A Quezon City court on Tuesday deferred the arraignment of 13 ABS-CBN staffers and executives, including chairman Eugenio Lopez III, on two counts of libel filed by rival network GMA-7 in a dispute over the exclusivity of a video clip on the release of a Filipino worker by his Iraqi captors in 2004.
Singer/TV host Martin Nievera turned to social networking site Twitter last week to express his “sadness” over ABS-CBN’s alleged lack of support for his Friday talk show, “Martin Late @ Night.” Slated for 13 episodes, the show, which started airing on March 1, had reportedly not been extended.
ABS-CBN has acquired exclusive rights to one of Mars Ravelo’s most popular works, “Darna,” having inked a deal last week with the late komiks novelist’s daughter Rita Ravelo-de la Cruz and son Rex Ravelo.
The Barretto sisters are at it again. Behind the beauty of Gretchen and Claudine’s faces lies so many ugly family secrets which have now become public knowledge through the exposé of their mom and siblings. But can’t we be spared of the gory details?
The big, brash entry of Ryzza Mae Dizon has shaken up the ferociously competitive world of local TV-film child stardom. Just one season ago, the lay of the land was much more predictable and secure: At ABS-CBN, Zaijian Jaranilla was preparing to temporarily fade away due to the inexorable deadline imposed by “galloping adolescence”—but, not [...]
GMA 7 star Marian Rivera, rumored to be transferring to rival network ABS-CBN, is “in the process of negotiating” her Kapuso contract, which will expire in August, said a source close to the actress.
The best thing about doing a heavy drama series such as the concluded “Kahit Puso’y Masugatan,” said actress Iza Calzado, was that it challenged her, and helped her improve her craft. The downside, was the gruelling work hours that make sleep a luxury more than a necessity.
As a starmaking vehicle, “Must Be … Love” succeeds in shining up the separate and joint careers of its young leads, Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla. Their new love team is now the hottest TV-film ticket in town, especially with the tweens and teens who dominate the ranks of local moviegoers.
The 50th edition of the Binibining Pilipinas pageant will be “a big one [that] will break a lot of traditions,” according to Chit Guerrero, special projects head of the contest’s official broadcast partner ABS-CBN.
In an emotional interview on “TV Patrol” on Thursday night, beleaguered television host-actress Kris Aquino announced that she was quitting show biz and “giving up my shows” for the sake of her five-year-old son James Jr. or “Bimby,” who’s caught in the middle of a spat between his mom and dad James Yap.
Singer-actor Christian Bautista on Wednesday has signed a three-year guaranteed contract with GMA network that would allow him to appear on the noontime game show “Eat Bulaga,” among other Kapuso programs.
After GMA 7’s “Party Pilipinas,” TV5’s “Wowowillie” and ABS-CBN’s “ASAP 18” also got in trouble with the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) recently.
