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Ilang linggo na ang nakakaraan mula nang nakatakdang i-announce dapat sa ASAP ‘08 kung sino na talaga ang magiging leading man ni Bea Alonzo, but at the last minute, kinansela ang naturang announcement. May bulung-bulungan na pinigil muna ang announcement dahil baka makasira sa promo ng bagong pelikula ni John Lloyd with Sarah Geronimo sa Star Cinema na A Very Special Love.

 

Sa birthday presscon ni John Lloyd last Friday, June 21, sa ABS-CBN, inihayag niya ang kanyang damdamin tungkol sa pagganap sana niya bilang si Armanod sa Yo Soy, Betty La Fea.

 

"May mga plano sila sa buhay-buhay," biro ni John Lloyd sa PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) sabay tawa. "Hindi naman ako ang may hawak nun. Kumbaga, ngayon, pinapalad lang tayo kasi gusto ko talaga munang magpelikula, e. Pero hindi ko sinasabing ayaw kong mag-Betty. Pero yun nga lang, hindi pa confirmed kung ano ba, kung sino ba ang gagawa, kung meron na ba. So, yun, doon lang muna ako."

 

Ayaw ba niyang tanggapin ang proyekto?

 

"Hindi sa ayaw," paglilinaw ng young actor. "Pinag-aaralan ko kasi yung mga susunod kong gagawin, and I’m really asking na maintindihan ng kung sinuman na dumarating tayo sa… Twenty-five na ako, sa bawat step na gagawin ko na tatahakin ko, kailangan kong maging maingat. E, meron lang mga konting conflict na pinaplantsa namin sa mga plano. Kumbaga, dapat kasi united ‘yan, e. United ang plano ng mga taong concern."

 

SOLDIER OF THE COMPANY. Ayaw ba niyang makasagasa sa balitang pagkakamabutihan ngayon ni Bea at ang Coverboys member na si Jake Cuenca?

 

"Nagpapakaano ako, nagpapakabuti," sabi ni John Lloyd. "Alam ninyo, sinasabi ko lang ito pero at the end of the day, I’m still a soldier of the company. Kung saan nila ako ilalagay, kung ano ang gusto nilang gawin ko, doon ako. So ganun, tatangapin ko kung ano ang maging desisyon nila kung para sa Betty nga ako o hindi."

           

Nilinaw rin ni John Lloyd na walang kinalaman kung si Bea lang ang nasa titulo ng proyekto.

           

"Ay, hindi naman. Hindi, more of ano, ano ba talagang career pathing ang gusto ko this year? Is it TV or movies? So yun yung pinag-iisapan, yun po ang pinaplantsa," paliwanag niya.

           

Sabi ni John Lloyd, wala naman daw siyang hesitation para gawin ang Betty La Fea.

           

"Hindi naman siya hesitation, e. Gusto ko lang…para ka bang namimili. Kung halimbawa, for this year, ano ba, is it movies or TV? You know, is it gonna be me and Bea again?"

           

ACTING LESSONS ABROAD. May particular ba na bagay ang nasa isip niya na gusto niyang gawin ngayong taon kesa sa Betty La Fea?

           

"Actually, I do," pag-amin niya. "Hindi lang naman yung paglihis kay Bea, e. Ang sa akin kasi, kung ako ang masusunod, ha, and I said this to Star Cinema… After nitong movie ko with Sarah, I’m gonna take a short break. Mag-aaral ako, kung puwedeng abroad, mag-a-abroad ako to study acting. Kung hindi man, kung masyadong imposible ang pag-a-abroad, puwede ako dito. May ino-offer ang Star Cinema na nagko-conduct ng workshop, ng acting class."

           

Hindi pa ba siya kuntento sa pag-arte niya considering he has won many acting awards plus a Box-Office King title this year?

           

"Hindi naman sa ganun," sagot niya. "Gusto ko lang lumawak ang kaalaman ko sa isang bagay na ginagawa mo. ‘Pag hindi mo pina-practice, kumbaga, kinakalawang na, nabobobo ka. Parang kumikitid yung kaalaman mo. Siyempre ‘pag may ginagawa kang isang bagay, palawak nang palawak yung kaalaman mo. Hindi dapat nagsi-shrink. 

