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Sarah Geronimo is on a roll!

Aug 092017

Sarah Geronimo (MNS photo) Aside from the impressive box-office performance of her reunion movie with John Lloyd Cruz, the singer-actress had another reason to celebrate on Sunday after her ward, Jona Soquite, was named the very first champion of “The Voice Teens.” But instead of boasting about her back-to-back feat, Geronimo humbled herself and expressed how grateful she is with all the blessings coming her way. “Hindi ko dine-deserve. I feel so blessed! Napakagandang birthday gift, sobra sobra,” she said. Geronimo turned 29 last July 25. Indeed, what a way for Geronimo to make a comeback on “The Voice” after skipping a season last year. “Sobrang amazed lang ako sa season na ito, sa teens edition, kasi napaka-diverse ng musicality ng bawat artist. May operatic, may power ballad, mayroong talagang texture ng boses. Sabi ko nga, kahit sino sa kanila ang manalo, magiging happy ako. Pero siyempre Team Sarah pa rin,” she said. Meanwhile, Geronimo only has words of thanks for everyone who watched her movie with Cruz since it opened on Wednesday. According to producer Star Cinema, the movie already earned P100 million in just four days. “Sobrang overwhelming ang suporta ng mga tao. Noong bumabagyo, noong malakas ang hangin, nag-ikot kami ni Lloydie sa mga cinemas para magpasalamat sa mga tao. Hindi ako makapaniwala na ganun pa rin ang suporta kahit masama ang panahon,” she said. Geronimo also reacted to the statement of ABS-CBN chief content officer Charo Santos-Concio that she wants to her to make more Read More …

Sarah Lahbati is now engaged to Richard Gutierrez

Entertainment

Aug 092017

Sarah Lahbati is now engaged to Richard Gutierrez

Sarah Lahbati (MNS photo) Four years after giving birth to her first born, Sarah Lahbati is ready for another commitment. This time, to become wife to one of the the country’s most eligible bachelors, Richard Gutierrez. Lahbati and Gutierrez night announced on their Instagram accounts that they are finally tying the knot. “The stars aligned in the universe and this happened. I’m marrying my best friend,” Lahbati said in an Instagram post wherein she shared a snapshot of their engagement. Gutierrez, meanwhile, shared a close-up photo featuring a clearer view of the diamond ring he gave to Lahbati. “I love you and I can’t wait to start this new chapter of our lives together,” he wrote. The couple, who have been together for five years, got engaged in Switzerland. It was the same place where Lahbati took refuge when she was hiding her pregnancy in 2012, eventually giving birth to baby Zion. Lahbati said she wants to exchange “I do’s” in Europe and have her honeymoon in Costa Rica’s Cocos Island. Lahbati joined ABS-CBN in 2015. Gutierrez followed her and officially became a Kapamilya through the primetime series “La Luna Sangre.” (MNS)

Ozamiz vice mayor convinced boyfriend Herbert Colanggo to testify against De Lima — lawyer

Entertainment

Aug 092017

MANILA, Aug 1 (Mabuhay) — Lawyer Ferdinand Topacio on Tuesday said his client, arrested Ozamiz City Vice Mayor Nova Princess Parojinog-Echavez, was the one who convinced suspected drug lord Herbert Colanggo to testify against Senator Leila de Lima. “I know for a fact siya po ang [kumumbinsi] noong medyo nagdadalawang-isip si Herbert Colanggo kung magte-testify siya against Senator De Lima kasi natatakot din si Herbert,” Topacio said He added: “Kinumbinsi niya na sabihin mo na ang totoo ang tungkol kay Senator De Lima para malaman under this new administration kung ano talaga si Senator De Lima.” Colanggo and other high-profile inmates at the New Bilibid Prison testified on De Lima’s alleged involvement in the illegal drug trade inside the prison facility. De Lima is currently detained at the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) Custodial Center in Camp Crame on drug-related charges. Topacio is one of the lawyers of the vice mayor, who was arrested by policemen following bloody predawn raids in Ozamiz City on Sunday. She is also detained at the PNP Custodial Center. The lawyer said that the vice mayor and Colanggo are still together. The relationship of the vice mayor and the detained drug lord became public after President Rodrigo Duterte’s speech days after he assumed office in 2016. In tagging the Parojinogs in the illegal drug trade, Duterte said Colanggo was the slain mayor’s son-in-law. The late mayor had admitted that his daughter and Colanggo are in a relationship. During the interview, Topacio said they will ask the Read More …

