Sunday, May 10, 2009
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Ate Vi
On Facebook, Howie Severino posted a picture of him interviewing Vilma Santos for a story he's doing for i-Witness.(At least I hope it's for a story he's doing for i-Witness. Because if he's, like, just interviewing her for shits and giggles, that'd be weird.)
Anyway, it just reminded me of this old joke, my favorite, about Vilma going to McDonald's to bring home snacks:
Vilma: "Miss, isang cheeseburger at isang fries."
Counter Girl: "For takeout, ma'am?"
Vilma: "No, for Lucky."
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Mariz
I was channel-surfing this weekend while waiting for the game to come on when I chanced upon an episode of Maynila. It starred Ryza Cenon as a teenager trying to balance her lovelife against the restrictions of her parents, played by Christian Vasquez and Mariz. Anyway, Mariz was listed in the credits as 'Mariz Ricketts' and I thought to myself, Hey that's nice, she didn't just get a husband when she married Ronnie Ricketts, she finally got a surname too!(So I guess there's hope yet for Kyla, Nina, and Sitti.)
Labels: showbiz, television
Friday, October 05, 2007
Alvin Patrimonio, Gabby Concepcion, Anjo Yllana, Robin Padilla, Vic Sotto, Philip Salvador, Joey Marquez, Mark Lapid, Derek Ramsey, James Yap
Dear Jon Stewart,I must admit I was very disappointed with this sketch. I expected much better from you. At the very least, I expected you guys to get your facts straight.
It's her daughter that's the slut.
Your fan,
Jaemark
Labels: hehehe, krisaquino, pinoysonthenetarefuckingdrunkwithpower, showbiz
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Greta and Ruffa
I'm the most showbiz-updated person I know. I wish I could point to my work as an excuse (I was, after all, initially involved with the premier chismis website PEP.ph early in its development, and I've handled GMA's entertainment website for the longest time) but I suspect that even if I weren't involved in these projects, I'd still be as knowledgeable about showbiz news.For the longest time, even before all these issues came out that involved them, it always bothered me how local showbiz programs and publications always seemed to put people like Gretchen Barretto and Ruffa Gutierrez on a pedestal, treating each of them like showbiz royalty. The amount of attention on them just seemed... inordinate.
I didn't get it. I mean, we didn't admire them because of their showbiz work; how many movies of theirs can you name off the top of your head? They're certainly not intelligent, nor are they well-spoken; remember, it was Ruffa Gutierrez who said in an interview that Filipinos did not eat dogs because we're not cannibals. It's not even because of their beauty; would they appear on most people's all-time top five lists? I doubt it. So what's the deal?
Then it dawned on me that the only reason most people cared about these women, the reason they're admired and glorified, the reason everyone was interested, was because each of them married rich, rich men.
Labels: showbiz
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Chat log
jaemark: eh pero pare.. hulaan mo kung ano next project ni angel locsin.. adaptation dinNikki: japanese din na series? :P
jaemark: hinde. mexican telenovela
Nikki: OMG -- Marimar??
jaemark: pwede no? hahahaha
Nikki: pwdeng-pwede! :D
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Religious experience
Eat Bulaga's been getting clobbered in the ratings by the competition, and to stop the bleeding, they're bringing back the Sexbomb girls. Say what you want about them, but the show's ratings slide coincided with the girls leaving the show last year. Not only that, but the start of GMA Network's climb to no. 1 in the ratings was jumpstarted by Eat Bulaga's resurgence early in the decade, which in turn coincided by the dance group's debut on the show.Anyway, Joey de Leon was hyping up Saturday's 'showdown' between the Sexbomb Girls and their replacements, the EB Babes, and one of his throw-away comments made me laugh out loud:
"Sa Sabado, yung mga tao ang judge sa showdown ng Sexbomb at EB Babes. Ngayon, baka magsiksikan yung mga tao, kaya baka sa Luneta na lang namin gawin, kasabay nila Bro. Mike (Velarde of El Shaddai) at Bro. Eddie (Villanueva of Jesus Is Lord). Balita ko kasi, si Bro. Mike, maka-EB Babes pero si Bro. Eddie, solid sa Sexbomb eh."