 

"May connection siya sa sinasabi ko tungkol doon sa foreign attack, foreign approach ‘tsaka sa Pinoy. Mas gusto ko… Kasi ang pinakamahirap, lalo na kapag gumagawa ako ng pelikula, dalawang oras lang ang ibinibigay sa ‘yo para makilala mo ang character na ibinibigay sa ‘yo. Unlike sa TV, you have the whole season."

           

Gusto ba niyang subukan an umarte sa ibang bansa?

           

"Not really. Takot ako, e.  Masyado yatang malaki ang Hollywood for me. Pero ‘eto talaga yung gusto kong gawin bago pa ako bumalik from the States, yung sa show namin nina Sam [Milby] and Piolo [Pascual]. Originally, ito talaga ang nakaplano sa akin na gawin," saad ni John Lloyd.

           

DIRECTING & PHOTOGRAPHY. Wala ba siyang planong magdirek ng pelikula balang-araw?

           

"Directing is something that I will never do in my life. Hindi ko kaya. Hindi ko kayang mag-direk. I don’t think I can be a good leader," pag-amin ng young actor.

           

Bakit ayaw niya?

           

"Hindi ko kasi… Hindi ba ganun yun? Somehow ang director, pagdating sa set, leader, e, ako yung captain of the ship. I could be a good follower, pero a good leader, I doubt that. Iba sila. Ewan ko kung meron sila. Pero lahat ng makikita mo sa frame, lahat ‘yan iintindihin ng director. Magko-contribute na lang ako."

           

What about photography?

           

"I like moving pictures. Movies talaga ako. Kahit sa painting, hindi ako masyadong…wala akong knowledge about it. Pero pelikula, emotions, mas nakaka-associate ako doon. Mas nakaka-indentify ako doon."

           

DREAM ROLE. May dream role ba siya?

           

"Halimbawa, ang pinanggagalingan ng dream role, somehow kung ano ang makaka-challenge sa ‘yo, di ba? Kasi dati, automatically, I would say something offbeat. Somehting like psycho-killer na rapist or… Pero yung mga ganung klaseng mga role, as it is, yun na yun, e. Buo na, parang hulmado na yun.

 

"Siguro challenging din siya, pero hindi siya as challenging as normal people. Kung papano mo siya payayamanin? Paano mo bubuuuin ang puso ng character. Masyado na kasing nakatuon ang concept ng dream role sa mga ganun," opinyon ni John Lloyd.

 

Positibo pa rin ang pananaw ni Dingdong Dantes sa pelikulang supposedly ay gagawin niya for GMA Films. Ilang buwan na rin kasi simula nang mai-announce na may movie silang pagsasamahan nina Marian Rivera at Iza Calzado sa movie arm ng Kapuso Network. Pero dahil nga sa napipintong proyektong papasukin ng GMA Films kunsaan magsasama sa iisang pelikula sina Richard Gutierrez at KC Concepcion, sinasabing tila ibinitin muna ng film production ang nakaplano na noong Dingdong-Marian-Iza movie na may tentative title pa naman na Amnesia at may plano pang maipalabas by August.

 

Natawa na lang din si Dingdong nang kamustahin sa kanya ng entertainment press at PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) kung nagka-amnesia na rin daw yata ang movie nila at nakaligtaan na itong gawin.

 

"Ako naman, I’m still optimistic. Iniisip ko na lang na habang tumatagal, mas lalo pang gumaganda. Kumbaga, yun na lang siguro ang magandang isipin natin sa nangyayari. Maaaring kaya naman nagtatagal dahil mas lalo pang pinapaganda."

 

Pero as of this writing, wala pa raw siyang balita kung tuloy pa nga ba ang Amnesia or posibleng ibang movie project na lang ang gagawin niya for GMA Films.

