Saksi (EYEWITNESS) is the late night news broadcast of GMA Network in the Philippines. It was formerly the early evening and flagship newscast of the network from 1995 to 2002. The newscast is currently anchored by Arnold Clavio and Vicky Morales. It is aired Mondays to Thursdays at 11:15-11:45 pm and Fridays at 11:45 pm–12:15 am (PST). It is also aired internationally thru GMA Pinoy TV and is heard on a slightly delayed basis through Super Radyo DZBB 594 AM.

History[link]

As Saksi: GMA Headline Balita[link]

In the last quarter of 1995, GMA Network launched the program, originally entitled Saksi: GMA Headline Balita, as a 15-minute early evening weekday newscast. It was then anchored by Mike Enriquez (then known as "Mr. Saksi") and Karen Davila. Saksi became popular in such a short time, that people were using the word as a catchphrase, complete with the pointed forefinger like the program’s news anchors. In the early years of the newscast, the anchors, especially Enriquez, popularized the word "pasok" (come in) in introducing reporters (who included Jessica Soho, Arnold Clavio, Mao dela Cruz and Susan Enriquez, among others). This style of introducing reporters was also previously used in GMA's other regional news programs patterned after "Saksi" like Balitang Bisdak (Cebu), Testigo (Davao) and Ratsada (Iloilo).

Mel Tiangco joined Enriquez and Davila in 1996, after the former's transfer from ABS-CBN when she suspended from doing a TV commercial. Economist Solita "Winnie" Monsod also joined the newscast with her own opinion segment, "Mareng Winnie" (which became a moniker by which she has been since known for). Other special segments, such as Huling Hirit (light human-interest stories to cap the newscast, reported by Kara David) and S na S (Showbiz sa Saksi) (a showbiz segment with Lyn Ching then she anchored with Enriquez, Davila and Tiangco) were also added to the news program as its running time was expanded to 30 minutes.

Sonza-Tiangco Era[link]

In 1998, Jay Sonza replaced Enriquez while he appointed as an anchor of GMA Network News with Vicky Morales who and the news team switched to Taglish then Filipino. Davila, on the other hand, became a co-host of Extra-Extra, a magazine program featuring different human-interest and entertainment stories (which also served as pre-programming to Saksi). Sonza, Tiangco's co-host on Partners Mel and Jay, then joined the newscast as co-anchor, thus Saksi and Partners Mel and Jay are the news programs exclusive to them. The original subtitle, GMA Headline Balita, was also dropped since then.

Enriquez-Morales Era[link]

In 1999, Tiangco was appointed as anchor of Frontpage: Ulat ni Mel Tiangco, which replaced GMA Network News on the late-night slot but the newscasts continusly on weekends until 2002. She and Sonza were replaced by Enriquez and Morales, thus continuing their partnership on Network News. Enriquez went back to Saksi with Morales were final anchors with him on the weekday edition of GMA Network News in their partnership. In the same year Davila who now moved to ABS-CBN.

On July 15, 2002, Saksi exchanged timeslots with Frontpage in order for the latter show to compete with ABS-CBN's TV Patrol (which was, incidentally, the newscast that Tiangco came from before transferring to GMA). The shift to late-night also prompted the start of "Side Trip", a human-interest segment hosted by Howie Severino.

In the same year, Saksi won the Gold Medal for Best Newscast in the New York Festival, becoming one of the few news programs outside the United States to receive the said honor. The award (With the Peabody Award that the network won in 1998) was later recognized by the Philippine Congress by issuing the network a commendation for its work in News and Public Affairs. Enriquez left again to the newscast on March 12, 2004 to rejoin Tiangco on their new early evening newscast, 24 Oras.

Clavio-Morales Era as Saksi: Liga ng Katotohanan[link]

Arnold Clavio replaced Enriquez on March 15, 2004 when the latter was slated to host the new early evening newscast of the network, 24 Oras and he rejoined with Tiangco since they first joined Saksi in 1996. The newscast was reintroduced as Saksi: Liga ng Katotohanan (Legion of Truth).

A notable coverage of the program was the 2005 Papal conclave which was covered by Morales at St. Peter's Square in Vatican City.

The newscast changed its graphics and studio thrice during this period; first on April 2006, second on August 11, 2008, and third on November 8, 2010 (graphics only).

2011 reformat[link]

On February 21, 2011, together with Unang Hirit and 24 Oras, the program adapted a new set, new graphics, new theme, and new OBB. The "Liga ng Katotohanan" tagline was also dropped in the newscast's titlecard. The new theme is incorporated with the elements of Saksi: Liga ng Katotohanan 2008-2011 theme music & Saksi: Liga ng Katotohanan 2004-2008 theme music.

