THE TRUTH ABOUT SENATOR LAPID
(PHOTO - Sen. Lito Lapid: He's okay, according to his spokesman)
MANILA, JANUARY 6, 2011 (STAR) FUNFARE By Ricardo F. Lo - Curtain-raisers:
• A semi-retired singer-actor had a unique way of leaving "souvenirs" with his clamoring fans back in his heyday. After signing autographs, instead of giving away photos, he would dip into his underwear and come up with a "strands" and tell the fans, "O, bahala na kayo maghati-hati d'yan!" Which reminds us of a movie writer who had a collection of, well, "hairy" souvenirs neatly arranged in an album, complete the names of "donors" and dates of "harvest."
• It turns out that the Sexy Young Actress has a bad habit of getting into a relationship, such as those of a beauty-queen-actress who cried "Foul!" and a "thrilling" actor and of a sweet singer-actress and the dancing actor who "squealed." Did you know that SYA lost the friendship of a comebacking sexy actress who found out that SYA was "sharing" with her businessman-boyfriend. As Inday Badiday would warn, mag-ingat sa mga taong hindi mo kilala; mas lalong mag-ingat sa mga taong kilalang-kilala mo. It was also SYA who spread the word that an actor she was locked up in a brief encounter was "so-so" down there.
• Has Heart Evangelista been reduced to a factotum (alalay) or a rah-rah girl to her boyfriend Daniel Matsunaga? When Daniel guested on Showbiz Central last week, Heart was rah-rahing on the sidelines, flashing a card that said "I Daniel!" Also, some people are wondering how Heart felt when she saw (if she did) the nude photos of Daniel, supposed to have been taken when he was working as model in Singapore, now being circulated in the Internet showing him smiling widely as if to say, "Look what I've got!" The gentle Brapanese is playful, after all.
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You, too, must have been intrigued why Sen. Lito Lapid has been scarce during the holidays, missing even at the Senate and making Senate Pres. Johnny Enrile wonder if his colleague was sick.
There are speculations (including in the Internet) that Sen. Lapid is "seriously ill" and he had to go to the States for treatment.
To clarify the rumor, Funfare called up Alex Marcelino, Sen. Lapid's spokesperson, and Alex assured everybody that the senator is okay.
But Alex did confirm, that Sen. Lapid went to the States late last year for check-up and not for treatment.
"He's suffering from recurring pain in his shoulder and his spinal column," said Alex, "but the doctor gave him a clean bill of health."
PHOTO -Christian Bautista with (from left) Miss Philippines-Universe Venus Raj, Miss Resort World Wendy Tabusalla and 2010 Bb. Pilipinas-International Krista Kleiner)
The senator must have sustained that bad back from doing physically-challenging stunts (as King of Stunt) in his movies.
Alex added that Sen. Lapid came back on Dec. 18 last year but hasn't showed up at the Senate, fanning the rumor that there must really be something wrong with him.
Christian pays tribute to beautiful women
How lucky can Christian Bautista get!
On the night of Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, starting at 7:30 at the Newport Performing Arts Theater, he will serenade beauty titlists in a concert billed My Beautiful Girls (inspired by the Jose Mari Chan hit revived by Christian in his album), namely Miss Philippines-Universe Venus Raj, 2010 Bb. Pilipinas-International Krista Kleiner and Miss Resorts World Wendy Tabusalla.
The concert is part of the year-long concert series RW Manila Live!, directed by Freddie Santos and presented by Resorts World Manila in cooperation with Ultimate Entertainment, Inc. supported by Swatch and Stages Production Specialists, Inc.
The concert will also feature the Resorts World Dancers from Europe.
(Note: For tickets, call Ticket World at 891-9999.)
Karylle's 'Shang Bang' 2011
Postscript: Karylle's "Shang Bang" performance at the Shangri-La Makati's New Year Countdown, which was a maiden venture of Little Flower Music Production, was a hit. It was SRO at the hotel's lobby lounge. Karylle: A 'Shang Bang' performance
Karylle opened her act with a rousing Queen of the Night number. She then led the audience into dancing by dishing out medleys of songs of Madonna, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Keisha. She also performed standards like You've Got A Friend and Lean On Me, and paid tribute to the phenomenal musical series Glee by singing its theme Don't Stop Believing.
During the concert, she made her debut as a guitar player as she performed her original song , Found My Smile.
In her intro spiels for that song, Karylle divulged, "When people ask me about my love life, it's kinda hard to explain, so instead, I will reply with this song."
(PHOTO - Karylle was joined by her band Reasons.)
The said concert gave the public a glimpse of the exciting things that Karylle is cooking for 2011.
This year, she is set to make her much-awaited stage comeback in STAGES' production of Light in the Piazza. This will be her third musical after Little Mermaid where she was introduced as Princess Sapphire and West Side Story where she received critical and commercial acclaim by playing the female lead Maria.
She is also set to release her new album (under PolyEast) which contains some of her compositions.
Salinawit version of Lorelei
Salinawit (song translated in Tagalog) specialist Pete Lacaba has just done a Tagalog version of Lorelei, the classic Jack Jones song.
Here it is:
SIRENA
Sa himig ng Lorelei
Salinawit: Pete Lacaba
Sirena ay umaawit,
Palagi kong naririnig.
"Halika," sabi niya,
"At tayo'y humimlay
Dito sa dalampasigan."
Sirena ay mahiwaga,
Nagtatago, walang mukha.
Kung ipakita niya
Ang angkin niyang ganda
Sa akin,
Sirena'y aking
Mamahalin
Hanggang libing.
(INTERLUDE)
Sirena'y aking
Mamahalin
Hanggang libing.
Ang sirena ay nasaan?
Awit niya'y kay lumbay.
What's up?
• When is a joke in bad taste? Simple: When people find it offensive. That's how many people find Melai Cantiveros' Tips segment in the ABS-CBN gag show Banana Split's Jan. 1 episode — offensive and in bad taste. In the segment, Melai burned, among others, pictures of celebrities that should be swept away with the old year, including those of Mr. Fu and Kimerald, with canned laughter as background. If you ask me, I suggest that whoever wrote that segment should be the one burned at stake. Let's see if he or she can still laugh.
• Again, to those asking for a good travel agency, I recommend Rowena Coloma's Travel Specialist Ventures, with offices at Suite 201B Fil Garcia Bldg., 140 Kalayaan Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City (landlines 928-6196, 928-6132 and 928-7487; or celfone 0917-8341832). The agency specializes in Indochina tours (Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar) and other tours as well. The person to call is Luchi Sta. Ana who will attend to your needs with loving care.
• For the nth time, this disclaimer: I don't have a Twitter or Facebook account, and neither do Ronald Constantino, Jobert Sucaldito and Cristy Fermin. The ones you see under my name are FAKE, FAKE, FAKE!!!
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