Angelika gets villainess role again

Author: Mario E. Bautista
Column: Dream Factory

Mariel Rodriguezwas not allowed to leave
Kuyas house last Saturday because of the sudden decision of Ethel Booba and Mcoy Fundales to make a sudden exit last Thursday. Mariel understood Kuyas request for her to stay and joined her housemates again.

They continued their weekly task that was abandoned by Mcoy. This is a short film entitled "Pamana." In the story, Victor Basa a rich man visited by a couple, Donnie Geisler and Yayo Aguila. He tells them he inherited his house from his late grandfather. The story of his grandpa is then told in black and white flashback scenes.

His grandpa (Jon Avila) got jealous of his grandma (Riza Santos) and poisoned her along with her suspected lover (Will Devaughn.) Theres a twist in the end and Kuya is so pleased with the short film he considered the housemates as winners in their weekly task, even if director Maryo de los Reyes, who guested in the show, pointed out all his perceived shortcomings about it.

Kuya has another surprise for the housemates. The prizes of the top four winners were doubled. Fourth placer will now get P400,000. Third placer: P600,000. Second placer: P1 million. Big winner: P2 million. The hitch is that their stay in PBB Celebrity Edition is extended up to January 5, which means they will spend Christmas and New Year still inside Kuyas house. They were given the chance to think about it and those whod wish to come out can do so and they just have to tell Kuya. But they all decided to stay put and spend the holidays with each other in PBB. There are now eight remaining housemates: the Geisler Brothers, Riza Santos, Yayo Aguila, Will Devaughn, Jon Avila, Ruben Gonzaga, and guest housemate Mariel Rodriguez. Yayo is most affected as that means shell be away from husband William Martinez and their kids this Christmas.

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Do you know whats the most sought after local TV show in You Tube today on the net? Its "Marimar." When it just started, it was getting 50,000 to 70,000 views or hits daily. Now that Marimar is taking her revenge on the people who abused her, it has more than doubled. Someone forwarded to us the highest posting so far. For episode 34: 107,958 views. For episode 38: 104, 804 views.

For episode 53 ("Ang Pagbabalik"): 180,583 views.

Its too bad GMA-7 is not making any earnings from these exposures as theyre just being downloaded on the You Tube for free.

Also, Marian Rivera was the only main cast member whos absent in the grand presscon of Regals "Bahay Kubo." Its not because she has become a swellhead but because shes still busy taping "Marimar" on location. "We will just schedule another presscon for her," says Mother Lily. "Otherwise, shes really professional at never kaming binigyan ng sakit ng ulo. Sa pictorial nga ng Desperadas, she came from the taping of Marimar then did a dance number sa Star Awards at pagdating dito, parang hindi napagod at very cooperative pa rin."

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Regal Entertainment is fielding three first rate entries in the coming Metro Manila Film Festival: the scary horror trilogy "Shake Rattle and Roll 9," the sizzling sex comedy "Desperadas," and the endearing Pinoy version of the highly successful "Mano Po" series, "Bahay Kubo."

"Ang gaganda ng movies namin this year so Im confident theyll all be topgrossers," says Mother Lily who has a personal hand in concocting each project to make sure theyll please all moviegoers.

Three directors come up with spine-tingling stories for "Shake 9,"definitely the longest running franchise film in the country. Topel Lee, who made waves last year with the "Yaya" episode of "Shake 8," now comes up with an even more terrifying story in "Engkanto," where city people like Mart Escudero, Jewel Mische, Matt Evans and Melissa Ricks fall into a trap set up by an evil entity, played by the seductive Katrina Halili.

This was shot on location in the wilderness of Ternate, Cavite, and producer Roselle Monteverde says shes amazed with Katrinas professionalism even if she had to shoot for "Engkanto" up to very late at night then go straight directly to the set of "Marimar" in Zambales where she plays the villain, Angelika. "Biro mo, dulot dulo ang pinupuntahan niya," adds Roselle.

In the "Christmas Tree" episode, this beautiful symbol of Christmas turns into an image of fright for a family consisting of Gina Alajar, Lovi Poe, Nash Aguas, Boots Anson Roa and John Lapus when a man-eating monster happens to be inhabiting the Christmas tree they just bought. This is the directorial debut of film reviewer-scriptwriter Paul Daza (son of Julie Yap Daza.)