Monday, January 08, 2007
Another plug
Parang puro pag-pa-plug na lang ang ginagawa ko rito ah.Anyway, hot off the presses, online voting is now open for StarStruck 4.
Share ko lang, I like Jewel Mische and Renee Lascuna.
Monday, January 01, 2007
Brand spankin' New Year
After more than thirty-six straight sleepless hours here at the office and spending New Year's (!) here, this is finally up.Oh, and Angel Locsin just confirmed her break-up with Oyo Boy Sotto. Happy New Year everyone!
Labels: awesome, news and issues, showbiz
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Awww
“Basta may babalik,” panabik na sabi ni Joey de Leon. Nang tanungin kung sino ang magbabalik, pabiro namang sumagot si Joey ng, “kakain pa ako ng spaghetti. At kailangan ko pang puntahan si Sugar, kasi umiiyak na naman.”[ iGMA.tv ]
Labels: showbiz
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Oh why don't you smile my only star? Shine on baby, smile, my only star
Yesterday, in the cab on the way to work, the radio was tuned in to Christy Fermin's afternoon show, where she and Jobert Sucaldito were busy ripping Mo Twister, because of all the controversy that Mo's show has generated. It was kind of funny listening to those guys getting all riled up, because apparently Mo called them idiots, and with the way they kept on talking about Mo the whole time (thus bringing Mo more pub and notoriety), well, they kind of are. But anyone who ever watched "The Buzz" already knew that.I haven't listened to an episode of Mo's show, although part of me thinks he's a bit of a genius. He's generated a lot of controversy and mileage, on a show where the only guests are has-beens and starlets with no careers. Amazing.
Anyway, Christy and Jobert were most pissed about the trend that guests on Mo's show, when asked which celebrity they thought was gay, have been answering Sam Milby, which started during Borgy Manotoc's guest stint.
(In the same interview, Borgy was asked to name three celebrities he had slept with, and he mentioned Lana Asanin, Victoria London, and Vina Morales. Is anyone else disappointed that f'n Zoolander can't get better tail than two starlets and a girl with bigger guns than him? I mean, Vina Morales? Seriously? Like a friend said last night, it's not really something you go around bragging about.
And now apparently Vina is asking for a public apology from Borgy. My boss had a funny comment last night, "Why would Borgy make something like that up? Eh para rin yung Lola niya." But I guess Imeldific never told her grandson to only talk about "the true, the good, and the beautiful.")
But back to the original topic. So Christy and Jobert were appalled, APPALLED, that every guest on Mo's show thinks that Sam Milby is gay.
I see their point. Why would anyone even remotely suspect Sam Milby of being gay? I mean, take a look at this totally, totally heterosexual ad for Swift:
[photo via The Jason Journals]
Not enough for you? Well, here is Sam with Toni Gonzaga and that paragon of male heterosexuality, Piolo Pascual, performing on ASAP:
[photo via Pinoy Rickey]
Monday, November 13, 2006
Calendar girl
I didn't want to put this here so soon, given the Priscilla Almeda discussion happening in the previous post. Baka kasi isipin niyo puro kamanyakan na lang ang laman ng blog na 'to.But it's my duty to point every guy who reads this over to Codamon.com, where Direk Soxy/Kiven has posted the latest Ginebra calendars, featuring Angelica Panganiban. (It's kinda safe for work, thumbnails pa lang naman eh.)
UPDATES:
You guys have probably seen these via email. Actually, kawawa naman si Angelica.
Here are Katrina's calendars for Tanduay.
Also, Iwa Moto will be on the cover of the December FHM and Pauleen Luna will be on the cover of Uno. Uh, Merry Christmas everybody!
Ano ba talaga'ng mas gusto ko, ang beer na 'to o ang pag-ibig mo?
