"I saw the first few episodes and Sarah does justice to her role as Dorina," says Boss Vic, who had produced the movie on which the teleserye was based. The movie starred the young Sharon Cuneta and Cherie Gil.
After "Bituin" gets going, Boss Vic plans to star his prodigy in a remake of another movie. He's keeping the project under wraps, but he says this early he's searching for a leading man for Sarah.
She plans to have a boob job next. I overheard her telling Lolit Solis her boobs feel kinda heavy.
It turns out that she texted her invitation to her friends for her bash at Wok N' Stik. Somehow the text messages never got through. "Many of my friends were sore because they thought I didn't invite them," Tita Aster laments.
Miss TV Host has lost a lot of weight and the rumor was that she had an abortion courtesy of her boyfriend, an aspiring model.
I'll be getting more details so stay tuned.
According to Cinema Evaluation Board Chairman Cristine Dayrit, the selection committee that will determine how the fund will be disbursed will be headed by Eddie Romero and monitoring head Digna Santiago.
Ms. Dayrit also said that the Film Development Council of the Philippines has commissioned the Social Weather Stations to do a survey of the demographics of Filipino moviegoers to find out what genre and stars they prefer.
"My new IFFCOM directors are Jun Juban, Bien Lumbera, Vincent del Rosario and Edu Jarque to represent Tourism Sec. Ace Durano. CorporateSecretary is Lali Suzara. I wanna add one lady member. We met Manay Ichu Maceda, she is so supportive and helpful. I admire her so much," Ms. Dayrit told me. "This is good news to film producers who need financial support."
More than 500 applicants between the ages of 18 and 25 signed up. Last week the 19 finalists were presented to the entertainment press.
After the presentation, the organizers showed clips from "The Fast and The Furious" and "Torque," two films about men, women and mean machines.
"I don't think she was aware that her boob was showing," Beth says.
The most celebrated wardrobe malfunction was that of Janet Jackson during the halftime show of Superbowl XXXVIII, the championship of American football, in January 2004. The incident prompted TV networks to institute time delays of as much as five minutes for live broadcasts such as sporting events and awards shows like the Academy Awards night.
The film is an adaptation of Dan Brown's novel which has become a phenomenal bestseller. The book says Jesus Christ married Mary Magdalene and started a sacred bloodline that still exists in secret. The Catholic Church has condemned the book as blasphemous, and is equally critical of the movie version.
Last week Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita added fuel to the fire by saying that the film should not be shown here. He was immediately rebuked by several congressmen who said banning "The Da Vinci Code" would be like banning the Rizal's "Noli Me Tangere" and "El Filibusterismo." They also said his comment will unduly influence the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board which still has to review the film.
MTRCB chairman Consoliza Laguardia, however, has said the board will not bend to outside pressure. With days to go before it opens in local theaters, the film's producer, Sony Pictures, has not submitted a print to the board, thereby heightening the suspense.
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines has said it will not block the showing of "The Da Vinci Code" movie in the Philippines.
But it warned its flock of the possible negative effects of reading the best-selling novel that inspired the film.
Justice Secretary Raul M. Gonzalez, meanwhile, says that Malacañang, and not the board, has the last say on whether to ban the movie.