MANILA, Philippines—(UPDATE) Inah Revilla, daughter of Sen. Ramon Revilla Jr and Lani Mercado, gave birth to a baby girl Tuesday, GMA-7’s “24 Oras” newscast reported.
According to the report, the girl weighed 6.13 lbs when she was born at 6:59 PM Tuesday at the Makati Medical Center. Inah’s still unnamed baby is her first child with husband Vince del Rosario.
MANILA, Philippines- It's official. Lorna Tolentino, who was a GMA 7 talent for three years, has moved to the rival network. But Kapuso exec Wilma Galvante said Friday, “There will always be room in GMA 7 for talents like her.” Tolentino’s manager Lolit Solis said the ABS-CBN deal includes two soaps and two movies in two years. “I thought plus factor ang talk show (‘Startalk’) sa contract ng GMA 7, ’yun pala ang ayaw n’ya,” said Solis.
Gabby claimed that he did not see his father for 13 years that's why he came home. My friend swore that she saw him and his father outside the Crown Colony Condo at Hickey, Daly City, California where Gabby Concepcion used to live.
Now Gabby Concepcion's father is dead and he is blaming his agent Rose Flaminiano for his death. According to him, Flaminiano had been calling his father about their problems. Flaminiano denies. Who is lying?MANILA, Philippines - “I told Mrs. Flaminiano not to call him, but she did. She should not have involved my father in our problems,” said actor Gabby Concepcion, whose father Rollie died on Tuesday night.
Gabby said Rollie’s fatal heart attack could have been caused by depression over the fact that his son was involved in another court case, this one filed by the actor’s own manager, Rose Flaminiano.
Rollie, who was under medication for a heart ailment, had complained of chest pains while driving along Shaw Boulevard in Mandaluyong City on Tuesday He was pronounced dead on arrival at the Lourdes Memorial Hospital in Sta. Mesa, around 10 p.m. He was 72.
“She kept calling him,” Gabby told Inquirer on Thursday night. And he always wanted to know what was happening to me, even if I kept it from him. He was hurt by the things she told him.”
Flaminiano last week filed a P22-million lawsuit against Gabby for breach of contract. It was her response to a letter that Gabby’s lawyer Raymond Fortun sent on Sept. 9, requesting that their five-year management contract be rescinded.Gabby claimed inconsistencies in the contract, which he signed in January 2008. Flaminiano took charge of Gabby’s show biz career when the actor returned from a 13-year residence in the United States.
“My father took it very badly. He did not need to be disturbed that way, not by me or by anybody,” said the actor.
Gabby’s mom, Maria Lourdes, or “Baby”, said Rollie was a very emotional person. “All that stress was not good for him,” she told
Inquirer Entertainment on Friday during a visit to the wake.(The elder Concepcion’s remains lie at the chapel of the family-owned O.B. Montessori de San Juan, on P. Guevarra St., San Juan. Burial is set this afternoon at the Loyola Memorial Park in Marikina City.)
Baby said Rollie was ecstatic when Gabby came home in March. “At the time, Rollie already knew that he was a walking time bomb. But he had prayed hard for Gabby to come home one day,” she said.
In any case, Baby was sure her husband did not hold ill feelings for Flaminiano. “He was deeply religious and forgiving,” she explained. “I, on the other hand, feel differently. As a mother, my instinct is to protect my child. Maybe in time I’ll learn to forgive [but] she (Flaminiano) should give me a reason.”
Gabby always said his dad was the primary reason for his return. “Work was just consequential.”
‘Why would I?’
Flaminiano told the Inquirer in a phone interview: “My condolences to the entire Concepcion family. Let us respect Gabby’s father and refrain from spreading intrigues.”
She dismissed all speculation that she had caused Rolly’s passing. “Why should I call [him]? Rolly and I never quarreled [or] discussed my misunderstanding with Gabby. He was such a nice guy.”
She is not sure she should go to the wake. “Things are still too tense.”
As for her P22-million lawsuit against Gabby, Flaminiano said, “Tuloy ang kaso.”
Yes, Vina Morales is pregnant. She confirmed this via text to the Philippine Daily and ABS-CBN.
The father is no other than her non-show biz boyfriend, Cedric Lee.
“I am very happy to share that I will be a mother soon. I never intended to hide my condition,” Vina said.
Rikka Dylim, public relations and publicity head of ABS-CBN’s Star Magic, separately told the Inquirer: “She’s two months pregnant and the father is her non-showbiz boyfriend Cedric Lee.”
Cedric, however, remained married to estranged wife Judy Lee, despite years of legal separation.
Can Vina and Cedric then face a possible concubinage suit?
