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filipino globe
celebrity April 2008
FHM lands Alessandra on April cover after young actress plays hard to get
Despite her new image as a Gokongwei publishing company. company’s celebrity endorsers. claims to have bought the rights
villainess in GMA 7 soap operas, Not every female showbiz idol in A compromise deal with FHM to record Christopher Cross’
FHM men’s magazine never gave the Philippines is hounded to be was what reportedly won over once phenomenally popular song
up on its four-year courtship of on the magazine’s sexy, glossy, Alessandra. Aside from other “Sailing” in a version whose lyrics
the characteristically vociferous though heavily air-brushed cover, remuneration, Alessandra was and melody she modified herself.
Alessandra de Rossi (right) to be so there’s definitely some honor in allowed to air in the magazine’s She wants the music video to
on its sexy cover. posing scantily clad for the adult subscribers-only website her serve as her demo in getting a
The Fil-Italian actress finally publication. The cover photo and music video for a song she has recording company to sign her up
yielded her much coveted “yes” to inside-page shots were taken by independently recorded. to a deal which would allow her
appear on the cover of the April top glamor lensman Jun de Leon. Alessandra to do a sexy pictorial The magazine was also required to record her own compositions
issue of the Philippine edition of The local fashion and lifestyle for its billboard along the politically to give away for free a CD of her in a full-scale album, along with
the international magazine, whose company Bench actually jumped historic Edsa. music video to every buyer of modified cover versions of some of
local franchise is owned by the the gun on FHM by persuading The young actress is one of the the magazine’s April issue. She her favorite songs. Danny Vibas
PANGSHOWBIZ
DOLPHY AT VIC SOTTO SA WAKAS
Sa wakas ay magsasama na sa isang pelikula
ang dalawang hari ng patawa – sina Dolphy at
Vic Sotto. Noon pa man ay pinaghahambing
na sila hindi lamang sa kanilang kakaibang
galing sa komedya, kundi na rin pati na sa
kanilang mga personal na buhay.
Kapwa maraming babaeng dumaan sa
buhay nina Dolphy at Vic at kapwa rin sila
lapitin ng mga chicks. Pati ang paglalakad at
pagkaseryoso nila kapag wala sa harap ng
kamera ay napapansin ng marami.
Noon pa man ay binalak na silang pagtambalin, ngunit sa di
malamang mga dahilan ay hindi nga ito matuloy-tuloy. Hanggang sa
dumating nga itong “Dobol Trobol: Wala ‘Yan sa Pare Ko,” isang joint
venture ng RVQ ni Dolphy, Mzet ni Vic at APT ni Tony Tuviera.
SARAH, MAY DUET SA SIKAT NA BOY BAND
Tila di na paaawat itong si Sarah Geronimo sa
pagsikat. Kahahakot pa lamang niya ng mga
tropeo sa nakaraang Myx Music Awards ay
heto’t may ulat namang mag-rerecord siya ng
duet sa isang miyembro ng sikat na international
boy band na hindi pa pinapangalanan sa
kasalukuyan. Ang duet ay mapapabilang sa
kanyang album na lalabas sa July, in time para
sa kanyang birthday.
Gabby Concepcion and his megastar ex-wife Sharon have not met since his return to the country last month.
Sa nakaraang Myx Music Awards, nakakuha
si Sarah ng apat na tropeo kabilang na ang
Favorite Song (para sa Medwin Marfil composition na Ikaw), Favorite
Artist of the Year, Favorite Female Artist of the Year at Myx Celebrity
VJ of the Year.
The real reason Gabby
SHARON, NAPATAWAD NA BA SI GABBY?
Taliwas sa mga pahayag ni Gabby Concepcion, hindi pa pala ito
humihingi ng tawad kay Sharon Cuneta, ayon na rin sa megastar.
Ngunit, sa kabila nito ay matagal na pala niyang napatawad ang
dating asawa.
“Oo. Nakapagpatawad na ako, kahit na hindi [pa siya] humihingi ng
decided to come home
tawad,” ang mariing pahayag ni Shawie sa isang panayam. “At this
point of my life, I’m too grateful for the blessings and I’m grateful that
... these things have to happen no matter how painful they were so It’s not about reviving my career. I did it for my father, he says
that I will meet Francis.”
