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Megastar denies rumors that Sen. Kiko has another woman

Megastar denies rumors that Sen. Kiko has another woman

Author: Mario E. Bautista
Column: Dream Factory

Sharon Cuneta was present at the Wack Wack birthday party of Rudy Fernandez and reporters again asked her if it’s true she has separated from Sen. Kiko Pangilinan who wasn’t with her that night. "Alam n’yo, I’m really tired na of the rumor that my husband has another woman at may mga anak na sila and we’re hiwalay na raw," she says. "The truth is habang sinisiraan ang asawa ko, lalo kaming nagiging close. Ayan nga, he just texted me if I got here to Wack Wack safely kasi he can’t come with me as he has an important meeting. Ganyan ba ang hiwalay?"

When we attended the wake on the last night of Ethel Ramos’ mom, Sen. Kiko was there and he also condoled with us for the loss of my wife. Later on, Sharon texted me saying Sen. Kiko told her he saw me there and she asked him if I looked depressed. Sharon is very caring and continues to send us inspiring messages up to now. If she’s really "hiwalay" with Sen. Kiko, I don’t think she’d bother to tell us that Sen. Kiko saw us at the said wake.

As for the reported romance between her daughter KC and Richard Gutierrez, she says she doesn’t know anything about it. "I’m not even sure if he’s really courting my daughter and I also don’t know kung matutuloy ang movie nila, so don’t ask me. But if he would court KC, I wouldn’t mind kasi good friends ko sina Tita Annabelle Rama and Tito Eddie Gutierrez."

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Roxanne Guinoo celebrated her birthday on February 14 but she was a no show at the party for February celebrants hosted by Star Magic’s Rikka Dylim.

Meantime, fans of her and Jake Cuenca are pleased as she has just returned to "Palos." Aside from this, it’s obvious that they no longer hide their relationship and they were seen kissing in public recently, as if declaring openly their love for each other to Bangs Garcia who was earlier also being linked to Jake.

Jake also has a new love interest in "Palos," former Miss Earth Canada and "PBB Celebrity Edition 2" housemate Riza Santos and they even have steamy scenes in the action series. Riza plays Princess Simona, a mystery woman who holds the key to a mission of Palos or Gian Carlo (Jake). Due to a special assignment, Palos needs to get the most coveted password that they have been trying to obtain since Day 1. This is the only password that would be able to activate the microchip that Palos needs. But since the secret password is tattooed on Princess Simon’s leg, Palos needs to think of a way to obtain this. Since Palos is quick and suave, he charms his way to lure the beautiful princess. Will he succeed?
Shot in Macau, China where Jake and his sexy leading lady Bangs Garcia have also done their fight scenes, find out how Palos will carry out his mission in "Palos" every night on ABS-CBN’s Primetime Bida, after "Lobo."

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Piolo Pascual is one of the most sought after celebrity endorsers today, plugging everything from shampoo to watches to coffee to fried chicken. Tonight, he’ll be facing a different kind of challenge as the main celebrity player facing the mob of 100 opponents in "1 Vs. 100." He admits not being a fan of game shows as he had previously guested in "Game KNB?" "Deal or No Deal," and even "Wheel of Fortune" and he wasn’t so lucky.

"Sa ‘Game KNB’, when Kris Aquino was still the host,wala akong nasagot sa questions niya, kahit isa," he says. "In ‘Deal or No Deal’ naman, I opened the P2 million briefcase twice and won only P500. Buti pa sa ‘Wheel’ and I got P242, 000. Sa totoo lang, sa lahat ng game shows, ‘1 Vs. 100’ is the most intimidating as it will test not just your general knowledge but your ability to strategize against 100 opponents of the mob. Isa pa, with Edu Manzano as the host, you will never know when he’s telling the truth or not kapag may mahihirap na questions. He’s really good at it."

What he doesn’t know is that the chosen mob members are really good at it, too, and will give him a very hard time, what with the newly introduced "10 Picks" rule where the main player chooses 10 mob members that he must then all eliminate before he can win the P2 million jackpot prize.

How did Piolo prepare for "1 Vs. 100"? He says, "I just pray. That’s all the preparation I need. If it’s His will that I win, then I just leave everything to the Lord."

Will the Lord be kind to him and make him outsmart the mob? Find out tonight in "1 Vs. 100" after "Volta" on ABS-CBN.

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Sen. Bong Revilla was asked at the Wack Wack birthday party of Rudy Fernandez to comment about his wife’s Lani Mercado giving the cold shoulder to Ruffa Gutierrez. Lani was nowhere in sight. She probably doesn’t want to be interviewed about her and Ruffa.

