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Thursday, April 3, 2014
Anne Curtis Reportedly Tells Sam Concepcion at Vice Ganda’s Party: “You are Not Classy Enough to be Here!”
Source: www.pep.ph
Today, April 1, a feed reached PEP.ph (Philippine Entertainment Portal) saying there was a slight commotion at the birthday party of It’s Showtime host Vice Ganda.
A confrontation was supposed to have happened in the early morning hours of March 31, involving ABS-CBN talents Anne Curtis and Sam Concepcion.
A PEP source said he got the details from a party guest at the celebration held in 71 Gramercy, Century City, Kalayaan Avenue corner Salamanca Street, Makati City.
He said, “Maraming taong nakakita at nakarinig.”
But Vice—who is also Anne’s co-host in It’s Showtime—reportedly went around asking the guests not to talk about it: “Huwag na lang ilabas.”
THE INCIDENT. From her hosting stint at the Binibining Pilipinas 2014 pageant at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, which ended a little past midnight, Dyesebel lead star Anne headed straight for Vice Ganda’s party.
That was where she saw Sam, a 21-year-old singer-actor who is rumored to be the boyfriend of Anne’s younger sister, Jasmine Curtis Smith.
According to the PEP source, Anne drank at the party.
Then, at a certain point of the party, she was seen approaching Sam, who was in the balcony area talking to some female guests.
It was then that Anne reportedly said to Sam, pointblank: “Why are you here? Who invited you? You are not classy enough to be here!”
Her voice was said to be loud enough to catch the attention of the other guests.
Still according to the PEP source, it didn’t end there.
Anne next bashed Sam’s car, saying, in effect, that his present car couldn’t compare to her oldest car.
She also allegedly told Sam: “Ba’t mo niloloko ang kapatid ko?”
Sam then left the scene, looking embarrassed.
The PEP source said that he was “mangiyak-ngiyak.”
But another source, who moves in the circle of Sam and Anne, clarified, “I wasn’t sure about crying… baka upset. Marami rin kasi ang nakarinig.”
When PEP asked this second source about Anne’s supposed verbal putdown of Sam, he confirmed that the putdown did happen.
SAM’S CAMP. PEP then got in touch with Carlo Orosa of STAGES, which is handling Sam’s career.
In a phone conversation that took place at 11:37 a.m. today, Carlo simply said, “We will investigate what happened.”
Another person from Sam’s camp informed PEP, “Hindi magsasalita si Sam.”
ANNE’S CAMP. PEP also got in touch with Veronique del Rosario of VIVA Artists Agency, which is handling Anne’s career.
In a text message sent to Section Editor Jocelyn Dimaculangan at 4:07 p.m., she said she was in a meeting.
At 5 p.m., we rang Del Rosario's number, but she did not pick up.
At 5:30 p.m., this writer sent another message to Del Rosario asking for her help to contact Anne.
At 5:38 p.m., VIVA executive June Rufino rang to say Del Rosario is still in a meeting, and that they've been trying to reach Anne's number.
Likewise, a text message was sent by Associate Editor Rommel Llanes to Therese Ramos, Anne's handler. But no word from her yet at press time.
We also rang Ramos's number at 4:44 p.m. and 5:07 p.m., but her phone just kept on ringing.
Today, April 1, a feed reached PEP.ph (Philippine Entertainment Portal) saying there was a slight commotion at the birthday party of It’s Showtime host Vice Ganda.
A confrontation was supposed to have happened in the early morning hours of March 31, involving ABS-CBN talents Anne Curtis and Sam Concepcion.
A PEP source said he got the details from a party guest at the celebration held in 71 Gramercy, Century City, Kalayaan Avenue corner Salamanca Street, Makati City.
He said, “Maraming taong nakakita at nakarinig.”
But Vice—who is also Anne’s co-host in It’s Showtime—reportedly went around asking the guests not to talk about it: “Huwag na lang ilabas.”
THE INCIDENT. From her hosting stint at the Binibining Pilipinas 2014 pageant at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, which ended a little past midnight, Dyesebel lead star Anne headed straight for Vice Ganda’s party.
