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#BeCo or #BeVico? Netizens and even celebrities are shipping Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto and actress Bea Alonzo after they were pictured together during a turnover of donations for the city’s frontliners. Bea took to social media on Saturday to share that her charitable organisation I AM HOPE donated relief bags and disinfectants for Pasig’s garbage collectors and street sweepers. “Hi Mama! Nakilala ko na ang paborito mo! Joke,” Bea began her post, referencing a line from her hit film Four Sisters and A Wedding, where she played the daughter of Vico’s real-life mother, actress Coney Reyes. Bea also said…

GMA News reporter Joseph Morong trended on Twitter on Tuesday after apologizing repeatedly over a working selfie that accidentally showed an “adults-only” image in the background. On Monday, the Malacañang Beat reporter shared a picture of himself on Twitter, working from home while waiting for the late-night address of President Rodrigo Duterte about COVID-19 quarantine restrictions in Metro Manila and the rest of the country. Morong, however, didn’t notice that his selfie also captured the Twitter feed on his laptop that showed a raunchy image from what some netizens pointed out as a gay porn site he was following on…

“25 years in the making!” After they last worked together in 1995, cousins Sheryl, Sunshine, Geneva and Donna Cruz have reunited virtually to perform a cover of the ’90s hit Breathless. All of them shared the The Corrs song collab on their respective social media accounts on Sunday. “Enjoy this collaboration of ours! A blessed Sunday to all. ?❤️??,” Sunshine wrote. Sheryl said that they hope to “bring inspiration to all” amid the pandemic. According to Geneva, the last and only time they worked together was in 1995, for a Mr. & Mrs. magazine cover. In a separate post, Donna…

“The lengths I go to hug my mommy!” Kapuso star Rhian Ramos said she had herself tested for COVID-19 before finally reuniting with her mother amid the further easing of lockdown restrictions in Metro Manila. “The lengths I go to hug my mommy! Nagpatest ako and I’m safe ?,” the 29-year-old actress captioned her Instagram video post on Friday. In the video, she can be seen happily waving her test result that showed she’s virus-free while entering her mother’s home. “This is my negative test result,” Rhian also said before meeting her mom by the stairs, showing the piece of…

Three months after it last aired live, ABS-CBN noontime show It’s Showtime is back on air Saturday via the new 24-hour Kapamilya Channel available on cable and satellite TV. Under the new normal, hosts are physical distancing, wearing face shields and hosting without a live studio audience. Vice Ganda said, “Ang pagbabalik po namin dito sa Showtime, (ang) pag-ere ng Kapamilya network, ay masasabi kong hindi naman ito ang solusyon sa COVID-19, sa pandemya. “Hindi naman ito ang magbibigay ng gamot sa mga nagkakasakit. Pero maari po kami makapagbigay ng gamot sa ilang mga karamdaman na dinulot nitong COVID-19 katulad ng…

South Korean actor Woo Do Hwan is reportedly “in talks” for a new series immediately after The King: Eternal Monarch (TKEM). This time, he is being asked to play the leading man.  According to the Korean entertainment news website Soompi, citing industry insiders, the 27-year-old fast-rising star is offered the main character of Oh Gyu Tae in a drama titled Hero set to air on OCN. Soompi, however, hinted that it’s not the only project he’s being offered. “The new drama ‘Hero’ is one of the projects he was offered,” the report further said. Do Hwan has endeared himself to…

Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio dispensed some helpful advice on how to cut down the wedding guest list in light of restrictions on mass gatherings. During her livestreamed segment for the Davao City Disaster Radio on Wednesday, a netizen asked the lady mayor’s help on what to do with her expiring marriage license. “No. 1, do you still want to get married or not? If the answer is yes, then mag-set ka ng kasal mo. If the answer is no, then wala na tayong dapat sagutin,” Mayor Sara addressed the netizen in a mixture of English, Tagalog and Cebuano. “The…

Make It With You star Liza Soberano has addressed speculation on the surprise cancellation of her ABS-CBN teleserye with Enrique Gil. On Tuesday, Liza took to Instagram to thank fans as she confirmed that her primetime series is not among the ABS-CBN shows returning to TV via the new Kapamilya Channel on cable and satellite TV starting June 13. “Thank you so much for embarking on the journey of Billie and Gabo. It breaks my heart to confirm that we will no longer be coming back to air,” Liza wrote. The actress said that Make It With You was cancelled…

Mariel Rodriguez didn’t let pass a YouTube comment that said she’s pregnant again. In the latest vlog entry about her “motherhood journey,” the 35-year-old TV host showed how she celebrated her second child Gabriela’s fifth month birthday in quarantine. “Milestones of my kids are always celebrated. With the ECQ, we had to adjust everything but it ended up being more meaningful,” the mom of two girls captioned her vlog post. The vlog has generated over 400 comments, one of which particularly caught her attention. “Buntis uli (si) Mariel hala!” a seemingly shocked netizen posted in the comments section. “Hindi ba…

No, it didn’t make it. Make It With You, topbilled by Liza Soberano and Enrique Gil, isn’t among the ABS-CBN drama series coming back on air via the new Kapamilya Channel on cable and satellite TV starting June 13. In a series of tweets, TV director Theodore Boborol confirmed the show’s cancellation which was earlier revealed by Liza’s talent manager Ogie Diaz on social media. “Alam na po ito ng lahat ng cast, lalo na ng LizQuen. Alam kong nabitin kayo sa love story nina Billie at Gabo, kaya hintayin na lamang po ang pagbabalik ng loveteam sa isa pang…