 

From the time na nag-sign siya ng exclusive contract sa network, wala pa rin naman siyang pelikulang nagagawa under that contract. At bagama’t exclusive, may option naman daw si Dingdong na gumawa ng movie outside GMA Films, as long as maipagpapaalam lang ito. Kaya kung may maganda raw material at kaya naman ng schedule niya, walang dahilan para hindi rin niya ito gawin.

 

TESTING DINGDONG-MARIAN. sa sa mga in-demand celebrity product endorser si Dingdong ngayon, bukod pa sa sinasabing kanyang pagiging "King of Primetime." Pero aminado si Dingdong na more than ever, mas ganado nga siyang gumawa ng movies ngayon. Magiging masaya rin daw siya na yung team-up nila ni Marian Rivera ay masubukan naman sa big screen.

 

"Masaya kami sa nakikita naming suporta ng mga tao sa mga shows namin sa TV. Nag-umpisa nga sa MariMar and then, sa Dyesebel ngayon. Nakaka-overwhelm yung suporta ng mga manonood at ng mga fans. Actually, kahit saan ako or kami magpunta, mararamdaman mo talaga yun.

 

"And of course, hindi maiaalis na marami talaga ang nagtatanong kung kailan daw kaya kami gagawa naman ng movie. Ang sinasagot ko lang sa ganoon, I’m sure, if it’s the right time, mapapanood din nila kami ni Marian sa movie naman. Anyway, right now naman, we’re still concentrating on Dyesebel."

 

ALL POSITIVE. Kung titingnan daw si Dingdong ngayon, puwedeng sabihin na halos lahat na yata ng positibo ay nangyayari sa buhay niya. Walang-dudang he is one the most successful individuals in show business. At kamakailan, pinatunayan ni Dingdong na successful din siya maging sa negosyong kanyang pinasok. Nag-soft launch na nga kailan lang ang Makati branch ng business nila ng girlfriend niyang si Karylle (at iba pang kaibigan) na Centerstage, which has its original branch at Timog, Quezon City.

 

Maging sa personal na buhay ni Dingdong, masasabi ring successful siya. Maayos ngang pinapatakbo nilang dalawa ni Karylle ang relasyon nila sa kabila ng pagkakaroon ni Dingdong ng ka-love team na sikat na sikat namang talaga.

 

Pero sey ni Dingdong sa amin, "Well, ganito…hindi mo puwedeng sabihin na puro positive. Meron ding hindi. Pero siyempre, mas napapansin lang ang magaganda dahil marami talaga ang magagandang nangyayari.

 

"Siyempre, balance pa rin ‘yan. We’re all humans. We have problems, naa-outshine lang. It’s how you take it para matakpan lang yung mga pangit."

 

           

"Feeling model," sagot ni Angel nang i-welcome siya ng host ng event na si Phoemela Barranda.

           

A few weeks back ay naging isyu ang pagiging endorser ni Angel ng ibang clothing line pagkatapos kunin ng dating ini-endorse na JAG jeans si Marian Rivera. But it turned out na may bago nang ie-endorse na brand ng pantalon si Angel, ang Folded & Hung nga.

           

"Ten years na sila business at para rin ‘yang pag-aartista. You always have to show something new to offer. At para sa akin, dahil umabot sila ng ten years with great results, indicator ito na tama ang kanilang ginagawa at talagang tinatangkilik sila.

 

"When I found out  that they were interested in me, sobrang na-flatter at natuwa ako. So, sobrang natutuwa ako, na mabigyan ng ganitong pagkakataon na makasali sa kanila," pahayag ni Angel.

           

Happy and thankful si Angel dahil pinagkatiwalaan siya ng F&H na makasama ang iba pa nilang endorsers na sina Claudine Barretto at Maja Salvador.

           

Sa gitna ng Activity Center ng TriNoma nakasabit ang naglalakihang tarpaulin ni Angel for F&H kung saan wala siyang suot na pang-itaas, kita ang likod at nakasuot ng pantalon. Paano siya napapayag na mag-pose ng topless sa billboard?

           

"Biglaan lang yun, e," sagot niya. "Wala kasi kaming mga peg. Ganyan mag-work ang F&H. Parang sobrang genius nila, biglaan lang.

