If politics is supposed to be addition and not subtraction, as well as multiplication and not division, ganito rin ang showbiz attitude ni Annabelle Rama whosoever is willing to help any of her artists most specially her son Richard Gutierrez.
Minsan na akong na-touch sa gesture ni Tita A. nu’ng i-launch ng GMA ang Zorro, defying the network’s CorpCom list of strictly invited members of the press. Katuwiran ng ina ni Richard, why just rely on the list kung meron namang makakatulong na ibang press member?
Bootlicking aside, madalas kong i-text si Jun Lalin, publicist of the Gutierrez’s Royal Era, how watching Zorro has changed my life every single night. For me, Richard’s best fantaserye he has ever done with the network itong Zorro.
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During her fledgling years in showbiz, tandang-tanda ko ang kuwento ni Ai Ai delas Alas na tinarayan siya ng isang sikat na aktres whose show she got invited to appear in. Tinanggap lang daw ni AiAi ang pagtataray na ’yon, as if she had a choice, ‘no!
But deep within her, ginamit daw niyang inspirasyon ’yon to make a go in her career whatever it took. Privy to her story, hindi ko na lang babanggitin kung sino ang nagtaray kay AiAi, but she’s still very much around.
Years have passed, eto na ngayon ang hitad, earning for herself the Comedy Concert Queen title never before bestowed upon anyone else. Bukod dito, ipinutong din kay Ai Ai ang korona bilang Takilya Queen via her Tanging Ina series.
Most surely, magtatala na naman ng pinakamalaking box office record si AiAi with her first-time Mother’s Day movie kasama si Sharon Cuneta na Best Friends Forever, ng Star Cinema.
But if I may regress, who do you think was the actress who looked down on Ai Ai during her trying-hard years?
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Ikinabagabag ni Becky Aguila ang ‘di pagsipot ng kanyang alagang si Jennylyn Mercado sa Startalk nitong Sabado. Supposedly, may gimik pa ang spot number ni Jen for her promo guesting lalo’t malapit na ang kanyang I Am Woman concert at the Music Museum.
Naunang dumating sa studio si Ivana, Becky’s co-producer, who looked anxious sa hindi pa dumarating na si Jen who was made to come at 2:30 p.m. Ayon kay Ivana, dadalhin lang daw ni Jen ang kanyang sirang camera sa service center sa umaga pagkatapos ay sa parlor para magpaayos. Jen’s cellphone just kept ringing, na ayon kay Ivana seemed strange.
Minabuti kong i-text si Becky past 9 p.m. hoping to get Jen’s side for her no-show, pero worried daw sila ni Ivana dahil nang mga oras na iyon ay hindi nila alam ang whereabouts ng bagong Belo endorser.
Wish ko lang, siputin ni Jen ang mismong concert niya sa May 14.