Echo wins in Newport fest

Jericho Rosales is one of three recipients of outstanding achievement in acting honors at the Newport Beach Film Festival in California last week.

Jericho Rosales is one of three recipients of outstanding achievement in acting honors at the Newport Beach Film Festival in California last week.

After many years in the biz, John Lloyd Cruz finds himself in the enviable position of being the most preferred screen “consort” of many female stars, like Bea Alonzo, Sarah Geronimo, Angelica Panganiban and Toni Gonzaga.

Popular actor must really grapple now with all sorts of unsavory rumors. PA purportedly worked in a gay bar in his youth. Online reports insist that his coarse behavior can be traced to this checkered past.

After the Busan fest, Ian Dean Loreños’ “Alagwa (Breakaway)” will be screened in four international festivals this month. The indie drama, which top-bills Jericho Rosales, will have screenings in Cambodia and in three fests in India: Chennai, Kochi and Bangalore. According to its producer Bianca Balbuena, there are more film fests in the works next year. “Alagwa” merited a positive review from The Hollywood Reporter when it was shown in Busan, South Korea, last October.

Jericho Rosales stirs and scares in his exceptional portrayal of a single father who embarks on a search to find his missing son (Bugoy Cariño) in Ian Loreños’ harrowing human-trafficking drama, “Alagwa,” a guest entry in this year’s Cinema One Originals Film Festival.

Jericho Rosales has been trying to make a mark in the local music industry for six years now. And after being advised countless times to quit and stick to acting, the matinee idol now feels that people are starting to acknowledge him as a legitimate singer-songwriter.

“EAT Bulaga” recently held the finals of its latest “Mr. Pogi” search, with frisky, boy-next-door types from all over the land striking the tilt’s signature “cute James Bond” pose—cocking an imaginary gun under their grinning faces.

I had a blast at the 60th birthday bash of Solar Entertainment president Wilson Tieng at Mandarin Oriental. The crème de la crème of Philippine show biz, politics and high society were present.

The big deal on TV these days, at least as far as ABS-CBN sees it, is the ongoing acting “duel” between drama “divos” Piolo Pascual and Jericho Rosales on “Dahil sa Pag-ibig.” Last week, Piolo beat up Jericho really badly in a fit of rage and righteous fury, despite the fact that he was a [...]

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