Author: Patricia Dela Roca

The Bureau of Immigration spokesperson Dana Sandoval has confirmed the arrest and the subsequent release on bail of Jeffrey Oh, the Korean-American CEO of Careless Entertainment and business partner of actor James Reid, local news outlet ABS-CBN News reported. The Korean-American entrepreneur’s alleged arrest hit the news last July 28, 2023, for his company’s lack of a permit to operate in the Philippines. Veteran entertainment columnist Cristy Fermin in a “Cristy Ferminute” episode on July 31 revealed that the authorities paid a visit to Jeffrey’s home in Makati after receiving several complaints against him. “’Yun pong bagong manager ni Liza…

This little boy had just scored a one-on-one interview with the one and only Bea Alonzo! A TikTok video uploaded by online user @humptydump shared her little brother’s surprising and sweet encounter with the Filipina actress at a food court in Singapore. “My brother just sent me this video and said he met someone on their trip to Singapore,” the uploader wrote in the video. The little boy can be seen talking to his camera in Bisaya, saying that there was an actress at the place named Bea Alonzo. “I wonder unsa iyang [saan siya] famous,” the child said as…

Former actress Kate Gomez spoke up about the issues surrounding her son Rob Gomez and his relationship with former beauty queen Shaila Rebortera.  Rob was embroiled in a controversy that alleged his abusive behavior towards Shaila after the ex-beauty queen posted photos of a bruised arm on social media. The posts have already been deleted but their traces have reached the online community who expressed their concern for Shaila. Shaila’s deleted posts circulated online after revealing herself as the mother of a baby girl named Amelia, whose father is Rob, who had also revealed his relationship status as single. In…

GMA’s The Missing Husband actress Yasmien Kurdi is now a scholar at Jak Roberto University. You might have encountered the term “anti-silos” on social media and it turns out that Yasmien is among the people who want to learn how to practice it in their love lives.  The “anti-silos” trend started with netizens making jokes and memes about Kapuso actor Jak Roberto and his being supposedly “jealousy-free” towards his current girlfriend Barbie Forteza’s onscreen pairing with David Licauco.  Some have even given him the title “Patron Saint of Anti-Selos.” Hopping on the trend, Yasmien recently posted a photo of her…

Award-winning Broadway icon Lea Salonga confirmed on social media that she had tested positive for COVID-19. Lea is among the first-ever all-Filipino cast of Here Lies Love, a disco Broadway musical that depicts former first lady Imelda Marcos’ rise to power and subsequent downfall at the hands of the historic People Power Revolution. Apart from playing her role as Aurora Aquino, the mother of the late senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino III, Lea also stands as one of its co-producers. Fans have expressed their concern as the Filipina singer seemed to have been missing from the scheduled shows. Lea addressed their…

Former Miss Multinational Philippines 2021 and Miss Millennial Philippines 2018 Shaila Rebortera uploaded concerning photos of a bruised arm on her social media accounts, Cebu-based newspaper The Freeman reported. The Freeman is a sister publication of The Philippine Star. The now-deleted photos were screengrabbed by a source from the former Cebuana beauty queen’s Facebook and Instagram posts. In one of the deleted posts, Kapuso actor Rob Gomez’s IG handle was directly mentioned in an IG story along with an intriguing caption: “It’s just social media. I’m just protecting my career. Let the show stay number one.” The allegations against Rob…

The official Instagram account of Filipino singer Mark Bautista has been hacked. Mark sought the help of his followers to retrieve his account which had fallen victim to hacking on August 10, 2023, three days before his 40th birthday. It appeared that his posts had been removed and replaced with photos of women wearing swimsuits. “My Instagram account has been hacked,” Mark confirmed the incident on his Facebook page on Monday, August 7. “Guys I’ll try to retrieve it. But for now pls help me report it. Thanks.. haaay ?,” the singer wrote to his social media followers. Mark had…

Social media star Viy Cortez took her husband Cong TV by surprise with her motorcycling skills. In a recent vlog posted on Viy’s official YouTube channel titled “LADYRIDER”, the vlogger shared her journey of learning how to ride and maneuver a motorcycle as a surprise for Cong. On her first day, Viy traveled to Clark International Speedway where she was mentored by Philippine Superbiker Champion and Watanabe Riding Development (WRD) head coach Dashi Watanabe to familiarize the ropes of riding a motorbike. Team Payaman members and experienced motorists Michael Magnata, also known as Mentos, and Adam Navea were also present…

It seems like celebrity couple Vice Ganda and Ion Perez are off somewhere to escape the heat of the issue between their noontime variety program It’s Showtime and the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB). Vice snapped a photo of him and Ion in an airport lounge and posted it on his verified Facebook account last Wednesday, August 2. “Labing labing muna!!”, the comedian wrote in the caption with an airplane emoji. Vice also shared a short video on his now-expired Instagram story showing him and Ion inside a business-class section of an airplane. In a separate story,…

Did you catch that, ARMYs? Jungkook of South Korean boy band BTS unintentionally revealed the username of his personal Tiktok account on the group’s exclusive chatting platform, WeVerse. Last August 1, Jungkook shared a link that directed users to a dance cover video of his latest debut single Seven performed by Jay and Jungwon of ENHYPEN on TikTok. It turned out that the username of his TikTok account would be shown on the screen when the link was opened.  ARMYs were puzzled as the account was named “Ian” and started speculating if it was indeed owned by the BTS member.…