Noon ngang nagkausap daw sila for the first time after so many
Danny Vibas in Manila a movie with the network at an
years ng hindi pag-uusap, “thank you” lang daw ang sinabi ni Gabby
unspecified time. Gabby, of course,
sa kanya sa pagpayag niyang puntahan siya ni KC sa Amerika.
is no stranger to controversy. He
“Oh, my God!” sambit nga raw ni Sharon sa sarili nang biglang
left the country 13 years ago on the
ipakausap ni KC si Gabby sa kanya. Panay ang pasasalamat daw
W
as it coincidence or perfect
timing? The question
keeps bubbling up after
heels of a vote-switching scandal that
ni Gabby at ang nasabi na lang daw niya pagkatapos ay “you’re
Sharon Cuneta left for London just a
rocked the Famas Awards.
welcome.”
few days after her former husband,
His personal life has been grist
Gabby Concepcion, flew in from the
for gossip and colorful yarns – the
RUFFA, DEDMA SA PAGPORMA NI YILMAZ
US.
three marriages, the children he sired
Ipinagkibit-balikat lamang ni Ruffa Gutierrez To be fair, Sharon, aka Mrs Francis in and out of wedlock, the soured
ang balitang pinopormahan daw ngayon ng Pangilinan, went to London to shoot
business deals etc.
dating asawang si Yilmaz Bektas ang 2006 Miss a movie, expected to wrap up in three
Then there is his stateside
Universe na si Zuleyka Mendoza Rivera ng
weeks, and her schedule had been
scorecard, which shows him as a
Puerto Rico.
known well ahead of Gabby’s arrival. solid family man and a successful
Diumano, ipinasundo pa raw ni Yilmaz ng
Sharon herself welcomed Gabby’s real estate salesman.
isang eroplano si Zuleyka para makapagkita
return for the sake of their daughter His comeback to a world that still
sila sa Istanbul na kung saan naka-base ang
KC and for the good of the movie
mayamang negosyante.
idolizes him could mark a fresh start,
Sinabi ni Ruffa na para raw sa kanya, ang
industry, saying “he is a “very good
Gabby met KC,
although resurrecting his movie
tanging nag-uugnay na lamang sa kanila ni
actor”. career is not the reason he returned
Yilmaz ay ang kanilang dalawang anak na si Lorin at Venice. “Siya
“Kapamilya ko na uli siya,” she who turned 24 home.
pa rin ang tatay ng mga anak ko. At kung pinili niyang mag-move
said jokingly after hearing that
on April 14, in a
“My father has become wheelchair-
on, I wish him the best of luck.” Ang tanging gusto na lamang daw ni
Gabby had signed a multimillion- bound and his health has become too
Ruffa ay mapag-usapan nila ang para sa kapakanan ng mga bata.
peso deal with ABS-CBN, the
tearful lunchtime
delicate for him to travel to the US to
Whattagirl.
Kapamilya network, in which Sharon be with me there,” he said.
is also a contract star. She has ruled
reunion at
Gabby met KC, 24, in a tearful
MAMAHALING ROLEX PARA KAY IWA MOTO out doing a movie with Gabby.
lunchtime reunion at ABS-CBN, and
Isang mamahaling Rolex watch ang diumano’y iniregalo kay Iwa That’s the story so far.
ABS-CBN away got a surprise visit from Gabrielle,
Moto ng kanyang boyfriend na bukod sa guwapo na ay disente pa, at The juiciest bits of the year’s
higit sa lahat, ayon sa dalaga, ay may magandang negosyo.
from prying eyes
19 (his daughter with Grace Ibuna)
comeback story swirled around in his San Juan home. Gabby has
Sabi nga ni Iwa, para siyang diyosa ng kagandahan sa ngayon,
Gabby’s controversial pullout from a
dahil niregaluhan siya nang wala namang okasyon. Bukod sa regalo,
and TV cameras
another daughter whom he has
deal he made with GMA 7. not seen since he left the country
madalas din daw siyang dalhan ng masasarap na pagkain ng
The much publicized deal, which
– Chloe, whose mother is the former
kanyang boyfriend sa set ng Joaquin Bordado.
sparked speculation about his
commercial model Jenny Syquia,
At ang maganda raw sa boyfriend niya, hindi ito nagbababad sa
impending return to the country, is
whom Gabby married illegally
set, at agad na umaalis kapag nakausap na siya.
dead in the water. But both parties
before his marriage to Sharon was
say Gabby is committed to doing
annulled.
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