Author: TJ Gacura
TJ Gacura
TJ believes in the saying, "Make your passion your profession," which made him dip his toes into any writing profession. He tried blogging, tried feature writing; he even dabbled into SEO writing. His heart, however, points into news writing.
GMA Network’s Anak ni Waray vs. Anak ni Biday, after months of heated rivalries and nerve-wracking revelations, has aired its final episode on March 12. Despite its farewell, the teleserye had shown how it should be done. In its last week of airing, the show continued to level the bar as it got higher and higher ratings on the NUTAM People Rating, basically pulling all the weight of the entire line-up of GMA Telebabad. On March 9, the show garnered a high rating of 17.6%. https://twitter.com/GMADrama/status/1369525377832476674 Meanwhile, its counterpart shows, Love of My Life and Owe My Love– showed no…
A person’s physical appearance changes when growing up. In the entertainment industry, actors who mature over the years make dramatic progress from being young adults into irresistible personalities. Here are 10 teen celebrities who will make every fangirl drool with their hot and sizzling photographs. Kyle Echarri. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kyle Echarri (@kyleecharri) Kyle has been working out in the gym lately. This young Kapamilya star is slowly turning him into young ladies who fantasize over him. This Gold Squad member will be part of the coming ABS-CBN romantic-fantasy series Huwag Kang…
With the growing Covid-19 cases, Metro Manila mayors have agreed that curfew must be back immediately. Starting today, March 15, the curfew will have a duration from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. for two weeks. Despite the availability of vaccines, Covid cases have continued to spike. Several celebrities and Netizens have shared their thoughts regarding the decision of local officials to impose curfews again. Kapamilya actress Agot Isidro had something to say since the Philippines is starting to go back to square one. It’s been a year when the first quarantine got imposed in Metro Manila and the rest of…
Anak ni Waray vs. Anak ni Biday has finally ended, and the much-anticipated series of GMA Network, First Yaya will replace the vacated timeslot. Can First Yaya meet the bar set by its predecessor, now that it going to be available in all of GMA Network’s channels? Despite the pressure, the Gabby Concepcion-Sanya Lopez-starrer, First Yaya definitely has some strong reasons why it became a much-awaited series for the Kapuso Network. Its story is inspirational in its own right. First Yaya is about an ordinary woman (Lopez) who gets the extraordinary responsibility of taking care of the President’s children. Also,…
Kapuso star Jeric Gonzales may be open on Boy’s Love (BL) roles since it became a trend these days. He, who just finished shooting all the episodes for GMA Network’s teleserye, Magkaagaw shared something during an exclusive interview with LionhearTV. Jeric, who plays Jio in Magkaagaw revealed that he has never rejected a project ever since. The reason is that he was never picky, to begin with. “So far, parang hindi pa. Hindi ako masyadong picky,” admitted Jeric. Since he trusts GMA Network with the roles being given to him, he stressed that the TV station would give him the…
People rarely see onscreen tandems with big age gaps. However, if done right, they can surely rock their audiences despite having that concern. These are 10 onscreen partners who had unbelievable chemistry that made their fans squeal with ‘kilig’. Julia Baretto and Gerald Anderson (Between Maybes). Then 22-year-old Julia Baretto was paired with then 30-year-old Gerald Anderson in the 2019 movie, Between Maybes. Despite having an eight-year-gap, the two made it work. Currently, the relationship of the two has blossomed into real-life as they recently announced that they are now together as a couple. Anne Curtis and Marco Gumabao (Just…
The day of reckoning has come as several congressmen who were in favor of ABS-CBN’s shutdown got removed from their position on Tuesday, March 9. The first to receive his karma was Anakalusugan party-list Rep. Mike Defensor who got ousted from his position as vice-chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Legislative Franchises. He was replaced by another pro-ABS-CBN shutdown, Zamboanga Sibugay 1st District Rep. Wilter ‘Sharky’ Wee Palma II. However, Palma lost his position as the Deputy Majority Leader. Some of the lawmakers in favor of the Kapamilya network shutdown were included in the reshuffle under the leadership…
Thursday, March 11, President Rodrigo Duterte announced during the inauguration of a port building in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, that he wished his aide, Senator Bong Go to run for the Presidential seat this coming election. According to Duterte, during their flight heading towards Negros Oriental, Go asked him for a favor after they got off the plane. “Sabi niya medyo it leaves a bad taste in the mouth, malayo pa e, pero ikaw na lang ang magsabi sa kanila,” Duterte narrated. “Sabihin ko, ang totoo talaga, isang bagay lang, sabihin daw sa inyo, gusto niya (Bong Go) maging Presidente,”…