 

"Nung una na-tense ako dahil hindi ko naman ginagawa. Pero, di ba, parang why not? Wala naman akong ginagawang masama. ‘Tsaka para sa akin, hindi pa siya daring."

 

Ngayon, hindi man gustuhin ni Angel, tiyak na maikukumpara siya sa F&H endorser na si Claudine.

 

"Naku, there’s nothing to compare. Si Ms. Claudine, Ms. Claudine na ‘yan. Ang dami-dami na niyang achievements. Ano naman po ba ako compared to her?" ani Angel.

 

Hindi kaya matalbugan pa niya sina Claudine at Maja as endorser ng F&H? And later, tuluyan na niyang palitan sina Claudine at Maja?

           

"Ah, walang ganun, walang ganun na deal. Kahit hindi pa kami talaga nakakapagtrabaho kapag nasa isang company hindi naman sila ganu’n klaseng tao at iba-ibang ino-offer para sa brand at para sa mga tao kaya nandito kami."

 

Nilinaw rin ni Angel ang isyu na sinulot niya ang F&H kina Claudine at Maja.

 

"Ganun ka kadali yun? Hindi naman ako nagbayad sa F&H para kunin ako, di ba?"

 

May balita na nagalit daw si Claudine dahil bigla siyang kinuhang endorser ng F&H? Ano ang reaksiyon niya rito?

 

"E, hindi pa kami nagkikita ni Ms. Claudine ngayon, pero hindi naman. Parang sa akin, ginagawan lang ng intriga ng mga tao kasi siyempre, ‘eto, bagong part ako ng famliy ng F&H, pero hindi naman. Bagong sampa lang ako sa pamilya."

 

Hindi niya pinalitan si Claudine?

 

"Hindi po," tanggi ni Angel. "Iki-clear ko po, karagdagan lang po ako dito. Wala po akong pinalitan kahit na sino."

 

Wala bang usapan na magsasama-sama sila nina Claudine at Maja para sa proyekto ng F&H tulad ng billboard?

  

"Merong pinaplano, pero hindi pa sure. Tulad ng sinabi ko kanina, wala kami nung mga  peg talaga," pagwawakas ni Angel.

 

                                 

It was David’s night last night … David Cook won the title of American Idol 2008 with 56% of the audience votes.

The rocker/bartender from Missouri won over little David Archuleta in a finale show that was full of special appearances and entertaining performances.

Lots of viewers and critics thought that David Archuleta was going to be the winner, even Cook himself said that Archuleta was the Idol Champion! It was somewhat of a surprise for all! Even Cook himself!

As for the show, it saw performances from the Idol finalists and Top 10 and other music stars like Seal, ZZ Top, Graham Nash, Carrie Underwood, Jordan Sparks, Donna Summer, Bryan Adams and an impressive performance from the contestants of "So You Think You Can Dance".

Congratulations David Cook!

                             

Pinoy Dream Academy (also known as PDA)Slogan: Ang drama sa likod ng pangarap (The drama behind dreams, in Filipino), is the Philippine version of Endemol’s Star Academy. The format is similar to Big Brother, where 16, later 20, finalists (billed as "scholars" throughout the series) will live inside the Academy for four months and will be trained by guest teachers to be multimedia performers. Activities in the Academy will be monitored 24/7 by the headmaster.

ABS-CBN affiliate Studio 23 is airing a companion program under the same title. It is a separate show from the flagship station that will feature scenes that were not shown on the (ABS-CBN) program and has different hosts.

Awit ng Pangarap ("Song of the Dream"), made during the show’s run by contestants Yeng Constantino, Yvan Lambatan, and Kristoff Abrenica; became the main theme song of the show, although "We’re All In This Together" was used earlier in the pre-season specials as the unofficial theme song.

On the September 1, 2007 episode of Entertainment Live, it was announced that auditions for a new season of Pinoy Dream Academy would be occurring. It was also announced that Ryan Agoncillo would become a host and the new Headmaster would be Ryan Cayabyab. The new season will begin airing in May 2008.