Start the week right. Download Jaemark's beerhouse mix now.01 - Glen Frey - The One Who Loves You
02 - Michael Learns to Rock - That's Why (You Go Away) *
03 - Scorpions - Always Somewhere
04 - Harem Scarem - Honestly
05 - Bryan Adams - Heaven
06 - Bon Jovi - Bed of Roses
07 - Aerosmith - Cryin'
08 - White Lion - Till Death Do Us Part
09 - Guns 'n Roses - November Rain
10 - George Michael - Careless Whisper
* naaalala niyo pa ba kung ano yung pelikula ni Priscilla Almeda na ginamit 'to dun sa ad sa TV?
Ayus. Beer at sisig na lang ang kulang.
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Celebrity watch
Working in a television network has kind of desensitized me when it comes to celebrities. I mean, I still enjoy looking at stunningly beautiful women in person, but the novelty of the whole thing is gone (which is why I don't really blog that much about celebrities). You kind of get used to it, everyone here at the office does; this morning, in fact, a whole bunch of celebrities went in to do photo and video shoots right here at the office, and work went ahead as usual (except obviously for those who were actually involved with the shoots). There are exceptions though, like that evening the whole office went batshit because Robin Padilla was in the house, but situations like that are few and far between.In fact, I think I get more excited about seeing the more obscure "celebrities". The last celebrity I had a photo taken with was Jojo A (all the way!). I'd already written before about the inordinate amount of joy I get when seeing Kuya Germs. And I always get a kick out of seeing Steve Kvetko (from Startalk's popular blind item segment, "Da Who") around the building; he's always, like, carrying boxes and stuff. I never see Fayatollah around though.
Anyway, I'd like to write about a couple of odd celebrity sightings I had the past couple of days, both of them outside the workplace. Yesterday, while queueing up at the University of Pila to pay for my tuition for the semester, beauty titlist Carlene Aguilar was a few spots behind me at the line. In her white shirt, jeans, and sneakers, she looked just like any other student (well, if any other student were BB. Pilipinas-World). Now, I've always liked Carlene Aguilar (I kinda have this thing for chinita girls), but seeing her in that context, clinging to her form 5 tightly, checking to make sure if she has enough money on her, sweating like everyone else in the middle of the day at the AS building, and, you know, paying for her tuition fee at UP fucking Diliman? That was pretty hot.
And now is as good a time as any to post a picture of Carlene Aguilar in a bikini:
Oh, and she used to date (is dating?) Dennis Trillo. Yes, the same Dennis Trillo who gets to make out with Angel Locsin every night on prime time television. I think "Dennis Trillo" stands for "Lucky Sonofabitch" in Spanish.
My second celebrity sighting is, unfortunately, devoid of hot chicks (I mean, unless you're into seventy-year old women). But it was still very interesting. See, I was at Greenhills last night, killing time while waiting for friends for dinner, when I happened to walk by Pilita's, the restaurant owned by (who else?) Pilita Corrales, the one constantly plugged by Kuya Germs in his afternoon radio show.
It was a small place that had glass walls, so you could see the whole restaurant from outside. The place only had one table occupied, all guests of Mamita, who was on a small stage singing along to a minus one. A little while later (what, you think I would have left so soon?!) one of the old ladies, whom I recognized from a couple of Master Showman episodes although I have no idea who she was, joined Mamita on stage to sing a couple more songs.
And then I had this crazy idea. My birthday's coming up, and what's better than celebrating your birthday with friends and throwing down a few beers? Why, of course, getting totally shitfaced with all your friends while Pilita Corrales sang live in the background. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know what you're thinking.
Best. Birthday. Ever.
Labels: showbiz
Monday, September 25, 2006
Like a magic
I was browsing the website earlier, and saw this graphic. Ngayon, hindi ko maalala kung bakit nga ba ako tumigil sa panonood ng Majika.
Labels: showbiz
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Showgirls
Nakita ko yung poster para sa Showgirls concert ni Vina Morales, tapos wala lang, randomly lang, bigla kong naisip: magugulat ka ba kung biglang i-reveal na merong etits si Vina Morales?Ako rin, hinde.
