Aljur dares audience to come and get him

Curtain-raisers:

Somebody in the know confirmed to Funfare that, yes, Jennylyn Mercado (photo) had been texting former flame Dennis Trillo and Luais Manzano naturally didn’t like it so he initiated his and Jennylyn’s break-up via text message. Now, could it be true that Jennylyn has been wanting to split from her manager but she just can’t because her manager holds her (Jennylyn’s) well-guarded highly-personal secret? What could it be?

Even before she separated from her non-showbiz husband, a beautiful actress is said to have been having a secret affair with an executive of the network she’s under contract with. They openly dated in the guise of group outings. The ex-husband is miles away and he probably didn’t have any idea what his now ex-wife had been up to.

Even if she claimed to be not ready for a serious relationship after she broke free from her stormy month-long marriage to Jed Salang, Ai-Ai de las Alas (photo) has actually found, as the Funfare DPA put it, “a new apple of her eye.” Like Jed, the guy is an athlete, not in basketball but in badminton. His initials are P.M. (as in Papable Macho).

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Among those greatly affected by the killer quake in Bohol is Aljur Abrenica because the province, most of which now lie in ruins, has sentimental value to Aljur. It was in Tagbilaran where he and Kris Bernal shot their first movie starrer, Nandito Ako…Nagmamahal Sa’yo and, don’t look now, where he happily lost a part of him together with his actress-girlfriend (no, not Kris) whom he has never acknowledged up to now because his Kapuso advisers warned him against it.

“I visited almost all the churches destroyed by the earthquake and what shocked me the most was the destruction of Baclayon Church because I fell in love with it; iba ang vibes doon, and you could feel kung gaano siya katanda,” recalled Aljur in a sad voice, but he refused to talk about his ex-girlfriend (tagged as “ang babae sa dilim”) in front of whom, Aljur admitted blushing in a “sexy talk” for this corner, “I did macho-dancing and she closed her eyes because she couldn’t watch me, hahahaha.”

But Aljur will be glad to know that the place where he and his “babae sa dilim” shared precious moments was spared by the earthquake, so their beautiful memories are intact (ehem!).

Anyway, Aljur will have his second concert, this time at Music Museum, on Nov. 7, titled Come And Get Me, produced by GMA Network and Edgar Mangahas’ MJM Produactions. Asked if he’s inviting his “exes” (including his “babae sa dilim”) to watch his concert, Aljur said in jest, “Lahat sila! Marami sila, hahahaha!!!” (Listed as his guests are his brother Vin Abrenica, Julie Anne San Jose, Rochelle Pangilinan and Kris Bernal.)

Aljur’s assurance is that the audience, both young and old, can relate to his repertoire that includes standard romantic songs and new ones, calculated, he said, “to showcase my personality.” His three favorite songs are included: Bruno Mars’ Runaway Baby and Treasure, and Maroon 5’s Daylight.

Is he going to show more of his body-to-die-for as he did in the Cosmo show?

“Yes,” said Aljur, “magma-macho-dancing ako,” then he laughed.

That explains the title of his show.

Can you come and get Aljur?

(Ticket prices to Come And Get Me are P2,000 VIP; P1,500 Orchestra Side; and P1,000 Balcony.)

More items from the ‘beauty front

From Funfare’s New York-based “beauty expert” Felix Manuel:

2013 Miss World Megan Young arrived in New York City on Oct. 26 for a media tour of the US, accompanied by 1980 Miss World Kimberly Santos of Guam and reigning (NY-based student and model) Mr. World Francisco Escobar Parra of Colombia. Megan paid a courtesy call on Consul General Mario Lopez de Leon Jr. and visited the city’s historic landmarks.

She will proceed to L.A. to attend charity galas before she returns to UK. She’s set to visit Haiti, Miami, China and Indonesia. She plans to return to the Philippines in December.

From Funfare’s “other beauty expert” Celso de Guzman Caparas on 2013 Bb. Pilipinas-Universe Ariella Arida who stirred a social-media hornet’s nest when she said in Karen Davila’s show that Latin beauties don’t speak good English and can’t even complete a sentence in English:

Ariella is making waves in Moscow where the Miss Universe pageant’s grand finals will be held on Nov. 9 (morning of Nov. 10, Sunday, 9 a.m. in Manila covered live by ABS-CBN). Along with 26 other delegates (out of 86), Ariella was chosen to model the creations of Tony Ward on Oct. 26 at the Tony Ward Couture Fashion Show. Joining the group is reigning Miss Universe Olivia Culpo of USA.

Last Oct. 23, Ariella had her web interview and on Oct. 24 her photo shoot which were held at the lobby of Crowne Benz Moscow, the pageant’s official residence, because of the freezing temperature.

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