Footloose, fancy-free

GMA 7 teen star Derrick Monasterio looks like a normal teenager—a happy-go-lucky lad whose free days are usually spent on a basketball or badminton court, or in a bowling alley.

GMA 7 teen star Derrick Monasterio looks like a normal teenager—a happy-go-lucky lad whose free days are usually spent on a basketball or badminton court, or in a bowling alley.

Onscreen, GMA 7 teen star Bea Binene looks like a dainty and delicate miss. But the wushu champ packs a mean wallop and can be just as unpredictable when it comes to her fashion sense.

No, this is not an episode of the US reality show “Hoarders.” It’s just that GMA 7 comedienne Maey Bautista loves collecting all sorts of memorabilia – particularly those she has picked up during her numerous travels all over the world.

Teen actress Sue Anna Ramirez admits that portraying Luna, her character in the ABS-CBN horror series “Oka2kat,” is extremely challenging. “Luna and I are different in many ways. She’s quiet while I’m gregarious. She’s very refined while I enjoy playing it rough with friends. I sometimes feel that being Luna restrains me,” Sue Anna tells Living Stars during a visit to her home in Parañaque City.

Yuzon brothers Yanny and Yael revealed that at one point, they had to defy the wishes of their parents who didn’t want them to pursue a career in music. “We had to band together, be stubborn, because they didn’t want this life for us,” said Yanny, guitarist of the rock group Pupil.

Martin del Rosario believes that the elocution contests and debates he joined in school helped make him a better actor.