"I don’t want to interfere diyan as I feel hindi naman ako involved," Sen. Bong says.

Most people think it’s because he was linked to Ruffa before. "Sabi nga ni Ruffa, panahon pa ni Mahoma ‘yun sa tagal noon," and he laughed. "Honestly, hindi ko talaga alam ang nangyari between Lani and Ruffa. Kung may nang-snub nga o wala. Sana, huwag n’yo na lang palakihin kasi marami na naman ang madadamay," Bong added.

What does Ruffa say now that she’s being blamed for spreading the incident? "What happened to me was really uncalled for naman kasi I was greeting but she deliberately made iwas to me. I got embarrassed but I was quiet. May reporters lang na nakakita kaya lumabas. It did not come from me," Ruffa confirms.

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After the Gawad Tanglaw for 2007 based in Our Lady of Perpetual Help University, here’s the list of nominees and winners in the Young Critics Circle based in UP.

Best film nominees: "Endo" (directed by Jade Castro) and "Foster Child" (directed by Dante Mendoza); winner is "Foster Child" (Dante Mendoza). Best performance nominees: Cherry Pie Picache ("Foster Child"), Eugene Domingo ("Foster Child"), Jason Abalos ("Endo") and Ron Capinding ("Still Life"); winner is Jason Abalos ("Endo").
Best screenplay nominees: "Foster Child" and "Endo"; winner is again "Foster Child." Best cinematography nominees: "Tirador," "Still Life," and "Engkantos"; winner is "Engkantos." Best editing nominees: "Endo" at "Tirador"; winner is "Endo." Best sound nominees: "Endo," "Still Life," and "Tirador"; "Endo" is the winner.

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The much awaited "Pinoy Idol" is definitely starting on April 12, hosted by Raymond Gutierrez, replacing two top rating game shows: "Kakasa Ka Ba sa Grade 5" hosted by Janno Gibbs (that really has an initial one season contract) and "Tok Tok Tok" hosted by Paolo Bediones (a homegrown show where contestants face many fearful challenges). They will just take a rest, though, and will be aired again later this year. Another game show that will make a comeback is "Celebrity Duets," and we hope they get real well-known celebs this time.

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Rufa Mae Quinto recently signed a network contract with GMA-7 making her one of the exclusive artists of the network. The sexy host-actress-comedienne currently has programs such as "Bubble Gang," "Showbiz Central," and "SOP." With her fresh contract, the Kapuso network has lined up more programs for her in the next few years. Present during the contract signing were Marivin T. Arayata, GMA Network vice president for Entertainment; Rufa Mae’s manager Veronique del Rosario-Corpus; Rufa Mae Quinto, of course; GMA Network senior vice president for Entertainment Wilma V. Galvante; and Atty. Dick B. Perez, GMA vice president for Legal.

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At last, we got an e-mail from Minerva La Fea (obviously a pseudonym) that says something positive about Regine Velasquez: "In all fairness to Regine, I believe that she really got an offer from ABS-CBN. No less than Boy Abunda, who’s with ABS, reported that she got an official offer sheet from ABS where the shows she’ll do with them, including ‘Betty La Fea,’ were indicated. If they say Regine just used ABS, then ABS should also thank Regine as they also got to use her. Because of her, ‘Betty La Fea’ has become a much coveted role and they capitalizing on the search for the actress to play in its publicity, whether it will be played by Bea Alonzo, Angel Locsin, Anne Curtis, Valerie Concepcion or Pokwang. But the best choice should be Piolo Pascual. Ha-ha-ha!"

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Here’s another e-mail from Gina Pastoril-Bucud about Yasmien Kurdi: "I read that writer Dino Erece saw Yasmien Kurdi chatting in a public internet shot with a guy who is naked. Yasmien said the guy is just a friend but Dino said it’s her boyfriend, a flight attendant. I don’t know with Yasmien but considering that GMA-7 is building her up to be a big star, she should be more careful with her actuations in public. Don’t you think she owes it to herself to be more discreet with her private affairs? I mean, if you’d chat with a naked guy, why do it in a computer shop available to the general public where she’d be seen by other people using the computers there? Doesn’t she have a computer at home where she can chat with a naked guy with her also naked? ‘Di ba, common sense lang naman ‘yan. If I were Wilma Galvante, pagagalitan namin si Yasmien for her lack of delicadeza. O kaya, ibibili na lang namin siya ng computer para hindi siya magkalat in public."

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Source: Malaya