Looney games!

Warner Bros.’ Looney Tunes, home of some favorite cartoon characters like Bugs Bunny, Tweety Bird, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and Marvin the Martian, is now geared towards teaching children about living a healthier life.

Looney Tunes, through its exclusive licensing partner Global Brands, conducted the first ever World Games Manila, aiming to introduce young children to a healthier lifestyle — a lifestyle that can be achieved through sports.

The Looney Tunes World Games held during all weekends of August in different SM Super Malls in Metro Manila was a series of sports clinics, demonstrations and competitions for children aged five to 15. The sports in focused were basketball, taekwondo, gymnastics, ice skating and bowling.

The culminating activity at the Music Hall of the SM Mall of Asia was a cheerleading competition participated by different schools in Metro Manila. The top prize was won by the College of the Holy Spirit while second place went to St. Paul Pasig. Southville International School was awarded third place and San Beda College Alabang placed fourth.

The Looney Tunes World Games is presented by partners Nestle Funtastix, exclusive licensee for Looney Tunes ice cream; and Goldilocks, exclusive licensee for cakes, in cooperation with SM Malls.

Warner Bros. Consumer Products, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, is one of the leading licensing and retail merchandising organizations in the world. In Southeast Asia and the Philippines, WBCP is represented by its licensing agent, Global Brands Group. Global Brands is one of the world’s premiere product licensing, brand management and retail development partners for pre-eminent sports, entertainment and lifestyle brands, including Warner Bros. Consumer Products in Southeast Asia.

(For more information on Global Brands, please visit www.globalbrandsgroup.com. For licensing inquiries, please e-mail [email protected])

Get back that radiant glow

The Face Shop launched Flebeauté Collagenic, its premium anti-ageing skincare and makeup line, at Felix restaurant in Greenbelt 5.

With more women trying to get back that radiant glow and smooth skin that they once had, turning back the hands of time has been a common goal. The Face Shop’s newest skincare and makeup collection from Korea’s number one beauty brand is clinically proven to be age-rewinding and radiance-boosting. Made with natural collagen complex that keeps skin firm and young, the makeup line is intended for women aged 25 years and above while the skincare line is for women aged 35 and above.

Hosted by Michelle Carbonel, the launch started with a brief talk about The Face Shop’s growth and brand values by brand manager Maureen Abenoja. A skincare talk by Dr. Ramon Briones of Skin Centraal followed.

Makeovers highlighting the Flebeauté Collagenic makeup-base products were then done on three celebrity guests showcasing The Face Shop’s Autumn Trend looks done by the Face Shop chief makeup artist Marge Apacible with Bench Fix’s line of professional makeup artists.

(Check out all The Face Shop stores in top malls all over the country.)

Innovative partnership

Dell Asia Pacific Philippines hosted The Dell Privilege Resellers’ Recruitment Program at the Makati Shangri-La. It introduced Partner Direct, an alternative partner program that offers solutions providers 1:1 relationships, less complexity and more value, comprehensive partner support and all the benefits of the build to order model. This exciting new initiative rewards value not volume.

Dell Asia Pacific Philippines director and country manager Barry Bunyi welcomed guests and talked about the latest innovations in Dell. Also present were Dell regional director for strategies-South Asia Catherine Lian and channel program director of Dell Jeremy Tan who talked about the advantages of being a Dell dealer. Others present were Dell Philippines channel manager Tammy Basilio-Banate, Wowie Wong of Intel Philippines and Bertrand Ng of Iron Fort, distributor of Dell products in the Philippines.

Dell was just launched in the country last week.

A night to wine and dine

Mandarin Oriental Manila’s The Tivoli brings Nights of Wine and Fine Dining this Friday, Sept. 26, from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Held every last Friday of the month, this gourmet wine-dinner event presents seven courses that are paired with unlimited pouring of the evening’s four featured wines.

The Nights of Wine and Fine Dining’s theme for September centers on Bordeaux. Held in cooperation with Wine Depot, the dinner features prestigious wines from the southwest France region. The Tivoli’s guest chef Paul Quarchioni’s masterful creations matched with the Bordeaux wines promise to be one of the most inspired pairings ever designed in the monthly gastronomic series.

Wine connoisseurs will delight in the selections: Duval-Leroy, Fleur de Champagne to pair with Arcachon Oysters set in Red Wine Shallots; 2007 Sainte Marie, AOC Entre- Deux-Mers matched with Salad Landaise, consisting of Tender Salad Leaves with Duck Ham, Foie gras, Duck Gésier and Lardoons; and 2006 Terra Burdigala, Stéphane Derenoncourt & François Thienpont paired with Poached Black Cod on Salmis Sauce. A refreshing Le Grisou (Chilled Red Wine and Crème de Framboise Cocktail) precedes the Charcoal-grilled Beef Tenderloin with Shallot and Red Wine Sauce and Potato Gratin with Truffles, which is paired with 2004 Chateau Puyguerand, Cotes de Francs. Tomme de Belloc (Dense cheese with a caramelized sugar lingering flavor) follows, before the dinner would be capped off with Prune and Armagnac Phyllo Tart with Armagnac Ice Cream and Espresso Coffee with Brandy Cream.

The 38-year-old Quarchioni brings with him impressive experiences with eight Michelin-star red restaurants throughout France, England and Thailand (as chef de cuisine at The Oriental, Bangkok’s Le Normandie).

Next month’s Nights of Wines and Fine Dining event is on Oct. 31.

Paul Potts shares the stage with Rachelle Gerodias

Paul Potts, winner of the 2007 Britain’s Got Talent search, will perform in Manila on Oct. 8 at the PICC. He will share the stage with Filipino soprano Rachelle Gerodias who played the role of Liu in the Vienna and Singapore productions of the Puccini opera, Turandot.

Barely two months after winning the talent search, Paul Potts’ debut recording, One Chance was released and a week later claimed the number one spot in the UK Album Chart. Last year, Prime Minister Gordon Brown presented Potts with a discography plaque for having sold 2,000,000 copies of his first album and for showing that “Britain really does have huge amounts of talent.”

After his audition in Britain’s Got Talent, unexpected Potts mania hit the online community all over the globe, with the video of his audition receiving close to 30 million hits on YouTube. He instantly became an icon of inspiration, moving humanity to tears with his unmistakable gift of music. He eventually won the competition. “It’s slowly starting to sink in now and, although I’m exhausted, I’m loving it!” says Potts.

Potts’ Oct. 8 repertoire will include songs from his One Chance CD such as Nessun Dorma, You Raise Me Up (Por Ti Sere), Time to Say Goodbye (Con Te Partiro), Amapola and My Way (A Mi Manera).

Paul Potts Live in PICC is presented by McDonalds, co-presented by 2nd Avenue and is a Concertus Production.

(For ticket inquiries, call Ticketworld at 891-9999 or log on to www.ticketworld.com.ph. For sponsorship inquiries, block buy and VIP tickets, please call Concertus at 813-2612 or 728-5598.)