The definitive AlDub playlist

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Yep, the AlDub Week still roars on in honor of not just their upcoming movie, Imagine You & Me, but also the 1st anniversary of AlDub. Now, let's shift gears on the songs that these two love to Dubsmash each other since their first split-screen encounter. For over fifty weeks, we've seen Alden and Main Dubsmashing songs like Fantastic Baby, Thinking Out Loud, God Gave Me You, and any other song commonly heard in the Kalyeserye universe.

Check out the definitive playlist of songs inspired from AlDub's Kalyeserye antics...

The AlDub Week continues and don't miss Imagine You and Me, in theaters TOMORROW!!!

Let's Do The News! (July 12, 2016)

- The United Nations Arbitral Tribunal has decided that the Philippines has exclusive sovereign right to West Philippine Sea in the South China Sea and that China's nine-dash line is invalid. The Tribunal issued its Award Tuesday after several months of hearings and submission of documents. China was absent throughout the proceedings, refusing to recognize the case. The Tribunal also said that China has violated Philippine sovereign rights.

- Meanwhile, China denounced the Hague's tribunal judgment over the West Philippine Sea, according to the foreign ministry. China has repeatedly denied the tribunal's authority to rule on the dispute with the Philippines over the strategically vital region, claiming that the court's actions are illegal and biased against it.

- The two leaders of South Sudan, President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar have ordered their rival forces for a ceasefire. Violence in the capital, Juba, reportedly subsided after the two leaders ordered them to stop fighting on Monday, but the situation remains tense, since truces have been repeatedly breached in the past.

- UK Home Secretary Theresa May will assume the post of Britain's prime minister-designate on Wednesday. British PM David Cameron said on Monday that he will resign by Wednesday and hand over the job to May. Cameron said a prolonged period of transition is not vital and he will chair his last Cabinet meeting on Tuesday and attend the House of Commons for Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday. He will then offer his resignation to the Queen at Buckingham Palace.

- The Court of Arbitration for Sport has suspended an expected ruling for tennis player Maria Sharapova's appeal of her two-year ban for doping. The Russian tennis star reportedly tested positive for the banned performance enhancing drug meldonium at the Australian Open in January.

- Police in O'Fallon, Missouri, arrested four teenagers suspected of using Pokemon GO app game to lure players into armed robbery on Sunday. They've posted a press release on Facebook explaining that police had responded to a report of armed robbery found the suspect in a car and recovered a pistol. It further explained that suspects targeted their victims through the app.

- Mazda Motor Corporation and Isuzu will collaborate on a next-generation pickup truck, meaning that the last of the Ford-Mazda tie-up has finally ended with this new partnership.

- Famed Porsche tuner, RUF, enters the Great Britain market.

- John Barrowman's role of Malcolm Merlyn from The CW's TV series Arrow could now appear in other TV adaptation of DC Comics superheroes such as The Flash, DC's Legends of Tomorrow (which has Doctor Who's Arthur Darvill on it), and Supergirl.

TTFN!!!

The best of AlDub commercials

AlDub in TNT commercial

Continuing on the AlDub Week in celebration of their upcoming movie, Imagine You and Me, and their 1st anniversary of AlDub, time to shift our focus on the commercials they have endorsed. Because of the love team's popularity that has the same magnitude as Love Live's μ's, AlDub has scored more TV commercials than any other celebs within half a year, first from a food chain, then sardines, bleach, insurance, cellphone, anything that will make AlDub Nations buy whatever the heck AlDub endorsed.

Here, take a look at some of the commercials AlDub has ever appeared...

The AlDub Week continues and don't miss Imagine You and Me, in theaters July 13, 2016.

Let's Do The News! (July 11, 2016)

- Vice President Leni Robredo attended her first Cabinet meeting under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday. Duterte recently appointed Robredo to lead the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council and asked her to attend the Cabinet meeting on Malacanang. 

- Meanwhile, President Rodrigo Duterte pushed anew for the revival of the death penalty in a private meeting with lawmakers at his favorite hangout, the After Dark piano bar, late Saturday, until yesterday morning. Duterte returned home to Davao for the weekend. He arrived at his favorite hangout at 2145 hours local time on Saturday and went home at around 0500 hours Sunday. He spent six hours lamenting to his guests how some local government officials have been involved in the illegal drug trade, aside from police generals he earlier identified as protectors of drug lords.

- Returning on the Dallas shootout, the suspect behind the fatal shooting of policemen during a protest is likely to have planned a larger attack, according to a certain Dallas policeman. According to some sources, investigators found explosive materials when they searched the home of gunman Micah Johnson. The amount of materials was enough to have a devastating effect on Dallas.

