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Rendon Labador reacts to coach Elvis Flores Tolentino’s treatment to his players: “Respeto sa mga atleta!”

Marikina Shoemasters head coach Elvis Flores Tolentino received a tremendous amount of criticism on social media after he was spotted badly treating one of their players amid their Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) game on June 27, 2023.

In the said video, taken during a timeout that was called 14 seconds before the game ended, Tolentino confronted one of their players Felipe Chavez.

When the two approached each other, Tolentino struck Chavez in his stomach, making the Marikina point guard writhe.

Marikina lost to Pasig City MCW Sports 66-71.

The said incident received criticism on social media, and netizens urged the MPBL officials and Marikina Shoemasters to remove Tolentino from the team for his temper.

Aside from being a coach, Tolentino is also a public official, sitting as one of the councilors of Marikina City.

Netizens urged the City Government of Marikina to investigate the said incident, calling Tolentino’s action as unethical.

Several celebrities, including Rendon Labador, reacted to the actions made by Tolentino, urging the coach not to put the blame on his players.

“Elvis Flores Tolentino huwag mo sana isisi ang kat*ng*han mong mag coach sa mga players. RESPETO SA MGA ATLETA!!! #stayMotivated,” Labador said.

As of writing, Tolentino has yet to give any statement on the issue.

 

Vice Ganda hints his desire to be face-to-face Jessica Soho in an interview

Netizens couldn’t stop their curiosity if Vice Ganda would finally meet journalist Jessica Soho, as he’s now part of GMA Network.

On June 28, 2023, GMA and ABS-CBN joined forces after the Kapuso Network brought the Kapamilya noontime show ‘It’s Showtime’ to one of their channels.

During the signing of the contract between the two network giants, Vice said that he would appear in some Kapuso shows, but one of his wishes was to appear in a certain program on GMA.

“Napag-usapan namin ni Tita Cory (Vidanes), kasi siyempre magpu-promote. Sabi ko, meron lang akong request, since maggi-guest tayo sa ibang GMA shows, puwede ko bang i-request na mag-guest ako sa programang ito. Gusto ko lang lumabas sa programang ito, kung uubra lang.” Vice said.

Netizens quickly tried to guess the said program, and they believed that Vice was referring to Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho (KMJS).

It can be recalled that Vice became controversial in 2013 after he made Jessica one of the topics of his jokes during the ‘I-Vice Ganda Mo ‘Ko’ concert.

Vice almost lost his career because of the said joke, which compared Jessica to a ‘lechon’.

The comedian apologized to Jessica, but the journalist only released a statement as a response to the comedian’s apology.

“I acknowledge the public apology given by Vice Ganda, by way of his TV program. I sincerely hope and pray that this was done with the purest intentions and determination to put this issue behind us.” said Jessica in a statement.

She also made an indirect response to Vice’s joke in her news program, State of the Nation.

He also revealed that he called Jessica directly, but the journalist refused to talk to him.

The issue has still not been disclosed as of writing, so netizens were excited that Jessica would finally face Vice 10 years after the issue.

Advertisers reportedly want TAPE Inc. to return their money after TVJ and Dabarkads left Eat Bulaga

Television and Production Exponents Inc. (TAPE Inc.) was reportedly struggling to keep up with their advertisers after Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, Joey de Leon, and other hosts of their noontime show Eat Bulaga decided to leave the program.

According to the report made by Abante, several advertisers were already sending demands to TAPE Inc., asking the company to return the money they paid to air commercials to Eat Bulaga.

It’s not yet known if grocery chain Puregold was included in the list of companies allegedly asking TAPE Inc. to return their money.

Joey already revealed that Puregold already paid in advance to TAPE Inc. to promote their grocery chain for three years for an undisclosed amount.

However, the decision made by TVJ to leave Eat Bulaga may affect the relationship between the said company and TAPE Inc.

It can be recalled that 80% of the advertisers reportedly expressed support for TVJ and even pledged to promote their products in the upcoming show of the Dabarkads on TV5.

The remaining 20% of advertisers are reportedly planning to follow suit if ever that TAPE Inc. decides to return their money.

Observers believed that TAPE Inc. would be forced to terminate their contract with GMA if they ever lost most of their sponsors as they’re paying millions of pesos every month to the Kapuso Network.

As of writing, TAPE Inc. has yet to give any response to the said reports.

 

 

 

 

Ogie Alcasid may mensahe sa kanyang pagbabalik sa GMA Network: “Talagang maliit ang mundo natin”

Ogie Alcasid became emotional while addressing his former bosses during the signing of the contract between GMA Network and ABS-CBN.

On June 28, 2023, GMA brought ABS-CBN’s top noontime show, ‘It’s Showtime,’ to their new home, GTV Channel.

A long-time Kapuso artist, Ogie rebooked his flight to prioritize the signing between the two networks.

“I wanted to be here today for many reasons, one of which, gustong-gusto ko makita ang mga dati kong boss. Yung Ninong ko po, si Atty. Gozon, ang kumpare ko po, si Mr. Duavit, and mga boss ko. I wanted to see you again.” said Ogie.

