“When you’re having a day trip at the beach but a hostage-taking has taken place.” Did you notice it, too? Some netizens got distracted with the shirt of a TV reporter delivering the news about the hostage-taking incident in a Greenhills mall on Monday. TV Patrol reporter Jeck Batallones caught the attention of the online community with his Spongebob and pineapples-designed polo shirt. Twitter user @marocharim tweeted a screenshot of Batallones’ “cool-ass Spongebob Squarepants shirt” Monday night and has since garnered more than 7,000 likes as of writing. The full TV Patrol report uploaded on YouTube was also flooded with…
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Bianca Umali and Ruru Madrid are dropping hints on their relationship status. As Bianca celebrated her 20th birthday on Monday, March 2, Ruru posted for the first time a photo of him with his rumored girlfriend on Instagram. The photo showed the Kapuso stars inside an elevator both wearing matching sneakers and holding a cup of milk tea. “Happy birthday moonlight?,” greeted Ruru. Bianca simply left a heart emoji in the comment section. On Tuesday, Bianca thanked the people who wished and greeted her a happy birthday. “THANK YOU to EVERYONE who was part of last night, FRIENDS & FAMILY,…
News anchor Pinky Webb denied allegations that Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon fell asleep during their one-on-one interview on CNN Philippines’ The Source last week. A clip of the senator made the rounds on the internet the past few days, after netizens accused him of dozing off while Webb was discussing the proposed joint resolutions to extend ABS-CBN’s legislative franchise. On Monday, Webb replied to a Twitter user’s question if the senator did doze off during the televised interview last February 26. “Here’s what happened. As I was laying the premise for my question, I saw Sen Drilon look down…
The Presentation of the Child Jesus Parish (PCJ) Commission on the Family in collaboration with the Pinoy Agape Movement will be holding a free seminar on depression this coming Sunday, March 8. The PCJ Depression Forum starts at 1:30 p.m. at the PCJ sacred Heart Center in BF Homes, Paranaque City. The forum will include doctors, experts and people who have direct experience with depression to help sort out facts and fiction about the said mental health issue. Slots are limited. Interested participants may register via Facebook or at the parish office or contact 09178219602. The Department of Health has…
Jerry Tamara, the close-in security of Sarah Geronimo-Guidicelli, will not push through with his plan to file a complaint against Matteo Guidicelli after reaching a settlement agreement with Viva management. Sarah and Matteo are both managed by Viva Entertainment Inc. In a video uploaded in news anchor Raffy Tulfo’s program Raffy Tulfo in Action on YouTube, he and his team revealed what went down with Tamara’s settlement with Viva’s big boss Vic del Rosario. It can be recalled that Tamara complained on live TV through Tulfo’s Aksyon sa Tanghali and disclosed the punching incident where he alleged that Matteo hit…
Netizens are gushing over these “sweetness overload” photos of Bea Alonzo and Piolo Pascual together. In a series of photos uploaded by an account dedicated to Piolo on Instagram, the two Kapamilya stars seemed to be “lost in their own worlds” as they were spotted getting reaaal close to each other and sharing tight hugs during a Star Magic event. The caption read: “May nanalo na po! uwian na! ?? How to be you po?” Fans can’t contain their kilig and showered the comment section with hearts emojis. Others even wished for the two to end up together. Bea and…
Kapamilya actors Arjo Atayde and Lorna Tolentino have spoken up on the alleged “buhos tubig” incident of lead star and director Coco Martin on the set of Ang Probinsyano. Arjo formerly played the nemesis of Coco in the long-running TV series, while Lorna currently stars as Lily, a money collector in Lucas’s (Edu Manzano) drug syndicate. Amid the ABS-CBN franchise renewal issue, Robin Padilla previously brought up the incident where Coco allegedly poured water on staff who fell asleep out of fatigue, as a reply to a netizen who told him to “be like Coco”. (READ: Robin Padilla responds…
It’s finally happening! Peninsula, the highly-anticipated sequel to the South Korean hit zombie film Train to Busan, is going to hit the theaters soon. Distributor NEW on Friday unveiled the first official posters for the upcoming movie, which is expected to be released in August. According to a Korea Herald report, film director Yeon Sang-ho said Peninsula will take place at the same setting as the first film, “four years after the zombie outbreak that devastated the Korean Peninsula, revolving around survivors.” Korean entertainment news website Soompi reported that the cast includes Kang Dong Won, Lee Jung Hyun, Kwon Hae…
South Korean celebrities have collectively donated over 2.5 billion won or $2 million to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), according to a report on the entertainment news website Koreaboo. As of Friday, February 28, Agence France-Presse reported that coronavirus cases in South Korea have escalated to over 2,000. A Philstar.com report said that “more than 90 percent of the new cases were in Daegu — the city at the epicenter of the outbreak in South Korea.” Here are some of the many K-pop idols and Hallyu stars who gave generous donations, in cash and in kind, to aid the fight…
Angel Locsin and Vice Ganda thanked Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio for supporting the franchise renewal of ABS-CBN. (READ: Kapamilya celebs react to Senate hearing on ABS-CBN franchise renewal ) The Kapamilya stars took to their social media accounts to express their gratitude to President Duterte’s daughter. Angel shared via Instagram story a screenshot of broadcaster Julius Babao’s Instagram post showing Mayor Duterte’s statement. The actress wrote, “Thank you Mayora Sara” with praying hands emoji. Vice Ganda, on the other hand, retweeted an ABS-CBN post and said, “Thank you very much Mayor Sara!!!” In an interview with ABS-CBN on Thursday, Mayor…