Author: Jude Cartalaba

Writer-Editor-Facilitator, Creative Strategist-Marketer, Publicist and PR Practitioner. Publisher and Netrepreneur. Currently, he writes for BroadwayWorld.com Philippines and for an upcoming TV and movie guide called SYNOPSIS magazine. Apart from being a writer, he facilitates writing workshops, and does consulting for creative marketing strategies and PR work.

Vice Ganda answered Gorgy Rula’s reaction to him receiving the FAMAS Dolphy Award He called out an entertainment reporter after his FAMAS award win The Unkabogable comedian was offended by an entertainment reporter after his FAMAS award win On Thursday, May 3, when the oldest award-giving body—Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards (also known as FAMAS Awards) announced their list of nominees for the upcoming ‘Gabi ng Parangal’ set on June 10; a violent reaction from one of the entertainment columnist and radio hosts—Gorly Rula made a comment against Vice Ganda via an article on PEP.ph that said: “Maganda…

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Netizen allegedly took a photo of Ellen and her companion while in a resto. Ellen Adarna posted a photo she took on the Netizen who acted as a Paparazzi. Adarna smarted out the Netizen as her post earned quite an engagement. Amid the controversies surrounding Ellen Adarna as she is linked to John Lloyd Cruz and was also suspected giving birth to a lovechild of the Kapamilya actor; she posted on her IG account and captioned it, “Oo yan ha . . . You know the feeling . . . Uncomfy noh? When you PAP us, we PAP you too!…

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Andres is glad that her latest film ‘Mama’s Girl’ is getting positive feedback. Her film from Regal Films was uploaded on Facebook. Sofia defended herself that she’s not into ‘piracy’ but she was simply being ‘appreciative’ of the good comments about her film. Fresh from her controversial tweet that she’s too tired to be too nice that created quite a stir from online media who disproved her claims that she is nice because she isn’t really nice, in the first place. Andres once again is being questioned about her latest tweet that said: “I have been getting positive comments about…

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Doctolero wrote, “Irrelevant, your honor”. She stood ground on her point about respecting cultural identities. Suzette advised Ogie to fix his argument before engaging a battle. Two days ago, Ogie Diaz reacted to all Suzette’s critical comments over the fantaserye ‘Bagani’ and gave his thoughts via a Facebook post. “Kaya gusto kong sabhin dito kay Suzette Doctolero na madalas pumuna sa show ng abs-cbn habang siya’y writer ng GMA-7, nobody’s perfect, atih. Kung busy ka sa pagpuna sa bakuran ng kapitnahay, hindi mo talaga makikita ang mali sa sarili mong bahay.” Just a few hours had passed, Doctolero didn’t miss…

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Bitag (Ben Tulfo) versus Imbestigador (Mike Enriquez) Ben Tulfo slams Mike Enriquez for turning DZBB into ‘home shopping’ channel Ben Tulfo says Mike Enriquez’s crime buster image is a fluke Two of the country’s ‘high profile personalities’ in the field of broadcast journalism and ‘hard-hitting news anchors’—Ben Tulfo and Mike Enriquez are at ‘word war’; to which the former recently threatened and challenged the latter after making ‘fun’ out of an issue on Department of Tourism’s (DoT) irregular ad buy aired during the blocked time of Bitag Media Unlimited, Inc. (BMUI), which is run by the brother of Tourism Secretary…

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Kapuso headwriter Suzette Doctolero is a known critic of ABS-CBN’s “Bagani” Suzette is known for her straight-forward comments on either entertainment or in politics Ogie Diaz already gave his words on Suzette when the Kapuso writer criticized “Bagani” for making fun of Babaylan Filipino comedian-actor and manager of Liza Soberano, Ogie Alcasid directly called out Suzette Doctolero, a film and television screenwriter of GMA Network to criticize first the shows of her mother studio prior to finding faults on its rival channel’s shows. In a Facebook post of Ogie, he stated: “Bago pumuna sa uling ng iba, humarap muna sa…

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On Saturday, April 21, the loveteam of Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla or popularly tagged as ‘KathNiel’ appeared and greeted their fans at the recently concluded grand launch of Vivo’s latest smartphone model—V9. Both have provided the needed buzz as they have drawn their fans and supporters to join them on that momentous event of introducing the pearl black and gold smartphones that had 18,000 preorders right after it was launch in March. During the Q and A, the blockbuster loveteam, fresh from their blockbuster film ‘Can’t Help Falling in Love’ (2017) and from their eight-month-run of ‘La Luna Sangre’,…

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Love is defined in many splendored ways and these two individuals have had perceived it differently as well. John Paulo Caparros, a PR man and Angelo Teves, a marketing executive found themselves on a dating site, back in 2017. It was a Monday and a holiday. Caparros saw Teves’s profile first. He thought that he’s another guy looking for a casual hook up. He messaged him online and he replied. They chatted and the latter asked for the former’s number. John Paulo’s impression on Angelo’s voice when he finally called was too manly. That probably have drawn him to this…