“It’s refreshing to see you and it’s really nice to see you,” he added.

He was also proud of his ABS-CBN bosses, saying they’re not failing to find ways to help their talents.

Ogie also realized that the showbiz industry was indeed small.

“I’m sure narinig niyo na ‘yung kasabihang, ‘maliit lang naman ang industriya natin. Nagkikita-kita lang rin naman tayo.’ And today proves that,” he said.

“But I believe that more because talagang maliit ang mundo natin, sapagkat may mga taong malalaki ang mga puso tulad po ninyo, na nag-welcome sa amin.” he added.

Ogie stayed at GMA Network for 18 years to explore more opportunities.

His wife, Regine Velasquez, also left the same network because of the same reason.

Pagkain ng tanghalian ni Allan K at Carren Eistrup, tinambakan ang views ng Eat Bulaga

Even without a noontime show yet, a simple lunch of two former Eat Bulaga hosts already surpassed the views of the rebranded noontime show.

On June 27, Allan K and Carren Eistrup live-streamed their lunch while talking to their fans.

He shared that the Dabarkads, including Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey de Leon, were recording the songs they would use for their upcoming noontime show on TV5.

“Excited na excited na kami, ang aga naming gumising sa call time na 9AM para sa recording,” Allan said.

Aside from Allan and Carren, Wally Bayola also appeared live to greet their fans.

The said video already reached 646,000 views as of writing.

 

Meanwhile, at the same time, the revamped noontime show of TAPE Inc. only got 47,000 views on Paolo Contis’ Facebook page with 1.8-M followers, while it reached 79,000 views on Isko Moreno’s page with 5.6-M followers.

Observers believed that the former Eat Bulaga Dabarkads would dominate the social media game even without using the original Facebook page of the noontime show.

Paolo already vowed that they would never give up in trying to reach their fans online, even if the pages they were creating were being removed because of mass reports.

Buboy Villar admits that he knows the contestant who chosen to play in Eat Bulaga: “Hindi ko alam na manonood siya”

Buboy Villar admitted that he knew the contestant who played in one of Eat Bulaga’s segments and got recognized by the netizens.

It can be recalled that the ‘revamped’ Eat Bulaga received criticisms on its first day after a netizen recognized that one of the audiences who was given a chance to play in one of the noontime show’s segments, “Ikaw Ang Pinaka” was working with Buboy.

“Contestant nyo kunyari napili or talagang kasama scripted na.. Papremyo nyo di naman tunay na makukuha ng mga pipila at magtyatyga sa labas. Pinagloloko nyo mga manonood ahiiiiii.” netizen LeoBrando Manlapaz said.

“Si Letlet ay tauhan ni Buboy sa kanyang paresan,” he added.

However, while Buboy admitted that he knew Letlet, he didn’t realize that the latter would become one of the live audiences of the show.

“Lahat naman po pwedeng manalo, pero hindi ko alam na manonood siya.” Buboy said.

According to him, the only scripted was their game, but not the picking of contestants.

“Well, talagang nasa script po ‘yung laro namin kasi siyempre mahirap naman po ata ‘to hindi naman po ito birthday lang na parang magsabi kami ng, ‘Bring me,’ ‘yun na po agad ‘yung laro namin,” he explained.

“So aral po ‘yung mga laro namin dito pero pagdating na po sa mga contestant ay hindi na po namin alam ‘yun,” he added.

Buboy also humbled himself and just accepted the criticisms being thrown against him by the netizens.

Eat Bulaga co-host Paolo Contis also defended Buboy, calling the incident an ‘honest mistake’.

“The only mistake I guess was that Buboy did not mention it on air na kilala niya ‘yung tao,” Paolo said.

 

Ogie Diaz, may reaksyon sa pag-awit ng ‘Jopay’ ni Luis Hontiveros: “Dapat pinaghahandaan din, para makaulit”

Actor and model Luis Hontiveros went viral on social media this week after performing his version of ‘Jopay’ during the Miss Pagadian 2023 on June 19, 2023.

The said performance received thousands of criticisms from the netizens, calling the version of Luis ‘out-of-tune.’

Some even called the actor ‘unprofessional’ for allegedly not preparing for the event.

His response to the netizens also amplified the criticisms he was receiving because of being confrontational to the netizens.

“Si Mayor Sammy Co and his family mismo ang nag-cheer niyan. maka-react kayo, akala nyo kasali kyo sa live event namin hahaha. Inggit pikit.” Luis said.

“Di naman kayo pinilit na manood pero honestly guys, to all my bashers, thank you so much for this! You guys are the best!” he added.

Ogie, a talent manager, said in his online show that actors like Luis should prepare themselves for their gigs so more people would hire them in the future.

“Next time ha. ‘Yung mga performers na tumatanggap ng out of town shows. Alam niyo, raket ‘yan. Masakit na nga ngayon sa tenga ‘pag sinabi mong raket e. Pero dapat pinaghahandaan din ‘yun para makaulit.” said Ogie.

