Atom Araullo, Aly Borromeo, Marielle Benitez Host 2014 FIFA World Cup's 'Road to Rio' on Balls, ABS-CBN Sports+Action

Balls Channel, the official broadcaster of the 2014 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup^TM will give fans a preview of the upcoming tournament in its new 30-minute program, “Road to Rio” beginning Saturday (Feb 22).

The country of Brazil will host the 2014 FIFA World Cup^TM and the “Road to Rio” hosts, Philippine National football team captains Marielle Benitez and Aly Borromeo and football enthusiast and TV journalist Atom Araullo, will show what’s in store for football fans in this year’s FIFA World Cup^TM.

The “Road to Rio” will take viewers through a history lesson of football’s biggest stage including the legendary players that have delighted the crowd and their greatest plays and moments of the quad-annual event.

Benitez, Borromeo, and Araullo shift to this year’s tournament with the news and updates on the teams, their rosters and match-ups as they prepare for the FIFA World Cup^TM. They will also discuss the basic rules of football and the officials in charge of enforcing those rules on the field.

“Road to Rio” will explore the innovations in goal-line technology, the official mascot “Fuleco” and the official match ball “Brazuca”.

Football fans are also invited to voice their opinions and reactions on social media regarding their take on their favorite squads and give their predictions on which team will lift the champion’s trophy in Brazil

Catch the premiere of “Road to Rio” on Balls Channel beginning Saturday (Feb. 22) and on ABS-CBN Sports+Action channel 23, the network’s free-to-air sports channel.

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Angel Locsin Named Most Tweeted Celebrity; Vice Ganda, Twitter Influencer of the Year

It's Showtime and Gandang Gabi Vice host Vice Ganda leads this year’s list of top Twitter “influencers” in the Philippines according to the list released by the popular microblogging site.

Vice Ganda was named 2013 Twitter Influencer of the Year in the Philippines for garnering millions of "retweets," which "clearly showed his presence" on Twitter.

Actress Angel Locsin was named most tweeted celebrity, while It’s Showtime and Be Careful With My Heart were named hottest variety show and TV soap on Twitter, respectively.

The most tweeted movie of the year was Sisterakas which also stars Vice Ganda along with Kris Aquino and comedy queen Ai Ai Delas Alas. The said movie was also the highest-grossing film of all time in the Philippines. 

Meanwhile ABS-CBN’s Sagip Kapamilya was the most talked about social responsibility campaign on Twitter. Other top local influencers in their respective categories include:

• Anne Curtis, actress (entertainment)
• Kim “Kuya Kim” Atienza, weatherman and TV host (science)
• Karen Davila, news anchor (media)
• President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III (politics/government)
• Aly Borromeo, football player (sports)
• Ogie Alcasid, singer (music) 
• Rommel Feria, professor (tech) 
• Jim Paredes, singer (advocate)
• Georgina Wilson, model (lifestyle)
• Rajo Laurel, designer (fashion)
• It’s a Teen Thing, journal (inspirational)

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Video: 40 Hottest Men in The Philippines by Inside Showbiz (As Long As You Love Me)

Inside Showbiz Magazine released a video of the 2012's 40 Hottest Men in the Philippines (2012) in lieu with its August 2012 issue featuring these 40 scorching hot properties. On the cover of the said 2012 Hote Men issue is Sam Milby (see the cover here).

The said music video showed the Top 40 Hottest Men lipsynching to Backstreet Boys' As Long As You Love Me.

In the said video are some of this years hottest, Sam Milby, Aljur Abrenica, Rocco Nacino, Alden Richards, Slater Young, Phil and James Younghusband, Jake Letts, Kit Thompson, Steven Silva, Mark Herras, Mike Tan, Luke Landrigan, Daniel Matsunaga, Fabio Ide, Edgar Allan Guzman, Carlo Romero, Mikael Daez, James Martinez, Ram Sagad, Jaco Benin, Markki Stroem and Aly Borromeo.

Also included in the list of 40 Hottest Men of 2012 (but not in the video) are Gerald Anderson, Xian Lim, Enchong Dee, Jake Cuenca, Christian Bautista, JC De Vera and Kean Cipriano.

Watch the video here:

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