Ageless actress Gloria Romero will receive the Helen Vela Lifetime Achievement Award for Drama, veteran comedienne Nova Villa will be conferred the Helen Vela Lifetime Achievement Award for Comedy, while GMA news anchor Mel Tiangco will get the Helen Vela Lifetime Achievement Award for News Broadcast.
The Entertainment Press Society, Inc., organizer of the event, will also give out a new special honor this year — the Dolphy Lifetime Achievement Award Ulirang Alagad ng Sining — named after the comedy king and TV legend who passed away last year. The recipient will be legendary actor and director Eddie Garcia.
Gloria Romero started her career at the age of 19 in Sampaguita Pictures. Some of her memorable movies were “Dalagang Ilocana” and “Tanging Yaman” for whichshe won best actress awards at FAMAS. Her career spans 60 years.
On TV, she is best remembered for her role in the sitcom “Palibhasa Lalake” as the drunkard Tita Minerva, as well as her work in “Richard Loves Lucy” and “Ok Fine! Whatever.” After having been with ABS-CBN for quite a number of years, she transferred to GMA where she did the teleserye “Munting Heredera”. She is currently playing the lead role in “Forever” with Heart Evangelista and Geoff Eigenmann.
Nova Villa started in showbiz at the age of 16 when she became a lone star at FPJ Productions. She is best remembered for the legendary sitcoms “Chicks to Chicks”, where she played wife to former basketball player Freddie Webb, and “Home Along Da Riles”, where she starred opposite Dolphy.
Among her most recent programs on TV were “My Beloved” and “Tweets for My Sweet” (for which she is nominated for Outstanding Performance by A Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Gag Show).
Mel Tiangco started her career as a broadcaster in RPN 9 where she did the newscast for “NewsWatch”. She joined ABS-CBN in 1986 where she became the newscaster of “Balita Ngayon”. A year later, she became one of the anchors of “TV Patrol”, which became the network’s flagship news program. She also became one of the hosts of “Mel and Jay” for ABS-CBN as well.
She transferred to GMA in 1995 and became one of the news anchors of “Saksi” and hosted the talk show “Partners: Mel and Jay.” She also became the news anchor of “Frontpage” and was given the chance to host the weekly drama anthology “Magpakailanman”. She also hosted the show “Mel & Joey” with Joey de Leon.
She is currently co-anchor of GMA Network’s evening newscast “24 Oras” with Mike Enriquez. She is also involved in philanthropic work as the executive vice president of the GMA Kapuso Foundation, the network’s socio-civic arm.
Eddie Garcia started his career as a movie star in 1946 when he appeared in the costume drama “Siete Infantes de Lara”. His career as an actor spans 67 years and is marked by numerous awards. He is the only person in the Philippines to be a Hall of Fame inductee of the FAMAS in three categories: Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Director.
As a TV star, he is best remembered for the role of Leandro Montemayor, the fictional Philippine President in the GMA drama series “Kung Mawawala Ka”. That series gave him his first Best Actor in A Drama Series award.
Julia Clarete, Kim Atienza and Arnell Ignacio will serve as segment hosts of the event.
source: interaksyon
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