Blogapalooza: the BIGGEST “B2B” Business-to-Blogger networking event on Nov 16!

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This is the biggest Business-To-Blogger networking event of the year, the best event to see and be seen to promote your business and products, and meet and greet business people and bloggers.

Blogapalooza is a community wherein, businesses and blogger, digital online publishers meet to satisfy people needs. 

Come and join Blogapalooza Community and we will really enjoy our wonderful world on the 16th of November 11AM-9 PM at SMX Aura, Taguig City. 

More info on http://Blogapalooza.WhenInManila.com and email Vince@WhenInManila.com

Nominations Announced for the YouTube Music Awards

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Nominations Announced for the YouTube Music Awards, Voting Opens for Fans Around the World

Avicii, M.I.A, Earl Sweatshirt, Tyler the Creator, and Walk Off the Earth added to previously announced performances from Eminem, Lady Gaga and Arcade Fire

YouTube announced nominations for the first-ever YouTube Music Awards, a global event culminating in a live show from New York City on Sunday, November 3. Six categories, including Video, Artist, and YouTube Phenomenon of the Year, are now open for voting to fans around the world.

The lineup of top performers at the YouTube Music Awards continues to grow. Avicii, M.I.A., Earl Sweatshirt, Tyler the Creator, and Walk Off the Earth join previously announced acts Eminem, Lady Gaga, and Arcade Fire for the live show, with YouTube sensations Lindsey Stirling and CDZA also on tap to perform. Actor and musician Jason Schwartzman is joined by comedian and musician Reggie Watts to host this live event presented in partnership with Kia Motors Corporation. Music video visionary Spike Jonze is creative director, with executive producers VICE Media and Sunset Lane Entertainment.

Nominations for the YouTube Music Awards are based on YouTube data over the last 12 months from September 2012, with nominees representing the artists and videos with the highest levels of YouTube fan engagement, including views, likes, shares, comments, and subscriptions. Fans can now vote to determine the winners of each nomination category by visiting youtube.com/musicawards or searching “YTMA” on YouTube, and sharing the official YouTube Music Awards nomination videos across Google+, Twitter and Facebook. 

The six nomination categories and nominees for this year’s YouTube Music Awards are:

• Video of the Year: Honoring the world’s most loved music videos, these nominees represent the videos with the most fan engagement on YouTube over the last year.

‣ Epic Rap Battles Of History - Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney


‣ Demi Lovato - Heart Attack


‣ Girls' Generation - I Got A Boy

‣ Justin Bieber (feat. Nicki Minaj) - Beauty And A Beat


‣ Lady Gaga - Applause


‣ Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (feat. Mary Lambert) - Same Love

‣ Miley Cyrus - We Can't Stop

‣ One Direction - Best Song Ever


‣ PSY - Gentleman

‣ Selena Gomez - Come & Get It

• Artist of the Year: Honoring YouTube’s most-loved acts, nominees represent the most watched, shared, liked, and subscribed-to artists over the last year.

‣ Eminem

‣ Epic Rap Battles of History

‣ Justin Bieber

‣ Katy Perry

‣ Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

‣ Nicki Minaj

‣ One Direction

‣ PSY

‣ Rihanna

‣ Taylor Swift

• Response of the Year: Honoring the best fan remix, parody or response video, these nominees represent the top “unofficial” fan videos on YouTube based on the videos fans watched, shared or liked.

‣ Boyce Avenue (feat. Fifth Harmony) - Mirrors

‣ Jayesslee - Gangnam Style

‣ Lindsey Stirling and Pentatonix - Radioactive

‣ ThePianoGuys - Titanium / Pavane

‣ Walk Off the Earth (feat. KRNFX) - I Knew You Were Trouble

• YouTube Phenomenon: Recognizing the YouTube trends that the world could not get enough of, nominees are based on the songs that generated the most fan videos.

‣ Diamonds

‣ Gangnam Style


‣ Harlem Shake


‣ I Knew You Were Trouble


‣ Thrift Shop

• YouTube Breakthrough: Honoring music’s breakout new acts, nominees represent the artists who experienced the biggest growth in views and subscribers over the last year.

‣ Kendrick Lamar

‣ Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

‣ Naughty Boy

‣ Passenger

‣ Rudimental

• Innovation of the Year:  Starting with videos selected by an international panel of musicians, YouTubers and creative luminaries, we then selected the creative video innovations that resonated most with fans on YouTube, based on views, likes, shares and comments.

‣ Anamanaguchi - ENDLESS FANTASY

‣ Atoms For Peace - Ingenue

‣ Bat For Lashes - Lilies

‣ DeStorm - See Me Standing

‣ Toro Y Moi "Say That"

In the run up to the YouTube Music Awards, five music events will be streamed from around the world on YouTube, culminating in the live awards celebration at Pier 36 in New York City. The shows from Seoul, Tokyo, Moscow, London and Rio will kick off at 5am ET on November 3rd, and fans can tune in at youtube.com/musicawards.

‘Bet on Your Baby’ tops ratings on the pilot episode

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‘Bet on Your Baby’ is praised due to top ratings on the pilot episode last Saturday. 

Ratings and feedback revealed that ABS-CBN’s newest game show “Bet On Your Baby” proved to be an instant hit among television viewers with a well-received pilot episode that aired last Saturday (October 19).

Based on data from Kantar Media, “Bet On Your Baby” premiered to garner a national TV rating of 26.1%, nearly doubling that of its rival program, GMA’s “24 Oras Weekend,” which earned 14.4%.

