Child star Mona Louise Rey, a juvenile diabetic, admits she once asked God why He was making her suffer. Mona, 8, youngest of four siblings, is the only one in her family diagnosed with the illness. “I’m used to it now, and I can inject myself with insulin,” she told the Inquirer recently. “I [...]
On Tuesday evening, inside a Star Cinema conference room at ABS-CBN’s Eugenio Lopez Jr. Building, television crews from rival network GMA 7 carefully set up their equipment before the table where a pocket interview was about to happen.
Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., who recently renewed his contract with GMA 7, would soon be “the network’s face in regional promotions,” according to chairman and CEO Felipe L. Gozon.
The way Alden Richards and Louise de los Reyes teased each other on stage and charmed Boholano fans with a duet during the recent Sandugo Festival, it’s easy to think the young Kapuso stars are real-life sweethearts.
Speaking hypothetically, Kapuso head Felipe L. Gozon insisted that there is nothing illegal about two networks like GMA 7 and TV5 joining forces.
“I’m not out to snatch work away from other ABS-CBN talents. I hope we can all work together,” said award-winning actress and former Kapuso star Iza Calzado, who signed a three-year contract with the Kapamilya network on Tuesday.
It was the Kapuso team’s turn to pump up glitz and glamour as GMA Artist Center (GMAAC) and Mega Publishing launched its latest collaboration, “Profiles,” on November 8.
Although there was a smattering of Kapuso talents, Kapamilya artists ruled the winners’ list in the Star Awards for Movies, now on its 27th year. Handed out by the Philippine Movie Press Club (PMPC), the Star Awards has always been hotly contested by the two TV networks, the Kapuso (GMA 7) and Kapamilya (ABS-CBN 2). [...]
