On Monday, November 6, 2023, it was announced that Bamboo Mañalac, Rico Blanco, Mark Escueta, and Nathan Azarcon would reunite for a concert next year at SMDC Festival Grounds.

Fans had already requested the reunion since the 2000s, and many of them lost hope about the possibility of seeing the original Rivermaya members perform again on the same stage.

Most of them were caught by surprise after it was announced that the reunion concert was already going to happen.

However, several avid fans of Rivermaya noticed that Perfecto “Perf” de Castro, the band’s guitarist in their classic lineup.

“Perfecto de Castro, the songs of the first album needs the guitar master,” a Rivermaya fan said.

Perf, one of the original members of the Rivermaya, reacted after he was disregarded on the promotional materials for the upcoming reunion concert of the group.

“Wala sa picture, e di wala,” Perf wrote.

Netizens expressed their sadness over the reaction shared by Perf.

“Di pa rin reunion kapag walang Perfecto na mag gi guitar solo,” netizen Johnren said.

“Pero naniniwala akong may Perfecto De Castro jan,hindi pwedeng wala siya.. Feb. pa ang reunion kaya maisasaayos pa ang lahat,reunion lang din eh dapat lang na orig. members ang makikita sa stage,” netizen Kiz remarked.

Perf was still part of the band when they produced Rivermaya’s popular songs like ‘Ulan,’ ‘214,’ and ‘Awit ng Kabataan.’

Alex Gonzaga’s nanny couldn’t hide her emotion after watching the interview of the actress on ‘Toni Talks.’

In the said interview published on November 5, Alex went viral on social media after she shared the story about her second miscarriage.

According to her, she was pressured because of the demands from her fans, who wanted her to have a child already.

She also shared her struggles during the ‘cake’ incident last January.

“Nung time na iyon kasi naisip ko talaga na I’m so pressured na. Pressured na ako sa mga tao na, ‘Uy, hindi pa ba manganganak iyan?’ Tapos siyempre, yung nangyari sa akin this year dun sa birthday ko,” she said.

“So, parang every time na may name-meet ako sasabihin na parang, ‘Ah, mabait ka naman pala,’ na parang sabi ko, ‘Ba’t kaya naging ganun yung connotation sa akin this year?’” she added.

After the issue, she became pregnant again, but unfortunately, it was another miscarriage again.

The episode was watched by Alex’s nanny, who couldn’t stop crying after she heard about the story.

“Nakita ko si Jen umiyak. Kala ko ano nangyari, sabi ko bakit ka umiyak? Bigla akong niyakap,” said Alex.

“Ngayon ko lang natapos interview mo eh,” Alex said while quoting Jen’s response.

Jen was already working for the Gonzaga family for 15 years.

Talent manager and showbiz reporter Ogie Diaz said that he would give a slap to Paolo Contis if he ever discovered that there’s a romantic relationship involving the Eat Bulaga host and his co-host Arra San Agustin.

In his online show, Ogie said that he had already been told by Paolo his relationship with Arra was purely professional and only part of the noontime show’s sketch.

“Sinabi ni Paolo sa akin… na bahagi ng kanilang drama doon,” said Ogie.

However, he would not hesitate to confront Paolo if ever he found out that the latter was lying to him.

“Sasampalin kita Paolo! Hindi ‘yun naman ang sinabi sa’kin ni Paolo so okay, kung ‘yun ang sinabi mo edi ‘yun ang ibabalita ko,” he stated.

It could be recalled that Paolo, known for his ‘playboy image,’ was being linked to his co-host even if he was still in a relationship with Yen Santos.

Several clips showing sweet moments between Paolo and Arra also went viral on social media, and it was undeniably made Eat Bulaga fans cheered them.

Yen refused to speak about her boyfriend’s actions.

Miss Grand International owner Nawat Itsaragrisil made fun of Miss Universe 2014 MJ Lastimosa several days after he banned the Filipina beauty queen from the upcoming events of his organization.

In his livestream, Nawat was spammed by MJ’s fans, but the Thai businessman made a creative way to counter his critics.

“Oh my God, everybody say MJ. Thank you,” said Nawat while clapping.

“My question is who is the worst beauty queen from Philippine, you answer a lot MJ… She will sad, Filipino say MJ [is the worst]… I agree,” he added.