According to a source, it is Judy’s option to file a case against her husband if Vina’s revelation would prove concubinage, or husbands maintaining active extra-marital sexual relations with “a woman not his wife,” as indicated in Article 334 of the Philippine Revised Penal Code.
Another source said that since Cedric’s annulment case from his legal wife is ongoing, Vina and Cedric cannot be sued with concubinage.
Lawyer and TV host Gaby Concepcion of GMA-7’s “Unang Hirit” however told the Inquirer: “Even if there is a pending case for declaration of nullity there can be a case for concubinage, assuming that there are grounds for the criminal case. Remember concubinage is different from adultery. Concubinage is harder to prove.”
Concubinage carries punishment of up to six years imprisonment. The Revised Penal Code, however, stated that the penalty for “concubines” is “destierro” or as defined Article 87: “Any person sentenced to destierro shall not be permitted to enter the place or places designated in the sentence, nor within the radius therein specified, which shall be not more than 250 and not less than 25 kilometers from the place designated.”
According to previously published reports, Cedric, a businessman, has two kids with Judy, ages 12 and 9.
Judy said in a television interview last year that she and Cedric were “doing fine” despite their separation. Cedric had been spending time with Judy and their children even after the break-up, reports said.
Mentor German Moreno, whose son Federico is married to Vina’s sister Sheila said, “The family is very happy about Vina’s pregnancy.”
A talent of Star Magic, Vina is scheduled to give an interview on the network’s talk show “The Buzz” on Sunday.
Vina revealed her relationship with Cedric in a tell-all interview also with “The Buzz” a year ago.
Kris Aquino is known for being brutally frank bordering to being tactless in speaking her mind out.
She apologized to Charlene Gonzales , the wife of Aga Muhlach and a TV host and movie actress for the rude comment that she said about Charlene's gown during an event.
MANILA, Philippines—“I did not talk about it for fear of being misquoted,” Charlene Gonzalez said, days after TV host Kris Aquino apologized for an apparently offensive comment made against the former beauty queen, also a TV host, at a fashion event.
“The industry is so small; we shouldn’t burn bridges,” Charlene told entertainment writers at a Q11 party on Tuesday.
During the recent show of designer Randy Ortiz at the Edsa Shangri-la Hotel, Kris commented that Charlene was “pa-star” because the latter’s gown was not in the shade of the set motif. At the end of the show, Charlene confronted Kris, asking, “Do you have a problem with my dress?”
In a text message to “TV Patrol” Kris said, “Obviously, [Charlene] doesn’t like me... my mistake was, I gave her another reason to dislike me…so I apologized.”
Charlene said she was happy that the public took her side when the incident was reported in the papers. “Nakakataba ng puso. I guess it means that I’ve planted good seeds through the years.”
So what is she promoting again? I am referring to Gretchen Barreto who was recently rumored to have been thrown out of the Dasmariñas mansion by her longtime partner Tonyboy Cojuangco.
In his column published last Friday, September 19, Philippine Star entertainment editor Ricky Lo wrote that Gretchen "was packing her things and leaving the mansion in [Dasmariñas] which she and her beloved Tonyboy Cojuangco and their daughter Dominique have been sharing even during these past turbulent years."
According to Ricky's source, "Tonyboy drove her [Gretchen] away."
The PEP's investigation yielded three information from diffrent sources.
1.Tony is not the kind to kick anybody out. He's really mabait."
2. "What news it that? She's still there."
3. "As far as their friends know, they're still in one house. Pero parang hindi nagpapansinan."
Startalk also reported last Saturday, September 21, that Gretchen herself denied the report in a phone conversation with her business manager Boy Abunda.The speculation is that Gretchen has made amends to Tony, and is now playing the dutiful mistress.
He argued that the grounds of the petitioner for the TRO were not sufficient since under the new Civil Code, the actor has the right to rescind his contract.
Flaminiano, through her legal counsel, Bonifacio Alentajan, had asked the court to restrain Concepcion from rescinding his management contract with her.
In the same petition, Flaminiano is asking a total of P22-million in moral and exemplary damages for the irreparable injury and damages she suffered as the result of Concepcion's decision.
Records showed that on Sept. 9, 2008, Concepcion through his legal counsel, Raymond Fortun, informed Flaminiano through a letter that he is rescinding his management contract effective immediately.
Concepcion cited lack of transparency and apparent mismanagement of his financial and employment concerns as reasons why he wanted to have his management contract with Flaminiano canceled.
During the hearing, Alentajan insisted that a TRO should be issued since his client would suffer grave and irreparable injury if the actor would be allowed to rescind the management contract.
Alentajan also belied Concepcion’s allegations against his client, saying they were clearly contrary to law, morals, good customs, public order and public policy.
