Angel hindi nakapagpigil kay Maja

Now it can be told that it was Malou Santos, ABS-CBN’s Business Unit head, who heads the ‘‘powers’’ behind the production of the highly successful series, The Legal Wife, who insisted that Angel Locsin, as Monica, the legal wife, ay saktan ng todo si Maja Salvador, as Nicole, the ‘‘kabit,’’ in that now much-talked about scene in the series.

Actually, Angel nearly, ayan, nearly, ha, got a beating from her, dahil reluctant si Angel to do the scene. Alam daw niya kasing masasaktan niya talaga si Maja, lalo’t kapag ‘‘nadala’’ siya sa eksena. Ang galing pa naman daw mag-motivate ng director niyang sina Rory Quintos at Dado Lumibao.

Now that the series is nearing its end, guess kung sino ang naghihinayang? Si Chit Guerrero, isa sa executives, no less, ng ABS-CBN, at Elvie Gonzales, mommy ni Charlene.

‘‘Very real kasi bawat eksena,’’ ani Chit, whose marriage has remained intact, kahit ngayong may 14 year-old na silang apo ng kanyang asawa.

‘‘Nanghihinayang nga ako at I will be leaving out of the country mula Thursday,’’ ani pa ni Chit. ‘‘Mami-miss ko ang mga episodes on that day.

“Iba kasi, when you watch the series na may katabi ka, na fan din ng sinusubaybayan mo,” pahayag pa ni Chit.

Chit will be in Japan for the Bayaning Pilipino Award, which Angel, together with Philippines’ Ambassador to Japan, Manolo Lopez, will also grace.

Expected guests at the event, which will consist mostly of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW), will number to about 2,000, according to Chit.

‘‘Yes, it’s a big event,’’ ani Chit.

Gawad Geny Lopez, Jr. Global Bayaning Pilipino Awards sa Gawing Japan, will be held June 8 at the Matsudo Citizen Hall, Chiba Prefecture.

Kuya pinag-iinitan ang mga lalaki sa kanyang bahay

Wow, Big Brother of the current Pinoy Big Brother (PBB) All In. ‘Di lang yata ako, kung hindi marami na, including sina Boy Abunda and Kris Aquino ang nakapansin na puro lalaki ang natatanggal, bukod sa forced evicted na si Cess Mae Visitacion when in one of their episodes in Aquino & Abunda Tonight, their show after the top series, The Legal Wife, they had for their live guest Jacob Benedicto, one of the three last evictees sa Bahay ni Kuya.

Oo nga naman, bakit all three evictees ni Kuya ay male. Kaya, marami na ang humuhula na tonight’s eviction night baka si Ranty Portento ang ma-evict.

Actually, dadalawa lang sina Ranty at Aina So­lano sa nominated for tomorrow’s eviction night. Joshua, the teenage nominee, was saved, thanks to Ranty, who could have freed himself, dahil siya ang dapat unang manalo sa task assigned to them by Kuya, but gave up the chance in favor of Joshua.

The other two males na boarder in Kuya na na-evict na, pareho pa namang good-looking tulad din nina Jacob at Ranty, sina Chevin Cecilio at Axel Torres.

Perci magpu-full time din sa pagpo-produce

Nag-resign man as head of TV5 entertainment si Perci Intalan, ‘di nangangahulugan itong he is totally out of showbiz na. Makakasalamuha pa rin siya ng members of the entertainment press, most of whom are his friends.

Isa si Perci sa pinakamahusay makisama among TV executives sa TV5. Bukod, of course, sa dating presidente ng network, si Rey Espinosa.

Perci is now into directing. His first project, Dementia, is an indie flick, starring Nora Aunor in the lead role.

Nasa Kapatid network pa si Perci when Guy (Nora’s pet name) joined TV5. Tanong lang: Exclusive talent pa rin ba ng Kapatid si Guy?

September daw ang playdate ng Dementia, which, according to Perci is a horror-suspense flick.

His next goal reportedly is to go full-time as a producer. Both for TV and movies.

He named his company Ida First.