Anchors[link]

Current[link]

• Arnold Clavio (2004–Present)
• Vicky Morales (1999–Present)

Former anchors[link]

• Mike Enriquez (known as Mr. Saksi) (1995–1998; 1999–2004)
• Karen Davila (1995–1999)
• Mel Tiangco (1996–1999)
• Jay Sonza (1998–1999)
• Winnie Monsod (1998–1999)
• Kara David (1996–1999)
• Lyn Ching-Pascual (1997–1999)
• Rey Pacheco (Weatherman, 1996–1999)
• Jessica Soho (1998–1999)

See also[link]

• List of Philippine television shows
• List of programs broadcast by GMA Network
• Saksi sa Dobol B

External links[link]

• GMA Network official website
• GMA Network Official Facebook Page
• GMA News Official Facebook Page
• Saksi on Facebook Official Facebook Page

Dulce Maria García Rivas (born September 20, 1982) is a Mexican Luchadora enmascarada, or masked female professional wrestler. She currently works for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, where she performs under the ring name Sexy Star. She is the current AAA Reina de Reinas Champion in her second reign as a member of La Legión Extranjera. She previously wrestled under the name Dulce Poly and held both the FILL Women's Championship and the under that name.

Early life[link]

Dulce García was born on September 20, 1982 in Monterrey, Nuevo León. Growing up she had devoted herself to sports such as boxing, kickboxing and Muay Thai.^[1] She also earned a college degree in Communication Sciences and worked in that field until she became a professional wrestler.^[1]

Professional wrestling career[link]

García made her professional wrestling debut on August 29, 2006 under the ring name Dulce Poly, on a Federacion Internacional de Lucha Libre (FILL) show. In FILL she often teamed up with one of her trainers, Humberto Garza, Jr. and together the two won the FILL Mixed Tag Team Championship at one point.^[3] She also won the FILL Women's Championship on December 17, 2006. She held the title until February 27, 2007 when she lost the title to La Bandiad.^[4]

Asistencia Asesoría y Administración[link]

Early storylines (2007-2009)[link]

A few weeks after losing the FILL Women's Championship García made her debut for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) as the enmascarada (masked) character Sexy Star, a técnica (fan favorite character).^[1] Her first match for AAA saw her on the losing side of a Relevos Atómicos de locura match (Spanish for "Eight-man madness match") where she teamed up with Billy Boy, Octagóncito and Pimpinela Escarlata losing to Faby Apache, Gran Apache, Mini Chessman and Polvo de Estrellas.^[5] After joining AAA she received further training from both Abismo Negro and Gran Apache, AAA's main trainer for luchadoras.^[2] Sexy Star participated in the 2007 Reina de Reinas (Spanish for "Queen of Queens") tournament. She was one of six females who survived a 16-woman torneo cibernetico match. The finals of the tournament saw Tiffany outlast Cinthia Moreno, Faby Apache, Miss Janeth, Rossy Moreno and Sexy Star to win the tournament.^[4] The following year Sexy Star once again competed in the annual Reina de Reinas tournament, but lost to Mari Apache in a five-way match that also included Chikayo Nagashima, Martha Villalobos and Sonoko Kato.^[6]

Teaming with Billy Boy (2009)[link]

Sexy Star's first major angle in AAA began in the spring of 2009 as she was written into a long running storyline between real life husband and wife Billy Boy and Faby Apache. She was introduced as the new object of Billy Boy's affections after Billy Boy had turned rúdo (bad guy) on Faby Apache. When Aero Star entered the picture as a possible suitor for Faby Apache, Billy Boy acted like he did not care as he himself had found a new love in Sexy Star, who in the process turned rúdo (villain) in the storyline.^[2][7] During a television taping on March 21, 2010 Aero Star came to the ring and asked Gran Apache's permission to ask Faby Apache out, which led to Billy Boy storming to the ring and attacking Aero Star.^[8] The storyline evolved and saw all four involved in an inter-gender Lucha de Apuesta Steel Cage Match where the last person in the ring would either have their hair shaved off or be forced to unmask. The match took place on the 2009 Verano de Escandalo show and came down to Faby Apache and Billy Boy in the cage, after which Faby Apache pinned Billy Boy. After the match Billy Boy's hair was shaved off as Faby Apache celebrated her win.^[9]

La Legión Extranjera (2009-present)[link]

