Famous tracks from the ’80s which is usually heard on 89.9’s Friday Madness special has been packaged as an album. “Friday Madness,” the double CD album from 89.9 and MCA Music is launched Friday, Aug. 28, 9 p.m. at E’s Bar, Edsa Shangri-La.

The ’80s were dominated by the widespread use of synthesizers and keyboards. In the United States, MTV was launched and music videos began to have a huge effect on the record industry. Pop artists such as Duran Duran, Tears For Fears, Wham!, and Michael Jackson mastered the format and helped turned this new product into a profitable business.

The ’80s saw a time when the charts, MTV and Arena venues were overloaded with big hair, load guitars and people that should really know better. This retrospective release takes you back to that time to bask in the glory of a bygone period when men could look like women and no one knew the damage we were causing to the ozone layer with our excessive usage levels of aerosol hairspray cans.

Some of the tracks include “Wild Boys” (Duran Duran), “Shout” (Tears For Fears), “Venus” (Bananrama) and “When Doves Cry” (Prince).

TV5’s ‘WWTBAM?’ hits it big in Mega Manila

TV5’s “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” (WWTBAM) is now the final answer of millions of viewers as the game show ranked No. 1 last Saturday, beating ABS-CBN’s “The Singing Bee” and GMA’s “Are You The Next Big Star?”

The international top-rating game show generated an impressively rapid increase in viewership on its episode last weekend with an audience share of 31.1% based on AGB-NMR’s Overnight Individual Audience Share among Mega Manila households report last Saturday.

“Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” is really a toughie, that even college professors, cum laude graduates, and celebrities are challenged. Joey de Leon was the latest celebrity on the hot seat and won R150,000 for the Philippine General Hospital Children’s Ward, which was his chosen charity.

Get a chance to win lots of prizes on the Breakaway Game and join the millions of viewers tuning in to Bossing on the no. 1 game show  “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” every Saturday, 6:30 p.m. on TV5.

Showcase of talents at Starmall

The stage is set for Voice of a Star ’09 eliminations every Tuesday at the 2/L Activity Area of Starmall Edsa-Shaw. Then on Aug. 30 there will be a 2nd Wild Card Chance.

At the Activity Hub of Starmall Las Piñas, auditions are being held for the Star Singing Idols contest every Wednesdays at 4 p.m. and Star of The Dance Floor Season 2 at 4 p.m. on Aug. 31.

Watch out for the RAP Invision ’09: Rap Competition, open to all amateur male and female rappers, composed of 3 to 5 members per group.

In celebration of Buwan ng Wika, Starmall will hold “Awit Ko Ito” an all-OPM singing contest every Friday, 4 p.m. at the 3/L Star Bazaar.

Hiraya presents ‘Ibong Adarna’

Hiraya Theater Production opens their theater season Friday, Aug. 28.

The production will be staging “Adarna 2088” a story based on the folklore “Ibong Adarna” starring Joshua Zamora as John and Irish Fullerton as Maria Blanca.

Show schedules are follows: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and “Ako’y Dimasalang – Dr. Jose Rizal” based from the classic novel “Noli Me Tangere” with Joshua again as Crisostomo Ibarra and Maybelyn dela Cruz as Maria Clara. Jonas Santos directs the two plays.