Last April 5, 2008. In a spin-off segment feature during the Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition Plus. A special primer every saturday features some of the actual audition or personalities for possible PDA Scholar.

 

                                             

Maligno is an ABS-CBN primetime mini-series adapted from the movie of the same title originally starred by Susan Roces in 1977. This is the second installment of Sineserye Presents: The Susan Roces Cinema Collection. The series started airing on April 28, 2008, replacing Palos.

 

Origin

It is based on 1977 film starring the Queen of Philippine Movies, Susan Roces, that won her second FAMAS Best Actress trophy. The 1977 movie was directed by the late Celso Ad Castillo, who also wrote the original screenplay together with Dominador B. Mirasol.

The film starred a group veteran actors such as Dante Rivero, Celia Rodriguez, and Eddie Garcia.

After the highly-successful primetime drama Walang Kapalit together with Piolo Pascual, Claudine Barretto returns to Philippines television after giving birth. The series was also casts the return of Diether Ocampo and of the successful Sana Maulit Muli loveteam, Kim Chiu and Gerald Anderson to the small screen.

The series is described by the critics as "If you liked the first remake (Patayin Sa Sindak Si Barbara), this one will thrill you ‘much’ more".

The director of the television remake of Maligno, Wenn Deramas, said that they made sure to stay true to the original film adaptation as much as possible. "Yung kwento ng Maligno, yun talaga yon. Masasabi natin na 100% ginawa namin yung kwentong yon. Ang binago lang namin ay yung treatment kung paano muling ikwekwento yung kwento ng pelikulang Maligno."

As second installment

After , Patayin sa Sindak si Barbara, which starred Kris Aquino.’Maligno’ is the second installment of Sineserye Presents: the Susan Roces Cinema Collection. Tapped to make special appearances in Maligno are Ms. Susan Roces and Ms. Rio Locsin, who plays the mother of Angela Cortez (Claudine Barretto).

 

                                             

Dyesebel is a popular mermaid character in the Philippines. The comic book character was originally conceived by the Filipino comic book illustrator, Mars Ravelo. Dyesebel is a prominent character in Philippine cinema and television.

Plots

1953: Dyesebel

In the Philippines, the lore of Dyesebel began with the story of a girl born to a mermaid-obsessed Filipino mother. Whilst pregnant, Dyesebel ’s mother obsessively looked at a collection of mermaid pictures from a calendar which eventually affected the infant’s form when it was born with a fishtail instead of normal human lower extremities. Dyesebel’s father, angered by his child’s deformity, wanted to abandon the child, only to be hindered by a bolt of lightning during a typhoon. To avoid the stigma of having a mermaid child, the couple decided to leave their village and relocate where they can raise Dyesebel in secret, hidden from prying eyes. The mermaid Dyesebel eventually met other mermaids while spending time by the seashore, and through her sea adventures, she comes into contact with Diangga, a sea-witch who had the power to transform sea-creatures like Dyesebel into normal humans. Dyesebel fell in love with a normal human man. But after her secret of being a mermaid was exposed, it prompted the jealous former girlfriend of the man with whom Dyesebel was in love, to kidnap Dyesebel and place her in a carnival. Dyesebel was later saved by her human lover. Diangga, the sea-witch, eventually transformed Dyesebel into a permanent female human with normal lower extremities.

1964: Anak ni Dyesebel

After a decade, Gerardo de Leon reunited the cast of the blockbuster 1953 movie Dyesebel in a sequel based on Mars Ravelo’s Anak ni Dyesebel. The movie introduced Alona (played by Eva Montes), the daughter of Dyesebel (Edna Luna) and Fredo (Jaime dela Rosa).

1973: Si Dyesebel at ang Mahiwagang Kabibe

The 1973 Dyesebel movie directed by Emmanuel H. Borlaza was closer to Mars Ravelo’s heroine mermaid. The character inhabits an undersea kingdom of mermaids, outcasted from the land of humans due to the belief that mermaids are the cause of misfortune. Dyesebel became attracted to a male human being and swore to find any means to be transformed into normal human woman, in order to be with the man that her heart desired. In this movie, Vilma Santos played the role of Dyesebel making her the first and only actress to play both Darnar and Dyesebel, both classic Mars Ravelo creations. Romeo Miranda played Fredo.

