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2015 MMFF Full List of Winners, 'Walang Forever Wins' Best Picture, Direk Erik Matti a No-Show

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Romanctic-comedy film 'Walang Forever' brings the Best Picture Award in the recently concluded 2015 Metro Manila Film Festival, held at the KIA Theatre last night, December 27, 2015. 2nd Big Picture Award goes to the comedy-horror movie 'Buy Now, Die Later' while the first team-up movie of Alden Richards and Maine Mendoza, 'My Bebe Love' bags the 3rd Best Picture Award.<br />
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Erik Matti, who won as Best Director for the movie 'Honor Thy Father' was a no-show in the said award-giving body while half of AlDub Maine Mendoza aka Yaya Dub, gets the Best Supporting Actress Award.<br />
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Best Actor and Best Actress Award go to Jericho Rosales and Jennylyn Mercado respectively for the movie 'Walang Forever'<br />
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Here's the complete list of winners of the 2015 Metro Manila Film Festival:<br />
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Best Actor: Jericho Rosales ("Walang Forever")<br />
Best Actress: Jennylyn Mercado ("Walang Forever")<br />
Best Picture: "Walang Forever"<br />
Second Best Picture: Buy Now, Die Later<br />
Third Best Picture:  “My Bebe Love”<br />
Best Supporting Actress: Maine Mendoza ("My Bebe Love")<br />
Best Supporting Actor: Tirso Cruz III ("Honor Thy Father")<br />
Best Child Performer: Krystal Brimmer ("Honor Thy Father")<br />
Best Director: Erik Matti ("Honor Thy Father")<br />
Best Story: "Walang Forever"<br />
Best Screenplay: Paul Sta. Ana ("Walang Forever")<br />
Best Festival Editing: "Nilalang"<br />
Best Film Editor: Jason Cahapay ("Nilalang")<br />
Best Festival Cinematography: Pao Orendain ("Nilalang")<br />
Best Festival Sound: Ditoy Aguila ("Nilalang")<br />
Best Musical Score: Jessie Lasaten ("Nilalang")<br />
Best Festival Original Theme Song: "Tao" by Armi Millare ("Honor Thy Father")<br />
Best Make-up Artist: Ryan Panaligan ("Honor Thy Father")<br />
Best Visual Effects: "Nilalang"<br />
Best Festival Production Design: "Buy Now Die Later"<br />
Best Float: "Buy Now, Die Later"<br />
FPJ Memorial Award for Excellence: "Walang Forever"<br />
Gatpuno J. Villegas Cultural Award: "My Bebe Love"<br />
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Short Film Best Picture: "Mumu"<br />
Best Animation Film: "Momento"<br />
New Wave Animation Special Jury Prize: "Lights Lights"<br />
New Wave Full-Feature Special Jury: "Toto"<br />
New Wave Full-Length Best Supporting Actress: Bibet Orteza ("Toto")<br />
New Wave Full-Length Best Actor: JM De Guzman ("Tandem") & Francisco Quinto ("Ari")<br />
New Wave Full-Length Best Director:John Paul Su ("Toto")<br />
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2015 MMFF Full List of Winners, 'Walang Forever Wins' Best Picture, Direk Erik Matti a No-Show

Romanctic-comedy film 'Walang Forever' brings the Best Picture Award in the recently concluded 2015 Metro Manila Film Festival, hel...

MMDA Announces Top 4 Films in the 2015 MMFF; "My Bebe Love" Breaks Box-Office Records, Says GMA News

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The Metropolitan Development Authority or  MMDA finally announced on December 26, 2015 the box-office results and the top 4 movie entries of the 41st Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF).<br />
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Organizing Committee and MMDA Chairman Emerson Carlos reveals that Vice Ganda's Beauty and the Bestie, Vic Sotto's My Bebe Love: #KiligPaMore, Kris Aquino's All You Need is Pag-ibig, and horror film Haunted Mansion are the top 4 MMFF movies on opening day.<br />
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This year's opening-day gross reaches P150 Million compared to last year's P147 Million.<br />
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Though MMDA chairman did not disclose the actual ranking of of the top 4 movies to protect the other films, GMA News reports that AlDub's first movie "My Bebe Love" already earned P60-million on the first day of the festival, making it the new record holder of the Biggest Opening for an MMFF Movie and the Biggest Opening for a Pinoy Film.<br />
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Other MMFF 2015 entries are Buy Now, Die Later, Honor Thy Father, Nilalang, and Walang Forever.<br />
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The awards night will happen tonight, December 27, 2015 at the Kia Theatre, Araneta Center, Quezon City and will be aired via delayed telecast on TV 5. </div>
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Proceeds of the Metro Manila Film Festival will go to the Movie Workers Welfare Foundation Inc., Film Development Council of the Philippines, Motion Picture and Anti-Film Piracy Council, and the Optical Media Board. </div>
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MMDA Announces Top 4 Films in the 2015 MMFF; "My Bebe Love" Breaks Box-Office Records, Says GMA News

