2018: The Top 10 Newsmakers
As we welcome 2019, the Year of the Earth Pig (effective in the Chinese New Year sometime in February), let’s take a misty-eyed look at the past 365 days. Here are the stars who lit up the scene in 2018, the Year of the Dog.
1. Scarlet Snow Belo Kho — Unarguably the most popular showbiz baby, an influencer with millions of social media followers, recently invited by the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) to tour Japan, escorted by her parents, Drs. Vicki Belo and Hayden Kho.
Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla
2. The KathNiel tandem of Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla — Hands down the Box Office King and Queen of the Year, whose starrer The Hows of Us grossed more than P800M worldwide.
Nico Santos
3. Nico Santos — The only Filipino actor with a significant role in the all-Asian-cast hit movie Crazy Rich Asians.
Heart Evangelista
4. Heart Evangelista — The world wept with her and husband Sen. Chiz Escudero when they lost their twins one after the other inside their mom’s tummy.
Catriona Gray
5. Catriona Gray — Simply for bagging the fourth Miss Universe crown for the country.
Coco Martin
6. Coco Martin — The unbeatable Primetime King with his top-rating FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano running fast and furious for more than three years, extended for the second time to 2019.
Sen. Bong Revilla
7. Sen. Bong Revilla — Free again after more than five years at the Camp Crame Detention Center, raring to stage a comeback in showbiz and politics.
Maymay Entrata
8. Maymay Entrata — The PBB (Pinoy Big Brother) top alumna has been going places, wowing crowds as a fashion model both here and abroad (Dubai, etc.).
Jessy Mendiola
9. Jessy Mendiola — For putting a face to cyber-bullying by almost but thankfully retreating back from quitting showbiz and bouncing back from depression.
Mark Bautista
10. Mark Bautista — His “disturbing” tell-all gender-identity revealing autobiography sent considerable shock waves through the industry and beyond, even if he (deliberately?) left hanging a lot of juicy matters...and opted to resort to “blind items.”
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