“It takes a man and a woman,” the third installment of the John Lloyd Cruz-Sarah Geronimo love team’s long-playing rom-com, is currently unfolding on local movie screens, so the tandem’s avid fans are turning out in droves to see how the tale will finally wind up. Naturally, a Happy Ending is fully expected—and delivered—so, everybody’s happy!
Time was when love teams ruled over the local movie scene—Guy and Pip, Vi and Bot, Gabby and Sharon, Maricel and William, Snooky and Albert—you know the drill. For some years now, however, movie tandems have been eclipsed in popularity by the film production slump and the teleserye craze, or they’ve held sway mainly on TV.
At a recent media gathering for his coming movie, “It Takes a Man and a Woman,” with Sarah Geronimo, John Lloyd Cruz was asked what would convince him to settle down. His response wasn’t quite what everyone expected. “A little more stability in family matters and finances,” he began. Lloydie hesitated, then blurted out, [...]
Of late, two show biz Sarahs have been hugging the entertainment news headlines: “Pop Princess” Sarah Geronimo is set to shoot her third co-starrer with John Lloyd Cruz, while talent tilt winner and now TV-film star, Sarah Lahbati, is in acrimonious legal contretemps with her mother studio. —What’s all the fuss about?
