Google: Charice one of those who create global culture

From ABS-CBNnews.com

Psy, Charice help push global culture
By Vladimir Bunoan

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SINGAPORE – Internet celebrities from Asia such as Korean pop star Psy and Filipino belter Charice are helping create a truly global culture through their online videos, executives from tech giant Google Inc. said.

As it prepares to welcome “the next billion” of new online users, Google predicts that the Internet will evolve into a more visual web that can be easily understood by a global audience.

Google executives said more visually oriented content will be vital in making the Internet more relevant across language and cultural barriers...

Smith said he is also proud that in Southeast Asia, a number of local celebrities have used YouTube as a platform to build audiences worldwide.

He cited the success of Filipino singer Charice, who has “gone from travelling around in the Philippines doing local festivals to uploading and building an audience in YouTube to being on ‘Oprah’ where Oprah (Winfrey) called her the most talented girl in the world.”

Of course, no discussion about YouTube these days would be complete without mentioning Korean pop star Psy, whose phenomenal video “Gangnam Style” has nearly 1 billion views on the video-sharing site...

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Charice gets good reviews for Hollywood film role

From MB.com:

Positive Reviews Pour In For Charice’s Movie Performance
By ROWENA JOY A. SANCHEZ



The reviews are in for the inspirational comedy flick “Here Comes The Boom.” And while critics are divided over this Kevin James starrer, a handful of them commended the performance of cast member Charice.

David Germain of the Associated Press wrote that the 20-year-old singer and budding actress “adds adorability as a bright and earnest student,” referring to her character Malia dela Cruz—a “musical genius” and “brainiac,” as Charice herself described.

The review was also published on Huffington Post and Fox News.

Charice’s character “could easily have been a mawkish bit, but like so much else, it works, and when she and the school band surprisingly appear in Vegas to perform Scott’s unlikely theme song, 'Holly Holy,' I defy anyone not to get a little misty,” said David Noh of Film Journal International, the sister publication of Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter.

Charice marks father's first anniversary passing

From YoungHollywood.com:

Charice Pempengco remembers slain father

Singer/actress Charice Pempengco has paid a touching tribute to her father one year after he was murdered in her native Philippines.

The Glee star was left devastated after her father Ricky was fatally stabbed in the back and chest with an ice pick on 31 October (11), and she cancelled all her work commitments to be with her grieving family.

Pempengco is still feeling the pain from the tragic loss, and she took to her Twitter.com page on Wednesday (31Oct12) to mark the first anniversary of his passing.