The largest and leading Philippine multi-media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation opens 2018 with a bang as breathtaking and never-before-seen acts take the center stage in the much-awaited sixth season premiere of the Philippine edition of the world-class talent search “Pilipinas Got Talent” (PGT). The premiere will be seen in the Philippines via ABS-CBN TV 2 and outside the country via The Filipino Channel (TFC), with its first two episodes streaming via TFC Online (www.TFC.tv) accessible via desktop and mobile browsers, simulcast its local airing on January 6 and 7, in key countries worldwide.

The worldwide hit franchise is back to search for the best Filipino acts from different parts of the country with host International Singing Sensation Billy Crawford and the newest host Ultimate Multimedia Star Toni Gonzaga; and the judges Certified Star-maker Freddie “FMG” Garcia, award-winning actress Angel Locsin, cultural icon Robin Padilla, and Phenomenal Box Office Star Vice Ganda.

PGT hopefuls will surely be on fire this season as they are out to prove that the Filipino talent is unique, innovative, out-of-the-box, and truly world-class.

Also staging a comeback this year is the coveted Golden Buzzer that automatically puts acts through the semifinal round. For the first time in PGT, hosts Crawford and Gonzaga have the power to pick their Golden Buzzer act just like the four judges. Now, a total of five acts can get fast lane tickets to the live semis.

Last year when the Golden Buzzer was first introduced in the show, Padilla’s chosen Golden Buzzer act, the Power Duo, managed to conquer the hearts of the judges and viewers with each performance, and eventually emerged as the season’s champion.

The live auditions already kicked off in Cebu last month where hopefuls from Visayas and Mindanao pulled out all the stops to impress the judges and the live audience. Next week, it’s time for Metro Manila (Luzon island) bets to show what they got in the live auditions to be held in Tanghalang Pasigueno in Pasig City, Metro Manila.

Pinoy acts in “Pilipinas Got Talent” have shown that they can conquer the local stage as much as the international stage, as some of them made it to the first edition of “Asia’s Got Talent” (AGT). In fact, PGT’s season 3 finalist, the shadow act El Gamma Penumbra, was named as AGT’s first grand winner.

Who will stand out this season? Which act will be named season six’ grand winner?

Don’t miss the premiere of the newest season of “Pilipinas Got Talent” which will be seen outside the country via TFC in key countries worldwide. The first two episodes of the show will be streaming via TFC Online (www.TFC.tv) accessible via desktop and mobile browsers, simulcast its local airing on January 6 at 7:00 p.m., and January 7 at 7:30 p.m. (Manila time) in key countries worldwide.

Catch-up episodes will be available (limited time only) via TFC Online (www.TFC.tv)and TFC IPTV in key countries worldwide.

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After over two decades since their first team up which has created a cult following of sorts and which has crossed over to real life at some point, the Philippines’ Megastar Sharon Cuneta and pop culture icon Robin Padilla are back together to rekindle their on-screen love affair via the romance comedy “Unexpectedly Yours".

A team up that was not expected initially to draw in the box office receipts, Cuneta and Padilla’s first movie together “Maging Sino Ka Man” became a monumental success, spawning two more successful flicks via “Di Na Natuto” in 1993 and “Pagdating ng Panahon” in 2001.

According to the Megastar: “Mas masaya iyong movie na lalabas kasi iba ang raport namin ni Robin… Robin is really my favorite person to work with. He's like my twin - ganiyan ang tawagan namin. We are very much alike. My happiest shooting experiences have always been with Robin (The movie is fun because we have a different rapport. I call him my twin because we have many things in common. My happiest shooting experiences are with him”.
Padilla on the other hand feels that nothing has changed since the first time they worked together: “Sa akin po walang pagbabago, siyempre - iyon pong ako'y tagahanga niya, idol ko siya. Alam niyo po naman, fan naman ako talaga, Kapag nag-eeksena kami, lagi akong natutulala. (Nothing has changed – I am still a fan and she, my idol. While filming our scenes, I still am left speechless).

This year, Star Cinema works their magic in a transgenerational film which also features the breakout loveteam of Julia Barretto and Joshua Garcia. Garcia and Barretto, more popularly known as JoshLia, joins the blockbuster cast, bringing in a different kind of thrill. This generation’s most promising love team, earning viewers’ attention first via “Vince And Kath And James”, Star Cinema’s official entry at the 2016 Metro Manila Film Festival and then secondly via the full-length film, “Love You To The Stars And Back”, about fated romance.

To date their newest hit, “Unexpectedly Yours” has raked in over a hundred million at the Philippine box office for putting together two of the most-loved stars together with this generation’s most exciting love team in a story about two pairs’ lives getting intertwined by a twists of fate. It has also been graded A by the Cinema Evaluation Board.
Under the direction of blockbuster rom-com director Cathy Garcia – Molina, Cuneta plays Patty, a woman pushed to achieve and is almost always in control and critical of things which drives her to seek separation from her emasculated husband after he loses his business. Years after, she feels she is no longer in control of her life and shuts off even the possibility of finding another love, that is until she sees her high school classmate Robin Padilla (Cocoy).

Cocoy (Padilla) is a man who has been harboring a crush on Patty for the longest time. Unlike Patty however, he was not really the most popular kid back in school. But after school, he has been working hard to earn a living for his entire brood, including his nephew Joshua Garcia (Jason). This is the reason why he has not really had the time to find love.
Jason is like his uncle, a hard-working guy who values his family. He looks up to Cocoy because he grew up without a father. Like his uncle, he too is a charmer but is not really a winner in the love department. In fact, he pines for Yanni, Patty’s daughter but to no avail, following her on social media and leaving comments which Patty shields for reason.

Yanni, played by Barretto is a young woman defiant of her mother’s overbearing stance and huge expectations and the way her parents’ marriage turned out. Instead of acting according to the mold, she breaks free and gets involved in various side jobs. She also develops a twisted view of love and takes to social media where she is very active and gets the attention of Jason.

Set apart by different backgrounds, insecurities, and fears on love, they are thrown together by fate and hope for a new, inspiring love develops.
Written by Kiko Abrillo and Vanessa Valdez; and with a screenplay written by Anna Karenina Ramos and Janica Mae Regalo, Unexpectedly Yours is a transgenerational romantic-comedy that shows that love knows no age because in love, we are all the same.
Unexpectedly Yours, the third movie by director Garcia-Molina this year, also marks another milestone in Molina’s stellar body of work, as this is the very first time that she is working with the Philippines’ iconic love team and the fastest-rising tandem.