That was where she saw Sam, a 21-year-old singer-actor who is rumored to be the boyfriend of Anne’s younger sister, Jasmine Curtis Smith.
According to the PEP source, Anne drank at the party.
Then, at a certain point of the party, she was seen approaching Sam, who was in the balcony area talking to some female guests.
It was then that Anne reportedly said to Sam, pointblank: “Why are you here? Who invited you? You are not classy enough to be here!”
Her voice was said to be loud enough to catch the attention of the other guests.
Still according to the PEP source, it didn’t end there.
Anne next bashed Sam’s car, saying, in effect, that his present car couldn’t compare to her oldest car.
She also allegedly told Sam: “Ba’t mo niloloko ang kapatid ko?”
Sam then left the scene, looking embarrassed.
The PEP source said that he was “mangiyak-ngiyak.”
But another source, who moves in the circle of Sam and Anne, clarified, “I wasn’t sure about crying… baka upset. Marami rin kasi ang nakarinig.”
When PEP asked this second source about Anne’s supposed verbal putdown of Sam, he confirmed that the putdown did happen.
SAM’S CAMP. PEP then got in touch with Carlo Orosa of STAGES, which is handling Sam’s career.
In a phone conversation that took place at 11:37 a.m. today, Carlo simply said, “We will investigate what happened.”
Another person from Sam’s camp informed PEP, “Hindi magsasalita si Sam.”
ANNE’S CAMP. PEP also got in touch with Veronique del Rosario of VIVA Artists Agency, which is handling Anne’s career.
In a text message sent to Section Editor Jocelyn Dimaculangan at 4:07 p.m., she said she was in a meeting.
At 5 p.m., we rang Del Rosario's number, but she did not pick up.
At 5:30 p.m., this writer sent another message to Del Rosario asking for her help to contact Anne.
At 5:38 p.m., VIVA executive June Rufino rang to say Del Rosario is still in a meeting, and that they've been trying to reach Anne's number.
Likewise, a text message was sent by Associate Editor Rommel Llanes to Therese Ramos, Anne's handler. But no word from her yet at press time.
We also rang Ramos's number at 4:44 p.m. and 5:07 p.m., but her phone just kept on ringing.
South Korea's Sex Change Doctor: I Correct 'God's Mistakes'
Dr. Kim Seok-Kwun, 61, talks with an unidentified patient at Dong-A University Hospital in Busan, South Korea. Dr. Kim is a pioneer in slowly changing views on sexuality and gender in the country, where many have long considered even discussions of sexuality a taboo. As Dr. Kim begins what will be 11 hours of surgery meant to create a functioning penis for a Buddhist nun, he is well aware of the unease his work creates in this deeply conservative country. The devout Protestant known as the “father of South Korean transgender people” once wrestled with similar feelings. “I’ve decided to defy God’s will,” Kim said in an interview before the nun’s recent successful surgery to become a man.
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Source: www.ph.news.yahoo.com
In this March 11, 2014 photo, Harisu, South Korea’s most famous transsexual entertainer, poses for a photo during an interview in Seoul, South Korea. Harisu, Dr. Kim Seok-Kwun's best known patient, said in an interview that the pain she felt after her 1995 male-to-female surgery “was like a hammer hitting your genitals.” But days later, when she left the hospital, she felt reborn, comparing her transformation to the Disney film “The Little Mermaid,” where a mermaid gives up her fish tail in exchange for human legs and eventual happiness. Kim is a pioneer in slowly changing views on sexuality and gender in South Korea, where many have long considered even discussions of sexuality a taboo.
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"I've decided to defy God's will," Kim, 61, said in an interview before the monk's recent successful surgery to become a man. "At first, I agonized over whether I should do these operations because I wondered if I was defying God. I was overcome with a sense of shame. But my patients desperately wanted these surgeries. Without them, they'd kill themselves."
Kim is a pioneer in slowly changing views on sexuality and gender in South Korea, where many have long considered even discussions of sexuality a taboo. He has conducted about 320 sex change operations over the past 28 years, widely believed to be the most by any single doctor in the country.
Kim said the monk, who underwent 11 hours of surgery, did not want to be interviewed for fear of offending Buddhist believers at his temple. The doctor said the monk has been taking hormone therapy and has been living as a man for a long time.
