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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…

After recently confirming their relationship in a magazine cover story, globe-trotting hunk Jeremy Jauncey took to social media to share more glimpses of his romance with former Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach. On Sunday, the CEO and founder of the creative technology agency Beautiful Destinations shared a snap from one of their dates overseas. He wrote: “Sundays before lockdown…. you made me a playlist, I gave you my shades, we had breakfast for 6 hours @piawurtzbach ??.” Pia and Jeremy officially confirmed their relationship through luxury magazine Tatler Philippines last June 1. During a livestream interview — their first as a…

After nearly three months of replaying old episodes, the country’s longest-running noontime show Eat Bulaga has started airing live anew on Monday after quarantine measures were eased up nationwide. Under the “new normal,” only a limited number of hosts are seen in the studio, observing physical distancing and wearing masks, while the rest are “working from home”. A live audience is still not allowed into the studio. Maine, one of the hosts inside the studio, tweeted: “Live na ulit kami araw-araw, dabarkads!” “Kahit nagtanggal kami ng masks, yung distansya namin sa isa’t isa malayo pa rin. Kahit tumatakbo yung show,…

Kapuso star and animal welfare advocate Carla Abellana is a proud fur mom to two rescued dogs named Wing and Fly. In a short essay, Carla shared the story of how she came to adopt them from the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) shelter. Her first experience in adopting an abandoned dog from the nonprofit PAWS was actually in 2018 but for her grandmother whose senior pet passed away. “She is currently struggling with Alzheimer’s so our family decided to adopt an aspin for her,” she wrote in a post shared on PAWS’ Facebook page on Friday. She found the…

Crash Landing On You stars Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin were together again at this year’s Baeksang Arts Awards, also known as the Oscars of Korea. The stars, dubbed by fans as RiRi couple after their characters Captain Ri and Se-Ri in the rom-com series, received top acting nominations at the annual awards event held Friday at Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province. Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin, however, lost out to Kang Ha Neul (Best Actor for When the Camellia Blooms) and Kim Hee Ae (Best Actress for The World of the Married). They appeared to have won the hearts…