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Viva Artists Agency, Inc. has sued actress-singer Nadine Lustre for allegedly violating her management contract with them. The lawsuit, which was filed before the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City on Friday, came almost a year after the actress-singer announced that she was cutting ties with her long-time talent agency last January. In a statement sent to the media, Viva Artists Agency or VAA said the complaint was filed because “early this year, Nadine violated her valid and existing Agency and Management Agreement with VAA, by contracting independently with advertisers, promoters, and other third parties, in utter disregard of the…

Angel Locsin is ending her year with a spot in several lists of “most influential” celebrities. This week, she made it to Forbes Asia’s list of most influential celebrities on social media across the Asia-Pacific region, joining the likes of K-pop superstars BTS and Blackpink, and Australian Hollywood star Hugh Jackman. “With over 19 million followers, actress Angel Locsin is the second-most popular Filipina celebrity on Facebook after fellow Digital Star Marian Rivera-Dantes. Locsin has donated about 15 million pesos ($310,000) over the past decade to various causes, earning her a spot on the 2019 Forbes Asia’s Heroes of Philanthropy list. Recently, Locsin helped raise…

US talk show host Ellen DeGeneres surprised Filipino-American nurse Flor Maylyn Roz with a brand-new car to honor her being a medical frontliner. The Los Angeles-based Roz has been juggling two jobs and looking after COVID-19 patients. “The pandemic has changed everything. People who are sick, since they cannot be visited by their families, I will be the one who’s gonna be by their side, and let them know that there’s this person who loves them,” Roz said in a video posted on The Ellen Show’s YouTube channel. Because of her work, she had not been home with her husband…

Vice President Leni Robredo praised Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla after their fans organized a donation drive for victims of recent typhoons. In a Facebook post, Robredo called the celebrity couple, also known as KathNiel, as “good role models” for providing aid to typhoon-hit communities without fanfare, and inspiring their fans to do the same. “KATHNIELS, fans of Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla, did their own donation drive for the typhoon victims,” Robredo said. “Kathryn and Daniel have been quietly helping victims and now their fans are following their footsteps. This is the power of having good role models,” she…

Seven Filipino celebrities — mostly female actors — landed on Forbes Asia’s inaugural list of 100 Digital Stars. The “unranked” roster, which was unveiled on Tuesday, put the spotlight on 100 singers, bands, film and TV stars from across the Asia-Pacific region who have remained relevant and influential in the digital world despite the pandemic situation that severely affected the entertainment industry. “We’ve given special focus to celebrities who, despite cancelled physical events and activities, managed to remain active and relevant, largely by using social media to interact with their fans, raise awareness and inspire optimism. Many also used their…

Ellen Adarna expressed her shock and amusement when she heard the answer of her son with John Lloyd Cruz to the question, “What’s your papa’s name?” In an Instagram story on Monday, Ellen asked her toddler Elias Modesto: “What’s your papa’s name?” “Piolo,” the two-year-old quickly replied. “Your papa’s name is not Piolo uy. Your papa is not Piolo,” Ellen repeatedly tried to correct her son, before asking again, “What’s your papa’s name?” “Piolo,” Elias responded again much to the laughter of Ellen. The Cebuana actress then tagged in her post actor Piolo Pascual — who is fondly called in…

Pia Wurtzbach felt the need to defend herself after some netizens claimed she wasn’t deserving of the “Woman of the Year” award from a Dubai-based magazine. On Monday, the former Miss Universe posted about how grateful she was to be chosen by Xpedition magazine as one of the 15 honorees at this year’s Xpedition Annual Gala Awards. While Pia’s friends and supporters flooded the comment section under the post with congratulatory messages, some bashers didn’t escape her attention. She said she normally ignores negative comments but still feels hurt whenever she is told that she hasn’t done anything substantial to…

A Philippine-made Christmas tree tower, which was built using canned sardines for charity, has set the new Guinness record title for world’s “tallest can structure.” Mega Global Corporation recently broke the Guinness record by piling up a total of 70,638 red and green Mega Sardines cans to form a 5.905 meters (19 feet and 4.5 inches) high Christmas tree in Valenzuela City. According to Guinness in an announcement last December 2, the tower was built to commemorate National Sardines Day in the Philippines last November 24. The canned sardines were then donated to charitable organizations across the country to benefit…

Actress Ivana Alawi has ranked first on the list of top YouTube content creators in the Philippines for the year 2020. The 23-year-old Fil-Moroccan, who recently hit 10 million subscribers on the video-sharing platform, also either became part or produced three out of the Top 10 trending videos that entertained Filipinos this year. The rest of the top and breakout creators are fan-favorite personalities and comedians like Alex Gonzaga, Cong TV, Viy Cortez and Donnalyn Bartolome. YouTube also noted the emergence of creators from the gaming community like ChoOx TV, and celebrities who turned to vlogging like Kathryn Bernardo. Here…

This music video by Pinoy rapper Flow G of Ex Battalion is the most watched on YouTube Philippines for the year 2020, followed by the MVs of K-pop sensations Blackpink and BTS. Based on the video-sharing platform’s year-end report, Flow G dominated the list with his Araw Araw Love MV, which has almost 63 million views to date after premiering last February. In the video, the Ex Battalion member — whose real name is Archie dela Cruz — features his YouTuber girlfriend Angelica Yap, formerly known as Pastillas Girl on the noontime show It’s Showtime. Taking the second and third spots…