Author: Ron Mia

Viva artist Yassi Pressman appealed to her fans regarding the current issue their family is facing. As part of a fan meet event on Sunday, March 19, Yassi Pressman asked her fans about the current controversy concerning her sister, Issa Pressman, which affected her as well. Firstly, she thanked her fans for defending her from all the criticism hurled at them. “Guys, thank you for defending me ha.” After thanking her fans, the ‘Kurdapya’ lead actress appealed to her fans to be kind in responding to the bashers. She said, “Kapag sumagot kayo, mabait yung sagot nyo ha.” While some…

Golden Globe Award nominee Dolly de Leon is set to star in another international film, ‘Grand Death Lotto.’ According to a report by the entertainment website Deadline on Wednesday, March 22, the Filipina actress will join the cast of the upcoming action-comedy film led by Hollywood stars John Cena, Simu Liu, and Awkwafina and directed by ‘Bridesmaids’ director Paul Feig. Also included as supporting cast members are Ayden Mayeri, Seann William Scott, and Donald Elise Watkins. An Amazon original film, Grand Death Lotto, set in very near future California, tells the story of Katie (Awkwafina), a grand lotto winner. However,…

Instead of settling the issue, Kapuso star David Licauco even confuses his fans more about his real age. On Twitter, a netizen asked Licauco to clarify his real age after saying on Zeinab Harake’s Vlog that he’s 27 years old. Google and Wikipedia, however, listed him as 28. In a tweet on March 23, @itsimplyhazel wrote, “Pls paki clarify kung ilang taon kana talaga dami po di makatulog sa pag-iisip kung 27 or 28. Pero alam ko talaga 19 e hahahahah @davidlicauco.” https://twitter.com/davidlicauco/status/1638931571049893889 The ‘Maria Clara at Ibarra’ star meanwhile, gamely replied “21 po,” adding more confusion to his already…

‘Encantadia’ director Mark Reyes recently shared an update on the upcoming Kapuso series ‘Sang’gre’. In an Instagram post on Wednesday, March 22, Reyes teased the Encantadia fans after sharing a photo of him with the Sang’gres’ Glaiza De Castro, Kylie Padilla, Gabbi Garcia, and Sanya Lopez’s standees in his background. Reyes wrote, “So we just had our first creative meeting on the pilot script of #sanggre . See you soon @glaizaredux @kylienicolepadilla @gabbi @sanyalopez #herewegoagain” https://www.instagram.com/p/CqFidzphsvI/ In October last year, Reyes also posted what seemed to be a working poster for the upcoming Encantadia spin-off project. In an Instagram post on October 17, 2022,…

GMA Network’s newest afternoon drama series, AraBella, has reached its all-time high TV ratings. According to the rating report from the Nielsen NUTAM People Survey on Friday, March 17, AraBella registered a rating of 9.0 percent, its highest since its pilot on March 6, where it scored an 8.8 percent rating. Aside from rating points, the Kapuso afternoon drama also climbed to its highest leaderboard ranking of 6. Previously, the series used to rank 8th and 7th, with its rating averaging 7 to 8 percent. Before its highest rating, AraBella registered a rating of 7.9 percent on Thursday, March 16,…

Top-rated Kapuso afternoon drama ‘Abot Kamay Na Pangarap’ (AKNP) reaches an all-time high rating. On Saturday, March 18, AKNP registered a rating of 11.4 percent, its highest since a day earlier on March 17, when it scored 11.1 percent. GMA Drama on Monday, March 20, tweeted to share the news and thank all their viewers for their support, which resulted in AKNP’s record-breaking TV ratings. “RECORD-BREAKING RATINGS OF THE NO.1 DAYTIME PROGRAM  Maraming, maraming salamat po sa pangmalakasan n’yong suporta sa #AbotKamayNaPangarap, mga Kapuso! ” https://twitter.com/GMADrama/status/1637673213231611904 Following its record-high ratings, ‘Abot Kamay Na Pangarap’ also moved up on the rating…

Two Kapuso programs and one Kapatid series premiered last week; how did they fare in TV ratings? GMA Network’s primetime series Hearts on Ice and The Last Promise made their debuts on Monday, March 13. According to the most recent rating reports from the Nielsen NUTAM People survey, ‘Heart on Ice’ scored a winning pilot rating of 9.2 percent, taking the number 5 spot in the rating chart. On the other hand, the Tagalized Thai drama The Last Promise premiered at number 17 with a rating of 3.2 percent. On Wednesday, March 15, the Xian Lim-Ashley Ortega-starrer series slightly dropped…

GMA Network’s latest late-night primetime series, ‘The Write One’, registered a big win on its pilot episode. According to the latest Nielsen NUTAM People’s rating report for Monday, March 20, ‘The Write One’ scored a rating of 6.6 percent. This is 2.7 percent higher than competing ‘Dirty Linen’ which scored 3.9 percent. Meanwhile, aside from the TV ratings win, the series was also warmly welcomed on social media. The premiere’s hashtag, #TheWriteOneWorldPremiere, made it to the top five trending topics on Twitter Philippines. GMA Public Affairs Twitter account took to Twitter to thank all those who supported and tweeted about…

