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___MASK58___ City ( also known as QC ) is the ___MASK97___ populous city in the ___MASK48___ . It is one of the cities that make up Metro ___MASK22___ , the National Capital Region of the ___MASK48___ . ___MASK58___ City was named after Manuel L . ___MASK58___ , second President of the ___MASK48___ , who founded the city and developed it to replace ___MASK22___ as the national capital for 28 years from 1948 to 1976 . ___MASK58___ City is not located in and should not be confused with ___MASK58___ Province , which was also named after the president . It is the largest city in Metro ___MASK22___ in terms of land area and ___MASK97___ populated local government unit in the country . ABS - CBN Corporation is the largest entertainment and ___MASK7___ conglomerate in the ___MASK48___ . It is one of the core company which makes up the Lopez Group , a group of companies and conglomerates headed by an influential Filipino family . It was formed by the merger of Alto Broadcasting System ( founded as Bolinao Electronics Corporation in 1946 by American electronics engineer James Lindenberg and Antonio Quirino ) and the Chronicle Broadcasting Network ( founded in 1956 by ___MASK7___ tycoon Eugenio Lopez , Sr . and his brother , the then - Philippine Vice - President Fernando Lopez ). It was incorporated as the ABS - CBN Broadcasting Corporation on February 1 , 1967 , and it shortened its corporate name to simply ABS - CBN Corporation in 2010 to reflect the company ' s diversification . The common shares of ABS - CBN was first traded in the Philippine Stock Exchange in July 1992 under the ticker symbol ABS and as of March 2016 has a market capitalization of over 50 billion pesos . James Lindenberg ( December 20 , 1921  April 28 , 2009 was born in ___MASK86___ , Pennsylvania . He moved to the ___MASK48___ in the 1940s . He is credited for his founding of Bolinao Electronics Corporation ( BEC ), the precursor of ABS - CBN Corporation . The GMA Network ___MASK80___ is the headquarters of the GMA Network , a major radio and television network in the ___MASK48___ . It is located at EDSA corner Timog Avenue , Diliman , Quezon City . It is the network ' s main television and radio production center , and its main transmission facility for most of Metro ___MASK22___ . The building houses Super Radyo DZBB 594 AM , Barangay LS - FM 97 . 1 , GMA - 7 , and GMA News TV . The center housed the UHF channel DWDB - TV 27 . Marvic Castelo Sotto ( born April 28 , 1954 ) , known as Vic Sotto , is a Filipino actor , television show host , comedian , and film producer who worked for the three major TV stations GMA Network , TV 5 and ABS - CBN . He owns a film and TV production outfit named M - Zet Productions . He is one ___MASK44___ the pioneer hosts ___MASK44___ Eat Bulaga ! . He won three consecutive titles for Philippine Box Office King ( 2004 , 2005 , and 2006 ) . Fernando Hofileño ___MASK32___ , Sr . ( April 13 , 1904May 26 , 1993 ) was a Filipino statesman . A member ___MASK44___ the influential ___MASK32___ Family ___MASK44___ Iloilo , Fernando ___MASK32___ served as Vice President ___MASK44___ the ___MASK48___ for three terms  under Elpidio Quirino ( 1949  1953 ) for the Liberals and Ferdinand Marcos ( 1965  1969 and 1969  1972 ) for the Nacionalistas and also the chairman ___MASK44___ ABS - CBN Corporation from 1986 to his death 1993 . A joke is a display ___MASK44___ humour in which words are used within a specific and well - defined narrative structure to make people laugh . It takes the form ___MASK44___ a story , usually with dialogue , and ends in a punch line . It is in the punch line that the audience becomes aware that the story contains a second , conflicting meaning . This can be done using a pun or other word play such as irony , a logical incompatibility , nonsense or other means . Linguist Robert Hetzron offers the definition : Film producers fill a variety ___MASK44___ roles depending upon the type ___MASK44___ producer . Either employed by a production company or independent , producers plan and coordinate various aspects ___MASK44___ film production , such as selecting script , coordinating writing , directing and editing , and arranging financing . During the " discovery stage ", the producer has to find and acknowledge promising material . Then , unless the film is supposed to be based on an original script , the producer has to find an appropriate screenwriter . GMA Network ( Global ___MASK7___ Arts or simply GMA ) is a major commercial broadcast television and radio network in the ___MASK48___ . GMA Network is the flagship property of publicly traded GMA Network Inc . Its first broadcast on television was on October 29 , 1961 , GMA Network ( formerly known as RBS TV Channel 7 , GMA Radio - Television Arts then GMA Rainbow Satellite Network ) is commonly signified to as the " Kapuso Network " in reference to the outline of the company  s logo . It has also been called the  Christian Network  which refers to the apparent programming during the tenure of the new management , which took over in 1976 . It is headquartered in the GMA Network Center in Quezon City and its transmitter , Tower of Power is located at Tandang Sora Avenue , Barangay Culiat also in Quezon City . A ___MASK7___ conglomerate , ___MASK7___ group , or ___MASK7___ institution is a company that owns numerous companies involved in mass ___MASK7___ enterprises , such as television , radio , publishing , motion pictures , theme parks , or the Internet . According to the magazine " Nation ", " ___MASK7___ conglomerates strive for policies that facilitate their control ___MASK44___ the markets around the world ." There are two types ___MASK44___ radio networks currently in use around the world : the one - to - many broadcast network commonly used for public information and mass media entertainment ; and the two - way radio type used more commonly for public safety and public services such as police , fire , taxicabs , and delivery services . Cell Phones are able to send and receive simultaneously by using two different frequencies at the same time . Many ___MASK44___ the same components and much ___MASK44___ the same basic technology applies to all three . A variety show , also known as variety arts or variety entertainment , is entertainment ___MASK24___ up ___MASK44___ a variety ___MASK44___ acts ( hence the name ), especially musical performances and sketch comedy , and is normally introduced by a compère ( master ___MASK44___ ceremonies ) or host . Other types ___MASK44___ acts include magic , animal and circus acts , acrobatics , juggling , and ventriloquism . The variety format ___MASK24___ its way from Victorian era stage to radio to television . Variety shows were a staple ___MASK44___ anglophone television from its early days ( late 1940s ) into the 1980s . Slapstick is a style ___MASK44___ humor involving exaggerated physical activity which exceeds the boundaries ___MASK44___ normal physical comedy . The term arises from a device developed during the broad , physical comedy style known as Commedia dell ' arte in 16th Century Italy . The ' slap stick ' consists ___MASK44___ two thin slats ___MASK44___ wood made from splitting a single long stick , which make a ' slap ' when striking another actor , with little force needed to make a loud - and comical - sound . A production company or a production house provides the physical basis for works in the realms ___MASK44___ the performing arts , new media art , film , television , radio , and video . In a modern sense , comedy ( from the , " kmidía ") refers to any discourse or work generally intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter , especially in theatre , television , film , and stand - up comedy . The origins ___MASK44___ the term are found in Ancient Greece . In the Athenian democracy , the public opinion ___MASK44___ voters was influenced by the political satire performed by the comic poets at the theaters . The theatrical genre ___MASK44___ Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance which pits two groups or societies against each other in an amusing agon or conflict . Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a " Society ___MASK44___ Youth " and a " Society ___MASK44___ the Old ". A revised view characterizes the essential agon ___MASK44___ comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions that pose obstacles to his hopes . In this struggle , the youth is understood to be constrained by his lack ___MASK44___ social authority , and is left with little choice but to take recourse in ruses which engender very dramatic irony which provokes laughter . A film , also called a movie , motion picture , theatrical film or photoplay , is a series ___MASK44___ still images which , when shown on a screen , creates the illusion ___MASK44___ moving images due to the phi phenomenon . This optical illusion causes the audience to perceive continuous motion between separate objects viewed rapidly in succession . The process ___MASK44___ filmmaking is both an art and an industry . A film is created by photographing actual scenes with a motion picture camera ; by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques ; by means ___MASK44___ CGI and computer animation ; or by a combination ___MASK44___ some or all ___MASK44___ these techniques and other visual effects . Prop comedy is a comedy genre in which performers use humorous objects , or conventional objects in humorous ways . The stages and films term " prop ", an abbreviation ___MASK44___ " property ", refers to any object an actor handles in the course ___MASK44___ a performance . Though some form ___MASK44___ prop comedy has likely existed as long as there have been comedians , the genre reached its zenith in the vaudeville era . The vaudeville team Olsen and Johnson used prop comedy extensively in their long running Broadway revue " Hellzapoppin ". A performance , in the performing arts , generally comprises an event in which a performer or group ___MASK44___ performers present one or more works ___MASK44___ art to an audience . Usually the performers participate in rehearsals beforehand . Afterwards audience members often applaud . The ___MASK48___ , officially the Republic of the ___MASK48___ , is a sovereign island country in Southeast Asia situated in the western Pacific Ocean . It consists of about 7 , 641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south : Luzon , Visayas , and Mindanao . The capital city of the ___MASK48___ is ___MASK22___ and the most populous city is Quezon City , both part of Metro ___MASK22___ . Bounded by the South China Sea on the west , the Philippine Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea on the southwest , the ___MASK48___ shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north , Vietnam to the west , Palau to