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GMA news reporters Cedric Castillo and Rida Reyes tied the knot on Saturday. Spotted among the attendees was President Duterte. In an Instagram video shared by GMA news anchor and one of the wedding ninongs Arnold Clavio, the president could be seen at the ceremony held at the Vieux Chalet in Antipolo. He was joined by Sen. Bong Go. The president also stood as one of the principal wedding sponsors and gave a speech to celebrate the couple’s new chapter in life as husband and wife, sources told PSN Latest Chika. Other snaps from the wedding were also shared via…

Crash Landing On You leading man Hyun Bin has reminded fans to take care and be safe amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) scare. In a personal message shared by his talent management agency VAST Entertainment on Instagram, the 37-year-old K-drama star said that he was thinking of his followers and expressed his worry over their health and safety in light of growing concerns over the global spread of the virus. The special message was translated into four languages — English, Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Hyun Bin wrote: “You might be spending day after day anxious and worrying over the…

Sarah Geronimo and Matteo Guidicelli are going to tie the knot anytime today, a Philippine STAR report said. Citing a “highly-reliable” source, Star entertainment editor and columnist Ricky Lo wrote that the wedding of the two stars is “so hush-hush” and that “Matteo’s family will be present.” “It’s not sure if Sarah’s parents, Divine and Delfin, are attending,” Lo further wrote, adding that the engaged couple “applied for a marriage license last Feb. 3.” Last Valentine’s Day, Matteo greeted his fianceé on Instagram while showing support for her Valentine concerts with Regine Velasquez on Feb. 14 and Feb. 15. “Happy…

Yes, the “titas” are kilig! With the last episode of Crash Landing On You (CLOY) airing tonight, will it be a happy, sad or open-ended finale for the hit K-drama about the “cross-border” romance between a North Korean military officer and a South Korean heiress? Set against the backdrop of inter-Korean relations, the series is topbilled by Son Ye-jin as Yoon Se Ri, the South Korean lady boss who literally crash-lands into the arms of Capt. Ri Jeong Hyuk, played by Hyun Bin, in North Korea after a paragliding accident. They fall in love and end up rescuing and protecting…

John Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo reunited on Valentine’s Day to do a live script reading of the 2014 hit independent film That Thing Called Tadhana at an open-air venue in Makati City. The stars, whose love team topbilled several blockbuster films as well as TV series, showed up at the Ayala Triangle after their 2007 movie, One More Chance, was screened to launch Art Fair Philippines’ 10 Days of Art, an ABS-CBN report said. Joined onstage by That Thing Called Tadhana director Antoinette Jadaone, John Lloyd and Bea channeled the film’s lead characters Anthony and Mace, originally played by…

Fans of the Philippine adaptation of the hit Korean drama Descendants of the Sun think that Rocco Nacino totally looks like Jin Goo, the actor who originated the role he’s playing in the GMA series. And Rocco agrees! “Ang galing! Magkamukha nga!” he wrote on Twitter, while sharing fan-made memes showing both his and the Korean star’s photos. In the series, Rocco is Technical Sergeant Diego Ramos a.k.a. Wolf, a Special Forces soldier. The Kapuso actor was previously asked during an interview if he was cast in the Philippine remake because he’s a dead ringer for the 39-year-old Korean actor. (Apart…

GMA Entertainment Group signed a co-production deal with SBS Korea for the reality-comedy game show, Running Man Philippines, on Tuesday at GMA Network Center. Present during the contract signing were GMA Chairman and chief executive officer Felipe Gozon; president and chief operating officer Gilberto Duavit Jr.; executive vice president and chief financial officer Felipe Yalong; vice president for Entertainment Group Redgie Acuña-Magno; vice president for Business Development Department II – Comedy/Infotainment/Reality Productions Janine Piad-Nacar; assistant vice president for Business Development Department II Bang Arespacochaga; and senior program manager/producer Enri Calaycay. Representing SBS Korea were chief global contents officer Kim Yong Jae and global production and business team director Kim…

Kapamilya stars are stepping forward to show support for their mother network after the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) asked the Supreme Court (SC) to revoke ABS-CBN’s congressional franchise through quo warranto on Monday. The petition was filed just as the company’s franchise granted by Congress is due to expire on March 30. Bills seeking to grant the network a 25-year extension of its franchise are still pending. “We want to put an end to what we discovered to be highly abusive practices of ABS-CBN benefitting a greedy few at the expense of millions of its loyal subscribers. These…

Actress Arci Muñoz took to Instagram to share her close encounter with South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho, who won the Oscars 2020 Best Director award for Parasite. Arci shared that she first met the Parasite actor Kang Ho-song who then introduced her to the man of the hour. “I greeted Mr. Kang ho Song! Had a convo with him in Korean!! Oh was soo glad I took my Korean class!! Told him how much I love their movie!! He quickly grabbed me by the hand and introduced me to ze man!! #bongjoonho And so the next photo happened! Congratulations to #parasitemovie @parasitemovie making history today…

One of the most touching moments at the 2020 Oscars was when Parasite helmer Bong Joon-ho became the first Korean filmmaker to win the Best Director award. He beat fellow nominees and Hollywood legends Quentin Tarantino for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Todd Phillips for Joker, Sam Mendes for 1917 and Martin Scorsese for The Irishman, but turned his acceptance speech into a personal tribute to them. A visibly overwhelmed Bong Joon-ho quoted his favorite saying on filmmaking and then noted that it came no less from “our great Martin Scorsese”.   “After winning Best International Feature, I thought I…