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ENTERTAINMENT
John Arcilla, Dingdong star in Metro filmfest entry ‘A Hard Day’
This Christmas, only one survives. Viva Films presents its Official Entry to the 47th Metro Manila Film Festival, A Hard Day, starring primetime actor and two-time MMFF Best Actor Dingdong Dantes and 2021 Venice Film Festival’s Volpi Cup Best Actor John Arcilla, a.k.a Heneral Luna. Detective Edmund Villon (Dingdong Dantes) is having a hard day and the following events happen to him in less than 24 hours: His mother passed away. He and his coworkers are investigated by police inspectors over al-
leged embezzlement. Then on his way to his mother’s funeral, he drives recklessly and commits a fatal hit and run. He tries to cover up the accident by hiding the man’s corpse in his deceased mother’s coffin. After the burial, Lt. Ace “Alas” Franco (John Arcilla) out of nowhere, starts giving Villon threats and warnings. He is about to expose Villon’s crime if he does not get what he wants from him -- the corpse of the man that Villon hit. A Hard Day is the Philippine adaptation of the 2014 South Korean crime action film with the same title, starring Lee Sun-Kyun (Parasite). The film was an official selection at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival’s Director’s Fortnight. A Hard Day also received numerous awards from several award-giving bodies in South Korea, including the prestigious Baeksang Arts Awards where they won the Best Actor and Best Director awards. An award-winning movie like A Hard Day only de-
serves an adaptation by award-winning actors and director. That’s why Director Lawrence Fajardo chose two of the best and finest actors in Philippine cinema, Dingdong Dantes and John Arcilla. Through the years, Dingdong Dantes has earned several acting awards for film and television, which includes two Best Actor Awards from the Metro Manila Film Festival for his role in “Segunda Mano” and “One More Try.” John Arcilla is also a Philippine Cinema pride with his latest win at the 2021 Venice Film Festival. John received the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for the movie “On the Job: The Missing Eight.” Movie fans are sure to get a treat from the stellar performances of the actors, up to the film’s hard-hitting action and suspense. So don’t forget to watch VIVA Films’ official entry to the 2021 Metro Manila Film Festival, A Hard Day, showing on December 25, in cinemas nationwide.
GMA wins TV Station of Year at 2021 Platinum Stallion Media Awards Bbroadcast company GMA Network won 14 awards, inNow in its 7th year, the Platinum Stallion National Me- the allied arts. Winners were decided by the entire Trinitian cluding the “TV Station of the Year,” at the 2021 Platinum dia Awards celebrates the continuing efforts of individuals community which included students, alumni, faculty, staff, Stallion National Media Awards organized by the Media and and groups in educating the public through the media and and other stakeholders. Communication Department of Trinity University of Asia and held virtually last November 27. For the fifth straight year, the Network’s regional arm, GMA Regional TV, won as “Best Regional TV Network,” proving that it is indeed the regional channel of choice by the entire Trinitian community. Various Kapuso programs and personalities were also honored for their significant contribution to media and the allied arts. Award-winning newscast 24 Oras was once again chosen as “Best TV News Program” while well-loved and trending public affairs show Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho earned another “Best Magazine Program” trophy. GMA wins TV Station of Year at 2021 Platinum Stallion Media Awards Long-running public affairs show Wish Ko Lang was named “Best Public Service Program” while its host Vicky Morales won as “Best Public Service Show Host.” The country’s longest running morning TV show Unang Hirit triumphed as this year’s “Best Morning Show.” Documentary program I-Witness was conferred the “Best Documentary TV Show” award while Howie Severino’s documentary on the coronavirus, “Ako si Patient 2828,” was recognized as the “COVID 19 Documentary of the Year.” Ground-breaking family drama Legal Wives was awarded as “Culturally Relevant TV Series.” The recentlyconcluded original series was headlined by Kapuso Drama King Dennis Trillo, Andrea Torres, Bianca Umali, and Alice Dixson. Rounding off the Kapuso winners in the Television category were Pia Arcangel and Atom Araullo. Pia won as “Female News Personality of the Year” for GMA’s latenight newscast Saksi while Atom was named “Male News Personality of the Year” for GTV’s flagship newscast State of the Nation. The Kapuso Network also dominated the radio categories. Its flagship AM and FM radio stations Super Radyo DZBB 594 and Barangay LS 97.1, were recognized as “AM Radio Station of the Year” and “FM Radio Station of the Year’’, respectively.