Aside from that, the show’s official hashtag #BetOnYourBabyPH soared to the top of Twitter’s trending lists all over the country, paired with positive reviews and praises for the program.

The show’s host, hands-on mom Judy Ann Santos-Agoncillo, was very pleased with the pilot episode’s outcome and reception, expressing utmost gratitude through social media. “To everyone who waited for and watched Bet On Your Baby, thank you so much,” she said.

“Bet On Your Baby” first featured three Kapamilya stars with their children, including broadcast journalist Anthony Taberna and his daughter Helga, basketball star turned actor Benjie Paras and his daughter Sam, and Comedy Concert Queen Ai-Ai delas Alas and her son Seth.

Out of the three, Ai-Ai’s family advanced to the show’s jackpot round, taking home P60,000.

This Saturday (October 26), more celebrity babies will be taking on the game show with their parents. Joining Judy Ann next on “Bet On Your Baby” will be YouTube sensation and fliptopper Dello, actor/dancer Michael Flores with his beauty queen wife Nina Ricci Alagao, and showbiz talk show host and radio commentator Ogie Diaz.

Will one of them be lucky enough to take home the grand prize of P1 million this time around?

Don’t miss out on “Bet On Your Baby” on Saturday (October 26) on ABS-CBN after “TV Patrol Weekend”. 

For updates, visit and like “Bet On Your Baby” on Facebook (www.facebook.com/betonyourbabyph) 

and follow @betonyourbabyph on Twitter or betonyourbabyphilippines on Instagram.

For comments on the show, don’t forget to use the hashtag #BetOnYourBabyPH.

Let the Dark, the magical world of thor come alive with Marvel's Thor : The Dark World'Official Movie Magazine

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Get an exclusive behind-the-scenes scoop on the highly-anticipated Marvel production in this movie collectible, with details on the movie’s heroes and villains, interviews with the cast, and experiences behind the locations that were set up to film out-of-this-world scenes.

Leap into a world of fantasy and adventure as one of this year’s hottest movies, Marvel's Thor: the Dark World premieres with its official movie magazine brought to fans and readers by ABS-CBN Publishing, Inc.

Also featured in the magazine is a chance to look into the magical weapons wielded by the forces of Asgard, including Mjolnir, Thor’s legendary hammer. Aside from all that, an exclusive 20-page comic on the Mighty Avenger and a back-to-back poster can also be found in the pages of Marvel's Thor: The Dark World.

Directed by Alan Taylor, the upcoming movie Marvel's Thor: The Dark World puts Thor on a mission to save the Nine Realms from a mysterious, powerful force that is older than the universe itself. As he embarks on this dangerous journey, the crowned prince of Asgard reunites with the love of his life, Jane Foster, and even asks help from his banished brother, Loki.

The sequel assembles the same cast as the successful and widely appreciated first installment, fronted by Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, tom Hiddleston, and Anthony Hopkins.

Take your movie experience to a more exciting level! Marvel's Thor: The Dark World, the Official Movie Magazine is available in major bookstores and newsstands nationwide.

Also watch out for ABS-CBN Publishing, Inc.’s special selling booth for the magazine in Newport Cinemas and Lucky Chinatown Cinemas on October 30 to 31.

Marvel's Thor: The Dark World will hit the cinemas on October 30, 2013.

Manila Water Foundation upholds importance of proper handwashing

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Manila Water Foundation, the additional corporate social responsibility arm of East Zone concessionaire Manila Water Company for areas outside Metro Manila, visited different parts of the archipelago spreading the value of handwashing as part of proper hygiene and healthcare. The Foundation joined over 100 countries, involving more than 200 million people across five continents in celebrating the 2013 Global Handwashing Day.

Carla Beriña-Kim, Executive Director of Manila Water Foundation, imparts that handwashing serves as an easy and cost-effective measure in preventing different infections and diseases. “This simple task can lower the number of people affected by fast-spreading illnesses that take a toll not only on one’s health, but also on the family’s budget. When done properly, regularly and collectively, handwashing can create healthier communities”, says Beriña-Kim.

On its first year to lead a series of events for the Global Handwashing Day in the Philippines, Manila Water Foundation staged a week-long celebration that saw more than 7,000 people participating in its activities. Students, teachers, and school personnel from different schools in Metro Manila, Pampanga, Laguna, and Boracay Island were visited by the Foundation, informing them on the proper way of washing one’s hands and how responsibly transforming this into a habit may reduce vulnerability to different health risks and infections. 

Partakers were encouraged to stamp their handprints on the pledge wall to signify their commitment to practice proper handwashing and to encourage their family and friends to do the same. In a move to further its advocacy, Manila Water Foundation extended its efforts by setting up booths that deliver information on the benefits of handwashing in Trinoma Mall in Quezon City, Pavillion Mall in Biñan, Laguna, Nuvali in Sta. Rosa, Laguna and Marquee Mall in Angeles, Pampanga. Participants showed their support to the cause by contributing in the pledge sticker wall. As its culminating event, the Foundation conducted an information and education drive at the Boracay Beach Front Station One and enjoined tourists and locals alike to practice proper handwashing.

The successful celebration was co-presented by Manila Water, Laguna Water, Clark Water, Boracay Water, and supported by the Department of Education, Globe Telecom, Ayala Malls, Unilever (Vaseline as official soap sponsor), Universal Robina Corporation (Granny Goose Tortillos, Mang Juan, Hunt’s and Refresh), Unilab (RiteMed and Ceelin Plus) and Enchanted Kingdom, as well as media partners, The Philippine Star, Business World, Health Today and Working Mom.