HEART EVANGELISTA chooses family bonding over TVC. Have you ever wondered why the actress-singer Heart is not part of the television commercial of the shampoo she supposedly endorses with Marian Rivera and Maja Salvador? It will be remembered that a few months ago, the three were launched as the newest endorsers of the brand Sunsilk, but why is it that its latest TVC now features the singer-host Nikki Gil in her place? This raised a lot of eyebrows and questions if whether Heart was suddenly dropped as endorser and why. But according to the tabloid Pang-Masa, it so happened that the shoot of the latest TVC unfortunately coincided with Heart’s trip to the US with her mom to visit a sister. The company behind the brand also said that Heart has been very professional, but they had no choice but to replace the chinita beauty as Heart chose to forego the shoot and bond instead with her family, whom she just reconciled with recently following a three-year falling-out. This goes to say, the girl knows her priorities.
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JON AVILA on his answered prayer. According to Pang-Masa, former Pinoy Big Brother celebrity housemate Jon Avila admitted to praying like no other for an onscreen project as he has always wanted to become an actor. That’s why the actor calls it an answered prayer to be cast in the titular role of “Kapitan Boom,” the newest weekly fantasy-series that premieres April 26. The half Irish-half Filipino model confessed that he is most nervous about not living up to expectations of televiewers, that’s why he said that to help himself give justice to his role, he’s busy learning how to speak in Filipino on the side, aside from seriously learning martial arts required for his fight scenes.
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LORNA TOLENTINO is full-time caregiver to husband Rudy Fernandez. It can now be said that the marriage of showbiz couple Lorna Tolentino and Rudy Fernandez has and continues to survive personal upheavals, through sickness and in health. LT has taken a break from showbiz to be full-time caregiver to husband Rudy, who is being treated in the U.S. for cancer. Pang-Masa reported that LT has memorized all the procedures that Daboy undergoes, aside from the names of all the medicines he takes. * * *