1978: Sisid, Dyesebel, Sisid

Dyesebel (Alma Moreno) was a mermaid born to a rich couple. The husband claimed his wife had an affair with a merman. Still loving and accepting, they moved to their beachhouse where Dyesebel was kept in a wheelchair covered with a blanket to hide her tail. It was only her parents and her nanny who knew her identity as a mermaid. As she grew up into a lady mermaid (still on shore) the family hires Fredo and his dad as their gardener. Fredo and Dyesebel fall in love and after Dyesebel reveals herself to Fredo, they decide to get married (complete with Dyesebel wearing a wedding gown, in a fishtail). Shortly after they got married, Dyesebel’s parents died in a plane crash. Then, Dyesebel discovered that Fredo is a womanizer. In full despair, she heard (after a long, long time) the ocean calling her and she joined the mermaid kingdom. Trying to be happy, she admitted that she misses Fredo and asks Banak (Nova Villa) how to be become human. She leads her to Dyangga (Bella Flores), a human octopus, where with the help of a merman friend, kills Dyangga to get the magical pearl on her head. She becomes human for an hour or so, only to break up with Fredo and decide to be a mermaid forever, and live in the ocean she was deprived from since birth.

1990: Alice Dixon’s Dyesebel

Obviously inspired by the movie Splash Alice Dixon’s Dyesbel takes on a mature storyline, making it suitable for its generation.

Perhaps the most memorable Dyesebel movie to date, the version has many "firsts" that makes Dyesebel what it is now: it was the first dyesebel to use the "orange-colored" fishtail, which is commonly used now, the first Dyesebel movie with real underwater scenes, the first mermaid in the aquarium, the first mermaid movie that showcased a combination of her life on the water and on land, thus having mermaid-human transformations. IT was also the first Dyesabel film to show a realistic storyline on love and relationships.

A couple found a wounded and stranded pregnant mermaid on shore, who died after giving birth. Being childless, the couple adopted the mermaid’s daughter and named her Dyesbel, From Dyesebel’s childhood through her teenage years, she and her family moved from palce to place. they moved from place to place to get away from angry mob The teen Dyesebel (Carmina Villaroel) starts to ask questions why she’s a mermaid and shows signs of wanting to be a human. It was at this time that they decide to let Dyesebel go into the deep with the other mermaids (not shown on screen)where, she has chance encounters with the teen Edward (Robert Ortega) fast forward to present day where Dyesebel is now a lady (Alice Dixon) she sees Edward (Richard Gomez) again, then searches Banak, a sea witch this time, to help her acquire human legs through a magic shell. However, it’s only temporary, the shell has to be within her reach 24/7 or else she’ll have her tails back.

She finds shelter through Marina (malou de guzman) and Iday (judy ann santos)who later on discovers her identity but still remain true to her. Still having edwards wallet that was misplaced on the water (similar to splash) Dyesebel and friends look for Edward and becomes a famous model (edward’s friends own a modeling agency). dyesebel and edward finally meets and become lovers, however, malou, edwards almost-stalker-like-girlfriend-wannabe tries to break their relationship, at the same time, dyesebel has a hardtime keeping her identity a secret to edward. until she finally admits it to him, and shows him her trueself, where they broke up for sometime, until edward realizes he cant live without her, they are about to become closer and malou accidentally finds out, and exposed dyesebel’s mermaid identity in a birthday party for edward (wonderful scene!) where the media and the government took interests on her, as a display on the country’s underwater museum! (aquarium museum) but edwards rescued her, and malou discovered dyesebel’s magic shells, steals it and breaks it, however, it only turned dyesebel into a human permanently and her into a mermaid, permanently.

1996: Dyesebel

Dyesebel is a 1996 film version Charlene Gonzales played Dyesebel with Matthew Mendoza as Fredo. It was directed by Emmanuel H. Borlaza.