When Kim first started doing the surgeries in the 1980s, his pastor objected. Friends and fellow doctors joked that he was going to hell if he didn't stop. He now feels a great sense of achievement for helping people who feel trapped in the wrong body. He believes he's correcting what he calls God's mistakes.
"Some people are born without genitals or with cleft lips or with no ears or with their fingers stuck together. Why does God create people like this? Aren't these God's mistakes?" Kim said. "And isn't a mismatched sexual identity a mistake, too?"
A strong bias against sexual minorities persists in South Korea, the result of lingering Confucian beliefs that children should never damage the bodies they received from their parents; a large, vocal conservative Christian community; and past military-backed dictatorships that ignored minority voices.
Sex change operations "are a blasphemy against God and make the world a more miserable place," said the Rev. Hong Jae Chul, president of the Seoul-based Christian Council of Korea. He called Kim's remarks "cursed and deplorable."
Kim, a plastic surgeon at Dong-A University Hospital in the southeastern port city of Busan, specializes in fixing facial deformities. He began doing sex change operations in 1986 after several men wearing women's clothing visited him separately and asked him to construct vaginas for them. The first visitor had already had his penis removed, Kim said.
Kim initially turned them away because he knew nothing about sex change surgery. But he kept thinking about their pleas, studied foreign publications and began performing the surgeries a year later.
His best known patient is South Korea's most famous transsexual entertainer, Harisu, who had Kim officiate at her 2007 wedding to a male singer.
Harisu, who only uses a single name, said in an interview at a Seoul coffee shop that the pain she felt after her 1995 male-to-female surgery "was like a hammer hitting your genitals." But days later, when she left the hospital, she felt reborn, comparing her transformation to the Disney film "The Little Mermaid," where a mermaid gives up her fish tail in exchange for human legs and eventual happiness.
Many of Kim's earliest patients were in their 40s and 50s. Sometimes parents showed up just before surgeries, furious and threatening to disown their children.
Today, most of his sex-change patients are in their early 20s, and sometimes their parents agree to pay for the surgery. Male-to-female procedures cost 11 million to 15 million won ($10,210 to $13,920), and the more difficult female-to-male procedures cost 31 million won ($28,760).
The changes in his clientele reflect changes in South Koreans' views of sexual minorities.
Several gay-themed movies and TV dramas have become hits. An actor once banned from show business because of his homosexuality is working again. A well-known male movie director symbolically tied the knot with his male partner last year in what was the first high-profile ceremony of its kind in South Korea, which still doesn't legally recognize same-sex marriage.
At the same time, activists say transsexuals remain likely to face harassment, abuse or insults, and many suffer from depression and have attempted suicide. The conservative government of President Park Geun-hye, which took office in early 2013, said it would create a broad anti-discrimination law, but there's been no major progress.
In 2012, vehement protests by conservative activists and Christian groups forced a TV channel to scrap a talk show program featuring transgender people after airing its first segment.
Transgender people who want to legally change their gender also face obstacles in South Korea. The Supreme Court suggests that judges allow such changes only for those who have undergone sex change operations, have lost reproductive capability, are not married and have no underage children.
The lack of any binding rules has led transsexuals to flock to judges rumored to be less strict about approving gender change requests, according to Hahn Chae Yoon, leader of the Korean Sexual-Minority Culture and Rights Center in Seoul.
Last year a Seoul court approved gender change requests for five people even though they hadn't yet completed their female-to-male procedures, something previously deemed necessary. Since then, about 30 other people in similar situations have been allowed by the court to legally change their sex, according to court officials.
Kim requires his candidates for surgery to get testimony from at least two psychiatrists showing a diagnosis of gender identity disorder. They're asked to live for more than one year in the other gender's clothing and hairstyle and to get parental approval. Of his 320 sex change operations, about 210 are male-to-female, the rest female to male.
Many patients see the operation as a matter of life or death. Before her surgery, Harisu, the transsexual entertainer, signed a document acknowledging that she knew she could die during surgery, though Kim said none of his sex-change operations have gone so horribly wrong.