the east and Malaysia and Indonesia to the south . An actor ( or actress for females ; see terminology ) is a person who portrays a character in a performance . The actor performs " in the flesh " in the traditional medium ___MASK44___ the theatre , or in modern mediums such as film , radio , and television . The analogous Greek term is , literally " one who answers ". The actor ' s interpretation ___MASK44___ their role pertains to the role played , whether based on a real person or fictional character . Interpretation occurs even when the actor is " playing themselves ", as in some forms ___MASK44___ experimental performance art , or , more commonly ; to act , is to create , a character in performance . A screenplay writer , screenwriter for short , scriptwriter or scenarist is a writer who practices the craft ___MASK44___ screenwriting , writing screenplays on which mass media such as films , television programs , comics or video games are based . Eat Bulaga ! ( or " EB ") is the longest running noon - ___MASK38___ variety show in the ___MASK48___ produced by Television And Production Exponents Inc . ( TAPE ) and currently aired by GMA Network . The show broadcasts from The New TAPE Studios ( Eastside Studio ) at the Broadway Centrum in New ___MASK22___ , Quezon City . " Eat Bulaga !" is aired Weekdays at 12 : 00pm to 2 : 35pm and Saturdays at 11 : 30am to 2 : 45pm ( PHT ). The show is also broadcast worldwide through GMA Pinoy TV . The name approximately translates to " Lunchtime Surprise !". GMA Pinoy TV , is a Filipino television channel incorporated in February 2004 by GMA Network and its subsidiaries , GMA International and GMA Worldwide Inc . It was launched in 2005 , primarily in ___MASK23___ and the USA , as a 24 - hour international Filipino television station . The channel is targeted towards overseas Filipinos and their families in the ___MASK48___ . The network airs shows produced by GMA Network . Drawing on programming from its flagship station in the ___MASK48___ , the network ' s programs can be seen worldwide . Television or TV is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in monochrome ( black - and - white ), or in color , and in two or three dimensions and sound . It can refer to a television set , a television program (" TV show "), or the medium ___MASK44___ television transmission . Television is a mass medium , for entertainment , education , news , and advertising . A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience , primarily by making them laugh . This might be through jokes or amusing situations , or acting a fool , as in slapstick , or employing prop comedy . A comedian who addresses an audience directly is called a stand - up comic . The Philippine Stock Exchange is the national stock exchange ___MASK44___ the ___MASK48___ . It has been in continuous operation since its inception in 1927 . Currently , it maintains two trading floors in Metro ___MASK22___ : one at its headquarters at the PSE Plaza Ayala Triangle , Ayala Tower One in the Makati Central Business District ; and one at the Philippine Stock Exchange Centre ( Tektite Towers ), Ortigas Center in Pasig . Construction ___MASK44___ the Philippine Stock Exchange office tower in Bonifacio Global City is expected to be completed by mid - 2016 . The PSE is overseen by a 15 - member Board ___MASK44___ Directors , chaired by José T . Pardo . Theatre or theater is a collaborative form ___MASK44___ fine art that uses live performers , typically actors or actresses , to present the experience ___MASK44___ a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place , often a stage . The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations ___MASK44___ gesture , speech , song , music , and dance . Elements ___MASK44___ art , such as painted scenery and stagecraft such as lighting are used to enhance the physicality , presence and immediacy ___MASK44___ the experience . The specific place ___MASK44___ the performance is also named by the word " theatre " as derived from the Ancient Greek  ( théatron , " a place for viewing "), itself from  ( theáomai , " to see ", " to watch ", " to observe "). Performance art is a performance presented to an audience within a fine art context , traditionally interdisciplinary . Performance may be either scripted or unscripted , random or carefully orchestrated ; spontaneous or otherwise carefully planned with or without audience participation . The performance can be live or via ___MASK7___ ; the performer can be present or absent . It can be any situation that involves four basic elements : ___MASK38___ , space , the performer ' s body , or presence in a medium , and a relationship between performer and audience . Performance art can happen anywhere , in any type ___MASK44___ venue or setting and for any length ___MASK44___ ___MASK38___ . The actions ___MASK44___ an individual or a group at a particular place and in a particular ___MASK38___ constitute the work . Radio is the technology ___MASK44___ using radio waves to carry information , such as sound , by systematically modulating properties ___MASK44___ electromagnetic energy waves transmitted through space , such as their amplitude , frequency , phase , or pulse width . When radio waves strike an electrical conductor , the oscillating fields induce an alternating current in the conductor . The information in the waves can be extracted and transformed back into its original form .