Thursday, November 26, 2020

Ricky Lo, Romm Burlat, Marc Anthony Nicolas chosen as judges of the Noble Queen of the Universe 2020




Three men who are successful in their fields have been chosen by the international organizers of the pageant for married women to be their judges on the coronation night of the "Noble Queen of the Universe" Beauty Pageant.

Ricky Lo is a popular entertainment writer, showbiz commentator and TV Host. His TV shows include Startalk, Showbiz Stripped and The Ricky Lo Exclusives which won for him a PMPC Star Awards for TV Best Male Showbiz Oriented Talk Show Host statute. He also has written books such as Conversations with Ricky Lo (also a column at Philippine Star) and Star Studded.

Romm Burlat is a multi-award winning director, actor, TV Host and talent manager. He recently has been dominating in international film festivals having won 13 international Best Director awards, 8 international Best Actor awards, 1 international Best Supporting Actor award and 1 international Best Producer award. In the local front, Burlat has won 8 Best Director awards. 


Marc Anthony Nicolas is an Emmy Award winning producer who just got inducted to the Asian Hall of Fame. This organization carefully chooses candidates who inspire and make a change in their community. Nicolas was also chosen as one of the 100 Most Influential Filipino Americans.

These are three of the judges of the aforementioned international pageant which will have its coronation night on December 20th.


Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Direk Romm Burlat wins his 13th International Best Director award from Hollywood




Multi-awarded director and actor, Romm Burlat, won his 13th international Best Director award (Honorable Mention) from the Hollywood International Golden Age Film Festival in California, USA. He won for his work in Homecoming (Mammangi).

Called the "Pandemic Director" because of the interminable awards he amassed from international film festivals during the pandemic, Direk Romm, has also won 8 international Best Actor awards for his performances in Covered Candor (Tutop), Attention Grabbing (Agaw Pansin) and Set Alight (Sindi).

Prior to this award, Burlat set a record as the only director who won 4 Best Director and 1 Best Actor awards all in one day from two festivals namely the Port Blair International Film Festival and the Tagore International Film Festival.

"I am really amazed by the turn of events. I won three times for Double Best Director awards in three festivals. Last week, it was even bigger since there was an additional Best Actor award and three Best Film awards for Cuckoo, The Love Child (Bata Bata Bakit Ka Ginawa) and Support (Akay)", Burlat said.

His 13th international Best Director award is his 2nd award from Hollywood. First was a Best Actor plum for his performance in "Covered Candor" at the Hollywood Blood Horror Festival. When asked if he still gets excited receiving more than he dreamt of, Direk Romm said, "Yes, I still get excited every time I received an award. But my long-time dream is for my work to recognized at the Cannes Film Festival in France."

Lately, Direk Romm is busy with his TV shows on Global TV, Starbuzz Television and soon, The Manila Times TV. He is also set to resume shooting of his suspense thriller, "Bakit Nasa Huli Ang Simula".