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YouTube Sensation and Pantasya ng Bayan Ivana Alawi will work with Unkabogable Star, Vice Ganda on the much-awaited Praybeyt Benjamin III. At a virtual media conference, ABS-CBN Films Managing Director Olivia Lamasan revealed the exciting news of the new team-up, “This is the first time that Vice Ganda will team up with Ivana Alawi. Sobra kaming excited, ang cute din ng kuwento.” “First time niyang makakatrabaho si Vice Ganda, so we’re keeping our fingers crossed na mag-match ang kanilang mga schedule.” Since Ivana has recently turned down a teleserye due to the ongoing pandemic, Direk Olivia is making sure that both…

After how many months of not being seen on television, King of Talk Boy Abunda confirmed that he will be back with a new show The Best Talk. But before anything else, he was asked if he will remain a Kapamilya. “Yes, I’m going back to TV. Yes, I’m staying with ABS-CBN,” said Abunda. He will have a show that touches on political issues from Monday to Friday. He will also be doing another show on another platform. “The news, I’ll be doing one with ANC. It should be a daily show live, Mondays to Fridays. It’s a political show,”…

After the many troubles that ABS-CBN has faced, the stars and creative team behind the new teleserye Bagong Umaga believes that the title of their series greatly represents the network’s journey and marks a new viewing experience for Filipinos. Riza Ebriega, head of the business unit of ABS-CBN, agreed that it was important to make “changes,” resulting in the new mix of young stars in the lead roles. “We are supported very much by management, kung anuman ‘yung pinagdadaanan ng bawat show. Every time, there is always a management call. We have to move forward,” she said during a recent…

Kris Aquino has always been a hands-on mom to her two sons Bimby and Joshua. And like any other mother, she shared how she’s very supportive of son Bimby whether he wants to pursue a career in politics, showbiz, or sports. In a virtual press conference with Philstar.com and other select media earlier for her launch as a new supporter of Shopee’s e-commerce platform, she said she actually encourages her youngest son to follow the footsteps of his dad James Yap who is a basketball player but Bimby didn’t seem to have the heart for it. “Bimb is a proud…

Being one of ABS-CBN’s prized talents, TV host Korina Sanchez admitted she felt pain when she left the network. Much like other ABS-CBN artists and talents, Korina had to change networks due to the denial of ABS-CBN’s franchise. In an article from Pang Masa, Korina was asked about what she felt about leaving ABS-CBN. “Lumabas na lahat ang tsismis na nasa 5 na ako, hindi ako kumikibo. Sa totoo lang, mayroon pa ring kirot. “Masakit isipin na parang naglipat-bahay ka eh mahal na mahal mo ‘yung bahay mo. Parang nagiba. Parang ganu’n. Ang feeling, ganu’n. ’Yung parang nasunog, natupok ng…

Well-known TikToker Macoy Dubs, also known as Auntie Julie, is now a host of Lunch Out Loud on TV5 produced by Brightlight Productions and Cornerstone Studios. In a Zoom conference with other bloggers, Macoy Dubs was asked about his reaction when Banat By, Mocha Uson’s manager, said that he doesn’t find Macoy Dubs funny and tagged him as ‘corny.’ For Macoy Dubs, he chooses to ignore the said criticism, and said that Banat By has always been iike that. “Actually, ayaw ko pong panoorin ‘yung video kasi to be modest po ang honest ganu’n naman po ‘yung mga banat kaya…

Shopee’s e-commerce platform officially revealed that Kris Aquino was named as its 11.11 and 12.12 Big Christmas Sale promotion brand ambassador and this means she will also be back on free TV. In an interview with Shopee host Mary Grace Khu, a netizen asked how huge is Kris Aquino’s participation in Shopee. Aside from social media appearances, Khu asked if Kris will be hosting the 11.11 live big event of Shopee. Kris was actually hesitant to confirm that she will be hosting the 11.11 event but after given the signal she proudly said she was. “Sasagot ba ako? Yes. There…

Director JP Habac had an interesting reaction to a vendor who tried to sell him a pirated DVD of his movie, I’m Drunk, I Love You. Habac posted his reaction plus a photo of the obviously fake copy of his movie which even had random information as part of its packaging. “Shoutout kay kuya na pinagbentahan ako ng pirated DVD ng sarili kong pelikula. Sana nagkaroon din ako ng sense of humor mo kasi bentang-benta ‘yun kay Mama.” https://twitter.com/jphabac/status/1318481775220322305?s=20 I’m Drunk, I Love You is an independent 2017 Filipino romantic comedy film directed and written by  JP Habac which starred…

