It’s Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) once again and here are the official Entries for December 25, 2011 showing. Enteng joined forces with Ang tanging ina mo star Ai-Ai. For Panday 2, The animation of the previous installment of the movie looks good already and lets hope it will continue to improve.

Enteng Ng Ina Mo
starring : Vic Sotto and Ai-Ai de las Alas
Producer : Star Cinema / M-Zet Films / APT Entertainment

Segunda Mano
Starring : Kris Aquino, Angelica Panganiban and Dingdong Dantes
Producer : MJM Production

Panday 2
Starring : Bong Revilla, Philip Salvador, Iza Calzado and Marian Rivera
Producer : GMA Films / Imus Production

Kingpin : The Asiong Salonga Story
Starring : George Estregan jr., Philip Salvador, Baron Geisler
Producer :

Shake Rattle and Roll 13
Starring : Eugene Domingo, Paulo Avelino, Albie Casino, Maricar Reyes, Kathryn Bernado
Producer : Regal Films

My Houseband
Starring : Ryan Agoncillo and Judy Ann Santos
Producer : Octo Arts

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Starring : Dennis Trillo, Heart Evangelista, Carla Abellana and Ritz Azul
Producer: Studio 5.

So which entry /ies you will be watching this holiday ?

You can now get the Samsung Galaxy Y Netphone Edition free on a Smart Plan 349 or Smart Plan 350. The Samsung Galaxy Y is Samsung’s latest most affordable Android phone (Php5,990) which is suitable for those who want to switch to a smartphone and get more features out of their phone. The Galaxy Y is the cheapest Android Gingerbread smartphone coming from Samsung.

Check out the details for the Smart Plan 349 here.

Smart has introduced a new plan called the Smart Plan 349. The plan can be had with a free Samsung Galaxy Y with a 24-month contract. Here’s a TVC with Rhiann Ramos promoting Plan 349.

To subscribe to Smart Plan 349, just visit the nearest Smart Business Center.

Actor Ram Revilla, the half-brother of Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. was killed in his home in BF Homes Parañaque late Friday.

He sustained multiple stab wounds and a gunshot on his head and was pronounced dead on arrival at the Parañaque General Hospital. He was 22 years old. Ram was with his girlfriend, Janelle Manahan, and another sibling Ramona Revilla when the incident happened. Manahan also suffered a gunshot wound on the left side of the face and shoulder but is now out of danger. The suspect was wearing a bonnet when he entered the house according to Manahan. Ram’s last TV appearance was in ABS-CBN’s Tonyong Bayawak top-billed by Coco Martin.

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus has been announced and features Google’s Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. It will probably arrive in the Philippines by next month with a estimated price of Php30,000.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus specs:
4.65? HD Super AMOLED screen @ 1280×720 (315 ppi)
TI OMAP 4460 1.2GHz dual-core processor
PowerVR SGX540
1GB RAM
16GB and 32GB internal storage
HSPA+ 21Mbps, HSUPA 5.76Mbps
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 3.0
NFC
5MP autofocus camera w/ LED flash
1.3MP front-facing camera
1080p video recording at 30fps
1750mAh Li-Ion battery
Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

Release date in the Philippines: Sometime in late November 2011.

Price in the Philippines: About Php30,000 ($680)

Christopher Lao, the UP Law student who gut into an flooding incident during Ondoy months ago, was the subject of an online meme for driving his car into a flooded streets.

His been ridiculed and instantly became famous (trending in Twitter). Now, he’s got a TV commercial for BPI.

Here are the Top 10 tourists in the Philippines in the first 8 months of 2011 based on the records of arrival of the Department of Tourism (DoT):

1. Koreans – 651,218 arrivals
2. Americans – 429,280
3. Japanese – 253,529
4. Chinese – 151,042
5. Taiwanese – 120,572

Rounding up the Top 10 are Australia, Singapore, Canada, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Malaysia and Germany.

Boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao is the cover boy of the very first issue (October 2011) of Esquire Philippines magazine.

Summit Media, publisher of the magazine’s local version describes Esquire as a magazine that delivers facts, opinions, and ideas on a variety of subjects that relates to the lifestyle of today’s successful and affluent man. The publishing company launched the magazine last night in an event called the Esquire Ball.

Steven Paul Jobs died at 56 just today after publicly fighting advanced pancreatic cancer since 2004. He, along with co-founder Steve Wozniak, built one of the most “commercially successful” personal computers and founded Pixar animation studios.

The Apple Board of Directors wrote:

We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today.

Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve.

His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his extraordinary gifts.

You can share remembrances with Apple at rememberingsteve@apple.com. Here is a post from the eve of his stepping down as CEO.

Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs dies of pancreatic cancer on the eve of the announcement of the iPhone 4S. He is 56.