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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…

BY ALEXA BASA Hashtag Kid Yambao has come clean about his past drug addiction and what made him change his old ways. In an interview with Ogie Diaz, Kid disclosed that he had been exposed to illegal drugs since childhood because his father was a drug user. He then started using drugs to survive and save money. “Sabi ko, kahit pilitin ako, hindi ko ita-try eh. Nangako ako eh. Hindi, hanggang sa nung natuto ako dumiskarte. Puyat ka, punta ka dito, sama ka dito, ilibre ka nito, parang gagawin mo kasing pakikisama para mabuhay ka,” he said on the showbiz…

BY ALEXA BASA Jean Garcia, 51, has criticized her son-in-law Alwyn Uytingco’s attempts to win back her daughter Jennica Garcia. Alwyn, 33, has been taking to Instagram to declare his love for his wife Jennica and their children Mori and Alessi following the celebrity couple’s split. But Jean questioned the actor’s sincerity by commenting on several of his posts. “Talaga ba yan Alwyn?!!! Sana sinagot mo message ko sayo… respeto kase yon bilang magulang ni Jennica. Kausapin mo kaya ako para magkaintindihan tayo! Ok ka lang ba?!” the veteran actress said. “Wow! Galing mo after everything?!!! Wow ulit!!!” she replied…

BY ALEXA BASA Congratulations to BTS and ARMY! BTS’ Butter music video has surpassed 400 million views on YouTube. According to Korean entertainment news site Soompi, the music video took 38 days and 10 hours before it reached the milestone. The internationally acclaimed South Korean boy band released the music video on May 21. It currently holds the highest views within 24 hours and the biggest premiere on YouTube. BTS broke its own records with a new high of 108.2 million views within 24 hours for Butter, surpassing Dynamite with 101.1 million views. It gained 3.9 million peak concurrent viewers…

BY ALEXA BASA Buboy Villar revealed one thing his children have experienced but he never did growing up. In an interview with TV host-actress Toni Gonzaga, Buboy, 23, said he never experienced having a father because they were treated badly. “[H]indi ko naranasan na lagi kaming nagsasabay ng pamilya ko kasi nga lumaki ‘yung pamilya ko sa alcohol. Mahilig uminom ‘yung tatay ko tapos kada gabi, nagugulpi kami pati nanay ko,” he said to Toni’s #ToniTalks vlog series uploaded on Sunday, June 27. “Nakikita ko ‘yung nanay ko tumatagos ‘yung ulo niya sa pader. Hindi naman ‘yung pader na bato,…

BY ALEXA BASA Filipino boy band SB19 and folk-pop band Ben&Ben released the “band version” of the former’s hit single MAPA on Sunday, June 27. The ballad song was the P-pop group’s tribute to parents out there who brought direction to their children’s lives. “[S]uch a beautiful song about our parents,” Ben&Ben wrote on their social media accounts on June 26, expressing their gratitude for their first collaboration project together. Roslyn Pineda, Sony Music’s general manager in the Philippines, revealed that SB19 wanted to reimagine a new version of MAPA, and the band was glad that Ben&Ben accepted the collaboration.…

BY ALEXA BASA Jake Ejercito revealed his biggest regret as a father to Adrianna Gabrielle or Ellie, his daughter to ex-girlfriend Andi Eigenmann. Jake, 31, admitted that he missed his daughter’s early milestones because he was still in the middle of finishing his studies in Singapore at that time. “I guess my only regret would be [that] I missed a lot of milestones. I couldn’t be there when she was born, when she learned to walk, her first day of school,” he said in an interview with Metro.Style uploaded last June 20. A dad at the age of 21, the…