"If I had lived as a man without undergoing a sex change operation, I might be dead already," Harisu said. "I was already a woman except for my genitals. I didn't want to live an awkward life with those genitals ... I'm a woman, so I wanted to live as a woman."
Fairest of Them All: Karylle Tatlonghari, Sunshine Cruz, Maricar Reyes and Jodi Sta. Maria
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Before and After: Mary Jean Lastimosa, Yvette Marie Santiago and Parul Shah
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Lacking Niceties, But Longing for His Robustness
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Teleserye Star TS is relatively young, yet her network has entrusted her with challenging roles that tested her mettle as an actress. TS is lucky that inspite of her plain looks and mediocre talent, she has managed to bag good projects amidst a sea of lovelier and more talented colleagues. But observers remark that with all her blessings, TS should at least strive to look better. But above all – TS should learn how to be humane first.
Most times, some co-actors can’t help but cringe at the way TS treats her personal assistant PA. Like she throws her belongings at PA at the slightest provocation even in front of people. It was just too much for others who have witnessed several times how TS blows her top at PA. Certainly, shouting is not the way to make PA do better and follow her commands. Observers remarked that TS behaves as if to show others what power she has over her poor PA.
PA sympathizers take the cudgels for her ‘though. Rightly or wrongly, they lambast TS for her appearance. They figured that with the money that TS has, and her excessive self-obsession why is it that TS is not doing anything, like a make-over at the very least?
Many times, they notice how make-up can’t seem to make TS beautiful. Her critics remarked that with all the whitening and beauty products available in the market, TS’ skin takes a lot to be desired – dark elbows, knees, rough skin, etc. They figure that if TS will consider a make-over of her physical flaws, as well as that of her decorum, then perhaps her persistent flirting with talented and Well-mannered Actor WA would have hopes of being returned.
Oh, TS may be barking at the wrong tree, after all. Reliable information yields that WA is so taken and in love with exotic actress. Uh oh…
“ Things do not change; we change. “ ~ Henry Davie Thoreau
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Binibining Pilipinas 2014 Winners
Bb. Pilipinas 2014 Title Holders:
Miss Philippines Universe 2014: Mary Jean Lastimosa
Bb. Pilipinas 2014 International: Mary Anne Bianca Guidotti
Bb. Pilipinas 2014 Intercontinental: Kris Tiffany Janson
Bb. Pilipinas 2014 Supranational: Yvette Marie Santiago
Bb. Pilipinas 2014 Tourism: Parul Shah
Bb. Pilipinas 2014 1st Runner Up: Laura Victoria Lehmann
Bb. Pilipinas 2014 2nd Runner Up : Hannah Ruth Sison
Bb. Pilipinas 2014 Top 15
Laura Victoria Lehmann, Julian Aurine Flores, Mary Anne Bianca Guidotti, Joanna Angelica Romero, Mary Jean Lastimosa, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, Parul Shah, Nichole Marie Manalo, Zahara Mae Soriano, Yvette Marie Santiago, Emma Mary Tiglao, Kenneth Santiago, Kris Tiffany Janson, Hannah Ruth Sison, Mae Liezel Ramos
Special Awards:
Best in National Costume/ Miss Photogenic: #13 Kris Tiffany Janson
Miss Talent: #33 Gabrielle Erika Tilokani
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Ex-Couple Carmina Villaroel, BB Gandanghari Spotted in Kathryn Bernardo's Debut
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Source: www.abs-cbnnews.com
Villaroel was Bernardo’s co-star in the hit series “Got to Believe” while Gandanghari is the uncle of Daniel Padilla, Bernardo’s leading man.
But Villaroel admitted on “Buzz ng Bayan” Sunday that they did not get the chance to talk.
“Alam ko lang na nandoon siya kasi nauna kaming dumating. So nung dumating sila, 'yung Padilla family, alam ko na. Nakita ko na sila from afar. Hindi kami nagkakitaan. Nakita ko lang na dumating siya kasama sila Robin and sila Mariel (Rodriguez),” she said.
Admitting that she was anxious the entire time, Villaroel said she felt people were watching them carefully to see if they would greet each other.
