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Toni Gonzaga Replacing Kris Aquino on “The Buzz”

June 18th, 2010 Manny

Season PBB host Toni Gonzaga has confirmed that her camp and the management of ABS-CBN are now discussing the possibility of her replacing Kris Aquino on “The Buzz”, however, she declined to give additional details about the negotiations.

“Ngayon kasi parang hindi pa namin puwedeng sabihin lahat. Ako kasi it’s not yet over until it’s over. Marami pang puwedeng mangyari, maraming pwedeng mabago. So, may mga pag-uusap,” she said.

“Dito sa industriyang ito lahat ng gagawin mo may pressure, whether it be pupunta ka sa isang show, may gagawin ka, kahit ano… pelikula, hosting. Pero right now, hindi pa natin iniintindi ang ganoong bagay. (more…)

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Gay-Friendly McDonald’s Ad

June 4th, 2010 Manny

France – The new commercial of McDonald’s is now generating a tremendous amount of Buzz online. In the said commercial, a teenage boy sits in a McDonald’s booth and looking at his class picture when his phone rings.

“I was just thinking about you,” he says, with obvious affection. “I miss you, too” he replies, and then says that he has to go. His dad is coming to the booth with their food. Father sits across from son and comments that he was “quite the ladies’ man” when he was his son’s age. Dad then looks at the class picture and remarks that “it’s too bad” that his son’s class is all boys. The son can only smile.

In short, the son is gay. A tag line appear after the scene, “Come as You Are” in French. According to McDonald’s spokesperson Nathalie Legarlantezec, “We wanted to show society the way it is today, without judging. There’s obviously no problem with homosexuality in France today,” she told French media. (more…)

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Rue McClanahan of “Golden Girls” Dies of Stroke

June 4th, 2010 Manny

Actress Rue McClanahan, 76, has died after suffering a massive stroke. McClanahan was best known for her award-winning role as man-crazy Southern belle on TV comedy “The Golden Girls.”

According to her manager, she died in a New York City hospital in the early hours of Thursday morning with family members by her side. She had suffered a minor stroke last November while recovering from heart bypass surgery.

Her death leaves Betty White, 88, as the only surviving member of ‘The Golden Girls” main cast following the deaths of Bea Arthur in 2009 and Estelle Getty in 2008. White called McClanahan “a close and dear friend” and she treasured their relationship. “It hurts more than I even thought it would, if that’s possible,” White said.

Aside from winning an Emmy, McClanahan earned Emmy nods 3 other times and was also nominated for 3 Golden Globe honors in the same role.

On personal note: I really love her as Blanche Devereaux. She always makes me laugh every time I watch “The Golden Girls”. It breaks my heart to know that she is gone. I will miss her forever.

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Kris Bernal Kissing Aljur Abrenica

June 2nd, 2010 Manny

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Sadly, “The Last Prince” is almost over as well as Aljur Abrenica and Kris Bernal’s love team. Both will have 2 projects waiting for them but it is a separate path. Kris Bernal will be team up with model Daniel Matsunaga for an episode of Lovebug and Aljur Abrenica pairing up with Rhian Ramos in a primetime series.

Sunday on Showbiz Central, Kris appeared live and strapped in a lie-detector machine to face master showbiz interrogator John Lapus and answer some past issues. One of the questions was about the “Torrid Kissing Scene.” According to John, her kissing scene with Aljur in “The Last Prince” was a shocker. Between her and Aljur, she was the one who got carried out with their kissing scene.

Bernale admitted it. When the were taping the scene, she asked Aljur to act like they were really in love with each other. She added that an earlier love scene made by her in “Dapat Ka Bang Mahalin” was unusual. “Naninigas ako!” she laughed. “So gusto ko lang pagandahin talaga.”

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Homer Simpson As The Greatest TV Character

June 2nd, 2010 Manny

Homer Simpson has been named the greatest character created for television and film in the past 20 years beating the schoolboy wizard “Harry Potter” and vampire slayer “Buffy”.

“The Simpson” is the longest-running U.S. TV series in primetime and now in its 21st Season. According to “The Simpson” creator Matt Groening, millions of people were able to identify with Homer with his catchphrase “D’oh.” He also said that many people can relate to Homer because we’re all secretly propelled by desires we can’t admit to. Homer is launching himself head-first into every single impulsive thought that occurs to him. His love of whatever…is a joy to witness.”