Lacuanan, however, explained that under Article 1191 of the Civil Code, the actor has the power to rescind his contract immediately even it is still in effect. He added that Concepcion had tried several times but failed to contact Flaminiano before he made his decision.
Actors Gabby Concepcion and Richard Gutierrez were both offered a new role—to become the country's ambassadors for peace.
According to TV Patrol World's report aired last night, September 20, Presidential Peace Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. issued the invitation to the two actors during the ‘Run for Peace' activity, which was part of the nationwide observance of peace month held every September.
Gabby and Richard joined more than 4,000 participants of the 10-kilometer fun run from Quirino Grandstand in Manila to the Cultural Center in Pasay City and back to the grandstand.
Richard stated his desire to end the armed conflicts in the country so we can move forward.
Film producer Rose Flaminiano has sued actor Gabby Concepcion for specific performance and P20 million in damages with application for writ of preliminary injunction and prayer for temporary restraining order over the rescinding of their five-year talent management contract.
Flaminiano said the TRO aims to prohibit Concepcion from working. She quoted their contract which stated that Concepcion cannot “directly or indirectly negotiate with prospective clients for political and commercial endorsements.”
The TRO, Flaminano said, also covers film projects and TV shows.
Flaminiano said she felt furious after watching Concepcion’s interview on ABS-CBN’s “The Buzz” last Sunday. In the interview, Concepcion alleged that he is “rescinding” his contract with Flaminiano because of money matters and “transparency” issues.
Concepcion, through lawyer Raymund Fortun, last week sent Flaminiano a letter seeking the termination of the contract.
Flaminiano denied the actor’s claims in his interview with “The Buzz” that he was left in the dark with regard to specific contractual details, such as additions to the amount reflected in the notarized contract, which he said was higher than the amount in the document he signed. Concepcion also claimed Flaminiano did not disclose that she was producing the 22 shows he would appear in the next three months.
“Naturally, I felt bad [hearing all those lies],” she told the Inquirer in a phone interview. “When I filed the case, I cried. I felt embarrassed. I couldn’t control the tears.”
Sought for comment, Fortun said that Concepcion’s camp has no idea about the damage suit. “No comment until we get a copy [of the charge sheet],” Fortun said.
An unlikely person has come out in defense of Gabby and she’s none other than his former manager/nanay-nanayan Lolit Solis with whom Gabby had a bitter falling-out after the infamous 1994 filmfest scam.
“In fairness to Gabby,” said Lolit (who reconciled with Gabby upon his return), “hindi siya mukhang-pera. Even his family, hindi nagtatanong tungkol sa pera. Hindi pala-kuwenta si Gabby. Never kaming nag-away tungkol sa pera. Ang pinag-awayan lang namin ay ‘yung scam.”
ANGELICA JONES, BEYOND TRAGEDY. Sa ngayon, isang fund-raising show ang pinagkakaabalahan na muna ngayon ng mag-inang Jones. Angelica Jones, Beyond Tragedy ang title ng show na gaganapin sa Metro Bar on Sept. 18. Ang kikitain daw ng show na ito ay mapupunta sa sa pagsisimula nila uling mag-ina at pantulong na rin sa ilan pang mga nangangailangan.
The Buzz host answered questions regarding the status of her marriage with estranged husband Yilmas Bektas, who is based in Turkey.
“Matagal na kaming walang communication ni Yilmaz. It’s been more than a month and mula ng may na-link sa akin na isang basketball player, nagkaroon kami ng parang falling out. Pero in-explain ko naman sa kanya na kung ipagpapalit ko naman siya, if ever, ipagpapalit ko siya sa pagmamahal at pagbabantay ko sa mga anak ko.
"Kasi as of now talaga, ang daming panahon na linaan ko sa love life ko. I think now, I should concentrate really on my career. At wala naman talagang interesting dito. Meron ba?” she says to the press at the red carpet.
The former beauty queen and resident kontrabida to the much-awaited series "I Love Betty La Fea" admits she has now accepted the fact that her marriage will not end in reconciliation after all. In fact, Ruffa wants to be the one to file for annulment in the near future.
"I DON'T LIKE ANGEL'S MANAGER."
"Well, I haven't seen her but I just feel that I release her because I wanted her to grow. But I'm sorry to say that I don't like her manager [Becky Aguila] because she is a liar. If it comes to place to sue her, definitely, if I ever file an injunction, matatalo ang Star Cinema. But I don't want to do that for the sake of ABS-CBN and Gabby Lopez. Pero hindi ako okey doon sa manager. Basta Angel, I have nothing against her. She just follows her manager,"