“Kasi may mga bisita ng mayor ng ibang bayan, malay niyo ay, gusto ko to. Kukunin ko ‘to next time. ‘Di yung ganyan na takbo ka ng takbo tapos papakanta mo pala sa audience ‘yun.” he added.

As of writing, Luis has yet to give any response to Ogie’s advice.

Deborah Sun thankful to Ara Mina for giving her shelter for seven years: “Wala akong binabayaran talaga sa upa”

Former Actress Deborah Sun revealed the people who helped her amid her challenges in the past seven years.

Deborah, the sister of Philip Salvador, lost her fame because of her vices and was even put under the custody of the authorities because of it.

In an interview with Snooky Serna, the 64-year-old actress admitted that she only depended on the help she was receiving from her former colleagues in showbusiness.

She didn’t hesitate to name some of them, including Ara Mina, who had given her shelter for the past seven years.

According to her, she was living rent-free at Ara’s condominium unit in Cubao, and she’s still staying there while waiting for projects.

“Talagang siya mismo nag-offer sa akin niyan… Kung tututusin, hindi ko naging barkada, hindi ko kaedad si Ara Mina.” said Deborah. “Pero nung malaman niya ang sitwasyon ng buhay ko, na kami mag-iina, ano siya, tinulungan niya kami. Up to now, nakatira ako sa isang unit niya diyan sa Cubao for seven years.”

“Ara Mina, thank you so much. For seven years, wala akong binabayaran talaga sa upa… big help. Sobra, lalo wala akong trabaho.” she added.

Aside from Ara, Aiko Melendez was also sending groceries and medicines to her.

Despite the unfortunate events that happened in her life, Deborah was still thankful because some people were still helping her.

“Inaano ko lagi na, sabi ko, ‘Lord, naku kung di sa Iyo, wala na, kawawa na buhay namin mag-iina. Kumbaga, Ikaw lagi nandiyan. Ikaw ang bumubulong sa mga puso ng mga tao ang tumutulong sa amin, sa aming mag-iina.’” she stated.

Snooky then asked the showbiz industry to give another chance for Deborah to prove herself.

Rebranded Eat Bulaga at It’s Showtime, posible na magsanib pwersa para tapatan ang TVJ

Reports about the possible collaboration between former rivals, Eat Bulaga and It’s Showtime have been circulated on social media amid the upcoming grand contract signing between GMA Network and the ABS-CBN noontime show.

According to some sources, a possible joint force between the two noontime shows was not far from reality as the same network is handling them.

Television and Production Exponents Inc. (TAPE Inc.) Chief Financial Officer Seth Frederick Pal Jalosjos made a hint about the possible partnership between their noontime show and It’s Showtime to possibly match the upcoming program of Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey de Leon on TV5.

It can be recalled that TAPE Inc. and TVJ parted ways on May 31, 2023, because of unresolved issues, including unpaid talent fees and business decisions made by the Jalosjos family-owned company.

Several Eat Bulaga hosts have already expressed excitement about the possibility of sharing the stage with It’s Showtime talents.

“Exciting ‘yun. Ang panalo is ‘yung mga (televiers). Sinimulan na ng GMA and ABS-CBN ang collaborations, and this is a very big collaboration kasi noontime show ito,” he said. “It opens a lot of opportunities for actors para makapag-guest sa (“It’s Showtime”) at makapag-guest din sa (“Eat Bulaga”). It is a competition but it will be a very healthy competition because you’re basically under one roof.” Eat Bulaga host Paolo Contis said.

However, there were also rumors that It’s Showtime’s arrival to GMA might become a reason for early termination of the contract between the Kapuso Network and It’s Showtime.

Some observers believed that if ever Eat Bulaga failed to reach the expectations of the network, GMA might end its partnership with TAPE or transfer the noontime show to GTV and be replaced by It’s Showtime.

 

Pregnancy rumours about Pauleen Luna circulate, possibly to announce the truth at the opening of TVJ’s new show on TV5

Netizens couldn’t stop talking about the changes to Pauleen Luna’s body, sparking rumours that the television host and partner of Vic Sotto was pregnant.

In her latest Instagram post, some netizens asked Pauleen if she’s already carrying her second child to the 69-year-old veteran host.

Despite the questions from the netizens, Pauleen didn’t confirm nor deny the rumours.

Some netizens speculated that Pauleen and Vic might announce the special news on July 1, 2023, during the grand opening of the new noontime show of former Eat Bulaga hosts on TV5.

According to some showbiz reporters, Pauleen’s condition might be the reason why the actress was not actively attending the events related to the upcoming new show of the Dabarkads.

It’s not yet known if Pauleen will also be part of the show.

In 2022, Vic said that his daughter to Pauleen, Tali Sotto, already wanted a younger sibling.

“Tuwing magdadasal sa gabi, parating, ‘Papa Jesus, thank You for my dad, thank You for my mom. Can You please give me a baby sister or baby brother?’” Vic revealed.

However, the host joked that they’re always sleeping with Tali, so they don’t have any chance of having another baby.