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The Metropolitan Development Authority or MMDA finally announced on December 26, 2015 the box-office results and the top 4 movie entries o...

John Lloyd Cruz 'Honor Thy Father' Disqualified by MMFF Committee, Producer Says "No Rule Was Violated"

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The Graded A film by Cinema Evaluation Board (CEB), "Honor Thy Father" has been disqualified by the MMFF Committee to win the Best Picture award, a day after the official opening of the 2015 Metro Manila Film Festival.<br />
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Directed by Erik-Matti, the film which top-bill by John Lloyd Cruz and Meryll Soriano will no longer be qualified to enter the festival's Best Picture category because of the producer's failure to "disclose its participation to the CinemaOne Originals Festival 2015 as the opening film."<br />
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This was written in an official letter sent by MMFF Committee to the producer of Honor Thy Father, Mr. Ronald Stephen Monteverde<br />
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Mr. Monteverde releases an official statement regarding the disqualification of the film Honor Thy Father thur the film's Facebook page.<br />
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Monteverde reiterated that they complied with all the MMFF's requirements and did not commit an non-disclosure of any kind and that no MMFF rule was ever violated.<br />
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Below is the official statement:<br />
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<i>When Reality Entertainment partnered with John Lloyd Cruz in producing “Honor Thy Father” we agreed to make a movie that would capture a small portion of the struggle of the Filipino as he tried to transcend the back-breaking realities and limitations of his life. We wanted to tell the story of Edgar, a Filipino who finally fights back. After putting up with so much oppression, he confronts the people that have made his life hell, people motivated by greed for money and lust for power.</i><br />
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<i>Little did I know then that this same narrative would find its way to the movie’s own history.</i><br />
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<i>Today I received a letter from the Metro Manila Film Festival informing me that their Executive Committee had disqualified our movie from the Best Picture Category of the 2015 MMFF Awards. The reason for this, the letter said, was our “non-disclosure” of our participation in the CinemaOne Originals Film Festival as the Opening Film.</i><br />
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<i>Let me refute this allegation of non-disclosure. If you will recall, Honor Thy Father was a late addition to the MMFF 2015 lineup. It had been rejected by their selection committee when the lineup was announced in June. On October 23 our film was officially offered a slot after an entry pulled out. By then we had already accepted CinemaOne’s invitation to screen as Opening Film. We informed the MMFF Secretariat, both by email and by phone, about this. We complied with their request for a letter from CinemaOne head Ronald Arguelles attesting that the screening was non-revenue generating and by invitation only. We have all of this on record.</i><br />
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<i>Secondly, each MMFF entry is allowed a maximum of two premieres. Our CinemaOne screening would be our premiere.</i><br />
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<i>Let me repeat: we complied with all the MMFF’s requirements; we did not commit any non-disclosure of any kind; no MMFF rule was ever violated by Honor Thy Father.</i><br />
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<i>I am questioning the reasons, the timing, and the means employed in enforcing this decision by the MMFF Executive Committee. Where is due process in all of this? We were merely informed of their decision, not given any opportunity to air our side. They sent the letter today. The awarding ceremony is tomorrow. Are they merely being good scouts and sticklers for the rules, even when no rule was broken? Or is there some other reason? Why disqualify the movie only from the Best Picture category and not all categories? Whose interests are being protected by this last-minute decision?</i><br />
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<i>Together with my director Erik Matti, co-executive producer and actor John Lloyd Cruz, and everyone behind Honor Thy Father, I demand answers. We demand an investigation. But if no one would care or bother to investigate, then we simply wish that the moviegoers, the Filipino people would start to question and be more critical of what, year in and year out, is passed off to them as good and true.</i><br />
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<i>They can have their Best Picture and all the other awards. We just want to keep making movies that people will care about, MMFF or no MMFF.</i><br />
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<i>Today is a sad day for the industry I was born into and love dearly. But it doesn’t have to stay this way.</i><br />
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<i>Let’s do something about it. Let’s end the silence.</i><br />
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<i>Dondon Monteverde</i><br />
<i>Reality Entertainment Inc.</i><br />
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John Lloyd Cruz 'Honor Thy Father' Disqualified by MMFF Committee, Producer Says "No Rule Was Violated"

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The Graded A film by Cinema Evaluation Board (CEB), "Honor Thy Father" has been disqualified by the MMFF Committee to win the Bes...