“Naupo na ako sa table namin. Guess what? [Magkatabi ang table namin],” she said. “Na-feel ko 'yung mga mata nila nasa amin. Bawat galaw ko tinitignan kung magbabatian ba kami or anong mangyayari.”
“Basta kasama ko si Zoren and 'yung kambal. Basta naupo na lang ako and nate-tense talaga ako. Kunyari wala lang, naka-smile lang ako to death. Kasi kapag ninenerbyos ako, naka-smile lang ako,” she added.
According to Villaroel, it’s probably not yet time for them to face each other.
“Bilang respeto din kay Kathryn dahil debut niya, ayaw ko naman mag-create ng [scene]... Hindi kami nagkita. Siguro baka hindi pa oras,” she said.
Just like what she said in the past, Villaroel is hoping that when the time comes for her and Gandanghari to talk to each other, it would be just the two of them with no cameras.
“Kasi maliit lang ang mundo natin, magkikita at magkikita talaga kami. Sana walang camera muna. For now, hi BB. Dito na lang muna kami sa TV,” she said.
Villaroel and Gandanghari tied the knot in 1994, but separated in 1996. Their marriage was annulled in 2002.
Tweet Scoop: Is It All's Well That Ends Well Between Kim Chiu and Maja Salvador- Gerald Anderson?
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Poll: Did Sen. Sonny Angara Ruin Pia Wurtzbach’s Chances at Bb. Pilipinas?
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Source: www.inquirer.net
Netizens think it did.
The names of both the senator and the actress-turned-beauty queen occasionally trended on Twitter on Monday, with pageant fans weighing in on the controversy.
Many believed Angara’s decision to ask in Filipino threw off Wurtzbach, who hails from Cagayan de Oro and lived in England.
“Ano yung pinakamagandang leksyon na maituturo ng isang babae sa buong mundo (What is the most important lesson that a woman can tell the world)?” Angara, who was among the competition judges, asked.
Wurtzbach answered, “Ang isang leksyon na maituturo ng babae sa buong mundo ay yung tiwala sa kanyang sarili. Yung intuition po na tinatawag natin. Kapag meron ka pong intuition alam mo sa sarili mo kung saan mo ilulugar yung sarili mo sa mundo. Kahit na hindi ka sigurado sa nararamdaman mo o sa naiisip mo pero kung alam mo sa intuition mo, then magiging successful ka sa kahit anong gawin mo sa buhay mo.”
(The lesson that a woman may impart to the world is having trust in herself. What you call intuition. If you have intuition you will be able to find your place in the world. Even if you are not sure with what you feel or think, if you are intuitive, then you will become successful in whatever you do in your life.)
Before giving his question, Angara asked Wurtzbach, “Okay lang ba Tagalog (Can I ask it in Tagalog)?”
“Opo, pwede ko ring sagutin ng Tagalog kung gusto nyo po (Yes, I can also answer it in Tagalog if you want.),” the contestant answered.
The 24-year old did not win any crown during the Bb. Pilipinas pageant but bagged special awards from the contest sponsors. She received the She’s So Jag Award and was hailed Miss Philippines Airlines.
Fans of the actress, who is a former talent of ABS-CBN’s Star Magic, said it was Angara’s fault why Wurtzbach didn’t place in the competition. Meanwhile, others defended the senator, saying he shouldn’t be the one to blame.
Even the Instagram accounts of both Angara and Wurtzbach received unsolicited comments from netizens.
Nevertheless, the actress, posted on Instagram, “Grateful that I was able to experience what it’s like to be a part of the pageant world. When I placed 1st runner up last year, I gave all my time, effort & love to my job. I had so much fun! I just tried again because I wanted to know of this was really meant for me. But how do you know if you don’t take chances, right?”
“I’m glad I made it this far. No doubt that I learned so much from it. I’m a better person now than I was a year ago. Thank you to my mentors from Aces & Queens for teaching me everything I know & transforming me! & to my supporters for pushing me & encouraging me. Thank you!!! Time to turn the page & move on to a new chapter!” she added.
Wurtzbach, known by her screen name Pia Romero, was born in Stuttgart, Germany but raised in the Philippines before spending several years in England. She was the sole runner up in last year’s Binibining Pilipinas competition.
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