Other characters who got the top place on the list of Top 100 Characters released by Entertainment Weekly for their 20th Anniversary are: (more…)

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Robert Pattinson’s New Haircut

May 20th, 2010 Manny

“Twilight” star, Robert Pattinson debuted his 3-day-old haircut on Wednesday’s episode of “The Ellen De Generes Show”. As you can see on the photo, the sides are noticeably shaved but the top appears mostly unchanged.

The young star joked to Ellen that he had a “terrible infestation of nits” and was forced to shear it down. But Ellen immediately responded, “No you did not! Don’t start that rumor!”

The real reason of his new haircut is that he is in preparation for his new upcoming movie, “Water for Elephants” with Reese Witherspoon. He will be playing the role of a circus worker in the 1930s who fall in love with Witherspoon’s character. (more…)

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CBS Cancels Ghost Whisperer

May 19th, 2010 Manny

Jennifer love Hewitt’s Friday night drama “Ghost Whisperer” got canceled by CBS Network in spite of its steady success on Fridays because the network had picked up the fellow talking-to-dead-people drama “Medium” last year after the series was dropped by NBC.

“Medium”, which stars Patricia Arquette – a suburban mom with psychic powers, had been edging out “Ghost Whisperer” when it comes to ratings with a slightly difference in viewership.

Aside from “Ghost Whisperer”, there are other 3 female-lead shows to be canceled by CBS such as, Julia-Louis Dreyfus’ “New Adventures of Old Christrine”, Kathryn Mooris’ “Cold Case” and Jenna Elfman’s sitcom “Accidentally On Purpose”.

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Greyson Michael Chance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show

May 14th, 2010 Manny

The 12-year old Greyson Michael Chance were surprised by a phone call from Lady Gaga on Thursday’s episode of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”.

Lady Gaga said to the Oklahoma-based 6th-grader ( who has gotten more than 8.6 million YouTube hits singing the “Paparazzi” song ), “You’re so sweet and so talented. I was so excited that you covered ‘Paparazzi’. Everyone loves you so much”.

She also give the boy a piece of advice, “Just keep following your dreams and work really hard and stay away from girls and be focused”. She also said that he should not be nervous about singing the song on the said talk show. “You already won over everyone’s heart. Just enjoy yourself,” she says. “Just have fun and give a performance of a lifetime”, she added. (more…)

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Robert Pattinson Wants To Be A Rapper

May 13th, 2010 Manny

On “The Oprah Winfrey Show”, Twilight star Robert Pattinson reveals how he manages to do an American accent despite being British. “Kristen thinks I have a terrible American accent”, he jokes while Kristen smilingly protests. He also admits that he wanted to be a rapper when he was a teenager.

Meanwhile, Taylor Lautner describes what he looks for in a perfect woman and he gets a lot of teasing from his “Twilight Saga: Eclipse” co-stars.

Both male stars of “Eclipse” speak about being in the center of the movie phenomenon and Pattinson said to Oprah that “It’s not really about you, so it never really goes to your head.”

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart were nominated in the “Best Kiss” category for their “New Moon” lip-locking in the upcoming MTV Movie Awards.

Take a peak on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” with the Twilight Cast: (more…)

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“Paparazzi” By Greyson Michael Chance A New Web Sensation

May 13th, 2010 Manny

Move over Justin Bieber because there’s a new boy wonder in town and he’s name is Greyson Michael Chance. This 6th grader kid performed his own parody of Lady Gaga’s “Paparazzi”, at Edmond’s Sixth Grade Festival. The teacher who hosted the said event said at the end of Greyson’s stunning piano performance, “This mega-talented kid could even teach Lady Gaga a lesson.”

Greyson is a bonafide prodigy and his talents are being celebrated now that his “Paparazzi” video gone viral. He said on his YouTube profile, he is very inspired by Lady Gaga and Augustana”. He also added that, “Lady Gaga is a freak but she has so much talent and her style of music is what I would like mine to be when I’m older. Augustana is one of the most underrated bands I think ever to step on the planet. They have so much talent it is not funny. They have such a good concept with folk and rock. It is very sad that they are so unknown.” (more…)

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