Ticket-Swapping in SM Cinemas Between My Bebe Love and Beauty and the Bestie Goes Viral

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The battle is on in the 2015 Metro Manila Film Festival as eight (8) movie entries are being shown in different cinemas starting December 25th, 2015.<br />
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In addition to that, reports show that Vice Ganda's Beauty and the Bestie reportedly earned P2.6 million in just 30 minutes while AlDub - Alden Richards and Maine Mendoza's first movie together, My Bebe Love earned P1 million in an hour.<br />
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However, late afternoon on Friday, there has been some reports of ticket-swapping between two movies My Bebe Love and Beauty and the Bestie particularly in SM Cinemas nationwide. AlDub fans claim that SM Cinemas issued tickets bearing the Star Cinema movie despite buying "My Bebe Love" tickets.<br />
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My bebe love ang pinanood ko..
Beauty and the beasty yun nsa ticket ko..... Hawhaw
Ganoon ba tlaga yun?
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this happened at SM Rosario. di ko naitanong kung bakit iba ang ticket kasi pinapalitan ko agad 😔 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ALDUBMyBebeLoveSaPASKO?src=hash">#ALDUBMyBebeLoveSaPASKO</a></div>
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In line with this, My Bebe Love director Jose Javier Reyes warns the public and advise to double-check their tickets to make sure it's the right film that they're going to watch:<br />
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BEWARE OF TICKET-SWAPPING. Look at the title of the movie on your tickets. REPORT anomalies or take IG pictures and POST in social media.</div>
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In relation to that, SM Cinemas posted their official statement to the incident:<br />
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Hopefully this is just an honest mistake and will never happen again. Enjoy watching all the entries of this year's Metro Manila Film Festival!<br />
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Kapuso Royalty Marian and Dingdong Dantes Celebrate Baby Letizia's First Month

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Husband and wife and GMA Network's primetime couple, Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera just shared a candid photo of their daughter Baby Letizia as she turns one month old on Wednesday, December 23, 2015.<br />
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Dingdong and Marian showed their love for their first born on their respective Instagram accounts.<br />
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Dantes posted a photo of Babay Letizia while sleeping with a caption, "Happy first month my little angel. #MariaLetizia"<br />
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On the other hand, Marian posted a wide-awake Baby Letizia showing the baby's beatiful eyes caption with the following, "Happy one month old Anak...Mommy and Daddy love you so much! #MariaLetizia"<br />
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From all of us here in Showbiz Expose, "Happy Birthday Baby Letizia!"<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">*all images from @dongdantes and @therealmarian</span></i>

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Miss Universe 1st Runner-Up Ariadna Gutierrez Offered $1 Million to Do Adult Film

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Miss Colombia and Miss Universe First-Runner up Ariadna Gutierrez may take a new crown - as a  porn star, she has been offered to star in Vivid Entertainment's celebrity sex tape for a whopping fee of up to $1 Million.<br />
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TMZ, an entertainment site, posted a copy of the letter from Vivid Entertainment founder and co-chairman Steve Hirsch, presenting Miss Colombia a way to benefit financially and increases her fame " way beyond the Miss Universe controversy.<br />
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"Here's my idea. I will pay you up to $1-million to both make movies for and represent Vivid Entertainment. You will pick your partners, the type of sex you want to have and how many movies you ultimately appear in.<br />
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"In addition, we will commission the making of the first Vivid Girl crown for you and we believe it will be grander than anything Miss Philippines will ever wear."<br />
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Famous Vivid girls include Vanessa Williams, Kim Kardashian, Kendra Wilkinson, and Pamela Anderson.<br />
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Will Ariadna Gutierrez willing to accept this kind of offer?<br />
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Miss Universe 1st Runner-Up Ariadna Gutierrez Offered $1 Million to Do Adult Film

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Miss Universe Organization Issues Official Statement Regarding the Controversy