Following the Apuesta loss the storyline began to focus more on the rivalry between Faby Apache and Sexy Star and less on Billy Boy.^[10] The two faced off in a "Bull Terrier" match for Faby Apache's AAA Reina de Reinas Championship during AAA's Heroes Inmortales III event, in which Sexy Star defeated Faby Apache due to the interference of La Legión Extranjera members Jennifer Blade and Rain.^[11] In the time following the title victory Sexy Star became a member of La Legión, making her the only Mexican female in the group. The storyline between Sexy Star and Faby Apache continued at the 2009 Guerra de Titanes where Sexy Star defeated Faby Apache in a Lucha de Apuesta match, in no small part thanks to the interference of La Legión.^[12] On the same night Cinthia Moreno returned to AAA, siding with Faby Apache in her fight against La Legión. This meant that Moreno, Faby and her sister Mari Apache faced off against Sexy Star, Rain and Christina Von Eerie during the 2010 Rey de Reyes event, a match which Moreno won for her team by pinning Sexy Star.^[13] During a post Rey de Reyes interview Sexy Star claimed that the Apaches and Cintia Moreno were nothing but maids, which led to AAA booking a match between Cinthia Moreno, Faby and Mari Apache against Sexy Star, Rain and Jennifer Blade in a TripleMania XVIII match where the person pinned or submitted would have to be the winning team's slave for a month.^[14] At TripleMania La Legión defeated Moreno and the Apaches, when Blade pinned Mari, thanks in part to the biased refereering by Hijo del Tirantes. Following the match Konnan ordered Mari Apache to begin her maid duty right away by cleaning up their dressing room. The stipulation expired on July 6, 2010.^[15]

On August 14 at Verano de Escandalo Sexy Star lost the Reina de Reinas Championship to Mari Apache in a six person tag team match, where she, Alex Koslov and Christina Von Eerie faced the Apaches and Aero Star.^[16] Just prior to Sexy Star losing the title, she had traveled to Tampa, Florida to take part in World Wrestling Entertainment's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling's tryouts, but was rejected by the promotion, who claimed that her English and wrestling were bad and that she was overweight and not pretty enough without her mask.^[17] Afterwards, AAA removed Sexy Star from La Legión Extranjera and demoted her into random opening matches or simply not booking her at all, which eventually led to her considering a jump to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre.^[18][19] Eventually in March 2011, Sexy Star once again began appearing with La Legión Extranjera under the La Sociedad banner, teaming with Jennifer Blake and feuding with the Apaches and the recently debuted Lolita.^[20] On June 18 at TripleManía XIX, Sexy teamed with TNA workers Angelina Love, Mickie James and Velvet Sky to defeat Cynthia Moreno, Faby Apache, Lolita and Mari Apache.^[21]

On December 16 at Guerra de Titanes, Sexy Star defeated Pimpinela Escarlata in a lumberjack match to win the AAA Reina de Reinas Championship for the second time.^[22] On March 18 at Rey de Reyes, Sexy Star took part in a twelve person steel cage Hairs vs. Masks match, which eventually came down to her and Pimpinela Escarlata. In the end, Sexy Star managed to escape the cage, forcing Escarlata to have his head shaved.^[23] On May 19, in her first title defence, Sexy Star defeated Cynthia Moreno, Faby Apache and Lolita in a Bull Terrier match. ^[24]

In other media[link]

During the spring of 2010 Sexy Star appeared in an episode the National Geographic Channel show Tabú, a fact that was advertised on large billboards in Mexico City prior to the show airing on television.^[25]

In wrestling[link]

• Finishing moves

• Swinging fisherman suplex^[26]

• Entrance themes

• "Sexy Movimiento" by Wisin & Yandel

Championships and accomplishments[link]

• Asistencia Asesoría y Administración

• AAA Reina de Reinas Championship (2 times, current)^[11][22]

• Federacion Internacional de Lucha Libre

• FILL Mixed Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Humberto Garza, Jr.
• FILL Women's Championship (1 time)

Lucha de Apuesta record[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Professional wrestling portal

• AAA profile

Jeremy Renner
Renner at the 82nd Academy Awards, March 7, 2010
Born	Jeremy Lee Renner (1971-01-07) January 7, 1971 (age 41) Modesto, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, musician
Years active	1995–present

Jeremy Lee Renner (born January 7, 1971) is an American actor, film producer and musician. Renner appeared largely in independent films throughout the 2000's such as Dahmer (2002) and Neo Ned (2005). He also offered supporting acting work in bigger films, S.W.A.T. and 28 Weeks Later (2007). He eventually came to prominence for his critically acclaimed performance in The Hurt Locker (2009) which garnered him a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He then turned out another praised performance for his role in The Town for which he received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. This subsequent recognition gave him the opportunity to star alongside some of Hollywood's biggest talent in blockbusters such as Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011) and The Avengers (2012) which broke records grossing more than a billion dollars internationally.

