Boy Abunda nag-aaral uli

Today (October 26) marks the birthday celebration of Boy Abunda on The Buzz, three days before he turns a year older, wiser, busier, and richer!

Party within the show ang concept ng program staff kung saan imbitado ang press in taking part in yet another event as monumental as the birthday boy himself.

Without much pandering, bilib ako kay Kuya Boy for discovering that a day in the life of a person is beyond 24 hours. With his hands full sa dami ng kanyang mga ginagawa, nakukuha pang mag-aral ni Kuya Boy who’s enrolled at the PWU taking up a course in diplomatic relations.

Ano ba talaga, kuya? A congressional seat representing Eastern Samar, o pagiging ambassador? Whichever, sa talent ni Kuya Boy and lots of it, there’s more to hosting, to artist management to column writing, to what have you.

Anyway, happy birthday Kuya Boy. May your tribe (and bribe?) increase.

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Mismong si Ms. Malou Santos pala ang nag-advise kay direk Cathy Molina-Garcia (CMG) to concentrate on the projects of Star Cinema, saka na raw muna ito magdirek uli for ABS-CBN.

I’d like to think na kinakitaan ng kakaibang vision si CMG when it comes to her take on any material fit for film. Unconventional o taliwas sa karaniwan ang atake ng lady director despite the ‘common-ness’ of the plot told and retold.

Perhaps, direk Cathy’s ‘radical creativity’ can be attributed to her youth, thus her certain attitude towards life in general, including death.

Nangunguna sa ’di pagsunod sa formula-based concept ay ang ibinigay niyang pagbabagong-bihis ni Vhong Navarro in Star Cinema’s My Only U in terms of public image. Known for his wacky, wicked and wily antics, direk Cathy made Vhong on a matinee idol aura na puwedeng ikapanibago ng mga fans ng komedyante.

‘‘It is in taking the risks do I discover that something new can be done,’’ sey ni direk. In much the same way, bagama’t isang tragic love story ang My Only U (kung saan namatay ang bida ritong si Winona played by Toni (Gonzaga), the very theme about losing someone you dearly love, as in death, is not something that anyone should grieve,’’ dagdag niya.

Katwiran ni CMG, how else should any material about death be treated with less fright kung ang presentation ay hindi gagawing light?

Oo nga naman, for once, let this October 29 Halloween offering depart from the usual stuff that is dreary and eerie.