Star Magic marks ‘13th’ with 13 events

It could be the luckiest year yet for Asia’s largest family of television and film stars as ABS-CBN Star Magic (also known as Talent Center) marks its 13th anniversary with 13 special treats for the audiences that made its talents the most-watched and talked-about stars in local and world entertainment. Presenting a special mix of multi-platform offerings, from films to events, from TV specials to tri-media ads, Star Magic blasts off into greater showbiz horizons this season.

• One – a sparkling, all-star Flores de Mayo brightens up the streets of Manila, with gown and barong-clad young artists taking part in the nation’s traditional parade of the proud and the fairest. This kicked off the celebrations on the first of May. It’s the first of 13 treats.

• Two – special new offerings from Star Cinema. After the box-office success of Hero and Sandara’s Can This Be Love, Star Cinema presents Nasaan Ka Man, topbilling Claudine Barretto, Diether Ocampo and Jericho Rosales. In production are films starring John Lloyd Cruz, Bea Alonzo, Angelica Panganiban, Heart Evangelista, Kristine Hermosa, Piolo Pascual and other Star Magic artists.

• Three – Star Magic and Star Cinema in a wild series of live stage performances in malls and public venues everywhere in Metro Manila and in key cities across the nation. Locations to be announced soon.

• Four – Star Records releases brand-new music and hit songs featuring Star Magic artists Karel Marquez, Maoui David, and Cherry Lou (now for a solo album). Live concerts await Piolo Pascual and Heart Evangelista, who will reveal her musical side. For telecast soon is Sandara Park’s Krung Krung TV special on ABS-CBN.

• Five – Star Magic proudly celebrates the casting of its stars in the new soap opera block of ABS-CBN. Claudine Barretto, John Lloyd Cruz, Bea Alonzo, Shaina Magdayao, Angelika dela Cruz and Diether Ocampo lead the powerhouse cast of the Ikaw Ang Lahat Sa Akin, the newest of the prime teleseryes on air today. Anghel Na Walang Langit features the youngest artists in the Star Magic brood. Cross-cultural drama Vietnam Rose stars Angelica Panganiban, and the remake of the Filipino classic Kampanerang Kuba presents Jodi Santamaria and Patrick Garcia in new roles and Ang Panday with Jericho Rosales.

• Six – Reality TV just got younger and rosier! TV audiences now get into match-making romance by helping nine "love princesses" find the right "prince charmings." QPIDS, the newest television outing of the newest stars of ABS-CBN Star Magic, premieres tomorrow.

• Seven – More impressive advertising are due to feature Piolo Pascual, Bernard Palanca, Claudine Barretto, Angelica Panganiban, Karel Marquez, and other Star Magic artists, whose endorsements have sold millions of products for loyal clients throughout the years. Just as Vanessa del Bianco globally endorsed Head & Shoulders, Star Circle 11 girl Carla Humphries Loren is now the new tri-media image model for a major shampoo brand in the Asia-Pacific region.

• Eight – ABS-CBN Channel 2 is set to air Certified: Star Magic, a special TV documentary on ABS-CBN Star Magic, from its beginnings as Talent Center with Ang TV in the late ’90s, through the Star Circle batches, and its success stories through the years. Dolphy, Kris Aquino, Zsa Zsa Padilla, Maricel Soriano, and other veteran stars take turns in annotating how these Star Magic kids brightened the entertainment scene and made each project a milestone production. The documentary will be telecast tonight, right after TV Patrol World.

• Nine – Premiering tonight is Star Magic documentary, a new music video bringing together the 170 stars of ABS-CBN Star Magic in an energetic display of music, dance and wit. Directed by Malou Sevilla, supervised by Star Magic SVP Johnny Manahan, and produced by an awesome artistic crew, the music video’s full and edited versions will play on ABS-CBN and MYX in the many months to come.

• Ten – Culminating many weeks of ASAP Full Circle musical segments on the hot Sunday concert show ASAP, Star Magic presents three solid, action-packed musical segments on May 29, with songs, dances, and incredible showtime energy from television’s brightest young stars.

• Eleven – Meet Star Circle Batch 13 when Star Magic celebrates its 13th year on ASAP on May 29. Coming from a long line of young homegrown idols, 13 new artist units (a total of 22 new talents) add up to the biggest constellation of TV and movie stars in Asia. It features the celebrity kids of veteran stars like Joey Marquez, Isabel Lopez and Philip Cezar.

• Twelve – Celebrate the sterling chapters in the young lives of the Star Magic Princesses in special TV events in the coming months. Shaina Magdayao comes of age in a Sweet Sixteen party on air to be telecast soon. Bea Alonzo celebrates her Debut with the sheer pageantry of an all-star traditional cotillion sometime this next quarter. ABS-CBN Star Magic’s first-born star Claudine Barretto, will be the first to be given away in the sacrament of marriage, in a Grand Wedding Celebration with Raymart Santiago in early 2006.

• Thirteen – Off Philippine shores and into the big world out there, ABS-CBN Star Magic goes global as its artists now share international prominence with stars all over the world. Luna Awards (FAP) Best Actress Claudine Barretto and award-winning actor Piolo Pascual are in France to grace the prestigious Cannes Film Festival and represent our local film industry. Heart Evangelista and John Lloyd Cruz are set to shoot episodes of Maalaala Mo Kaya in San Francisco, USA. Teleserye stars Jericho Rosales and Kristine Hermosa are now two of the biggest television drama stars in Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and in other nations in the region and across the globe, thanks to the highly-rating telecasts of Pangako Sa Yo, and Sana’y Wala Nang Wakas in these countries. A mid-year concert and special engagements with Malay royalty in Kota Kinabalu and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia await Echo and Kristine. Jericho, the first certified regional TV star of ABS-CBN, is scheduled to shoot for a film project in Belgium and Malaysia for a documentary drama on the life of the Malay monarchy. After stardom in the Philippines, Sandara Park flies back to her home country of Korea to work with YG International Korea, and make big waves as well in recording and entertainment. Piolo will soon embark on a South East Asian tour for Diadora. Dominic Ochoa and Nikki Valdes will be in Dubai for live performances. Claudine and John Lloyd join Aga Muhlach in Dubai for a Star Cinema movie shoot and its eventual world premiere.