'Faces...' ni Romero, suportado ng Gobyerno

Author: Billy Balbastro
Column: Take Billy

AN interesting show is coming up next month on RPN 9 and Solar Entertainment and Wilson Tieng are behind the project.

Dennis Padilla tells us that he prayed for his own show for a long while after being in the shows of his friends like Aga Muhlach and Bong Revilla (Hokus Pokus, GMA).

And this new dating game show coming up in March, Dennis feels, is the answer to his prayer. This in exchange of giving up politics.

This new reality dating game show carries a unique perspective with a novel twist.

Sabi ni Nanay is something new but familiar. The guy is searching for a dream date.

In an exciting hour full of thrills and unpredictability, three girls in search also for a perfect date will face the odds and challenges to be the guy�s date.

But first, they must go through these challenges to win the approval of Mama, yes, the guy searcher�s mother. The guy�s mom is in total command of the competition � she chooses the winner.

Sabi ni Nanay is a real challenge to funny and witty Dennis Padilla, who admits going through similar experiences by his mother-in-law.

This reality game show will reflect real-life Filipino courtship: suitors seek to initially please the lady of the house, ahead of anyone else in the family of the girlfriend or prospective wife.

But in Sabi ni Nanay on RPN 9, it�s the girls, not the guys being in "servitude" to Mama, giving their best show in every acid test to be set by the guy searcher�s mother.

A first in Philippine television, Sabi ni Nanay is an innovative acting game show done in meet-the-parents fashion. The challenges, through up by moms each week is exhilarating, funny and real.

Hilarious and entertaining but through it all, does Mother really know best for her son? Discover later in the show who�s the unseen mystery guy is, who is the object of all this fuss. And who among the girls gets lucky to win the all-expense dream date.

No, Mama stays home and won�t go with her son in his dream date. This latest reality TV show promises fun and surprises each Friday evening, starting, March 9 on RPN at 8:30 p.m.

Dennis feels the show fits him and his image.

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FACES OF LOVE: Eddie Romero�s current achievement, a movie at 82, will be hitting the theaters on Wednesday and we are looking forward to it.

Our latest National Artist for Cinema comes up with Faces of Love using a new format, the digital camera, and his work impressed even the Cinema Evaluation Board to give it a Graded A, an a recommendation that it must be given full government support. Hence, the 35mm transfer so that it can be shown in commercial theaters nationwide.

Utilizing today�s stars like Juliana Palermo, Alfred Vargas and Angel Aquino, Director Romero also worked with Christopher de Leon, Bembol Roco, Mon Confiado, Chanda Romero, Chinggoy Alonso and Jackie Aquino in this movie.

This light romantic drama is a proof that Director Romero hasn�t lost his touch as he marks more than 50 years in the business.

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ONE-LINER: Love has its own time and reason. You can�t ask it to stay. You can only embrace it when it comes and be glad that for a moment in your life it was yours.

Source: Abante