Tom Rodriguez ‘not homophobic’
By Marinel R. Cruz
“I’m not homophobic,” declared actor Tom Rodriguez, who portrays a gay character in the latest primetime drama series “My Husband’s Lover” on GMA7.
“I’m not homophobic,” declared actor Tom Rodriguez, who portrays a gay character in the latest primetime drama series “My Husband’s Lover” on GMA7.
The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) has set separate conferences with the three major television networks in June to discuss “the migration of comedy bar humor to television.”
Actress Lovi Poe on Friday signed a three-year guaranteed contract with GMA 7 that would allow her to “work on as many drama series as she can,” said Entertainment TV vice president Lilybeth G. Rasonable.
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.
Actor Rocco Nacino, whose contract with GMA 7 Artist Center prohibits him from endorsing political candidates in the coming elections, believes there are still honest politicians.
The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board has placed GMA-7’s “Party Pilipinas” on probation for six months over a “sexually charged” dance number, MTRCB chairman Eugenio Villareal said Friday
It doesn’t look like the feud between GMA 7 and actress Sarah Lahbati will end anytime soon. Lahbati insisted on Wednesday that she had no malicious intent in alleging “under-the-table deals” between GMA Artist Center (GMAAC) and the talent management group Icons. Her allegation is the subject of a libel suit filed against her by the network.
Actress Sarah Lahbati, who recently demanded for the revocation of her talent management contract with GMA7, has accused network executives of being involved in “under-the-table deals” in relation to the management of other Kapuso artists.
Twenty-five years have passed since the sinking of the MV Doña Paz, a tragedy that claimed an estimated 4,000 lives—no one knows exactly how many. Tonight at 10:30, GMA News TV Channel 11 airs “Asia’s Titanic,” a National Geographic documentary that investigates the tragedy. Yam Laranas directs the documentary that features first-hand accounts of survivors.
Some things have changed since Krizza Neri won the GMA 7 talent search “Protégé” last year.
Epy Quizon via GMA 7’s special Dolphy tribute, “Habilin ng Hari,” aired Sunday night: “My dad’s drama consisted of the stories of his children and grandchildren. Not all lives are worry-free, you know. And he was always the center of that continuing drama. Thus, for me, he really was the happy-sad face of entertainment.”
The onscreen partnership of Elmo Magalona and Julie Anne San Jose is touted by drumbeaters as the loveteam-to-beat on GMA 7. The Kapuso network is showering the pair with major breaks on the big and small screens: the weekly series “Together Forever” and the coming movie “Just One Summer.” It can be daunting carrying a [...]