How Lea feels about being Aga’s ‘the one that got away’

Entertainment

Aug 092017

How Lea feels about being Aga’s ‘the one that got away’

Lea Salonga (MNS photo) Lea Salonga said she was at a loss for words when she first learned that she is Aga Muhlach’s “TOTGA” or “the one that got away.” Salonga said she only knew about it after Muhlach submitted his contribution for her book. “I was in shock. We asked him kasi to write a message. I was going to different people para dito sa librong ito. Of course, how do we not ask him to make a contribution? And then all of a sudden, we got the submission from Aga,” she narrated. Saying she couldn’t talk for a couple of seconds after seeing it, Salonga shared: “[My editor and I] were both in shock. Kaming pareho, we were looking at his letter. We were like, ‘Oh my God.’ The only reaction was ‘Wow!’ Yun lang. Frozen in my chair.” While it surprised her, Salonga said she found Muhlach’s message “very sweet, very well written, and very heartfelt.” According to Salonga, she and Muhlach never became a couple in real life because timing was never on their side. “Bad timing talaga because when we were shooting ‘Bakit Labis Kitang Mahal,’ ako iyong may boyfriend sa totoong buhay. Noong ‘Sana Maulit Muli,’ during the first part, umiiyak-iyak siya because he had just broken up with a girlfriend. And then naghiwalay muna kami because he had another movie to make, and I had a musical. So we started doing ‘Sana Maulit Muli’ again. Nagka-girlfriend ulit. Ako naman ang single. So talagang Read More …

Michelle Madrigal gets engaged

Entertainment

Aug 092017

Michelle Madrigal (MNS photo) Two months after announcing her pregnancy, Michelle Madrigal has another reason to celebrate. The former sexy star is engaged to her American boyfriend, Troy Woolfolk. Madrigal shared the happy news on Instagram with a photo showing Woolfolk getting down on his one knee. She captioned it with a biblical passage: “When the time is right, I, the Lord will make it happen.” Madrigal is currently on a loved-up holiday in Dominican Republic with her beau. Earlier this week, she posted a birthday for Woolfolk, which read: “I appreciate EVERYTHING you do for me & our baby.” “Thank you for being the man that you are and making me believe in love again. Cheers to LOVE, LOYALTY & LONG LASTING relationship.” Madrigal first announced her pregnancy last May. She is expected to give birth to her first child this November. (MNS)

Is Julia Clarete already married?

Entertainment

Aug 092017

Julia Clarete (MNS photo) Is actress Julia Clarete already married to her Irish boyfriend, Gareth McGeown? Fans asked this question after they saw Clarete’s recent Facebook post about the inclusion of her short film, “Skit,” in the 29th CCP Gawad Alternatibo. In the caption, Clarete said she considers the good news a “great wedding gift.” It was last July 23 when rumors that Clarete already tied the knot with McGeown first surfaced. The actress shared a photo of a white skirt, which prompted netizens to think that she is wearing a wedding gown. Clarete and McGeown have been together for almost six years now.(MNS)

Duterte issues reminder, but no new policies, in meeting with mining execs

Entertainment

Aug 042017

Duterte issues reminder, but no new policies, in meeting with mining execs

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, in his speech during the 26th anniversary celebration of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) at the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Theater in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City on August 2, 2017, clarifies that he doesn’t need government workers to be loyal to him but insists that they should be loyal to the country. (MNS photo) MANILA, Aug 4 (Mabuhay) –President Rodrigo Duterte met with mining executives on Thursday night in Malacañang days after he threatened to “tax to death” the industry amid issues of illegal mining in the country. But Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Duterte assured the mining executives that they won’t have a problem as long as they follow mining rules in the country. “During that meeting with the miners, the President essentially said that, for as long as mining groups, whether big or small, follow the rules on mining and keep environmental laws in mind then there would be no problem and they can continue with their operations,” Guevarra said at a press conference in Pasay City. Duterte was accompanied by Special Assistant to the President Christopher “Bong” Go and Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu. During his second Sona, the President said that he would tax to death mining industry if they don’t clean up the adverse effects of their mining operations. In a speech in Davao City, Duterte made another warning to mining stakeholders that his administration was preparing a new legislation on mining. But Guevarra said no new Read More …

Drab Walls pulsates with life at Long Beach 3rd Annual POW!WOW!

