Our rapid-fire roundup of things happening in Philippine showbiz:
1. ROSANNA ROCES TO PAY GMA PHP2 MILLION
Yup, that’s how much Osang needs to pay her former home network after the Quezon City Regional Trial Court said she’s guilty of breach of contract. It was in 2004 when she expressed her desire to leave her talk show StarTalk because she was supposedly retiring from show business. However, it took only some days before competing show The Buzz started to show teasers on Osang being part of the show. Osang needs to shell out PHP1.5 million for liquidated damages, PHP400,000 for exemplary damages, and PHP100,000 for attorney’s fees and cost of suit.
2. TOM RODRIGUEZ HAS DENGUE
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The My Husband’s Lover star confirmed yesterday, Sept. 12, through Twitter that “it was dengue fever as well as upper respiratory tract infection.” The hottie had to be confined in St. Luke’s Hospital last Sept. 6 but asked to be released last Sept. 10 so he could attend the press con for this year’s Cosmo Bachelor Bash. After all, he’s one of the two cover stars of CosmoMen (the other one is Alden Richards). Last Wednesday, he tweeted, “back to work.” So all is well that ends well. Feel better, Tom!
3. SHERYL ON RIFT WITH COUSIN SHERYL: IT’S ALL IN THE PAST
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You may have forgotten about it already but cousins Sheryl Cruz and Sunshine Cruz have a rift. This is because Sunshine and another cousin, Geneva, supposedly criticized Sheryl for not coming home to the Philippines when her father, Ricky Belmonte, died in 2001. Sheryl claims that it is all in the past now. “Wala na yun. It’s already done. Things were said because emotions were running high. I know naman na sometimes it’s hard to bite your tongue or to control what you want to say, lalo na pag emotions are in play,” she said. Interestingly, Sheryl and Sunshine are both starring in the ABS-CBN show Galema. This is their first project together – believe it or not, and is the perfect chance for them to bond since they haven’t talked in almost eight years.
4. AI-AI EXPLAINS WHO THAT BRAZILIAN GUY IN THE SELFIE IS
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A selfie featuring Ai-ai de las Alas and a Brazilian guy has gone viral. It’s not scandalous or anything like that but people are so interested because it wasn’t so long ago when the comedienne broke up with her husband Jed Salang because of domestic violence. People are windering if the Brazilian guy is the one she replaced Jed with. At the bloggers conference for her new movie called Kung Fu Divas, she explained that the guy is just a friend, and is in fact her boss. She’ll be endorsing a product very soon and that guy is the manager for international expansion. She also clarified that the guy is not Brazilian; he is Mexican-Hawaiian. Asked about the possibilities of being intimate, she said that he’s really just a friend. “I’m not ready.”
5. ‘BE CAREFUL WITH MY HEART’ NO LONGER PART OF MMFF
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The movie version of the hit ABS-CBN series Be Careful With My Heart is no longer part of this year’s Metro Manila Film Fest after Star Cinema sent a letter to formalize its decision. Why withdraw? The letter states that it’s because of the tight schedule of the cast and crew, who are all still shooting the ongoing series. The guys from MMFF are sad about this, and are even trying to persuade Star Cinema to reconsider – they’ll even tweak their timelines. Sure, the show is a hit and it’s one of the few family-themed movies that they so want, but if you ask us, just give the slot to a movie that actually wants it.