Kapuso teen-drama Luv Is: Caught In His Arms and Tagalized Thai series 46 Days ended their runs on Friday, March 10. How did its finale week fare in the TV ratings? For Luv Is, it ended well, registering a consistent ranking in the rating leaderboard. On Monday, March 6, the Kapuso romantic-comedy series registered a rating of 9.1 percent, placing it sixth in the rating chart. The next day, March 7, the series dropped by 0.3 percent to 8.8 percent but remained at the number six spot in the rating board. Same rating on Wednesday, March 8, where it scored…

Momoland member Nancy McDonie has already unfollowed singer-talent manager James Reid on Instagram. A tweet by Twitter account @kowalers on March 17, showed a screenshot of McDonie’s Instagram following without James Reid on it. “LOOK: Nancy McDonie unfollows James Reid on Instagram. Nakakaloka naman bakit kaya.” https://twitter.com/kowalerts/status/1636419887437582336 The incident piqued the interest of the netizen since it coincided with the current hot topic involving the seemingly soft launch of James Reid and Issa Pressman’s relationship. The two caught the attention of social media after posting photos of them during the concert of former One Direction member Harry Styles. One photo…

On social media, celebrity talent manager James Reid warned his bashers who would try to ruin his happiness. In a tweet on Friday, March 17, Reid said that while he’s not the kind of person who engages with bashers, he felt it was the right time to speak up, adding that he won’t let anyone ruin the start of something beautiful between him and model-actress Issa Pressman. Reid reiterated, “I usually never address bashers or get involved in hate culture but I feel the need to speak up now because this is the start of something beautiful. And I’m not…

Netizens shared mixed reactions to Sarah Geronimo’s photo with controversial director and content creator Darryl Yap. On Thursday, March 16, Yap posted on his Facebook page a photo of him together with Popstar Royalty Sarah Geronimo and her husband, Matteo Guidicelli, with the caption “01MAR2023.” It was then shared by the Twitter account @cinemabravoph on Friday, March 17 with the caption “JUST IN: #MartyrOrMurderer writer-director Darryl Yap took to social media to share a snap with celebrity couple Sarah Geronimo and Matteo Guidicelli, raising speculations that an upcoming project with the three is brewing. #DarryYap captioned ’01MARCH2023.'” Cinema Bravo’s tweet…

Telecommunications giant PLDT Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire a 100 percent stake in Sky Cable in the amount of 6.75 billion pesos. In its disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, shared by social media influencer @dumidyeypee on Thursday, March 16, PLDT announced the sale and purchase agreement between PLDT Inc., Sky Vision, ABS-CBN Corporation, and Lopez Inc. https://twitter.com/dumidyeypee/status/1636241438475452416 In the deal, PLDT would pay P4.90 per share to acquire all of Sky Cable’s issued and existing capital stock, which consists of 1.3 billion common shares. In a separate disclosure, ABS-CBN noted that the sale would cover 58.7%…

Several ABS-CBN and GMA Network programs have made it to the 2023 New York Festivals TV and Film Awards shortlist. Announced yesterday, March 16, the Philippines earned 10 nominations, one from ABS-CBN and nine from GMA Network. Holding the banner for ABS-CBN is Kabayan Noli De Castro’s KBYN: Kaagapay ng Bayan, which earned a nomination for “Best Public Affairs Program”. GMA Network, on the other hand, collected nine nominations, including eight documentaries and one entertainment program. Top-rated Kapuso portal fantasy series ‘Maria Clara at Ibarra’ bagged the “Best Drama” nomination. Kapuso’s travel documentary ‘Born To Be Wild’, meanwhile, was nominated…

ABS-CBN’s video-on-demand (VOD) service app, iWantTFC, has achieved a double-digit household penetration percentage in 2022. According to the Nielsen Consumer and Media View report posted by the Twitter account @OfficialKpex on Thursday, March 16, iWantTFC registered a 5 percent increase in its household penetration percentage from 6 percent in 2021 to 11 percent in 2022. iWantTFC also remained the second-most-used VOD in the country, following Netflix, which scored 27 percent, an increase of 18 percent from last year’s 9 percent. Meanwhile, taking the number 3 spot is Viu with 10 percent household penetration and WeTV at number 4 with 9…

Dapitan City Mayor and TAPE Inc. Board Treasurer Bullet Jalosjos said that the reports circulating online about the alleged rebranding of Eat Bulaga! are fake news. According to Jojo Gabinete in his PEP article published on March 15, Jalosjos labeled rumors about Tuviera was booted out or Tito, Vic, and Joey leaving the show as mere fake news. The TAPE Inc. executive also added that people should wait for their press conference to know the “real score” about Eat Bulaga! “Let’s just wait for the presscon.” To address all concerns, speculations, and the future of the country’s longest-running noontime show,…