                                            

Marian Gracia Rivera, more popularly known as Marian Rivera (born August 12, 1984 in Madrid, Spain) is a Filipino actress and commercial model. Her first TV role came in 2005 via TAPE Inc.’s afternoon drama, Kung Mamahalin Mo Lang Ako. However, her breakout role did not come until 2007 when she was cast for the title role in the Philippine remake of MariMar.

Early life

Rivera was born in Madrid, Spain to an interracial couple; Spaniard named Francisco Javier Gracia and a Filipina named Amalia Rivera. When her parents separated 2 years after her birth, Rivera and her mom left Spain and flew back to her mother’s hometown in the Philippines. However, her mother had to leave to continue her work commitment abroad that she was sent to her maternal grandmother, Francisca Rivera in Bacoor, Cavite .

Education

Rivera attended local private schools in Cavite including Saint Francis of Assisi College System where she spent her Elementary and High School years and De La Salle University-Dasmariñas for college. She had a 3-month practicum at the National Mental Hospital, after which she graduated with a degree in A.B. Psychology.

Early work

Rivera left her hometown to pursue a career as a ramp and commercial model. Not long after, she landed an appearance on TV advertisements for Skin White Lotion and Sky Flakes crackers where she was seen by TAPE Inc.’s executive producer, Tony Tuviera. From then on, she starred in a series of afternoon soap operas for TrAPE Inc. and GMA Network such as Kung Mamahalin Mo Lang Ako, Agawin Mo Man Ang Lahat (where she was named as the Best New Female TV Personality at the 2006 PMPC Star Awards) and Pinakamamahal along with Oyo Boy Sotto as her main leading man. GMA Network then cast her into mother roles for the afternoon Philippine-Malaysian drama Muli with Alfred Vargas and the primetime telefantasya Super Twins.

MariMar

Rivera rose to fame when she won an audition for the title role of MariMar, the remake of the Mexican telenovela which starred Thalía. Before the auditions, Rivera knew little about the character as she was only 11 years old when the original soap opera aired on Philippine TV. Rivera then took the time out to do a research about the role over the internet. Other actresses who took part on the auditions were Nadine Samonte, Katrina Halili, Jennylyn Mercado, Karylle, Jewel Mische, and Bianca King.

MariMar premiered on August 13, 2007 with a 36.6% rating. Her participation in the show led her to becoming a household name among the Filipino audiences that some would refer to her as Marimar/Bella even when she’s out of her character, and with critics from the Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation, Inc. honoring her as Phenomenal TV Star in the 38th Box-Office Entertainment Awards.

 Dyesebel

After MariMar, Rivera will play the role of Dyesebel Dingdong Dantes, who was her leading man in MariMar, will pair up with Rivera as Fredo.

 

                                          

Daniel Jacob Radcliffe (born 23 July 1989) is an English film, television and stage actor. He is best known for playing Harry Potter in each of the first five films based on the best-selling Harry Potter book series, and will also appear in the final three films of the series.

Early life

Radcliffe was born in Queen Charlotte’s Hospital, West London, England,^] the only child of Alan Radcliffe, a literary agent, and Marcia Gresham (born "Marcia Gresham Jacobson"), a casting agent who was involved in several films for the BBC, including The Inspector Lynley Mysteries and, most recently, Walk Away And I Stumble. Radcliffe’s mother is Jewish and grew up in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex; his father is a Protestant who grew up in Northern Ireland.  Radcliffe first expressed a desire to act at the age of five. In December 1999, he made his acting debut in the BBC’s televised two-part version of the Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield, portraying the title character as a young boy.

Personal life

Radcliffe previously attended the Sussex House School, an all-boys school, and for his AS levels at City of London School. He achieved A grades in the three AS-levels he sat in 2006, but then decided to take a break from education.

Radcliffe has said that he is "very proud of being Jewish" but is not religious. He plays bass guitar (taught by Gary Oldman) and is a fan of punk rock music; he admires a diverse lineup of bands, from Sex Pistols to Arctic Monkeys and more recently Hard-Fi, Jack Penate and Kate Nash. His favourite band is The Hold Steady. He is also a fan of Fulham Football Club. While on set, to keep busy, he enjoys playing table tennis and video games with his fellow cast members. He is close friends with Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, and Gary Oldman.