Entertainment

Jul 222017

Drab Walls pulsates with life at Long Beach 3rd Annual POW!WOW!

Long Beach Annual Art Pow!Wow!: Long Beach Vice Mayor Rex Richardson speaks before a gathering of media at a press preview of the weeklong Third Annual Pow Wow of his city. Pow Wow artists transform blighted walls of historic Long Beach into canvases of artistic expressions of various muralists. (Photo by Ray Andres) A number of mural artists had art power by collectively transforming drab walls of the Long Beach into giant canvases that speaks volume on the sense of community of the historical city. Long Beach Vice Mayor Rex Richardson expressed his City’s appreciation of the collective effort of the many muralists in the project which impacted his community in his brief remarks at the press preview in launching the Third Annual Pow! Wow Long Beach at the parking lot of Varden Hotel. The week-long art exhibition highlights the work of renowned artists who “create large format art pieces using Long Beach building as their canvases”. Artist Jasper Wong, Pow! Wow! Founder and director and his fellow muralists whose creativity had breathed life into once “blighted walls” were on hand to present the artist behind the magical transformation of the walls. Wong has been credited for his vision to “make the world a little better and foster peace through the art” and has corroborated and partnered with like-minded individuals for his project in many parts of the world. Pow!Wow! from where the art gathering draws inspiration from is a native American term of a community gathering “to celebrate culture, Read More …

Pechanga’s Live August Treat- ‘Golden Voices’ of JED Madela & Morissette Amon

Entertainment

Jul 222017

Pechanga’s Live August Treat- ‘Golden Voices’ of JED Madela & Morissette Amon

Jed & Morissette – The Golden Voices 2017 Two of the most-coveted, multi-awarded international Filipino singers- Jed Madela and Morissette Amon, are set to perform live in Pechanga Resort & Casino theater on August 19 at 7:30 p.m. Pechanga Resort & Casino is well-known for hosting the best and the brightest Filipino entertainers and performers such as Megastar Sharon Cuneta, the singer/actress and Tony Award winner Lea Salonga, popular comedian and actor Vice Ganda, winner of “Star Power Search 2011” Angeline Quintos, international actress and top endorser Anne Curtis, and Pop Star Princess Sarah Geronimo – who all gave wholesome entertainment to the delight of the crowd. Not only fine dining, relaxation and entertainment, Pechanga Resort & Casino wish to provide the ultimate experience especially, to Filipino-American patrons. Commonly known as John Edward Tajanlangit, JED is a Filipino recording artist and TV host, who became the first to win the World Grand Champion title with a uniquely wide vocal range. Madela, who hailed from Iloilo, Philippines, started his singing career at five years old while joining various competitions where he usually ended up winning. As Madela rose to stardom, he represented the country in 2003 to join and landed first in surveys in the Voice of Asia competition as he bagged the ‘People’s Choice Award.’ Thereafter, he received numerous awards like the ‘Sponsor’s Choice’, the Mainhill Award as the ‘Best Voice of Asia Male Singer. ‘ He made waves during the 2005 World Championship of the Performing Arts in Hollywood, Read More …

Sylvia Sanchez reveals Arjo’s secret to acting prowess

Entertainment

Jul 102017

Sylvia Sanchez reveals Arjo’s secret to acting prowess

Arjo Atayde (MNS photo) Arjo Atayde’s outstanding performance on “MMK” Saturday has again proven his impeccable acting skills, after the episode earned excellent reviews. Atayde, who used to portray a tough villain on “Ang Probinsyano,” played renowned Pinoy fashion designer Rocky Gathercole. Many netizens gave Atayde a thumbs up; some even called him the best actor of his generation. While a big potential was seen in Atayde early in his career, his mother, Sylvia Sanchez, revealed that the main secret to her son’s good acting is faithful studying. “Honestly noong umpisa, noong nakita ko siyang nag-start, alam kong mayroon siyang ibubuga kasi nakikita ko eh. Pero hindi ko alam na ganito siya kalalim,” Sanchez said. According to “The Greatest Love” star, the night before the taping began, Arjo turned off his phone, and spent the wee hours reviewing movies and other materials that are helpful for his role. “Nagre-research siya. Nag-aaral. Nanonood ng movies,” Sanchez quipped. Sanchez also acknowledges the possibility that her son might have inherited her acting prowess. Her daughter, Ria, has also entered showbiz. (MNS)

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