entire world,” he
added.
Netflix chief content officer Ted
Sarandos said in a statement that the
Obamas are “uniquely positioned to
discover and highlight stories of peo-
ple who make a difference in their
communities and strive to change
the world for the better.”
The deal with the Obamas also
marks one of the biggest coups for
Netflix in drawing top-level talent
away from traditional Hollywood stu-
dios and television networks.
In the past year, Netflix has
cut deals with Shonda Rhimes, the
woman behind hits like “Scandal”
and “Grey’s Anatomy,” and Emmy-
winning Ryan Murphy, who created
“Glee” and directed the TV series
“American Crime Story.”
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