With Billy Joe Crawford and Xian Lim, TV5’s Newest Game Shows You Shouldn’t Miss

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Indulge in heart-stopping thrill and laughter as the newest game shows liven up your home screens

TV5 ushers the beginning of the Summer Season with two fresh and exciting additions to its game show roster: The Wall Philippines and 1000 Heartbeats - Pintig Pinoy, produced by VIVA Entertainment, are set to be released just a week apart. The Kapatid Network offers a respite by adding to their impressive line-up of entertainment programs - infusing novelty and variety in their programming.

After being lauded as the Best Male Variety Show Host for TV5’s noontime program Lunch Out Loud, Billy Joe Crawford embarks on a new hosting feat as the face of The Wall Philippines, his third running show under the Kapatid network.

Billy Joe Crawford

The Wall is like a giant pachinko game with a twist. The mechanics are simple: get a correct answer to get a GREEN ball, miss a question, and get a RED ball; green adds to the total pot money while red deducts. The game is played by two players with a close familiarity, with the first episodes featuring blood-related contestants. The pair works as a team to bank as much money they can by answering a series of questions. After the third round is a decision round, where drama and hilarity ensues.

Xian Lim

Renowned TV actor, model, and performer Xian Lim will be joined by comedian and Youtuber Chad Kinis, for the heart-clutching and exhilarating variety program 1000 Heartbeats-Pintig Pinoy.

Each of the contestants will be alloted 1000 heartbeats as its equivalent of a time limit to answer a set of questions. With the help of a monitoring equipment, the players’ heart rates will be recorded throughout the game, upon which the game is declared over once all 1000 heartbeats are registered. Conversely, the way to win the cash prize is by keeping their cool under pressure in all seven rounds. 

Both shows exhibit a surge of critical thinking and titillation because of their strategy-reliant nature, with The Wall Philippines being more inclined to strengthen relationships 1000 Heartbeats gauging one’s grace and endurance under pressure.

The Wall Philippines is set to premiere on Saturday, March 13 at 6PM on TV5.

1000 Heartbeats-Pintig Pinoy will air its pilot episode the succeeding week, on Sunday, March 21 at 8PM.

Viewers can access both TV5 via the Cignal Play app. Download for FREE for Android and iOS users.

Xian Lim voices Paddington in PH release

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Filipino-Chinese-American actor Xian Lim is the featured voice of Paddington Bear in the movie scheduled for release in the Philippines this February.

Actor Xian Lim was handpicked by the producers of “Paddington” to voice the eponymous character after he auditioned for the role by sending voice tapes to Studio Canal in London.

The producers said that the Filipino-Chinese actor’s voice resembled the original voice of Paddington by Ben Whishaw.

“Paddington” the film adaptation is produced by the team of the Harry Potter series. Producer David Heyman approved the choice of Lim to voice Paddington in the Philippine version of the movie. Ben Whihshaw is Paddington in the United States and other international releases.

It is Xian’s first time to do voice acting for an animation film and shares his excitement on his lending his voice to the iconic bear of the United Kingdom.

“It excites me, this is a new venture and because it’s not easy to land in this kind of project.”

Xiam also expressed his amazement at being part of a series that he used to watch as a child.

PADDINGTON brings together an all-star cast, with Hugh Bonneville  and Sally Hawkins  as Mr. & Mrs. Brown, Nicole Kidman  as the evil taxidermist, Julie Walters  as Mrs. Bird the housekeeper, Jim Broadbent  as Mr. Gruber the owner of the antiques shop and Peter Capaldi as the Browns' neighbour, Mr. Curry.

The film is directed by Paul King and produced by David Heyman.

The story plot has the talking bear travelling from the jungles of Peru to the city of London searching for a home and meets the Brown family at Paddington train station. His bear name sounded too complicated and his foster family gives him the name of the station as his new name.

Paddington has grown up deep in the Peruvian jungle with his Aunt Lucy who, inspired by a chance encounter with an English explorer, has raised her nephew to dream of an exciting life in London. When an earthquake destroys their home, Aunt Lucy decides to smuggle her young nephew on board a boat bound for England, in search of a better life. Arriving alone at Paddington Station, Paddington soon finds that city life is not all he had imagined – until he meets the kindly Brown family, who find him with a label tied around his neck which reads ‘Please look after this bear. Thank you.’ They offer him a temporary home whilst he searches for the explorer who impressed Aunt Lucy all those years before.

But when Paddington catches the eye of a sinister, seductive taxidermist, it isn’t long before his home – and very existence – is under threat.

Star Cinema's jumpstart for 2014 - ‘Bride For Rent’ Movie with KimXi

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‘Bride for Rent’ is the opening salvo of Star Cinema for 2014 with Kim Chiu and Xian Lim popularly known as KimXi as loveteam are back at each other’s arms.

Bride For Rent marks the much-awaited silver screen reunion of Kim and Xian who are arguably considered as one of the hottest blockbuster love-teams in the country today.

KimXi made a big success in the movie after their first movie team-up 'Bakit Hindi Ka Crush Ng Crush Mo' who gained more than P100 Million pesos.

The successful and blockbuster loveteam, Xiam and Kim are back on the silver screen via their latest romantic comedy as they deliver more “kilig.” The two are really fun and happy loveteam to share their working and friendship relationship.

FRESH from its critical and box-office triumph in the recently concluded Metro Manila Film Festival, Star Cinemas continues its 20th anniversary celebration as it opens 2014 with a bang with Bride For Rent – a romantic comedy starring Kim Chiu and Xian Lim.

'Bride for Rent' is very catchy title. Bride For Rent is a hilarious love story centered on Rocco Espiritu (Lim) and Rocky Espiritu (Chiu) who are both in desperate need of money. Rocco needs to get married to have access to his sizable trust fund while Rocky on the other hand is frantic for rent money lest her whole family gets evicted and homeless.

Rocco conspires with Rocky who agrees to act as his “pseudo wife” in exchange for a huge “talent fee.” A series of sidesplitting problems arise as Rocco and Rocky implement their deceitful plot. Would their plan work or would it backfire on them with the possibility of them developing actual feelings with each other?

Director Mae Cruz, Pilita Corales, Kim Chiu, Carmi Raymundo and Xiam Lim during the blogcon held at the Abs-Cbn /ELJ Building, Quezon City, January 8, 2013.

According to Direc May Cruz and writer Carmina Raymundo, Bride For Rent gets great collaboration between Kim and Xian. 

The film also features the grand comeback of Asia’s Queen Of Songs Pilita Corrales to the big-screen as she portrays a very special role.

Asia’s Queen Of Songs Pilita Corrales

Both film buffs and fans of the Kim-Xian love-team can look forward to an unforgettable and feel-good cinematic experience with Bride For Rent which is the perfect way to jumpstart the New Year.

Directed by box-office director Mae Czarina Cruz, whose most notable recent work is 2013’s smash hit She’s The One. Bride For Rent is showing in all cinemas nationwide starting January 15.

For more information and latest updates about “BRIDE FOR RENT” and other Star Cinema’s 20th anniversary movie offerings, 

simply visit www.StarCinema.com.ph,

http://facebook.com/StarCinema and 

http://twitter.com/StarCinema.

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