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“Wowowee” host Willie Revillame is building a studio-mall complex in the lot he bought with an existing building across the audience entrance of the ELJ Communications Center, the new ABS-CBN building.

Where will Willie get the P400 million to build the mall-office complex?
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I know I am a girl but can’t help and hide the fact that I admire her beauty and figure.

Now considered as the “Primetime Fantasy Queen,” Cristine Reyes is strong, confident, and intense, as the stoic Eva Fonda. A very challenging role especially to a newcomer in showbiz, Christine is for sure a prized catch for ABS-CBN. “Eva Fonda,” for instance, became the highest-rating ABS-CBN show in Mega Manila during its pilot according to AGB Nielsen.

Read the transcript of an interview with Christine Reyes

I’ve posted a fear factor scandal yesterday and it received fast responses from the upper management.

This is the official statement of Direk Lauren Dyogi.

This was yesterdays post… http://www.yehey.com/entertainment/celebs/Article.aspx?id=228069

Fear factor, a show on ABS-CBN will start airing on Monday, November 10,2008

Network and host wars never ends… Even Batangas Gov. Vilma Santos is happy with Willie Revillame and Joey de Leon’s reconciliation. But it’s not necessarily correct Joey is the bigger winner than Willie. Here’s to put the record straight. Joey might have won the Supremo Award at the Supreme of the Extreme Award awards night of the “Philippine Star” held at the Embassy Bar at The Fort but Willie remains the bigger winner. Willie and “Wowowee” won the Best in Televisionary Awards in the same awards. The Supremo Award might be the highest award but the Best in Televisionary Award is as important for it is an innovation award, for changing the standard of television—noontime television in particular. Earlier in the day, Willie also received the Best Noontime Show Host award from the Consumers Union held at the Manila Hotel and “Wowowee” won the Best Noontime Show. So it was a back-to-back win for Willie and more importantly for “Wowowee.” Source and other stories…

Here’s the Official Statement on the Suspension of Cristy Fermin’s Contracts issued by abs-cbn Corporate Communications Head Bong Osorio dated Oct. 14:

“Ms. Cristy Fermin’s contracts for her engagement as host for Channel 2’s ‘The Buzz’ and anchorperson for DZMM’s ‘Showbiz Mismo’ have been suspended with immediate effect and will last until December 31, 2008.

“The suspension of her contracts with ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation was due to Ms. Fermin’s violations of certain provisions thereof in relation to her statements during the October 5, 2008 episode of ‘The Buzz.’

— source: http://www.yehey.com/entertainment/celebs/article.aspx?id=226779

Oh my! I hope GMA 7 doesn’t pirate her… It’ll be ONE BIG FIGHT!

Well, she really lived that kind of life. This movie should be close to reality since she would know everything from first hand experience. As they say, this will come from the Horse’s mouth.

This is too good (and controversial) to be missed.

Gretchen Barretto returns to Maalaala Mo Kaya after 15 years. She will open the longest-running drama anthology the country when it moves to the Saturday primetime on July 19. Based on a real story that happened in Cebu, Gretchen is Margarita, the beautiful but poor woman who decided to do something about her poverty. Philip Salvador is the old town mayor and Tonton Gutierrez is her poor husband. Philip says we’ll see a different Gretchen, somebody who takes her craft seriously. As this interview will, she did everything to deliver a realistic performance including a theme she knows too well.

Read the interview with Gretchen Barretto here

Finally!!!

Fear Factor deal with ABS-CBN is a success! It is one expensive franchise but Endemol and ABS-CBN are done negotiating and talking about it!

It will go head on against GMA’s Survivor Philippines and this will be on tough battle.

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From Buzzbox

 

ABS-CBN’s policy not to pay ransom for journalist abduction worked! Ces Drlon, cameraman Jimmy Encarnacion and Professor Octavio Dimanpo were freed around midnight. When the P15 million ransom was not paid at noontime yesterday, the second time the ransom demand was not paid, the abductors seemed to have lost the will to continue holding the captives. This happened through the brokering effort of Sen. Loren Legarda. Five days ago, Ces, ABS-CBN News and Public Affairs Head Maria Ressa and ABS-CBN Vice Presiden for News Gathering Charrie Villa asked for Sen. Loren’s assistance. She did a similar act for brokering the release of Arlene De La Cruz who was kidnapped by an Abu Sayyaf’s rival group some years back. Full of mosquito bites, Ces broadly smiled upon her release. Sen. Loren said no ransom was paid. After the de-briefing in Zamboanga City this morning, Ces and Jimmy will fly to Manila immediately. (Photo courtesy of ABS-CBN)

IMO, Loren Legarda did not do it. She can’t possibly do it without God’s help. So, as other bloggers said too, I hope Loren Legarda stops taking credit. It’s just as bad as her whitening commercial.