Balladeer Christian Bautista signed his first network contract package for the Kapamilya Network on Monday. Among those who witnessed the contract signing were Channel Head Cory Vidanes, TV Entertainment Head Linggit Tan, Business Unit Head Deo Endrinal, ASAP XV Business Unit Head Joyce Liquicia and talent manager Carlo Orosa.
Christian started his career in ABS-CBN via the reality singing contest Star In A Million. After signing the contract, Ms. Cory Vidanes told Christian, "Thank you for your loyalty."
Also coming out last Monday was the news that the latest single of Christian titled "Tetaplah Dihatiku" (the Bahasa version of "Please Be Careful With My Heart") is now the number one song in Indonesia this month of April. Christian is likewise slated to promote the Mandarin Chinese version of the song together with singer Kewei in Singapore next month.
People are also talking about the sexy billboard of Christian for Bench Jeans along EDSA. Talk about Christian's red-hot career.
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Nearly hogging the limelight but not necessarily eclipsing the main stars of "You to Me Are Everything" of GMA Films and Regal Entertainment is the pig used as the pet of Marian Rivera in the film.
The presence of the pig, which was even dressed up, was met with amusement, and if only the pig could talk, then it could have upstaged Marian and Dingdong Dantes, together with their director Mark Reyes.
According to Direk Mark, the presence of the pig in the movie is significant. In the film, Marian plays a mountain girl and makes the pig her pet when she comes to Manila after receiving her inheritance that makes her a rich girl. She found out that the people still find it hard to accept her, despite her new found wealth and fortune. Well, it was amusing to see Marian taking her pet pig out for a walk in Eastwood or Bonifacio.
Direk Mark added that the audience for sure would enjoy You To Me Are Everything in the same way they enjoyed filming it. "It didn't seem like work at all because we had such great fun during the shoot," added the director.
And if you were amazed to see Marian wearing a bikini in one of the scenes, the first time that Marian did in a film, wait till you see what Dingdong wore in the movie's ending which, according to Marian, also surprised her.
But neither Dingdong, Marian, nor direk Mark, are telling what Dingdong wore. Suffice to say it was a daring scene that Dingdong agreed to do.
For that alone, this should make You To Me Are Everything a much anticipated film this summer.
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When Vhong Navarro was first told that he will record a song, the dancer-turned-comedian thought it was a joke. “Akala ko talaga niloloko lang ako ni Direk Chito (Roño, his manager) and Star Records. But they were serious pala,” Vhong recalled.
This was the song "Pamela" and it was such a big hit. In fact, it even hit the triple platinum mark in sales (more than 75,000 copies sold), making Vhong an overnight recording star.
Vhong recorded a few more songs (an album even) and these also became hits. No wonder then that Star Records decided to make Vhong the frontliner of their latest album release titled "I.Star Best of Dance/Novelty" that is made up of 18 cuts.
The album is made up of novelty songs that made noise in the music airwaves through the years. These are Mr. Papabol (Vhong Navarro), Boom Tarat Tarat (Willie Revillame), Kembot (Amber), Dulce Tira Tira (Diorap), In or Out (Sandara), Sana Kunin Ka Na Ni Lord (Pokwang), Ang Ganda Ko (Sandara), Totoy Bibbo (Vhong Navarro), Don Romantiko (Vhong Navarro), Ako'y Napapa-Uhhh (Gladys and the Boxers), Otso-Otso (Bayani Agbayani), Pamela (Vhong Navarro), Ye Vonnel (April Boy Regino), Tanging Ina Nyo (Ai Ai Delas Alas), Walang Iwanan (Lito Camo), Wowowee (Willie Revillame), Chickboy (Vhong Navarro) and Bonggacious (Pokwang).
But even if he has five songs in the compilation, Vhong humbly states that he's happy with the support given to him by the fans of his songs and he's thankful that Star Records trusted him through the years.