Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque responded to Coco Martin’s tirades against the government, saying that the actor was wrong to compare the ABS-CBN shutdown with the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) operations. On May 5, ABS-CBN was ordered by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to halt its free-to-air TV and radio broadcast operations a day after its 25-year congressional franchise expired. Coco, who has been venting his frustration over NTC’s move on social media, lashed out at the government in a Facebook Live session on Friday for forcing a network that’s been extending help to Filipino communities during the pandemic to…
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Here comes another “pasabog” from Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dantes’ little girl. Zia once again captured the hearts of netizens as she became a mini Dyesebel in a photoshoot at home. The four-year-old daughter of the Kapuso celebrities reimagined her mom’s previous titular character by putting on a mermaid tail costume with matching sea shell accessories. “Aba may pahabol pa si ate Z, syempre nag Dyesebel din sya! ‘Wala na finish na’ ?,” proud Mommy Marian captioined the set of photos she shared on Instagram. Marian earlier posted adorable photos of her firstborn as the little version of…
Kim Chiu has apologized for causing confusion over her sentiments during the Facebook Live protest event called Laban Kapamilya on Friday night, saying that she got carried away by her emotions. The Kapamilya star cited a classroom situation as she was making her case against the National Telecommunications Commission’s order for ABS-CBN to stop its broadcast operations due to the expiration of its congressional franchise. Kim’s statement has since gone viral, after netizens shared their thoughts on what Kim was trying to say. “Sa classroom may batas, bawal lumabas, oh bawal lumabas. Pero ‘pag sinabi, ‘pag nag-comply ka na bawal…
Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dantes’ four-year-old daughter Zia Dantes wowed netizens as she dressed up in a Darna costume. Mommy Marian shared photos of Ate Zia’s “Mother’s Day” pakulo in an Instagram post on Saturday. Clad in Darna’s trademark red suit, Zia gamely posed for photos looking uber adorable. To recall, Marian portrayed the role of the iconic superhero back in 2009 on GMA. “Sa dinami-dami ng roles na ginampanan ko, ang pagiging mommy ang pinakamasarap. Kaya susuportahan lang kita ‘nak as you discover your interests,” she wrote. Friends and colleagues of Marian were also in awe of Zia’s mini…
Maria Ressa, CEO of online news site Rappler, has apologized for mistakenly saying that ABS-CBN has “11 million” employees in an interview with ABC News Australia’s The World. “Apologies to @abcnews & @bevvo14. In our Thursday night interview, I made a mistake. @ABSCBN has 11,000 workers,” wrote Ressa on Twitter. She reasoned that the error was because “my mind raced ahead to market cap when I was there, which was in hundreds of millions of dollars. The constant gov’t attacks have chipped away 67% of its stock price.” A short clip of the interview made the rounds online, earning mixed…
The megahit K-drama Crash Landing On You has been nominated not just once, but six times at the 56th Baeksang Arts Awards — also known as the “Oscars of Korea” — which annually honor outstanding achievements in the South Korean entertainment industry. The “cross-border” romance series which streams on Netflix was nominated in the following categories: Best Drama – Crash Landing On You Best Actor – Hyun Bin Best Actress – Son Ye Jin Best Supporting Actor – Yang Kyung Won Best Supporting Actress – Seo Ji Hye and Kim Sun Young The awarding ceremony will be held at Kintex…
Two days after ABS-CBN went off air, the media giant’s flagship newscast TV Patrol made a digital comeback with an overwhelming number of views hours after its broadcast online. On Tuesday, May 5, the National Telecommunications Commission issued a cease and desist order against ABS-CBN following the expiration of its franchise on May 4, causing the shutdown of the network’s radio and television broadcast operations. TV Patrol on Thursday aired online through ABS-CBN’s various digital platforms – its website, Facebook and Youtube page — as well as its streaming service iWant and cable news channel ANC. ABS-CBN reported that the…
Actress Ivana Alawi received a bouquet of flowers from someone and LooVana fans think the sender is none other than DJ Loonyo. On Thursday, Ivana posted a photo of the bunch of pink roses including a gift card letter on Twitter with no caption in it. The letter read: “Hi Maganda, I hope these flowers will brighten up your day. Keep smiling and shining.” “P.S. Mimiss ko ikaw,” the letter added. The sender only put his initials RL at the end, which fans assumed as DJ Loonyo whose real name is Rhemuel Lunio. Ivana also shared a short clip of…
Bright-Win and Sarawat-Tine fans alert! Bright Vachirawit and Win Metawin, lead stars of the hit Thai BL series 2gether will appear in an exclusive interview on TV Patrol online on Friday, May 8. The breakout Thai actors earned quite a huge following in the country for their roles as Sarawat and Tine. Dreamscape Entertainment made the announcement via an Instagram post on Thursday. ABS-CBN reporter MJ Felipe also revealed the “fun and exciting gift” to the fans of 2gether series in a tweet. The interview can be streamed on TV Patrol via livestream, Facebook and YouTube. Full video will be…
Gabbi Garcia and Khalil Ramos have made the most out of the quarantine period by getting creative online. Despite the distance between them, the celebrity couple managed to slay an artsy photoshoot via a video call using the Zoom app during the lockdown. The young sweethearts earlier shared snaps from their “Zoom quarantine series” photoshoot, with Gabbi as the model and Khalil as the photographer. Gabbi and Khalil also recently shared the behind the scenes on how they were able to achieve the quarantine photoshoot in their respective Instagram accounts. With Gabbi’s makeup and modelling skills, Khalil’s eye for photography…