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<div style="text-align:center">Mobile users can view the desktop version of the slideshow <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/v2/01/01/16/the-year-of-kilig-top-entertainment-stories-of-2015">here</a>.</div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2016/entertainment/01/01/abs-cbn-love-teams.jpg"/>If there were two words to describe the past year in showbiz, they would be “love teams.” While nothing new to the industry, fictional couples reached unprecedented heights in 2015, hogging headlines, selling out concert venues, and dominating both television and the big screen.<img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2016/entertainment/01/01/lizquen.jpg"/>The start of the year saw the beginning of one of the most loved onscreen tandems in the country today. Liza Soberano and Enrique Gil were paired for the first time to topbill &quot;Forevermore,&quot; a romantic comedy about how a simple farm girl changed a rebellious teen for the better.While it began late 2014, the series picked up steam early this year, culminating in a finale last May that drew its biggest-ever viewership in its seven-month run. It won a Gawad Tanglaw for Best Television Series, but perhaps, more importantly, it turned &quot;LizQuen&quot; into a household name.Soberano and Gil&#x27;s love team went on to headline two films, namely &quot;Just the Way You Are&quot; and &quot;Everyday I Love You.&quot; Both films earned more than P100 million in the box office, according to producer Star Cinema.<img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2016/entertainment/01/01/kathniel.jpg"/>With the success of &quot;Got To Believe,&quot; Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla were given the daunting task of headlining Star Cinema&#x27;s 2015 Valentine&#x27;s Day offering, &quot;Crazy Beautiful You&quot; -- and they certainly did not disappoint.The film earned more than P38 million on its opening day, helping the ABS-CBN production outfit start the year on a high. It finished with a P320-million box office run. But that was just one of the highlights of Bernardo and Padilla&#x27;s year.Again, the two were given an intimidating project: to remake one of the most beloved primetime series of all time, &quot;Pangako Sa &#x27;Yo.&quot; But again, the two were more than up to the challenge. The 2015 remake, which also stars Ian Veneracion, Jodi Sta. Maria, and Angelica Panganiban, consistently became one of the most watched teleseryes of the year.Indeed, the moniker of Teen King and Teen Queen certainly isn&#x27;t just for show.<img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2016/entertainment/01/01/jadine.jpg"/>Nearly a year after signing a contract with ABS-CBN, James Reid and Nadine Lustre were finally handed a red carpet for their television debut last August 2015 -- and it was an instant hit. From their first kiss, to their first wedding, and to a swoon-worthy proposal, viewers were glued to the love story of Clark (Reid) and Leah (Lustre).The show catapulted Reid and Lustre&#x27;s popularity to soaring heights, resulting in sold-out concerts and packed mall shows, as well as earning their first roles for a film entry to the annual Metro Manila Film Festival. Kudos to the two for turning their second wind in the entertainment industry, into a crazy, whirlwind of a year.<img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2016/entertainment/01/01/aldub-tomiho.jpg"/>Alden Richards and Maine Mendoza first appeared on the noontime show &quot;Eat Bulaga&quot; last July. The hit tandem, born of the &quot;Kalyeserye&quot; segment, went on to break Twitter records, and even made history at the Philippine Arena. Richards and Mendoza were also part of the annual Metro Manila Film Festival.Tommy Esguerra and Miho Nishida, on the other hand, met inside the &quot;Pinoy Big Brother&quot; house. The couple&#x27;s love story began when Nishida, who has trouble speaking English, caught the fancy of Esguerra, a Filipino-American who also has problems speaking in Tagalog.Their hilarious exchanges were a hit, with viewers online dubbing their love team as &quot;ToMiho.&quot; Their new-found fame helped them nab the top two spots of &quot;Pinoy Big Brother 737&quot; with Nishida finishing ahead of Esguerra.It also paved the way for the two to star in their own segment on &quot;It&#x27;s Showtime,&quot; which culminated when Esguerra proposed to Nishida, asking if he could be her boyfriend. Nishida, of course, said yes.<img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2016/entertainment/01/01/chardwan-amorado.jpg"/>Proving that there is space for veterans in the entertainment industry filled to the brim with rising teen actors and young stars, Jodi Sta. Maria and Ian Veneracion stole the hearts of many with their portrayal of Amor Powers and Eduardo Buenavista, respectively, in the hit remake of &quot;Pangako Sa &#x27;Yo.&quot;Their onscreen tandem, dubbed &quot;AmorAdo,&quot; has been a breath of fresh air to the teleserye, and has given the remake a different feel than the one popularized by Jericho Rosales and Kristine Hermosa back in 2000.Meanwhile, industry veterans Dawn Zulueta and Richard Gomez, who first made Filipinos swoon 25 years back, returned to television with the late night drama &quot;You&#x27;re My Home.&quot; In an interview with ABS-CBN News, Zulueta admitted: &quot;I&#x27;m very thankful na tinatangkilik pa rin kami ng audience, na gusto pa rin nila kami makita na working together, falling in love, fighting, getting back together --iyon pa rin ang gusto nilang makita.&quot;<center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="338" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ENRFQ2-y0AM?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0" width="800"></iframe></center>As a way for giving back to the overwhelming support fans have given the Kapamilya network this year, ABS-CBN tapped its biggest love teams to highlight its annual Christmas station ID, which featured celebrities giving back and sharing heartwarming stories of Filipinos to millions around the world.Composed by Robert Labayen with music from songwriting duo Thyro Alfaro and Yumi Lacasmana, &quot;Thank You For The Love&quot; was performed by Daniel Padilla, Kathryn Bernardo, Enrique Gil, Liza Soberano, Nadine Lustre, and James Reid.But more than the loves teams, entertainment watchers were also treated to a plethora of headline-grabbing news events. From high-profile weddings to surprise box-office hits, here are some of the other top Entertainment stories of 2015:<link href="~//staging.abs-cbnnews.com/CMSPages/GetResource.ashx?stylesheetname=Custom-slideshow" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/><div id="nav-holder"><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/image/entertainment/01/01/16/the-year-of-kilig-top-entertainment-stories-of-2015-2">&gt;&gt; Next</a></div>

If there were two words to describe the past year in showbiz, they would be “love teams.” While nothing new to the industry, fictional couples reached unprecedented heights in 2015, hogging headlines, selling out concert venues, and dominating both television and the big screen.

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