Pacman To Make Hollywood Debut Via Rob Schneider-Benecio del Toro Starrer

Boxing champ Manny Pacquiao is adding yet another tick in his long-list of accomplishments by making a Hollywood film.

According to the “Unang Hirit” report on Monday, cameras will start rolling for “Brass Knuckles”  next month in Los Angeles. Damian Perkins, the film’s producer, said in an ABS-CBN report last month that they aim to wrap up post-production either August or September this year so they could release it in 2013.

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'TV Patrol' vies for Emmys

 ABS-CBN primetime newscast “TV Patrol” gains its first ever nomination in the 2011 International Emmy Awards.

The 24-year-old news program’s coverage of the “Manila Hostage Crisis” on Aug. 23, 2010 has been included under the news nominees, and will be pitted against Brazil's “Jornal Nacional: ‘War on Drugs,’" Iceland's “RUV News: ‘Volcano Eruption at Eyjafjallajokull’” and the United Kingdom's “SkyNews Live at Five: ‘Inside the Taliban.’"

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Ellen DeGeneres' Pinay housekeeper Mindy attends Emmys as correspondent

ABS-CBNNews.com reports that the Balitang America crew ran into talk show host Ellen De Generes' Filipina housekeeper at theEmmys.

Luzviminda Casimiro, who is known to fans as Mindy, told the Balitang America crew,  "I'm here as a correspondent for Ellen Degeneres' show. I'll be interviewing the winners after they win."

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