What happened to Jolina Magdangal? I am watching the replay of GMA-7’s environment special Signos when a teaser of upcoming shows was shown. She was shown with Marvin Agustin. My sister asked who the girl was. I thought it was Ate Gay! You know that gay impersonator of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo?

What did she do to herself??? Hair cut so short and not even styled properly. Still looking jologs as ever! Hay.

Marvin was able to maintain his matinee looks. Jolina, on the other hand, became more and more has-been looking! What a shame!

I haven’t been watching that much these past few days. That’s why you’ve been seeing no updates for several days now. I am reading news, though. Let me give you a run down of what I have read about the local teleseryes so far:

• Tayong Dalawa of ABS-CBN starring Kim Chiu, Gerald Anderson and Jake Cuenca remains to be the teleserye to beat these days. It premiered last January 19 and reportedly got a 36% ratings. Impressive! I heard that it’s fast paced and that if you miss an episode, you’d feel like you missed a lot.
• Eva Fonda, that overly sexed teleserye, will end pretty soon. If I am not mistaken, by next Friday already. It will be replaced with May Bukas Pa. I just noticed based on the teasers that ABS-CBN shows that Cristine Reyes is a far better in acting than her sister, Ara Mina. She shows more emotions than her sister. One thing I can say about the teleserye is that a number of parents will be happy once it’s over. I heard that a lot of parents are complaining about the explicit sexual content of each episode. Oh well, ABS-CBN and GMA-7 will stoop to anything just to sell their shows. Even air shows inappropriate for primetime viewing!
• A Marian Rivera-Dingdong Dantes teleserye will be airing by February 2, Monday. Ang Babaeng Hinugot sa Aking Tadyang. I’m sure it will be full of love scenes because these two can only sell a teleserye if they do each other on air. Wala ka namang mapapala sa kanila other than that.
• That Betty La Fea teleserye of Bea Alonzo is waaaaay too corny! You know what? Bea in that series is not ugly. She’s just plain baduy! Get rid of the ridiculous glasses (who still wear those kind anyway??), the braces, make her speak properly and you will have a pretty tisay! She’s prettier than Pops Fernandez who is trying hard to be a contravida in that series.
• Regine Velasquez finally realized that her age is totally inappropriate for a guy like Mark Anthony Fernandez. Remember Kim Sam Soon where she played the object of Mark Anthony’s affections? She looked like his aunt, swear! Now, she will be playing Robin Padilla’s leading lady in Totoy Bato, a soon to be aired teleserye in GMA-7.

So far, that’s the only news I’ve read and been hearing about. I will update you more about the local shows in my new few posts.

Happy weekend from my couch!

I switched channels. Wwe are watching TV Patrol in ABS-CBN but then the report was about that icky Pinoy Dream Academy overacting singer-wannabe/winner so I told my sister to change the channel to GMA-7. Mel Tiangco of 24 Oras was interviewing ex-president Joseph Estrada about the passing of his mom, Dona Mary and at one point she asked this overly STUPID question… “Ngayong namatay na ang mama mo, Mr. Estrada, napaiyak ka ba? (Now that your mother passed away, Mr. Estrada, did you shed a tear?)…

Is that a stooooopid question or what??? Your mom died. The one person you consider as your inspiration and strength, the one you are very vocal about the respect you had of her. Did you cry???????

If that is not a ridiculously stupid question, I don’t know what is!

Announced just a few minutes ago by Paolo Bediones. Congrats, JC!

The First Pinoy Sole Survivor is… My bet is JC Tiuseco. Who’s yours?

The finale will be aired tonight at GMA 7 after La Lola. It’s a toss between Rob Sy and JC but I am betting for the latter because Rob has angered a lot of the persons in the jury. It was very obvious with the Tribal Council last night (more on that in my next post).

I normally don’t write about stars I don’t know. Marky Cielo is a Starstruck contestant in the past. I believe he was from the batch 3. He made name in local showbiz, being a talent of local network giant GMA 7. He appeared in several tv shows of the said network.

At dawn today, he was found dead inside his room at home by his mom and his sister. He apparently died while sleeping. His body is still in the morgue of a funeral parlor. It is being speculated that he died of acute hemorraghic pancreatitis (bangungot in local terms). The actor is only 20 years old. He was last seen by a local entertainment reporter/writer playing Special Forces, an online game, the night before he was found dead.

It was just so sad when you hear a news like this. May his soul rest in peace.

Okay so my sister and I are watching the Pacman-dela Hoya 24/7 at GMA 7 right now. Mark Wahlberg made an appearance at the Wild Card Gym, watching Manny spar with Freddie Roach. He said that he’s known Freddie for a long time now and that he’s a fan. Then he had his photo taken with Pacman.

Wow! Marky Mark is drop dead gorgeous!!!

I am a fan of Survivor Philippines. I’ve watched it from Day 1 and now that the Final 3 are the only ones left, I am anticipating the outcome. The last episode which is the reunion and announcement of winner will be aired on December 12. My guess is that JC Tiuseco will become the first Pinoy Sole Survivor!

In every episode ever since the merge, you can just feel the intensity of his game. You can see the determination, the urge to win. He gives his best in every game, be it a reward or immunity challenge. How many immunity challenges has he already won anyway? Plus, he’s never betrayed a tribemate. Unlike what Cris Cartagenas and Kaye Alipio did to their former Naak tribemate, Kiko Rustia.

Watching the Tribal Council last night, I was annoyed with Cris and the jury members for laughing at Rob Sy. First of all, jury members of the US Survivor do not react the way the jury members react here. Jury members here are hecklers. I am really wondering why they are not being told to react to a minimum. Marlon Carmen, that hated guy, even laughs like he wants to roll on the floor. Tsk tsk tsk… Rob is actually an intelligent person much like Charisse Yacapin. They used their brains instead of muscles to be where they are right now, in the Final 3. Rob allied with JC, the strongest in the Chalam (merged) tribe. He made sure that JC knows that Rob will never betray their alliance, thus gaining the former’s trust. Charisse, on the other hand, use her wiles to worm her way to the former Naak tribemates’ alliance. She befriended Kaye first, then Rob and JC. She made sure that she was always seen as an ally by the two, thus earning their reluctant trust. Cris, meanwhile, made those “ampaw” snide comments towards Rob, instead of pleading his case and invoking that “For the boys” alliance of the former Naak males. Stupid move!

I read that Paolo Bediones, host of Survivor Philippines, told the local press people that the final immunity challenge will be aired this Monday, December 8. The Final Three who will compete are: JC Tiuseco, Rob Sy and Charisse Yacapin (the only one left standing of the former Jarakay tribe).

THE SOLE PINOY SURVIVOR IS… JC TIUSECO! That’s my fearless forecast