Our rapid-fire roundup of things happening in Philippine showbiz.
1. ANGEL AND PHIL NO MORE?
The rumored breakup of the actress and the football player surfaced right after the confirmed breakup of host/actor Luis Manzano and actress Jennylyn Mercado. Luis happens to be Angel’s ex-boyfriend. And now ABS-CBN News reports that the camp of Angel “neither confirmed nor denied reports” that they have broken up. Ethel Ramos, Angel’s manager, said that she doesn’t know a thing about the supposed split, and that she doesn’t want to bother her talent, who’s busy working on her new soap The Legal Wife.
2. A SLIMMER GEOFF EIGNEMANN SURFACES
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The actor is back in circulation! After being away from the spotlight (losing the extra pounds we assume), Geoff has been very visible lately – and he’s looking good. He was seen watching his girlfriend Carla Abellana’s thanksgiving concert for My Husband’s Lover last Oct. 12 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, and he was also spotted at the birthday part of his manager Perry Lansigan at the Sky Lounge of W Building last Oct. 15. Geoff told Pep.ph that he weighed 160 pounds when he started in GMA and that he got a fat memo when he reached 210 pounds. So how exactly did he lose 40 pounds? Lots of working out, and a diet change. Geoff will be seen next in the GMA fantaserye Adarna as one of Kylie Padilla’s leading men. Now if only he could go back to his 2009 self… (refer to the photo above)
3. RHIAN RAMOS AND MARIAN RIVERA ARE GETTING CHUMMY
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Not so long ago, Mariand and Rhian had some sort of silent gap, not because they had an actual argument or issue; it’s just that people were pitting them against each other that time and there were rumors that Marian was jealous of Rhian who was allegedly being extra close to Dingdong Dantes, Marian’s boyfriend. Recently, it was reported that the two ladies snubbed each other when Marian visited the set of Genesis, her boyfriend’s new show, where Rhian is also a part of. Both of them denied this, and even showed a photo of them together as proof. And now it looks like the two are getting chummy. Rhian shared with Pep.ph that they got to talk and clarify things during the birthday of Aubrey Carampel’s kid, who is their godchild. They even exchanged phone numbers.
4. SARAH G ON WEBSITE THAT ‘CONFIRMED’ HER RELATIONSHIP WITH MATTEO
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Until now both Sarah Geronimo and Matteo Guidicelli has neither confirmed nor denied that they are together as a romantic couple. However, Philstar.com “confirmed” that they are already “on” with a story last Oct. 4. What does Sarah have to say about this? She said that she respects who wrote the piece but “to say na it’s official, parang mali naman yata na sa kanila manggagaling.” However, she also added that she understands how excited people are to see her experience love – “yung totoong klase ng pag-ibig kasi nasa tamang edad na ako.”
5. DSWD TO INTERVENE IN FREDDIE’S RELATIONSHIP WITH 16-YEAR OLD GF
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There’s a third party in the Freddie Aguilar’s May-December relationship with a 16-year-old: the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). This is because some people are saying that the “Anak” singer should be sued for child abuse. According to an ABS-CBN News report, Dulfie Shalim of the DSWD Protective Services Bureau said that “social workers are set to visit the teenager’s parents in Mindoro to determine if they approve of the relationship of Aguilar with their daughter.”