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Sofia Andres’s Mayari bid farewell in ‘Bagani’ Is her death for real or just a joke? Sarimaw killed Mayari during an attack in the sea kingdom Last night’s episode of “Bagani” shocked the avid viewers after Sarimaw (Ryan Eigenmann) put to death one of the Baganis and that was–Mayari (Sofia Andres). The deity who looks after the Sansinukob got furious over the death of his brother, Apo. Upon his return after Lakam (Matteo Guidicelli) freed him from exile; he violently attacked the Sea Region where Mayari was from. Whether the move to remove the character of Taga Laot native is tentative…

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Sharon and Gabby back to war? The two stars unfollowed each other on Instagram The reunion movie is getting unclear Philippines cinema’s 80s hottest loveteam—Sharon Cuneta and Gabby Concepcion trended recently because of their reunion via a McDonald’s TVC, which delighted their fans; however, it seemed short-lived when both stars opted to unfollow each other on Instagram just recently. The ‘unfollowing’ created abuzz on social media. It can be remembered that there were negotiations of having a reunion flick for the two stars and parents of KC Concepcion, their only child after getting married in 1984 and eventually went on…

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Both young stars unfollowed each other on Instagram Joshua and Julia posted cryptic messages on Twitter, which the two could only understand They are yet to star in another Star Cinema film  Despite the rumors that Joshua Garcia and Julia Barretto are an ‘item’ and still need confirmation regarding the status of their so-called relationship, the Netizens, as well as fans, were shaken after the two have unfollowed each other on Instagram. Speculations of their break-up surfaced. However, Garcia and Barretto have cleared the air between them when they both posted these on Twitter: “Anong alam nila tungkol satin na…

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JaDine turns two years in their relationship together Both admit that they still fight even if they’re in between honeymoon and comfortable stage They still don’t talk about marriage   Two years ago, since James Reid and Nadine Lustre (JaDine), Viva’s Top Loveteam have officially revealed their real-life romance during their ‘JaDine in Love’ concert in 2016; and fast forward Reid described on Rated K that in the stage of their relationship, “Honestly, I don’t think it’s that frequent compared to other couples that I know, other relationships I’ve had. “We are somewhere in between honeymoon and the comfortable stage.”…

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Both ‘Encantadia’ and ‘Bagani’ have created their respective following and their share of bashing; but let us alone focused on the part where the heroes and the heroines get their transformations from ‘who’ they are in their ‘worlds’ to be the ‘individuals’ that they are destined to be with powers and more. Let me talk about ‘Encantadia’ first. Since this was the hit that GMA ‘Kapuso’ Network had back in 2005 with 160 episodes and had a sequel-prequel titled ‘Etheria’ and went on to have its third installment the ‘Encantadia: Pag-ibig Hanggang Wakas’ premiered in 2006; and the clamor of…

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Sandra Raymundo Lemonon, Binibini 35 got stunt with the question about the governments ‘Build, Build, Build program’. Despite being honest, no answer-no crown and title Tried to give her answer to the question she failed to make a good impression One of the controversial and perhaps the early favorites among the hopefuls in the recently concluded Binibining Pilipinas 2018, candidate 35 Sandra Raymundo Lemonon didn’t escape criticisms and even bashing online after she failed to answer the ‘unfair’ question (to some) regarding the current government’s program—‘Build, Build, Build’. Lemonon even tried to justify why she wasn’t able to answer the…

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Alden Richards is all set for the summer season He took shots of himself and posted his summer-ready bod Richards went scuba-diving in Dakak The ‘Pambansang Bae’ Alden Richards is not just all about dimpled smiles and pretty face as he himself flaunts his summer-ready bod through his Instagram posts. Recently, a couple of IG posts showcased Richards in his dark-shaded shorts facing a mirror while taking some ‘selfies’. The young Kapuso star was at Villa Angelina Luxury Suites on a Good Friday, March 30. In Alden’s previous posts on IG dated February 11, he quoted Andrew Scott Zimmern, an…

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The newest film that reunites the JaDine loveteam opens today! Its movie poster is suspected to be copied from a from a Tony Award–winning stage play written by Mark Medoff The upcoming film of one of the country’s hottest loveteams—JaDine or James Reid and Nadine Lustre titled ‘Never Not Love You’ is suspected to be copied from a 1979 Broadway play ‘Children of a Lesser God’, which is also a Tony Award-winning stage production written by Mark Medoff. Based on the color tone, the movie poster of the JaDine reunion romantic-drama flick takes an inspiration from the play’s poster or…

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