Luis, batang-bata nang maging crush si Nanette

Isa si Luis Manzano sa mga artistang kalahok sa online campaign ng Hope in A Star na may layuning makatulong para sa edukasyon o pag-aaral ng mga kabataang kapus-palad.

Para sa aktor ay masarap sa pakiramdam na nakatutulong siya sa kapwang mayroong pangangailangan dahil sa simpleng paraan. “Sometimes you want to do so many things at the time you can’t look for the perfect venue para sa mga gusto mo gawin. Ito eksakto, when Nanette Medved called me, unang kita ko pa lang, kumbaga it wasn’t even explained. She just said, ‘Luis we’re doing something special, and I said yes. It didn’t even take me two minutes to agree to something as special as this,” nakangiting pahayag ni Luis.

Ang dating aktres na si Nanette Medved ang tumatayong founder ng Hope in A Star. Ayon kay Luis ay noong kanyang kabataan pa lamang ay nakikita na niya ang aktres na minsan na ring gumanap bilang Darna sa pelikula. “

I was young. I could be wrong but I think I was about ten years old no’ng time na ‘yon. It was somewhere in Batangas, baka nga Puerto Azul pa ‘yung resort and I think it was my mom that found a way for us to meet. Kasi no’ng time na ‘yon sobra ang crush ko kay Ms. Nanette. Sabi nga ni Ms. Nanette when she was doing Darna, may nagsabi sa kanya, I think my mom did it. ‘Oh my son wants to meet you.’ So akala niya teenager. Biglang may tumatakbo papunta sa kanya na small kid, so ako ‘yon. So it was quite an experience para sa isang bata na makita ang kanyang crush dati, na si Darna pa,” kwento ng TV host.

Nikki, maharot bilang ina

Mahigit apat na taon na ang nakalilipas nang iwanan ni Nikki Gil ang show business. Matatandaang nagpakasal ang singer-actress at BJ Albert noong 2015 at nabiyayaan ng isang anak noong 2017. Kahit walang ginagawang proyekto sa telebisyon at pelikula ay masaya naman daw si Nikki dahil sa pagkakaroon ng sariling pamilya. “I’m not missing it much yet. I’m happy with my quiet life. But I do miss work and the people that I used to work with. Of course I kind of grew up in the industry as well. So I spent many years with staff and my fellow artists. I miss the bond but I think I’ve enjoyed that season enough and I’m just enjoying my season now which is motherhood. I’m an interior design student and now theater,” pagbabahagi ni Nikki.

Bilang isang ina ay malaki na raw ang ipinagbago sa ugali ng aktres. “As a mom, I’m told I am maharot but I am also a disciplinarian. It’s very hard to gauge how much I’ve changed. But I guess my biggest change so far would have to be that I’m more conscious of time and more conscious of time wasted. That’s probably also why I’m not really feeling the desire to go back into showbiz because it’s a lot of time away from my baby and time away from the family which at the moment I’m not really willing to give up,” paliwanag niya. (Reports from JCC)