Entertainment
How Smart subscribers can join Park Hyung-sik’s fan meet for free
For ‘SIKret Time in Manila’
No tickets yet to the Park Hyung-sik 2024 Asia Tour “SIKcret Time in Manila” this February 17? Smart subscribers can secure free tickets to the fan meet by simply doing the following steps:
Top-up at any participating SM Malls
Smart subscribers can secure a silver ticket by topping up with Magic Data 399 and 499 offers at selected SM Malls from February 2 to 10. Participating branches are SM North EDSA, SM Megamall, and SM Araneta City. A specific number of top-ups is required to qualify.
Redeem tickets on the Smart App
Using points, both Smart prepaid and postpaid subscribers may redeem tickets on the Smart App. Prepaid users must have an active Magic Data+ 749 subscription. A corresponding number of points is needed to claim a ticket for the fan meet.
Moreover, Smart users may also avail of exclusive rates to the event by using the voucher code SMARTLIVE30. Just visit the Ticketnet website by clicking here.
A few weeks ago, Cignal Play also launched a raffle promo for its Premium and Premium Plus users.
Park Hyung-sik: A-list K-Superstar
Park Hyung-sik rose to fame starring in multiple K-Drama series: The Heirs (2013), High Society (2015), Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth (2016), Strong Girl Bong-soon (2017), Suits (2018), Happiness (2021), and Our Blooming Youth (2023).
In 2022, he appeared in the HYBE reality show In The Soop: Friendcation. The show also featured Park Seo-joon, Choi Woo-shik, Peakboy and V of BTS. The fivesome embark on a four-day vacation trip together.
Next, he’ll play the lead role opposite Park Shin-hye on Doctor Slump as Yeo Jeong-woo. He is a star plastic surgeon who falls into the worst slump of his life.
The Park Hyungsik 2024 Asia Tour “SIKcret Time in Manila” fan meet is happening on Saturday, February 17 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Entertainment
Netflix: Kris Aquino makes on-screen comeback with fictional role
Long-time TV icon named “C.H.I.K.A.” of Netflix
Long-time popular Philippine TV icon Kris Aquino has made her on-screen comeback as Netflix’s fictional C.H.I.K.A., or “Chief Head of Insights and Kontent Analysis.”
Netflix initially teased the campaign through a post mentioning that they were “hiring” for the said position.
The post also contained a bullet list of descriptions that served as clues. Not long after, the streaming giant bared the former presidential daughter and presidential sister has made her comeback.
A teaser has likewise been released. The fun skit features Aquino in this new fictional role, giving her signature witty commentary inside the Netflix editing room to ensure that the production of local entertainment content is of topnotch quality.
Two more episodes will be rolled out on August 14 and 20.
Entertainment
New Yorkers compete in Ted Lasso lookalike contest at Apple Fifth Avenue
Futbol is life!
Apple Fifth Avenue or Nelson Road? New Yorkers gathered at the iconic flagship store as it transformed into a slice of AFC Richmond for a Ted Lasso lookalike contest celebrating the return of the hit Apple TV+ series.
Dozens of fans arrived in Ted’s signature look, complete with mustaches, visors, blue sweaters, and khakis. Inside the store, the AFC Richmond takeover continued with themed photo opportunities and hidden Easter eggs for longtime fans to discover.
The celebration continued across Midtown and Central Park, where brand ambassadors spread kindness with “Believe” signs, complimentary coffee and tea, a tunnel of cheering Teds for runners, and the Goldfish Zone, where visitors symbolically let go of worries by dropping paper fish into a fishbowl.
The takeover marked the return of Ted Lasso, which premiered its fourth season on Apple TV+ on Aug. 5, which arrives more than three years after Season 3 concluded in 2023.
Jason Sudeikis returns as the relentlessly optimistic coach, this time leading AFC Richmond’s newly formed women’s team while reuniting with familiar faces.
Entertainment
Street Fighter special look: Blanka vs. Ryu
Jason Momoa, Andrew Koji’s characters face off
Paramount Pictures has released a new special look for Street Fighter featuring Jason Momoa and Andrew Koji.
The short, minute-long clip shows the actors’ respective characters, Blanka and Ryu, in battle.
It opens with a chained prisoner struck by extreme electrical charges, transforming into the green-skinned, electricity-infused Blanka.
He unleashes a fierce roar. Meanwhile, Ryu drops into a fighting stance, but tells Blanka he does not want to fight him.
Forced to defend himself, Ryu then fires a signature Hadouken fireball towards Blanka, as the teaser cuts to the Street Fighter title card.
Street Fighter debuts in cinemas starting October 14. It is directed by Kitao Sakurai and stars an ensemble cast that includes Noah Centineo as Ken Masters, Callina Liang as Chun-Li, Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoai as Akuma, and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson as Balrog, among others.
The film is set in 1993 when estranged Street Fighters Ryu and Ken Masters are thrown into combat when Chun-Li recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament.
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