- Clashes between South Sudan's government troops and opposition forces are fueling concerns that the country may slip back into a civil war. Gunfights have erupted between government troops of President Salva Kiir and opposition forces loyal to Vice President Riek Machar in the South Sudanese capital, Juba. About 272 people have been killed, including 33 civilians.

- Russia's defense ministry says a Syrian military helicopter was shot down by Islamic State militants in central Syria. Two Russian pilots were confirmed dead. An Mi-25 helicopter was shot down on Friday. Russian forces entered the conflict at the end of last year to support the Syrian government.

- Amid security concerns, Portugal defeated hosting country France in the Euro 2016 finals at the score of 1-0, bagging their first major trophy in Portugal's history in the tournament.

- "Prince" Albert Pagara faced his first career loss after being KO-ed by Mexican Cesar Juarez at the eighth round of the "Fists of the Future" match last Saturday night.

- Four years have passed since the death of famed Filipino comedian Dolphy and actress Zsa Zsa Padilla posted on Instagram a photo of a young Dolphy inside a simple floral arrangement.

- Following Chris Evans' resignation, the BBC are making major changes to the motoring program, Top Gear, as they're posting job openings for the show's new executive producer.

TTFN!!!

THREATS FROM NORTH KOREA: THAAD necessary for protecting SoKor from NoKor threats

South Korean president Park Geun-hye explained why South Korea needs to have the US missile defense system deployed here. Chairing a monthly meeting of her senior secretaries, President Park underscored that the decision to station a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system in South Korea is only for the nation's self-defense to deal with growing threats from North Korea. After five months of negotiations, the two countries on Friday have agreed to deployed a THAAD system in South Korea.  Calling on the South Korean people to unite against North Korea's provocations, President Park asked for the nation's support, adding that THAAD's location will be selected with residents' safety and health issues in mind. In the meantime, marking South Korea's 71st independence next month, President Park also announced a special pardon to give hope and another chance to the people.

Meanwhile, North Korea responded to South Korea and US's plan to deploy the THAAD to South Korea, warning that the North will take "physical action" against the two countries. State-run media reports that the North's military is ready to strike Seoul and Washington, threatening it will turn them into a "sea of fire". In response, South Korea's defense ministry countered the North's threat, saying North Korea needs to clearly see who is responsible for putting the Korean Peninsula's peace and security at risk before criticizing the THAAD deployment decision. If North Korea continues its groundless claims and rash actions in defiance of the South's warnings, it will have to face Seoul's military's stringent retaliation.

Source: Arirang News

Toyota celebrates 50 years of Corolla with a special model

The first-generation Toyota Corolla was launched since the 5th of November, 1966 as a two-door saloon. The year 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the longest-running compact car that became a household name in the automotive industry worldwide. To commemorate the Toyota Corolla's 50th anniversary, a special anniversary model was launched.

Toyota Corolla Axio Hybrid "50 Limited"

Called the "50 Limited", it was based on the 4-door Axio Hybrid saloon and this special model features an emblem at the back as seen on the first-generation Corolla as well as special cosmetic upgrades and a red-and-black themed interior, an ode to the first-generation Toyota Corolla KE10 when it was first launched in Japan five decades ago. Two exterior colors are available such as White Pearl Crystal Shine and Black Mica and it's priced at 2.4 million Japanese Yen (around 1,111,000 Philippine Pesos). This model is available to order exclusively for the Japanese market up until September 1st, 2016, with up to 500 units made.

The Toyota Corolla has been around with us for five decades, spanning eleven generations with different variations from Asia, America, and Europe, and as time goes by, the Toyota Corolla stays, knowing that this car believes in forever for the motoring masses.

50 Years of Toyota Corolla

Happy 50th birthday to the Toyota Corolla.

URL: http://carview.yahoo.co.jp/news/newmodel/20160711-10247974-carview/

My favorite Star vs. the Forces of Evil moments

The new season of Disney XD's hit TV show, Star vs. the Forces of Evil kicks off tomorrow morning and it's great to see the universe's ridiculously ugly (but downright funny) magical girl from the Kingdom of Mewni, Star Butterfly, and her best friend from Earth, Marco Diaz, back for more adventures. In honor of the show's new season tomorrow, time to jot down my favorite Star moments; the good, the bad, and the downright ugly (just like Star herself).

