I don’t know what ABS-CBN is playing at with the network playing teasers of the soon to be airing that Katorse series starring that Erich Gonzales. I bet there will be a rise in the number of teen pregnancies while that series is airing. Teens are so into teleseryes and tv dramas these days. Proof of that is the popularity of Koreanovelas and tv series starring teen stars like Tayong Dalawa, Kambal sa Uma, Lipgloss and so on.

Katorse is a movie that was directed by Joey Gosiengfiao that starred Dina Bonnevie and Gabby Concepcion. ABS-CBN’s Your Song will be featuring a remake of the ’80s movie in all Sundays of June starring Erich, Ejay Falcon and Xian Lim.

To summarize the story: it is about a teenage girl, getting pregnant and giving birth to a baby at the age of fourteen, thus the movie’s title. Imagine airing this series on Sundays, when all the teens are normally at home, watching teen-oriented shows. And Your Song is such.

Kids are impressionable. For those who won’t be watching the series in its entirety, this might come across as an affirmation to them that getting pregnant at the age of 14 is fine. Anyway, it’s part of life and there is some sort of salvation in the end. I hate series like this because not all parents can be there with their teens to explain to them what’s right and wrong. Teens normally watch tv on their own. They might get the wrong idea. Sure, kids these days are more intelligent. But remember that media is more brutal now. And there’s peer pressure. And social networking. And so many evil in society that wasn’t there before.

I just hope Katorse won’t start a new trend among teens here in the country. Teenage pregnancy is a very sensitive topic that should be handled with care. Not exploited like this.

The biggest question in showbiz right now… Did Rose Flaminiano really duped Gabby Concepcion out of a 25K (pesos) contract amount?

Wagging tongues are saying that Nadia Montenegro plays a big part in all this brouhaha. She is said to be the sulsoltant of Gabby Concepcion and that there were even text messages sent to a lot of people saying that Mrs. Flaminiano is a bad person that Gabby should never trust. And there’s more!

So now the two, Gabby and Mrs. Flaminiano will face each other in court because they filed lawsuits against each other. Gabby wants his management contract with Mrs. Flaminiano rescinded immediately. While the latter is seeking a TRO and some other thing. Sigh.

In my opinion, Mrs. Flaminiano need only answer the questions thrown at her by Gabby. Did she or did she not benefited more out of him that’s why he’s feeling duped? If so, then she is legally liable for it. Or they can settle it amicably by giving Gabby what’s due him. If she did not dupe Gabby, then by all means shout it to the world! May paiyak-iyak pa sa tv di naman niya masabi ng diretso kung niloko ba niya si Gabby! Yun lang naman ang sasagutin.

Tsk tsk tsk

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