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AVELLANA. Sad leavetaking.

We mourn the passing of our “mother” in the theater, Daisy Avellana, and commiserate with the members of her wonderful family. Daisy and her husband, Bert, were “artistic parents” to us, not just helping us develop our thespic ability, but also genuinely caring for us and warning us about the many dangers in the theater trade—!

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Bella Flores Foundation planned

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FLORES may have seemed mean on screen but she was a “loving and truthful” mom, says daughter Ruby Arcilla.

The family of the late veteran actress Bella Flores plans to establish a foundation in her name and to organize a fundraising concert to benefit show business personalities with Alzheimer’s disease.   This was announced Tuesday night by singer Imelda Papin, Flores’ niece. Flores was diagnosed with early stages of Alzheimer’s and diabetes months before [...]

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Angelina Jolie: From sex symbol to cancer crusader

Angelina Jolie

As an international sex symbol, a mother of six, a UN ambassador and a tattooed tabloid target, Angelina Jolie has never been one to shun the spotlight.

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US surgeon details Jolie’s mastectomy ‘journey’

ANGELINA Jolie: “I wake up first and foremost as amom.”

Angelina Jolie was up and working with “bountiful energy” on her next film project just four days after having her double mastectomy, her surgeon said Tuesday.

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Angelina Jolie had her breasts removed

Angelina Jolie AP FILE PHOTO

Angelina Jolie revealed Tuesday that she has undergone a preventive double mastectomy because she had a very high risk of breast cancer.

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Carla helps beau get fit

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CARLA Abellana says Geoff was sad but not shocked to receive memo from the bosses.

“It was bound to happen. It was not a shock to him at all,” said actress Carla Abellana on her boyfriend Geoff Eigenmann being ordered by his bosses in GMA 7 to lose weight.

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Fruits to beat the summer heat

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It isn’t unusual to get stricken by dehydration and heat stroke during the summer. Symptoms of dehydration include headache, nausea, high blood pressure and fever. To alleviate this condition, you need to drink water and eat fruits, which also provide vitamins and minerals.

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A healthy voice is a happy voice

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April 16 was World Voice Day, and I was happy to celebrate it with the good folks at the Philippine General Hospital’s (PGH) Otorhinolaryngology (in more familiar terms, Ear, Nose, and Throat, or ENT) Department. An offshoot of Brazil’s Voice Day, World Voice Day was first celebrated in 1999.

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Bieber recovering after fainting at London concert

Justin Bieber. AP, File

Justin Bieber is recovering after fainting backstage at a concert in London. A spokeswoman for Bieber said late Thursday that the 19-year-old pop star was given oxygen and took a 20-minute reprieve after fainting backstage at London’s O2 Arena.

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Bieber recovering after fainting at London concert

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Justin Bieber. AP, File

Justin Bieber is recovering after fainting backstage at a concert in London.

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Kelly Osbourne recovering after fainting on E! set

In this Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 file photo, TV personality Kelly Osbourne arrives at the 85th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Osbourne has been hospitalized after fainting on the set of E!’s “Fashion Police.” A spokeswoman for Osbourne told the cable network Thursday, March 7, 2013, that the 28-year-old TV personality is awake, alert and in stable condition, and she will be staying overnight for observation as a precautionary measure. (\Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP, File)\

Kelly Osbourne has been hospitalized after fainting on the set of the E!’s “Fashion Police.”

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Tux member passes away after four-year bout with cancer

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Carlo Bulahan of the vocal harmony group Tux has passed away last Saturday after a four-year battle with colon cancer, and suffering from complications arising from the illness.

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