In "Bangungot", Dennis Trillo is going steady with Pauleen Luna, but his boss, Roxanne Guinoo, is secretly in love with him and does everything to get his attention, mainly through creepy fatal nightmares that affect the people around him, directed by Mike Tuviera.

The other two entries are both directed by topnotch director Joel Lamangan: "Desperadas" and "Bahay Kubo." Written by Roy Iglesias, "Desperadas" is about the difficulty of maintaining a solid love relationship in these contemporary times when everything seems so temporary, told through the hilarious but touching stories of four sultry half sisters, Ruffa Gutierrez, Rufa Mae Quinto, Iza Calzado and Marian Rivera, and the hunky men in their lives, Wendell Ramos, Jay-R, TJ Trinidad, Luis Alandy and Will Devaughn.

"Bahay Kubo" is an inspirational family drama top billed by Diamond Star Maricel Soriano as Eden, a strong woman with a passion for flowers and kids. Shes just adopted by Gloria Romero who then also adopts a baby for her and grows up to be Marian Rivera. Eden marries Eric Quizon and they have their own child, Shaina Magdayao, but they also get to adopt more kids: Yasmien Kurdi, Jiro Manio, Isabella de Leon, Rita Iringan and Sam Bumatay. Also in the cast are Mark Herras and Rayver Cruz. This is a heartwarming story about family life that will make you laugh and cry.

"We call these films the Magnificent Trio," adds Mother Lily. "Theyre all designed to give the viewers a perfect Christmas celebration and its our way of wishing them Happy Holidays!"

Shaina Magdayao and Rayver Cruz have two entries in the filmfest: "Bahay Kubo" and "Katas ng Saudi." When asked on which float they will ride come the annual Parade of Stars on Christmas Eve, they quickly reply that theyll choose the "Bahay Kubo" float.

"Kasi po, Bahay Kubo was the first movie offered to us for the filmfest and Katas ng Saudi came later," says Shaina. "But I will also help promote Katas of Maverick Films kasi maganda rin naman ang role ko doon as the daughter of Lorna Tolentino and Sen. Jinggoy Estrada."

And what can Rayver say now that John Prats has admitted hes really trying his best to woo Shaina?

"I guess it cant be helped dahil maganda talaga si Shaina kaya maraming nanliligaw sa kanya," he says. "But Im confident Im closer to Shaina now kaysa kay John Prats."

So who does Shaina think is the better guy? "I dont want to compare them as they are very different from each other. As of now, totoong Im closer to Rayver."

We ask Maricel Soriano who plays Shainas mom in "Bahay Kubo" who does she think is the better guy for Shaina. "Kung akong masusunod, wala muna," she says. "Kasi masyado pa naman siyang bata at 18, so kung puede, no boyfriend muna. Saka na lang, pag 21 na siya."

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Even before her current soap with ABS-CBN, "Prinsesa ng Banyera," has ended, Angelika de la Cruz has decided to end being a Kapamilya to move to GMA-7 once again. This is not the first time shes doing it. ABS-CBN gave her a break but she transferred to GMA in early 2000 where she played lead in her own soaps, like "Ikaw Lang ang Mamahalin." Then she moved back to ABS again and played villain roles in "Ikaw Ang Lahat Sa Akin" and "Bituing Walang Ningning".

Now, she said she doesnt want to play villain roles so she moved to GMA-7 again. She says shes happy with the role that GMA-7 has assigned to her for her comeback vehicle with them. How come when the role shes playing is the one originally played by Hilda Koronel in "Babangon Akot Dudurugin Kita" and thats also a villain role. Hilda played a rich girl who stole Sharon Cunetas husband, Christopher de Leon.

In GMA-7s remake, the Sharon and Christopher roles go to Yasmien Kurdi and JC de Vera. On ABS, she plays villain to the likes of Claudine Barretto and Kristine Hermosa. Now, shes playing villain to a "Starstruck" discovery, Yasmien. And this is not the first time shes playing a villain role in a past Sharon movie as she also played the Cherie Gil role of Lavinia in "Bituing Walang Ningning," which is no doubt an even bigger villain role than the one shell play in "Babangon."

Source: Malaya