Our Magandang Buhay momshies—Karla Estrada, Jolina Magdangal, and Melai Cantiveros—will be joining forces for a movie this time. This was confimed by Momshie Karla after she posted a video of herself getting ready with the caption, “Happy 1st shoot day! #soulsisters soooonnn!!!! 👏🏼🤘🏼🙏🏻😘” and tagged Jolina and Melai. Momshie Melai also confirmed that their is an upcoming movie through an Instagram story. It was in 2018 when Karla shared her plan to make a movie with Jolina and Melai. As part of Karla’s New Year’s resolution last 2018, she said wanted to make a movie with her co-hosts. “More movies…

Miss Universe Philippines 2020 was crowned today, October 25, in new normal-style ceremonies held at the Baguio Country Club. Rabiya Mateo of Iloilo City, whose name means princess or queen, was crowned by outgoing Miss Universe Philippines Gazini Ganados after beating 44 other girls for the coveted title. Mateo only managed to land in the top 20 last year in the Binibining Pilipinas pageant. During the final question-and-answer, Mateo was asked: “If you could create a new paper currency with the image of any Filipino on it, dead or alive, who would it be and why?” She then said that…

Actress turned politician Andrea Del Rosario shared a sentimental post on how she’s very thankful and grateful to home network, ABS-CBN. On her Facebook account, the former actress reminisced about the house that she invested in when she started as an actress on ABS-CBN. “Around 15 years ago, this was the first house I bought when I became an actress (the house was even featured in the abs-cbn magazine at that time) .” The former Viva Hot Babes then shared photos of her house and recounted that it was 20 years ago when she bought the house. However, after paying for…

Some fans were wondering after discovering that Jerome Ponce and volleyball star Mika Reyes unfollowed each other on Instagram if the two were having problems in their relationship. The two have also erased traces of their relationship from their Instagram feed. Since both have a great number of fandoms, the two immediately became the trending topic on Twitter with many accusing Jerome of cheating on Mika. https://twitter.com/iamablinkeu/status/1317247455977787395?s=20 https://twitter.com/denisecacal/status/1317447048392634374?s=20 The speculations increased when Mika Reyes’ fan page posted photos of Mika with the caption, “With or without Jerome Ponce, she is still THE Mika Reyes whom people love and support for…

Korina Sanchez is one of the well-known veteran broadcasters in the country but she hasn’t done any hardcore news reporting in years. Now that she is on a different network, will Korina be back to doing hard news? In an interview on the program ‘Wag Po of One PH, the 56-year-old veteran broadcaster revealed that she doesn’t intend to return to making hard news. One of her reasons is that she doesn’t want to have any enemies and have a quiet life, “For now, I’m really enjoying not having enemies. I’m really enjoying just doing light things, human interest stories, helping…

Actor-host Luis Manzano revealed the reason Piolo Pascual chose to transfer networks and leave ABS-CBN after the shutdown. On Instagram, Piolo promoted his new Sunday variety show on TV5 with Maja Salvador, Catriona Gray, Jake Ejercito, and Donny Pangilinan, “It’s time to celebrate because the Sunday Noontime Live Official Poster is finally HERE! Party on with the our [sic] Ultimate Hosts, Piolo Pascual, Catriona Gray, Donny Pangilinan, Jake Ejercito, and Maja Salvador.” “Join them with special stars as they sing, dance, and do more act this Sunday, Oct. 18, 12 PM only on TV5!” https://www.instagram.com/p/CGT_cuHHMNO/ Sunday Noontime Live is TV5 ‘s…

Model-actor Teejay Marquez admitted that he is open to same-sex relationships. This is exactly what the actor said when he and his co-star Jerome Ponce were interviewed for the BL series Ben x Jim by showbiz writer Allan Diones. During the digital press conference of Ben X Jim, Teejay had said that he did not have a hard time feeling kilig moments on the set. “Sobrang galing magpakilig ni Jerome, kaya di ko na kailangan pang ipilit na kiligin. Kaya kusa na lang lumalabas.” He even said that if he were a girl he would court Jerome himself.  “Magaling talagang…

There are now more ways than ever to access ABS-CBN despite the franchise rejection which includes live viewing, on-demand viewing, cable, and recently their comeback on free television. The Kapamilya network has announced back-to-back fresh new programs that most will be top- billed by Kapamilya love teams, KathNiel, SethDrea, KyCine, and other emerging stars of the network. In fact, at least seven fresh new series are expected to premiere in the coming months that will not just offer entertainment but a quality show that was produced under the ongoing pandemic. First is Bagong Umaga directed by Rizza G. Ebriega, a…