Early this year, singer-actress Charice shed her sweet, wholesome image and emerged with an edgier look. Her hair was dyed blonde and cut short to resemble Japanese anime characters. She had a tattoo inked on her left forearm, and her personal style screamed rock and roll. The 20-year-old international artist’s unexpected transformation shocked not a [...]
How sad to read and hear that supporters of Charice on the one hand and Jessica Sanchez on the other are snittily criticizing each other’s idol over their so-called “Pinoy-hood” cred. Jessica and Charice are the two top young female entertainers of Filipino descent making waves internationally, so you would think that their supporters would focus on that commonality, instead of what sets each of them apart.
On July 31 we received a phone call from Grace Mendoza who, at that time, was still the Philippine manager of international pop singer Charice. “This is not about Charice,” clarified Grace, who usually contacts the Inquirer whenever her ward was due to arrive from abroad for an engagement or an event in Manila. [...]
An appeal to aid Ailing Entertainer has been making the rounds online. Apparently AE’s loved ones are not willing to help in settling mounting medical bills.
The country’s biggest and grandest musical event of the year kicks off this Saturday (June 23) as ABS-CBN premieres the much-awaited Philippine adaptation of the worldwide phenomenal hit ‘X Factor’ franchise, “The X Factor Philippines,” with KC Concepcion as host and Martin Nievera, Gary Valenciano, Charice Pempengco, and Pilita Corrales as celebrity judge-mentors.
Looks can be deceiving. Sexy Star could easily be mistaken for a fitness buff. In public, she advocates clean living. But SS is reportedly a coke fiend—we don’t refer to the soda drink—and coworkers are alarmed because the addiction is getting worse.
Living in the United States has taught Charice to be cautious about making professional decisions. Even with an international management team plotting out every career move, the 19-year-old Filipino pop star said she had to learn to speak up and express her own views. “Lumawak ang pananaw ko [I have expanded my point of view],” [...]
The appearance of her daughter Charice eclipsed the frivolous trappings for birthday girl Raquel Pempengco’s party celebrating her turning 40 (“I’m not 40… I’m 18 with 22 years experience,” said the invitation) on Saturday night at Terrazas de Teodora, a resort in Sta. Rosa, Laguna.
I got misty-eyed when the star of my late great mom Inday Badiday was unveiled at the Eastwood Walk of Fame last December 1. What better way to start the Christmas month than by paying homage to the family’s “Santa Claus” — mommy.
MANILA, Philippines—The life story of 19-year-old international singing sensation Charice Pempengco keeps on touching the hearts of people from all walks of life all over the world. In a tell-all interview with CNN’s “Talk Asia,” Charice shares her turbulent childhood mired in poverty, her rise to fame and how she copes with what could be [...]
Life goes on for Charice—and not even the tragedy that struck her family on Halloween night last month can hold her back. Yes, she still grieves for her father—but, she now chooses to look at the brighter things in life and move on, as noted by her Philippine manager, Grace Mendoza, who told us early [...]
More than 30 celebrity guests witnessed the private wedding of 16-time Grammy-winning producer and songwriter David Foster to interior designer and former Ford model Yolanda Hadid, in civil rites held last week at the Beverly Hills estate of media mogul Haim Saban and his wife Cheryl.