1) Star Butterfly is a wayward princess from the Kingdom of Mewni who loves adventures and kicking monsters' butts. On her 14th birthday, her parents, the king and queen of Mewni, gave her the magic wand and promised her to take full responsibility...which she didn't. Because of the fiasco, her parents exiled her to the Earth dimension...which she find this dimension rather amusing. Upon encountering with a high school boy named Marco, things get spiraled out of control until an evil baddie named Ludo and his henchmen plotting to steal Star's magic wand to take control of the universe. Can't say whatever the heck's going on but we had fun watching the first episode where a partnership between a mischief-making princess and a buttkicking Earth boy are forged for many endeavors to come.

2) To compensate from Star's poor grade from the exams, she plays matchmaker to Ms. Skullnick, until she turned her into a monstrous troll, which wowed the crowd. Unknown by them, Ludo and his henchmen take advantage of the situation and attack Star for the wand. While the gang busy buttkicking Ludo's henchmen, one of them fell in love with Ms. Skullnick. Well, you get the idea but it's ridiculously funny to see, especially when we want to "feel the love".

3) Afraid that when Star's magic wand loses all her power, all of the wand's magic will be disappeared forever, she and Marco warped to a dimensional shop called Quest Buy to buy a new charger for her wand. However, they've been tailed by Ludo and the chase is on for the wand's new charger. Wow, for a magical girl like her, she can be very absent-minded when she realized that her wand's charger got sucked by a vacuum cleaner that Marco used at the end of the episode.

4) It's Marco's parents' anniversary and the gang tries to find a perfect present for them. Despite Star's parents warned that she should not leave Earth indefinitely, she took the whole Diaz family to a trip to her home kingdom, Mewni. During their little tour, Star didn't realized that her dad is here and she had to keep themselves down or else her dad catches her red-handed. As the Diaz family vacation's getting more and more risky, it's up to the gang to save the day until she got caught by her dad, who embraces his wild side. What the two didn't realized that they're both have monster butt-kicking genes and decided to keep it a secret between them. Talk about parental bond, if you know what I mean?

5) The Mewberty episode takes the puberty to a whole new meaning as when Star undergoes "Mewberty", she goes boy-crazy, even Marco. Unable to cope up with Star's uncontrollable situation, Marco tries to find her book of spells and negotiates with Glossaryck of Terms on how to deal with Star's uncontrollable situation. Sadly, Glossaryck's not helping and Marco's bracing the aftermath of Star's Mewberty. Looks like the ugly one gets even more uglier for Star.

6) After one interdimensional prank call, Star found out that her magic mirror's out of credits and the only way to reload her mirror is to enter Pixtopia to pay the bill. Unprepared, Star and the gang got caught up on a one-sided battle against pixies until one of them fell in love with...the pixie queen. Pixies...they're so aggressive on humans, especially other-dimensional ones like Star.

7) The Blood Moon Ball episode is the turning point of the show and when Star's demon ex-boyfriend, Tom, invites her to the Blood Moon Ball, Marco's unaware that this once-in-667-years-phenomenon was a moment that was destined for each other. Desperate, Marco rushes to the Underworld in his Dia de los Muertos costume, stealing Star on the floor, and when the blood moon (or total lunar eclipse) shines, the two dance each other until the secret's out for Star. Are Star and Marco destined to be each other? Sounds romantic by best to keep it to the viewers themselves.

8) It's Pony Head's birthday and with Star and Marco heard that Pony Head's life is in danger, the two are entering their biggest fear of their lives, St. Olga's Reform School for Wayward Princesses. As Star disguised as one of the guards and Marco disguised as a wayward princess, the two infiltrated the reform school to save Pony Head...only to realized they were too late. With Pony Head getting all "mannered", the two are trying to bring her waywardness back while still on the run by the reform school guards and the headmistress,

9) When Star heard about a commercial for a "banagic wand", she and Marco set off to "a better store" near them. Sadly, Marco has some karate lessons, meaning Star will have to set off alone to "a better store" while facing disastrous troubles all in the name to get...(whispers) the banagic wand.

10) When Marco got kidnapped by an evildoer named Toffee, Star made an unlikely alliance with her arch nemesis Ludo to "storm the castle". This season finale is definitely the biggest turning point for Star Butterfly as in order to stop Toffee, sacrifices has to be done and when she done that...whispering spell, everything starting to unfold and with Toffee defeated, Star's wand is gone until...her wand found out to be upgraded with a major twist. Half of the wand's crystal is missing and where could that be?

Looks like the race is on as the new season of Star vs. the Forces of Evil kicks off tomorrow, July 11, 2016, at 10:30 AM Pacific Time on Disney XD. Check local listings.

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