Pelikula ni Cesar pinagkaguluhan sa Amerika

Kung noon, naghihintay pa ng hapon ang karamihan para marinig ang balitang showbiz nina Ogie Diaz (Ms. O) with Ms. F (Fernan de Guzman) sa kanilang programang MISMO sa dzMM, this time mas maaga na at may bago na silang tahanan, ang dzXL.

Maririnig sila starting August 15, from Monday to Friday, 10:30 to 12:00 ng tanghali sa DZXL RMN Manila 558 sa AM Radio. Kasabay din silang maririnig sa www.rmn.ph.

Wow! Ang Showbiiiz ang title ng show na naka-focus sa tsikahan, tsismisan, balitaan, tawanan at kababawan sa mundo ng entertainment ang programa.

Kasama sa one hour and half na programa ang Wow! Ang Mga Latest Chika, Eto Na!, Wow! Eto Na Siya, Wow! Eto Sino Yan?, Wow! Sino Yan?, Wow Alam N’yo Ba, Wow! Seryoso Na ‘To!, Wow! Isyu Ba ‘Yan?, Wow! Imported! at Wow! Let’s Hiriiiit!

Matagal-tagal na ring wala sa ere ang tandem nina Ogie and Ms. F, last February pa yata. Kaya naman one time, itong si Ms. F. napadaan sa office ng dzXL. Wala lang, naisip niya lang itanong kung meron silang vacant slot para sa entertainment. "Do’n nag-start ang lahat. Sinabi sa akin ni Ms. F, and then, nakipag-meeting na kami sa kanila (DZXL management)," sabi ni Ogie in an interview.

May natitira pa naman show si Ogie sa ABS-CBN, ang Entertainment Konek every Saturday. Nagpaalam siya sa executive producer na magkakaroon nga siya ng bagong show sa dzXL.

Anyway, naging madali raw ang negotiation between him and dzXL: "Mayaman sila. Madaling kausap. Kahit sa talent fee, hindi sila humingi ng tawad. Bongga di ba?" sabay tawa ni Ogie.

One year ang pinirmahan niyang contract sa XL.

Bukod sa bagong show, excited din si Ogie dahil magi-MRT na lang daw siya papunta ng DZXL.

Actually, mas practical nga naman. Tipid na sa gasolina, tipid pa sa oras.

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Kuryente ang balitang tinalo ni Nora Aunor sa Provincetown Film Festival si Hillary Swank (Million Dollar Baby). Several days ago kasi, nagkalat ang ganitong e-mail:

Here are the list of winners as announced by Peter Larsen, on of the events organizers, as posted:

It was quite an eventful weekend when the winners of the 2005 Provincetown International Film Festival were announced last Tuesday night at the Cape Tip Estates in Provincetown Massachusetts. It’s World Cinema at it’s finest. O OUTRO LADO DA RUA (The Other Side Of The Street) from Spain was named Best Picture while Director David Gordon Green went home with the award for Best Director for the film UNDERTOW. The evening’s most pleasant surprise was the winner for the Best Actress Award where Philippine Superstar Nora Aunor won the festival’s most coveted acting award for her affecting performance in NAGLALAYAG (Silent Passage) besting co-nominees Oscar winner Hillary Swank for Million Dollar Baby, Fernanda Montenegro for O Outro Lado Da Rua (The Other Side Of The Street), Gong Li for 2046 and Ziyi Zhang for Mo Li Hua Kai (Jasmine Women.)  While the award for Best Actor  went to Raul Cortez for O OUTRO LADO DA RUA (The Other Side Of The Street.)

Pero ni-research nila ang tungkol sa nasabing film festival, kahit isang information, walang may nakita sa kanila. Kahit nga raw si Nora ay nagulat nang may lumabas tungkol dito.

Ang kuwento wala naman talagang ganitong festival.

Kaloka rin ito. Wala na rin sigurong maisip ang iba kaya gumagawa sila ng mga ganitong issue.

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Isang on line reader ng PSN nag-email tungkol sa sneak preview ng The Great Raid in three different big theaters sa greater Trenton, NJ area Last Aug 6 ‘05. Ayon kay Mr. Francisco Gregorio, Jr. (873 Brunswick Ave. Trenton, NJ 08638), sa Princeton Market Fair theaters siya nanood. Sa simula raw, kakaunti ang tao. Pero nang magsisimula na ang palabas, biglang napuno at kinailangan pang palabasin ang ibang tao dahil puno na ang Princeton Market Fair.

Sa Philippines ayon kay Mr. Gregorio, nakatira sila sa lugar kung saan nangyari ang nasabing daring operation. "My uncle is one of Capt Pajota’s lieutenant - most of the able bodied men from Laur, Nueva Ecija which is our place were recruited by my uncle to assist in the escape of the POW’s, upon the request of Pajota. My uncle produced about 50 able bodied men to assist the US scout rangers and some Alamo Scouts. I was 12 years old then so I still know all the details of what happened there in Pangatian, Cabanatuan." 

Anyway, kasalukuyang pinipilahan sa Metro Manila Theaters ang The Great Raid.

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Salve V. Asis’e-mail: [email protected]