ang galing talaga ni ate V!the best ka kaya idol na idol ka ng nanay ko......keep it up po.and more blessings.
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Vilma plays title role in Cory filmbio
FUNFARE By Ricardo F. Lo, The Philippine Star | 08/10/2009 1:03 PM
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MANILA - Already immortalized in many different ways, including by Time magazine which features her again on the cover of its latest issue (the same magazine named her Woman of the Year in 1986), the late President Corazon "Cory" Aquino will be the subject of a filmbio to be produced by Star Cinema, with Batangas Gov. Vilma Santos being eyed to portray the Icon of Democracy. Perfect casting!
I got this interesting information from Kris Aquino herself during a casual phone chat last Saturday. She’s now nursing little son James who got sick after Tita Cory’s burial last Wednesday, Aug. 5.
“I’m also catching up on sleep,” said Kris.
Although she has been interviewed for TV newscast during her mom’s wake, Kris said she’s waiting for the ninth day (which fell yesterday) after Tita Cory’s death before she returns to “live” television and that’s tonight on SNN (Showbiz News Ngayon), her late-night ABS-CBN show with buddy Boy Abunda.
I know that Kris is going to make a “very important announcement” on the show but I promised Funfare sources not to preempt Kris, so I’m keeping mum about it until tonight. Is it going to be a “make or break” thing? Stay tuned — and keep your eyes and ears wide open.
Back to the Cory filmbio...
No timetable has been set yet when it will start shooting, or who the director and other members of the cast will be (such as who will play Kris), but it won’t definitely be shown maybe until after one year because Vilma is running for reelection and she’s not supposed to have a movie shown or appear on TV longer than the time and space allowed by the COMELEC or have her product-endorsement billboards on display during the campaign period. Besides, Vilma has just finished shooting In My Life, also for Star Cinema, which is showing in September.
Why not show it in August next year as part of the commemoration of Tita Cory’s first death anniversary?
“I’m asking Paul (Cabral) and JC (Buendia) to help us sort out my mom’s dresses,” said Kris. (It was Paul Cabral who made Tita Cory’s burial dress.) “Maybe Vilma can wear them for the movie.”
Aside from the Cory filmbio, Charo Santos-Concio is also doing an episode on one of Tita Cory’s bodyguards (one of them delivered a touching eulogy last Tuesday night at the Manila Cathedral during Tita Cory’s wake) for her long-running drama anthology Maalaala Mo Kaya (MMK).
Kris casually mentioned that Tita Cory’s house on Times St., Quezon City (which she left as pamana to son Sen. Noynoy Aquino) might have to be torn down and replaced with a bigger one, construction of which Kris herself will finance. Noynoy is mulling the idea and his sisters (Ballsy, Pinky and Viel) are teasing him, “Ayaw mo n’yan, ipagagawa ka ng bahay ni Kris.”
“The lot area is big, more than 1,000 square meters, and the (new) house will have a pool specially built for Joshua and James Jr.,” said Kris. “We have regular family reunions and we plan to hold them in that new house.”
Kris and her sisters have started going over Tita Cory’s personal effects.
“I cried again when we came upon an unopened box of Ensure,” said Kris. “When Mom was sick, that was what she was taking, Ensure. Now, it’s Joshua who’s taking it.”
After my phone chat with Kris, I received the following text message from an unnamed sender:
Cory Aquino died Aug. 1, 2009 at 3:18 in the morning. That’s 08-01-2009 3:18. Remove the 0’s and put the numbers together and they will result to 8129318. Rearrange the numbers and they will result to 8-21-1983. That’s Aug. 21, 1983, the day Ninoy Aquino died.
I forwarded the text message to Kris.
Alfred and Cristina: Partners for progress
Visitors to Tacloban City don’t see any trash cans around. There’s practically none. Reason? There’s hardly any trash to collect.
You see, Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez goes around the city picking up trash, even the smallest piece of paper, and puts them in his pocket. The residents follow his example. Today, Tacloban is one of the cleanest cities in the country.
Behind every successful man is a woman. In the case of Mayor Alfred, she’s none other than his wife, Cristina Gonzales-Romualdez, a topnotcher city councilor. Aptly described as “partners for progress,” the couple are both first-termers and running for reelection in 2010. Hands-down winners, according to Taclobanons.
Cristina, who now speaks Waray like a native, has a flourishing spa business in the city housed in an old, white-painted building owned by the Romualdezes. Among her many projects is the Cristina’s Learn and Earn Program (CLEP) for bona fide city residents, offering such courses as Cosmetology, Men & Women’s Haircut, Reflexology, T-shirt Printing, Tailoring, Fashion Jewelry Making, Food Processing, Dressmaking and Baking. The first batch (212 of them) graduated last May 23.
Besides being one of the faces of Marie France, Cristina is now endorsing the Mosbeau Skin Whitening Cream.
Cristina is flawless in more ways than one.
What’s up?
• Reader Carlo Figueroa points out that Ina Feleo didn’t win the Cinemalaya Best Actress “two years in a row.” Ina won in 2007 for Endo and this year for Sanglaan. It was Mylene Dizon who won in 2008, for 100.
• Aga Muhlach will have a special birthday celebration on Aug. 12 with his close friends somewhere in Bicol, with his wife Charlene Gonzalez on hand to help entertain the well-wishers.
• Regal Matriarch Mother Lily Monteverde has stopped hosting bongga parties to mark her own birthday (Aug. 19). As in the past few years, she will spend her special day abroad with her children.
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