In its continuing efforts to beef up all-day viewership, the Kapatid Network positions Willie Revillame’s new variety game show Wowowillie in the noontime slot starting January 26. TV5 teams up with Wil Productions to raise the bar in noontime viewing with a new show for Filipinos here and abroad. “We’re very excited to bring Wowowillie to every household because this is TV5’s first daily noontime variety show.

Actor Cesar Montano left his home last week af­ter allegations surfaced linking him to starlet Krista Miller. According to talent manager Alfie Lorenzo, Cesar stayed at the Manila Hotel apparently to cool off after wife Sunshine Cruz complained about his alleged affair with Krista, who is a co-star in the movie “The Turning Cradle: The Untold Story of Alfredo Lim.” It was gathered later that Cesar was shooting his new movie at the Army and Navy Club, so he had to stay at Manila Hotel for convenience. This raised speculations that he was doing a gimmick to pro­mote his career.

American action star Vin Diesel will visit the Philippines in May for the Asian premier of his upcoming action movie “Fast and the Furious 6.” This was announced by Solar Enter­tainment Corp. president Wilson Tieng who said the exact date of the visit has not been fixed. Tieng said the Asian premiere will be held at the Newport Performing Arts Theater in Resorts World Manila in Pasay City.

Keeps nationwide ratings ad­vantage for the second straight year Broadcast giant GMA Net­work, Inc. (GMA) ended 2012 on a positive note, leading other lo­cal free-to-air channels in full year nationwide TV ratings for the sec­ond consecutive year, according to data from the industry’s leading ratings service provider, Nielsen TV Audience Measurement.

GMA Pinoy TV opens 2013 with the much anticipated drama-fan­tasy series INDIO. The grand production features the Philippines’ most respected and bankable stars, topbilled by Bong Revilla, Jr. as Malaya/Sime­on/Indio. The award-winning actor marks his first primetime drama project via the network’s most expensive television drama to date. As Senator Bong Revilla Jr. shares, “Malaki ang utang na loob ko sa GMA na ako ay binigyan ng ganito kalaking proyekto para i­alay sa ating mga taga-hanga. Pinagpaguran ng lahat ng mga tao sa harap at likod ng camera, para mabigyan kayo ng isang bago at napakagandang pagka­kalibangan simula sa January 14.

GMA Pinoy TV presents a riv­eting drama featuring some of the biggest Kapuso stars with FOREVER, which will air starting January 24. Forever promises to steal the viewers’ hearts as it follows a cap­tivating storyline that explores the enduring power of love between two individuals who will let fate determine if they are meant to be together despite time, distance, and obstacles.

MANILA, Philippines-TV5 Chair­man Manuel V. Pangilinan is happy with the progress that the network has made in the past three years, declaring that he and his group of companies continues to have its back. At Resorts WorldManila on Tues­day where the station launched its new shows, Pangilinan said that he considers 2013 “a fresh new start” for TV5 “to further our market po­sition in the industry.”

Lovely Los Angeles comes up dirty in Gangster Squad, a smart crime tale of lust and vice and to­tal lawlessness. Warner Brothers takes us back in time to 1949 when an upstart thug from New York de­cided to make the west coast his fertile playground. Get in on all the action at Empire Studio 12, Colos­sus and Cineplex Odeon Theatres around B.C.