Early life[link]

Renner was born in Modesto, California, the first child of Valerie and Lee Renner, who managed a bowling alley.^[1][2] His parents married as teenagers and divorced when he was ten.^[3][4][5] He has five younger siblings, He graduated from Fred C. Beyer High School and attended Modesto Junior College. Renner is of German and Irish descent.^[6]

Career[link]

Early work[link]

Renner's film debut came in 1995 when he played an underachieving student in the cult favorite National Lampoon's Senior Trip. Although the film was critically panned, he went on to guest star on two television shows, Deadly Games and Strange Luck and had a minor role in the television movie, A Friend's Betrayal as the friend of Brian Austin Green's character. Over the next few years, Renner had guest roles in Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane (1999), The Net (1999), The Time of Your Life (1999) and Angel (2000).^[7] Renner also had a small role on an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in 2001. In between acting roles, Renner worked as a makeup artist to make ends meet.^[8]

Early success: 2002–2008[link]

In 2002, Renner had a starring role in the film Dahmer playing serial-killer Jeffrey Dahmer. He found the role a challenge to cope with after he had finished shooting after seeing how easily Dahmer took advantage of his victims.^[9] His performance was well received, and he gained a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Male. He also appeared in Pink's 2003 music video for her song "Trouble" as a Bad Boy Sheriff.^[10] Renner went on to appear in S.W.A.T.^[11] as the former police partner of Colin Farrell's character in 2003 and The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things^[12] in 2004.

In 2005, Renner starred with Julia Stiles and Forest Whitaker in A Little Trip to Heaven, North Country and 12 and Holding.^[13] He next starred as a neo-Nazi skinhead who is admitted into a psychiatric hospital in Neo Ned opposite Gabrielle Union. The film won all of the awards it was nominated for at festivals, including the Palm Beach International Film Festival Award for Best Actor. Renner also had a small (though uncredited) role in skateboard film Lords of Dogtown as the manager of Emile Hirsch's character. In 2006 he starred with Ginnifer Goodwin in Love Comes to the Executioner.

Renner had supporting roles in 2007 in the critically acclaimed The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford as Wood Hite, the cousin of outlaw Jesse James portrayed by Brad Pitt, and as Sergeant Doyle in 28 Weeks Later.^[14] He appeared alongside Minnie Driver in Take and guest starred as a patient in an episode of House as a reckless musician. Renner had a role in the pilot of The Oaks^[15] but the series was not picked up.^[16]

Breakthrough: 2009–present[link]

After starring with Dallas Roberts in the comedy-drama Lightbulb and starring in the short-lived television series The Unusuals, Renner went on to achieve critical success for his portrayal as bomb disposal expert, Sergeant William James in the 2009 Iraq war thriller The Hurt Locker (directed by Kathryn Bigelow). The role earned him several awards in the Best Actor category and his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor^[17] as well a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.^[18]

In 2010, Renner's performance in Ben Affleck's The Town alongside Jon Hamm, Blake Lively, Slaine and Michael Yebba garnered him rave reviews and his second Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.^[19] He also gained his first Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor^[20] and his second Screen Actors Guild nomination.^[21]

In 2011, Renner had an uncredited cameo appearance as Hawkeye in Thor for familiarity with his character for The Avengers, which was released in May 2012.^[22] He starred alongside Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, the fourth installment of the Mission: Impossible series, as a new addition to Ethan Hunt's team. The film was released in December 2011.^[23]

Renner has completed filming for the action horror-comedy Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, in which he and Gemma Arterton star as both Hansel and Gretel. The 3-D film is set 15 years after Hansel and Gretel kill the witch who kidnapped them. The film's release date has been pushed to January 2013 by the Studio.^[24] He is also the star of the fourth film in the Bourne franchise, The Bourne Legacy, written and directed by Tony Gilroy.^[25] Renner plays the new lead character, Aaron Cross, in the place of Jason Bourne who was played by Matt Damon in the first three films. Renner has expressed interest in doing a Bourne film with Damon in the future, stating that "[it] would be kick-ass. I love Matt". In 2012, Renner starred as Hawkeye in the Marvel film, The Avengers.

Other interests[link]

Music[link]

As well as acting, Renner is a singer-songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist and drummer. Early in his acting career, he performed in the Sons of Ben. For the soundtrack of North Country he performed "I Drink Alone". In the 2006 films Love Comes to the Executioner and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Renner performed the songs "American Pie" and "Good Ole Rebel." He also appeared in music videos like Trouble by P!nk and Scenes on sunset by Brother Sal.

Property developing[link]

He and one of his best friends, Kristoffer Winters, have run a home renovation business since very early on in Renner's acting career, the job "paid his rent when acting didn't".^[4]

Personal life[link]

He is good friends with actors Sam Rockwell, Colin Farrell, Scarlett Johansson and Charlize Theron.^[26]

Filmography[link]

References[link]