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The 2015 Miss Universe pageant became a controversy after the host Steve Harvey announced the wrong winner of the said beauty contest.<br />
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After announcing that the winner of Miss Universe title was Ms. Colombia, Harvey went back to the stage and corrected his mistake.<br />
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"I have to apologize." Harvey said.<br />
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"The first runner-up is Colombia. Miss Universe 2015 is Philippines... Listen folks. Let me just take control of this. This is exactly what's on the card. I will take responsibility for this. It was my mistake.<br />
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In line with the said controversy, Miss Universe pageant officials released their official statement and apologized both to Miss Philippines and Miss Colombia.<br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">"The excitement of live TV was evident tonight on the Miss Universe stage with over 10 million live fan votes tabulated," pageant officials said. "Unfortunately, a live telecast means that human error can come into play. We witnessed that tonight when the wrong winner was initially announced."</span></b></i><br />
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Sarah Geronimo is Hello Asia's 2015 Asian Artist of the Year

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Popstar Royalty Sarah Geronimo is hailed as 2015 Asian Artist of the Year from "Hello Asia", an independent Australian source which focuses on Asian Music and Culture for the past two years.<br />
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In Hello Asia's website, more than 400,000 thousand votes were counted to which the Popstar Royalty emerges as winner with the highest number of votes, making her the Asian Artist of the Year for 2015. Nadine Lustre and James Reid aka JaDine were also runners up in the same category.<br />
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Since 2003 after winning the talent competition Star for a Night, Sarah has gone a long long way. She already has more than 100 awards from different award giving bodies not only in the Philippines but also abroad.<br />
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Aside from her multi-platinum albums and sold-out concerts, she was also named in the 2012 MNet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) as Best Asian Artist-Philippines, held in Hongkong. She was also hailed as Best Southeast Asia Act at the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards held in the United Kingdom.<br />
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Sarah also just recently held a two-day sold-out concert in Araneta Coluseum months ago. Indeed, Sarah is one of the best artists in the Philippines.<br />
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Congratulations Sarah G!<br />
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Angelica Yap aka Pastillas Girl Signs Contract with Viva Entertainment, Transfers to TV 5?

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After her stint in the reality serye of It's Showtime's Nasaan Ka Mr. Pastillas, it seems that the lady known as Angelica Yap will be transferring from ABS-CBN to TV 5.<br />
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Angelica Jane Yap aka Pastillas Girl confided that she signs a 5-year contract with Viva Entertaiment and will undergo workshops for her future projects.<br />
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<i>"I’m going to start with workshops daw po muna. Siyempre, hindi rin naman po ako um-acting-acting sa ‘It’s Showtime. Ang nangyari lang sa ‘It’s Showtime’ is reality lang talaga, kung sino ako. Sa Viva, ila-launch naman nila yung what I can do naman—I dance, I act, I host, aside from being a real person."</i> said Angelica in an article published by ABS-CBN's Push.<br />
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Yap was also caught attending a Christmas Party of TV5, which gives us a hint that she'll be transferring to the said network.<br />
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In connection to that, the new Chief Strategist for Entertainment in TV5, Vic Del Rosario, is planning to transfer celebrities who have contracts with Viva  from other networks to TV5. Rumors say that aside from Pastillas Girl, Del Rosario will transfer Bella Padilla, Sarah Geronimo, Nadine Lustre, and Anne Curtis to the Kapatid Network.<br />
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Alden Richards' 2nd Album Wish I May Now Double Platinum!

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Alden Richards was once again teary-eyed after being surprised last Sunday in Sunday PinaSaya. This was because his 2nd album Wish I May reaches the double platinum mark.<br />
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The Philippine Association of Recording Industry or PARI gave Alden his Double Platinum Award during his segment "Chef Boy Next Door".<br />
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The "My Bebe Love" star and half of the phenomenal love team "AlDub" said, "Alam nyo kahit ang dami kong ginagawa sa tapings and sobrang napapagod ako with a lot of schedules, alam nyo yung mga ganitong simpleng bagay, it means a lot... Thank you sa lahat ng sumusuporta."<br />
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Alden also posted his message to all his supporters via Twitter.<br />
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"Wala na po akong masabi, Sobrang maraming maraming salamat po! To God be always the glory! ALDUB YOU ALL TO THE MAX.", his Twitter reads.<br />
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Alden's "Wish I May" album was launched only in October but reaces Gold record staturs because of pre-orders, both in physical and digital copies.<br />
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Congratulations Alden Richards!<br />
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