Author: Mitch Layno

You know you’re on TOP of your fashion game when America’s Next Top Model Hostess, Tyra Banks, picks up your design from that rack. The one person that knows this is Filipino Designer Francis Libiran. During an annual charity event, Supermodel Tyra Banks strutted her stuff at the red carpet of the 2012 Blossom Ball in New York City, seen in a no less than a glamorous strapless, black and grey chiffon gown. FROM CONCRETE BUILDINGS TO PATTERN MAKING. Libiran didn’t start out as a Fashion Designer, he majored in Architecture but that practice didn’t last long when…

Multi-platinum album, box office movies, sold out concerts, an in demand endorser and a solid legion of fans from all over the world. Among her admirers is American Idol finalist,Jessica Sanchez, revealed that she likes Sarah Geronimo. In an interview she admitted, “I like her style of singing.” It’s no secret how popular and big of a celebrity Sarah Geronimo is in the Philippines. Just how favored Sarah Geronimo is right now? A week before her show debuted, she made Twitter history. “Sarah G Day” became the #1 trending topic worldwide on Twitter for that day. To top it…

International singing sensation Charice was seen at a press conference for her Manila leg of her Infinity tour.  The singer sports a brand new do with short blonde hair and a tattoo that reads “Love Eternally” across her left forearm, with an infinity symbol in the middle. She reveals that she got her tattoo while staging a concert in Singapore. She added that she received consent from her mom. “It‘s not just a tattoo. It has a meaning for me. This is for my love for the people, love for my dad, love for my family. I think everybody‘s shocked.…

SUPER JUNIOR, 2NE1, Big Bang, TVXQ, Girl’s Generation, Jay Park, T-Ara, BoA and many more! Korean Pop music or K-Pop refers to not only the type of music but has now become a musical movement that continues to dominate all over the world. There is something MASSIVELY addictive about it and it may very well be the energetic dance moves, the songs generally are very catchy and upbeat and that is what makes it so KPOPular. Not long ago, American artist, Will.I.Am feat. Nicki Minaj and Cheryl Cole have caught this outbreak. The music video, “Check it out,” displayed a…

“What were they thinking?” according to a tweet. A controversial racist cover that features a light-skinned actress, Bela Padilla, in a hot-pink bikini, sandwiched between two dark-skinned models supposedly representing her shadows. Below the heading on the cover states:  “Bela Padilla: Stepping Out of the Shadows.” A teaser of the magazine’s latest cover was uploaded on FHM’s Facebook page, it quickly set alight and was blasted with negative comments and feedback. Some disclosed it as racist and offensive, others as vulgar. “Hmm, I instinctively got offended and thought ‘racism’. Not sure if my gut reaction is right.…

BEST FILM, BEST ACTRESS, BEST SCREENPLAY, DIRECTOR AND AUDIENCE CHOICE for a movie that’s called THE WOMAN IN THE SEPTIC TANK. The movie won all these awards at the 7th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival. This obviously caught my interest. The movie is about three overly ambitious but ill-judged indie      filmmakers. Believe that they have a winning script that will fulfill there Oscar and Cannes dreams. Already I am thinking, Inception.  It is a movie within a movie. Question is: How do you make an Oscar worthy film? Ah but of course like most filmmakers they know, they…

One of Jackfroot’s mission is to become a prime source for delivering current news. Recently, we received word about Jenny Hyun, 27, a songwriter/recording artist, who caused a lot of controversy with her racist rants against African Americans on Twitter. Hyun, who is said to be from South Korea and part of girl groups SNSD and Chocolat, made a malicious comment to boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. for saying an inappropriate judgment on the same social networking site when Mayweather dissed NBA star Jeremy Lin. This was not the first for him to come out with a racist slur, berating boxing…

If you’re on Twitter, then you must be in wonderland right now,asking yourself what “Sarah G. Day” was all about. American Idol alumnus, Stefano Langone, couldn’t help but asked on Facebook: “What is Sarah G. Day? Remained no. 1 trending on twitter. don’t have any idea about it??” “Sarah G. Day”, was a term used on Twitter yesterday by Pinoys worldwide in relevance to Feb. 19 as a day dedicated to support Sarah Geronimo, making 3 local TV appearances, from daytime to primetime for the promotion of her up coming solo musical variety show, Sarah G. Live…