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BY ALEXA BASA Broadcaster and volleyball star Gretchen Ho expressed her gratitude for the development of a bike community in Quezon City where she lives. “Pangarap lang namin dati ng @specializedqc to have a bike community here,” Gretchen wrote on her Instagram. “As a resident of QC all my life, (I’m) very proud to attest to the developments in our city.” She shared that the bike lanes in Quezon City are now over 93 kilometers, with 90 newly-hired patrollers under the Green Transport Office. Bikers United Movement also partnered with the project “to improve bike initiatives in the city.” Gretchen…

BY ALEXA BASA These local creators shone and won awards at the first-ever TikTok Awards in the Philippines held on Sunday, July 4. Ranz and Niana received the “most prestigious” TikTok Top Creator of the Year award. The sibling duo has amassed over 27 million followers and three billion views for their dance trends, according to TikTok. Recalling when TikTok first launched its application, Ranz said: “It’s an honor receiving this award. It’s crazy how TikTok evolved; we were there when it first started.” He continued, “Back then, the community (was) not that big, but it’s crazy how the community…

BY ELLA MARIE MERCADO It’s been almost a month since the famous K-pop boy group BTS released its collaboration with international fastfood chain McDonalds, called the BTS Meal. With the group’s signature logo and decorative pattern, some fans or ARMYs have found ways to store and upcycle the packaging to preserve the wraps. Here are some of the most creative ways to reimagine the package. You could also try it on your own! If you’re up for the challenge from the get-go, look at these upcycled bags where the packaging of the meal was sewn onto. And if you have…

Marian Rivera switches up her look with a new hairdo, matching that of her daughter Zia. The Kapuso star shared on Instagram last July 3 fun photos of her daughter “Ate Z” sporting medium length hair and her usual bangs. “IG post vs What happens behind the scenes ? Playtime with Ate Z! ?” Marian wrote. Fellow actors loved the look, too! Days later, the actress revealed her fresh look. Some users even playfully teased the actress in the comments because of her semblance to Zia. What a queen! Are you brave enough to pull off this look, too?

BY ALEXA BASA Sharon Cuneta has warned fans that the official trailer of her upcoming film Revirginized “will shock you.” The teaser has since generated three million views within 12 hours of its release on Sunday, July 4, on social media. In the four-minute trailer, Sharon plays Carmela, a woman trying to move forward from the collapse of her marriage with her longtime husband. Then the trailer shows Carmela partying with younger people, unleashing a different side of her. Sharon wrote on Instagram that the movie is “very, very different from all the other roles” that she had played, and…

Alex Gonzaga has landed on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar Vietnam! In an Instagram post on Sunday, Alex shared her stunning cover photo for the July 2021 issue of the magazine, which is also celebrating its 10th anniversary this month. Alex gushed, “Please pinch me. This is not even in my checklist but grabe!!!” Meanwhile, in the Instagram account of Harper’s Bazaar Vietnam, they shared a snippet from their feature on Alex: “The Filipina television host, actress, singer, comedian, entrepreneur, v.logger, and author, graces today’s cover of our anniversary month. “She is currently playing the role of Stacey on Netflix…

Yassi Pressman finally met National Basketball Association (NBA) star Damian Lillard in person. “It’s about DAM(E) TIME we see each other in person ?,” the actress said in a social media post on Saturday, referencing how fans described the Portland Trail Blazers player. Yassi then thanked Lillard for the help he extended to the Philippine General Hospital after it was hit by devastating fire a few months back. “But seriously tho, i wanna say thank you to this big guy for spending time today, for helping me out during my reachout in the PH when the Philippine General Hospital caught…

BY ALEXA BASA Content warning: This article contains words that may upset readers. Jake Zyrus recently opened up about the “very bad place” he was in and other struggles he endured before coming out as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community. The 29-year-old singer said he knew who he was at a very early age. “I was five years old when I realized, hmmm. I was really confused,” he began his interview with actress-TV host Toni Gonzaga for the latter’s YouTube series Toni Talks. When he was in first grade, Jake recalled being teased with a male classmate, but he…

Broadcaster and mother of twins Korina Sanchez-Roxas shared an adorable video of her toddlers, Pepe and Pilar, calling her by her name. “I love you, Korina!” the two-year-old twins each said in the Instagram video. “As I said, trip ng dalawa ngayon to call me by my name. Kaya ayan…” the broadcaster wrote in the caption. Korina also revealed in one of the comments that the two-year-old twins would also sometimes call her “Honey” because that’s what Mar Roxas, the father of the twins, would call her. Actresses Jessa Zaragoza and Kakai Bautista also expressed their gigil in the comment…

BY ALEXA BASA Bettinna Carlos took to Instagram to share that she and now-husband Mikki Eduardo were “social distancing” on their first-ever date a year ago. The 33-year-old actress-host revealed they had their first date on June 29, 2020, but it was different from other dates because it happened amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “On our first ‘date,’ we were 6-feet away. Nasa magkabilang dulo kami ng 2 tables. With masks on, we could barely hear each other,” she wrote. Despite that, she remembered that they were “talking about our Dads and tearing up as we remembered moments with them.” As…