Radcliffe appeared on the Sunday Times Rich List in 2006, which estimated his personal fortune to be GB£14 million, making him one of the richest young people in the United Kingdom. He made another appearance on the British young people’s rich list in 2007, which placed him as the thirty-third richest young person in Britain with an estimated wealth of £17 million. He is reported to have earned approximately £250,000 for the first Potter film, around £5.6 million for the fourth film, and more than £8 million for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Despite his wealth, Radcliffe has said he does not have expensive tastes. Radcliffe has said that his main expense is books, as he "read[s] a lot".Radcliffe has been a supporter of various charities, including Demelza House Children’s Hospice in Sittingbourne, Kent, to which he has requested fans make donations in lieu of birthday presents. In February 2005, Radcliffe put a "Hogwarts Crew" T-shirt which he autographed up for auction to help raise money for the Tsunami victims in 2005. His T-shirt was part of the Tsunami Celebrity Clothes Auction which raised money for the Rebuilding Sri Lanka Organization. He wore the t-shirt during the making of the film, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. These T-shirts were only issued to members of the cast and crew. His shirt raised £520 or $995. He has become a keen follower of cricket and attended the first England v India test match on his 18th birthday. He queued up for the autographs of Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar and English opening batsman Andrew Strauss at the end of the final day’s play.  

 

Lindsay Dee Lohan (born July 2, 1986) is an American actress and pop music singer. Lohan started in show business as a child fashion model for magazine advertisement and television commercials. At age 10, she began her acting career in a soap opera; at 11, she made her motion picture debut by playing identical twins in Disney’s 1998 remake of The Parent Trap.

Lohan rose to stardom with her leading roles in the films Freaky Friday, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Mean Girls and Herbie: Fully Loaded. Her subsequent roles include appearances in A Prairie Home Companion and Bobby. In 2004, Lohan launched a second career in pop music yielding the albums Speak (2004) and A Little More Personal (Raw) (2005).

Family life

Lohan was born on East 236th Street in the Woodlawn section of the Bronx and grew up in Merrick and Cold Spring Harbor on Long Island. She is the eldest child of Donata "Dina" (née Sullivan), a former Rockette, and Michael Douglas Lohan, Sr., a onetime actor. Lohan has three younger siblings, all of whom are actor-models: brother Michael Jr., whom she affectionately calls "Punk," appeared with her in The Parent Trap as the "Lost Boy at Camp"; sister Aliana had a small role in Freaky Friday, as did brother Dakota, the youngest Lohan child, whom she once saved from drowning. Most recently she starred alongside Jane Fonda in "Georgia Rule".

Lohan is of Irish and Italian heritage and was raised as a Catholic. Her maternal family were "well known Irish Catholic stalwarts" in Merrick, with her great-grandfather, John L Sullivan, being a co-founder of the Pro-life Party in Long Island. In 2005, Lohan explained to a TEENick audience that she had decided to use Morgan as her middle name because it sounded more professional.

Lohan attended public schools on Long Island, including Sanford H. Calhoun High School. She finished her studies at home through Laurel Springs School of Ojai, California.

Her family was financially comfortable. Her mother was a Wall Street analyst before becoming Lohan’s manager.^{[citation needed]} Dina also claimed that she worked as a Rockette, though Radio City Music Hall records have not verified this claim.

Michael Lohan inherited his family’s pasta business, which he later sold to trade in futures (briefly becoming President of New York Futures Traders). Sentenced to four years in prison in the late 1980s, he spent much of his daughter’s preteen years in prison for securities fraud. More recently, he worked as an investment banker, securing funding for independent films. In 2005, he was sent back to prison for nearly two years, released in March 2007, for "aggravated unlicensed driving" and attempted assault. Michael currently works with Teen Challenge.

In December 2005, Michael and Dina Lohan signed a separation agreement. In August 2007, Lohan’s parents announced that their divorce proceedings had been finalized.