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G-Dragon has special gift for fans as he leaves for military service

G-Dragon has special gift for fans as he leaves for military service

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Korean pop star and Big Bang member G-Dragon has a special gift for his fans in Southeast Asia as he goes on military service.

G-Dragon, whose real name is Kwon Ji-yong, designed a special gift package, which will be exclusively available on Lazada.

Dubbed "The Floral Pathway," the package contains a premium coffee-drip, a hand-printed mug and a bracelet. The items come in a fancy floral motif box specially designed by Kwon.

The motif is Kwon's tribute to fans, who he refers to as his flowers.

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The latest collaboration with Kwon is part of Lazada's efforts to mix entertainment with shopping, as well as to create a fun and enriching experience for younger shoppers across Southeast Asia.

More than 7,000 gift boxes will be available starting Wednesday, February 28, in the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore.

The boxes will be available on March 1 in Indonesia and on March 13 in Thailand.

Kwon reported for active military service on Tuesday. He is the second Big Bang member to enlist in the military. The first one was T.O.P. (Choi Seung-hyun), who started his military service last year.

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Benedix Ramos shoots his first international film in Taiwan: 'It was a great experience!'

Benedix Ramos shoots his first international film in Taiwan: 'It was a great experience!'

Rhea Manila Santos,

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With his theater credits growing each year with productions like Bar Boys, Tabing Ilog, Ang Huling El Bimbo, and Next to Normal, Benedix Ramos said that performing live has really changed him as an artist after falling in love more with the craft.

The reason why I stayed in theater is because it is giving life to a person and it gives me so much life. That’s why I’m still here. The difference is that I now know that doing this makes me feel so alive even more. Everyday doing this, rehearsals, warm ups and even debriefings, it gives so much life to my life,” he told PUSH ABS-CBN



The Pinoy Big Brother housemate, who was part of PBB Kumunity Season 10 in 2022 where he was known as “Ang Streamboy Apo ng Pangasinan,” also has his sights set on a bigger stage this year. He just shot his first international film in Taiwan with actress Angel Aquino while in between rehearsals for the 9 Works Theatrical play Next to Normal.

Last January I was gone for a week to shoot a film with Ms. Angel Aquino and it’s something na masarap sa pakiramdam na meron kang ganun after theater, lalo na Next To Normal yung ginagawa namin so I feel like it helps my mental state kapag lumalabas ka dun sa space na yun. It was a great experience,” he said. 

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The 30-year-old actor also shared what his experience was working with a foreign production crew.

These are Taiwanese producers and award-winning creatives so it’s really such an honor to be working wiith them because they have a different discipline in film and yung pagka-Pinoy natin minsan, yung pagiging creative as a Pinoy, minsan pag nakakita rin tayo ng ibang creative, parang maiisip mo na uy, puwede rin pala yun. So we collaborated. The Filipino team and the Taiwanese team really collaborated on this film,” he added. 



In his latest play Next to Normal, themes of family and mental health are heavily discussed all throughout the musical. Benedix said he hopes that the conversation about mental health can start being normalized in Filipino families.

Hindi kasi normal sa pamilyang Pilipino na pag-usapan yung mental health, which is quite sad kasi we grew up in a household na minsan umaarte ka kapag umiiyak ka, umaarte ka kapag nagdadabog ka, nag-pa-panic ka or something like that, or na-a-anxiety ka. Pero this is the reason why this generation is really opening a door to that. Not just an idea, it’s an education. This generation actually is a great contribution for education, educating also our parents and grandparents, especially if they are open to accepting yung bagong konsepto ng mental health,” he explained. 

Despite getting cast in more theater productions for the past few years, Benedix said in a previous interview that he is open to performing equally on all platforms if given the opportunity.

We all know naman na theater really takes so much of the time of your schedule or sa buong calendar mo blocked off yan for rehearsals and for shows and all that. There are so many sacrifices that you have to do when you’re doing your passion which is theater. And acting is really something that I’ve always loved doing even when I was still a child. Napupuslit puslit ko naman yung mga ibang acting gigs,” he told PUSH ABS-CBN. 

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