Nung isang linggo, nagising ako nang maaga, kaya binuksan ko na lang yung TV. Nanood ako ng Cinema One, kung saan palabas ang isang lumang pelikula ni Joey Marquez (hindi 'Bikining Itim', hindi rin 'Flavor of the Month'... napanood ko na yung mga yun eh).
Merong eksena na binobosohan ni Joey Marquez at ng mga kasama niya (sina Smokey Manaloto, Chinkee Tan, etc.) si Sylvia Sanchez, na naka-bukaka habang nakahilata sa sofa at nagbabasa ng magazine.
Maya-maya, napansin ni Sylvia Sanchez yung mga lalake, pero dedma lang siya. Enjoy siguro sa pagkaka-hilata. Maya-maya pa ulit, napansin niya na andun pa rin yung mga lalake, kaya sinigawan niya ang mga 'to, "Huy, hindi pa ba kayo nagsasawa sa kakatingin diyan."
Nagulat yung mga lalake, tapos nag-tinginan sila, tapos sabay-sabay nilang sinabi, "Hindi pa!"
Tapos tuloy lang sila sa pamboboso.
Labels: showbiz
Sunday, July 02, 2006
Walang tulugan
Ok, so I was watching Master Showman earlier (oh don't judge me, I'm not a book), and I got excited when Kuya Germs's sidekick/boylet John Nite started talking about an "Internet diva" doing a return performance on the show. He was, of course, talking about Alyssa Alano of Keys Me fame.After doing a rendition of The Corrs' "Breathless" (yeah, I know) with her trademark aplomb, Alyssa sat down with the Walang Tulugan crew, where she had to sit there smiling sheepishly as they peppered her with jabs about her previous performance. There was even this exchange between her and Shirley Fuentes (remember her?):
Shirley: "So, Alyssa, may nagbago na ba sa career mo mula nung kumalat yung video sa Internet?"
Alyssa: "Ah marami po... marami po ang natawa."
She was still breathing heavily after her performance (and it *is* a taxing performance, did you see her grinding it during Keys Me?), and now she had to take all this abuse from Kuya Germs and his army of has-beens and starlets. I mean, it's one thing to get ribbed by Joey de Leon on StarTalk (because at least, Joey's cooler than being cool), but having to take all that from John Nite and Shirley fucking Fuentes? She must have been thinking, "Tangina, ang hirap naman kumita ng pera."
(Actually, Alyssa's not bad-looking. She's prettier than, say, Keanna Reeves, and I guess she can't complain about all of these because Keys Me has absolutely made her career. But between Keanna winning PBB earlier this year, and now this, I mean, what the hell's happening to our country?)
While we're on the subject I figured I'd share some of my favorite Kuya Germs-related tidbits:
-- At GMA, employees get to go on a "birthday lunch with the president", where they set up a luncheon for the month's celebrants with the company's president as guest of honor. Kuya Germs always hosts these things (yeah, can you believe he's available, what are the fucking odds?) Anyway, I went for the free lunch last November, and I was having a hard time eating my spaghetti without laughing, because it was such a surreal experience trying to eat spaghetti while Kuya Germs, fifteen feet away from me, was talking in the background, doing a mini-Master Showman.
-- Kuya Germs loves to hang out at the old co-op canteen after his afternoon radio program. It's been renovated now, but it used to be this absolute shithole that everyone endearingly referred to as "Cholera". I saw him once there taking Mark Bautista for a snack after his show, and I remember thinking how Mark Bautista must have gone out of his way to go on his show, only to be treated by Kuya Germs to a bowl of spa-ketchup.
-- There's this Master Showman tarp just outside the GMA Network compound that absolutely kills me. It features the whole crew of the show, with John Nite dressed up as your garden variety New York hipster. I absolutely love it because I have no idea how to react to it. I mean, he probably has a stylist because it's not like he dresses up like a member of The Strokes on Master Showman, right? So what the fuck was the stylist going for there? Am I supposed to go, "Hey, John Nite looks cool in that photo, maybe I should check out Master Showman some time?" Like, who the fuck are they kidding?
Labels: showbiz
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