In today’s episode of GMA Network’s teleserye, Love of My Life gave viewers different reactions upon Adelle (Carla Abellana) and Kelly’s (Rhian Ramos) when they met once again. In said episode, Kelly could not hide her remorse against Adelle after her fiancé Nikolai (Mikael Daez) backed out of the wedding. The reason is that he became confused after Adelle professed her love toward Kelly’s soon-to-be-husband. This led to Netizens taking different sides. Some sided with Kelly, whom they thought has the right to be mad at Adelle. While others showed sympathy for Adelle on being honest with her true feelings.…
Former PBB housemates Jem Macatuno, Shawntel Cruz, Kiara Takahashi, and Lie Reposposa, have established their names in the music industry as singers and composers. They are the quartet behind the newest theme song of this year’s season of ABS-CBN’s reality game show, Pinoy Big Brother: Connect. Through their song, titled, Connected Tayo–showed how well-rounded these housemates from PBB’s previous season. During an exclusive interview with LionhearTV, the four of them cannot hide their surprise that the Kapamilya network believed in their abilities as singers and composers. Jem, the producer and one of the song’s singers thanked their manager for believing…
Recently, GMA Network Films President Atty. Annette Gozon-Valdez cleared that the creation of GTV is not just for the Kapuso artists. “Actually, GTV is open to all artists, not just Kapuso artists. It means that we didn’t create GTV just to be an outlet for artists from GMA and from our artist center,” said Gozon-Valdez. She said that the sister channel of GMA Network is open to all, regardless of network, production houses, or managers. “We also are open to casting artists from all. All managers, all production houses. So in the future, hopefully, you’ll be seeing more of these…
Aspiring artists should get their head in the game when entering showbusiness. It’s because most celebrities who were starting may have experienced the harsh environment of showbiz during the early stages of their careers. Since GMA Network’s Bilangin ang Bituin sa Langit is nearing its finale, LionhearTV wanted to know more about one of its cast members, Yasser Marta. During the early years of his stardom pursuit, Yasser felt that he is just chasing nothing. He said that he had thoughts of whether to pursue acting or not. But somehow, as if fate wanted him to continue, there were instances…
On Monday, March 8, following the Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque’s claim as he still insisted that the country has managed to contain the spread of Covid-19. Earlier, he compared the number of cases in the Philippines to countries such as the United States, India, Brazil, Russia, and the United Kingdom–all have large populations. However, personalities and Netizens do not believe this claim of Roque. Given the total number of cases nearing the 600,000-mark, twitter personality Jai Cabajar is irked at Roque. He found him insensitive to the people who not just lost their jobs, but also their loved ones. https://twitter.com/jaicabajar/status/1369163312655601664?s=20…
Queen of All-Media Kris Aquino had always been there to defend her sons, Josh and Bimby, from the harsh reality of life. In a vlog by Kris, she and her son Bimby discussed the latter’s future married life. Some Netizens noticed how Bimby laughed, which they described as ‘feminine’. On a separate occasion, his eldest son Josh got rumored to have impregnated his nanny. Kris and Netizens have always defended Josh and Bimby from the bashing and the fake news. Aquino is always to the rescue of her sons. Some Netizens looked for the fathers of Aquino’s sons–athlete James Yap…
On March 8, Monday, TV5 airs ABS-CBN’s Primetime Bida every 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. This included the whole lineup until the reality game show, “PBB: Connect.” With Primetime Bida already in the Kapatid network, is It’s Showtime coming next? Recently, netizens have speculated that it’s possible to have other Kapamilya programs in TV5 since the first shows, “ASAP NATIN ‘To” and “Da King” received a high rating and good feedback. Their observation was correct as TV5 now airs the Primetime Bida of ABS-CBN. TV5 has also expressed its excitement to the arrival of ABS-CBN entertainment on its channel. “We…
Former Kapamilya talents Pilar Pilapil, Thou Reyes, and Clarence Delgado could only express joy now that they are with GMA Network. During the virtual press conference for the upcoming teleserye First Yaya, the former ABS-CBN talents expressed their gratefulness to their new home. Thou was surprised when he was offered the role in the teleserye. Nevertheless, he was thankful for the network for trusting him to give justice to his role. And with his first show as a Kapuso, being the much-anticipated teleserye, the actor is very grateful. “I feel blessed and sobrang nagpapasalamat po ako sa mga bosses natin.…