Regine cautious not to fall for Robin in second movie team-up

Asia's Songbird Ms. Regine Velasquez revealed that she's much closer to Robin Padilla now compared to the time they did their first team up in "Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw."

At the presscon of "Till I Met You," a joint venture of GMA Films and Viva Films held at the 17th Floor of the GMA office, Regine also revealed that she allowed herself to be known better by Robin. There were some things about herself that she shared with Robin, but never with her past leading men like Aga Muhlach and Richard Gomez.

"I am really cautious in not wanting to be too close to my leading man," said Regine. "I don't want to get carried away with the attention being given to me. I am just protecting myself. What if he wants to get close to me just because we are doing a movie together, then when the movie is finished, end of friendship."

But with Robin, the Songbird said, the caution is really about not falling for the way Robin had showered her with attention. It's not that she hates such display of attention. But she's just being careful. "But really it's not hard to fall for someone like Robin because he really treats a lady well. You'd feel special."

Another thing that stops Regine in falling for Robin is because the action star is a family man. They even talked about the fact that since Robin is a Muslim, then he can have as many as five wives, for as long as he will be able to provide for all their needs. "Of course, if ever I'd fall in love, I'd like to be the only one in his heart. Ayoko nang may kahati," she said.

While it seems unlikely that Robin will get his wish to have Regine as his girlfriend (or possibly his second wife), he can be sure that he has found a friend in the Songbird. After all, Regine wouldn't let Robin be privy to certain important things in her life if she didn't consider him a good friend.

Star Olympics celebrates its 20th year

Day of the 2006 Star Oympics started via an all-star celebrity tournament, which commenced at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex Badminton Court last Saturday. The Star Olympics is celebrating its 20th year. The two-part special episode on the Star Olympics 2006 will be aired on October 1 at ABS-CBN 2 at 10:30 p.m.

This year also marks the 25th year of Actors Guild of the Philippines, Inc. headed by the Hon. Pagsanjan Mayor Jeorge (ER Ejercito) Estregan. More than 200 stars are participating in the two-weekend duration of the games. The basketball and volleyball games will start on October 1, Sunday, at the Pasig Sports Center.

The Actors' Guild President is appealing to the members of the entertainment press to be kind to the Star Oympics. "Please don't write that we have is a starless olympics because not all stars will be able to participate. But ER assures the press that the Kapuso and Kapamilya stars will be together in the Star Olympics. Since the Actors Guild aims to inject life into the moribund film industry, ER also makes a request to the press not to write anything negative regarding the conduct of the games and the participants as well.

The Actors' Guild president is quite confident that the stars would participate since he himself wrote them personal letters, inviting them to join the games.

ER has no plans of adding a boxing event in the Star Olympics, lest it could lead to trouble if the pairings would not be fair. Of course, ER was simply cracking a joke but there's a grain of truth to it. Remember the fracas involving Andrew Wolfe and Rommel Montano, the brother of Cesar Montano, that led into trouble?

The team managers of this year's Star Oympics are Sen. Bong Revilla, Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, Sen. Lito Lapid, Rudy Fernandez, Phillip Salvador, Mayor Vilma Santos, German Moreno and Vice-Mayor Anjo Yllana.

Airtime Marketing (Phils.) produces the Star Olympics anew for this year. According to ER, the event was delayed because Airtime had a hard time looking for sponsors. Still, the Star Olympics continues the tradition that started 20 years ago.

The music of Sitti

Thanks to Sitti Navarro, there's a new type of music that the Pinoy music lovers are listening to, no longer just pop and rock. While bossa nova music may be alien sounding, more Pinoys can now appreciate it. And because of Sitti, other artists who had embraced bossa nova music like Agot Isidro, Sophia, and Mocca, also got noticed in the musical genre.

Sitti is flattered that she is being called the bossa nova queen. "I am happier that Pinoys have come to appreciate bossa nova music and that more people are now aware of this genre. I sure hope that Pinoys will also continue to appreciate standards and jazz."

Sitti is having a major show at the Captain's Bar of Mandarin Oriental Hotel on October 7 and 13 titled "Sitti...Close to You" at 8:30 p.m., produced by Kuh Ledesma Presents and Music Museum Production. This is a night of relaxing music as Sitti presents a repertoire of hits done by The Carpenters, Sergio Mendez and Burt Bacharach. She will also be singing OPM hits of the divas but given a bossa nova twist. She will also be doing the most requested tracks from her debut album titled "Cafe Bossa."

Her special guests are Mark Bautista and Joaquin. The show is directed by Calvin Neria, from the script of Noel Ferrer, with musical direction by Chito Servañes. Robin wants to make Regine his 2nd wife?

The Muslim religion Islam allows a Muslim man to have as many as five wives but how come Robin Padilla has only one wife and has yet to have a second wife?

"I don't want to be divorced if ever I will have a second wife," said Robin at the presscon of "Till I Met You," his reunion flick with Asia's Songbird Ms. Regine Velasquez. "I was divorced by my second wife before. I don't want that to happen again."

And if ever there's a chance for him to have a second wife, Robin has picked Regine as his choice. That is, if Regine would agree to be his wife. That's why the action star is doing his darndest best in courting the elusive Songbird, showering her with attention while they were filming "Till I Met You" on location shoot, amidst the cool breeze of Tagaytay.

Will his wife Liezel agree that he take a second wife?

"Papayag ho iyon, ayaw lang noon ay girlfriend," said Robin who seems very certain that Liezel would agree. Under the Islamic law, a girlfriend is not seen as equal with the wife. "If a man has a girlfriend, he'd treat her in a special way. But if he were to have two wives, the wives have equal rights. Kasi ang babae, pag girlfriend, masyadong…kasi pag-girlfriend, puro palihim. Ayaw ng Islam ng ganun," said Robin.

So would Regine agree to be her girlfriend or to be her wife?

"We haven't talked about that," Robin said.

So what's the truth regarding the item that he offered Regine marriage?

"We haven't reached that point. When we were talking about marriage, she asked me how many wives can a Muslim have. I told her as many as four. Then she said, hindi ko kaya iyon. Gusto ko ako lang. I didn't get to offer her marriage so there's a plan B. Plan B is to court her. Mahabang ligawan. Nagpaparamdam pa rin ako sa kanya," said the action star.

"I jokingly tell her, will you marry me? I can't be serious with that right now. I have to prepare for that. Alam ko mababasted ako sa kanya pag sineryoso ko. Tama na muna ang ganito."

Well, we hate to spoil the fun for Robin, but if we were to read between Regine's lines in a separate interview, Robin might as well accept the fact that he's wishing for the moon if he hopes that Regine will become his girlfriend, much more so, if he's hoping that she'll agree to be his second wife.

After all, Regine said, she has a boyfriend and it's just a matter of time before she reveals who he is.