It can be recalled that Nawat declared that he would ban MJ from all the events of his organization after the Filipina beauty queen laughed at the answer of one of her guests who called MGI  the ‘worst pageant.’

“If it true, I don’t. It’s not true. I got the prize. I got best beauty pageant of the year. I have a good production. But you do that like this. I think we are no more, any more relationship in between MJ and our organization and myself,” he said.

“Don’t come to Miss Grand anymore. Okay? We don’t know each other from now. I don’t want to meet the people like you. It’s below standard. It’s not sincere,” he added.

Abegail Rait made a plea to the netizens to stop involving her daughter anymore in the criticism they’re throwing against her.

In her 15-minute ‘official statement,’ Abegail said that anyone could criticize her and call her the mistress of Francis Magalona, but they should stop saying negative comments against her daughter, who are planning to enter the showbiz industry.

“Okay lang po sa akin na ako na ang pinakamasamang tao sa paningin n’yo: homewrecker, kabit, mistress. Lahat na ng adjectives na nagamit n’yo, tanggap ko po,” she said.

“Ang pinakikiusap ko lang po sana, ‘wag naman ‘yung anak ko. Comments, articles na iba-iba ang anggulo. Kung saan-saan na kami nakarating mag-ina,” she added.

Abegail said that she wanted to look strong in front of her daughter, and that’s why she uploaded the said video to defend Francesca.

It can be recalled that Abegail and Francesca went viral on social media after they introduced themselves as part of Francis’ second family.

The episode was watched by millions of netizens worldwide and gained mixed reactions on the internet.

However, the Magalonas ignored Abegail’s revelation, an action praised by the netizens.

Miss Universe Philippines 2014 MJ Lastimosa responded to Miss Grand International (MGI) President Nawat Itsaragrisil, who just recently ended his friendship with the beauty queen.

In her Facebook post, MJ reminded Nawat about the disclaimer that the opinions of her guests do not reflect the views of its hosts, including her.

“May disclaimer naman yung show namin mare baka kelangan lang itranslate , pagod ang kumare nyo,” she said.

It can be recalled that Nawat expressed his disappointment towards MJ for laughing after one of her guests on her vlog called MGI, the worst pageant in the Philippines.

While MJ was not the one who criticized MGI, Nawat couldn’t hide his sadness at the reaction of the beauty queen, whom he considered a friend.

“I met her many times. I’m really friendly and offer her a lot of things. She always said, ‘O, Miss Grand is number one and the huge production.’ So, that’s why last year she fly, buy her own ticket to Indonesia, and ask me favor the ticket, favor going inside backstage to doing the clip or interview, even interview myself,” the Thai businessman said.

“I help her everything because I’m friendly and appreciate in that time because I think if friend it must be better than others. So when I went to Manila, anytime we keep calling, we are the good friend and I help her a lot.

“Even this year in Vietnam, she come to Ho Chi Minh, she came to Ho Chi Minh, she came to watch Miss Grand. Before she leave from the hotel, Rex Hotel, at the lobby. I meet her at the lobby before she leave. A couple day after coronation night, we say, ‘Oh, I love you. I like Miss Grand. Miss Grand is okay, number one.'”

Nawat then declared that he would ban MJ from all MGI events.

“If it true, I don’t. It’s not true. I got the prize. I got best beauty pageant of the year. I have a good production. But you do that like this. I think we are no more, any more relationship in between MJ and our organization and myself,” he said.

“Don’t come to Miss Grand anymore. Okay? We don’t know each other from now. I don’t want to meet the people like you. It’s below standard. It’s not sincere,” he added.

Eat Bulaga host Actor Paolo Contis discussed his trending moments with his co-host Arra San Agustin.

It can be recalled that Paolo went viral on social media after he was spotted having sweet moments with Arra during the taping of their show.

However, according to an interview with Pep.ph, Paolo clarified that his actions toward Arra were only part of the ‘sketch’ of their show.

He also clarified that the scenes uploaded on social media were not yet being aired on television.

Paolo also explained that it was not part of his plan to form a love team between him and Arra.

It can be recalled that Paolo, who’s already in a relationship with Yen Santos, was being criticized again because of his sweetness towards Ara.

They also criticized Eat Bulaga for allowing their host to be sweet with someone else even if the public was aware of his relationship status.

As of writing, Yen has refused to speak about her boyfriend and Arra.