Michelle Gaspar Madrigal, who is better known by her screen name Michelle Madrigal (born November 4, 1987 in Quezon City, Philippines) is a Filipina actress. Known as she was a finalist of ABS-CBN reality talent search, Star Circle Quest.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Michelle Madrigal
Michelle Gaspar Madrigal, who is better known by her screen name Michelle Madrigal (born November 4, 1987 in Quezon City, Philippines) is a Filipina actress. Known as she was a finalist of ABS-CBN reality talent search, Star Circle Quest.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Heart Evangelista
Love Marie Payawal Ongpauco (born February 14, 1985), better known by her screen name Heart Evangelista, is a Chinese-Filipino actress, TV show host, singer, VJ, and an endorser.
Born on February 14, 1985 to restaurateurs Reynaldo Ongpauco and Cecilia Payawal, Heart is the youngest in her family, with one brother and five sisters.[2] She grew up in Foster City, California, in the United States[3] where she attended Audubon Elementary School. At age ten, her family moved back to the Philippines, and she transferred to Colegio San Agustin-Makati in Makati City. When she began pursuing her childhood dream of becoming an actress,[3] she continued her high school education at ABS-CBN's Distance Learning Center.
Her Chinese paternal grandparent, a movie producer and actors' caterer,[3] founded the first Barrio Fiesta Restaurant, of a now-international chain, in 1958.[4]
Evangelista was first discovered by a commercial agent while at a mall with her sister. She signed up with the Star Magic agency, formerly known as Talent Center, and was part of Star Circle Batch 9. She was paired with John Prats on the show G-Mik and also on Trip, Ang Tanging Ina, My First Romance and Berks.
In 2004 Evangelista appeared on the TV series Hiram, for which she earned a Star Awards Best Actress nomination for this series. Evangelista also won the Best New Female Personality (Best New Movie Actress and Best New TV Actress) awards from Star Awards for Movies and Star Awards for TV. She also won Texter's and Listener's Choice at the Himig Handog Awards for her single "Love Has Come My Way". She released the single "Tell Me" in Australia where it peaked at number 18 on the charts.
In early 2007, she renewed her ties with ABS-CBN and was under a per project basis with her manager Angeli Pangilinan Valenciano. She finished a sineserye for the station, the remake of the movie Hiram na Mukha, and appeared briefly on Pangarap Na Bituin. She also starred in the reformatted version of Your Song under the title "Muntik Na Kitang Minahal".
She transferred to GMA Network due to her father's decision, which she announced on April 23, 2008. She signed a two-year exclusive contract and starred in the series series Codename: Asero. Evangelista formerly co-hosted SOP Rules.
Evangelista played the title role in Ay Ayeng, a film on the indigenous Ifugao life in Mountain Province, which premiered in Hawaii, on July 14, 2008. The movie was adapted from "Maestra Ester," a novel by Abdon Noviza and Lica Lazaro. She won a FAMAS Best Actress trophy in 2009 for her portrayal of the role "Ayeng."
She has appeared in Luna Mystika and hosts the new lifestyle show Fashionistas By Heart airing on Q.
Her afternoon TV soap entitled Sine Novela Presents: Ngayon At Kailanman aired its final episode in September 2009.
In late 2009 - early 2010, she starred in a primetime Koreanovela TV series, Full House.
Evangelista hosts the musical variety show on GMA, Party Pilipinas.
She appeared in the Christmas Reality Show, Puso ng Pasko: Artista Challenge on GMA Channel 7, and she plays a dwarf on Dwarfina.
Her foundation Heart Can aims to help children with respiratory diseases, and she is also a spokesperson for Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS).[3]
Kim Chiu
Kim Chiu launched her career by winning the reality TV series Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition. Chiu and the rest of the housemates entered the Big Brother house on April 23, 2006. After 42 days in the Big Brother house, she was named the Teen Big Winner with 626,562 votes (41.4% of the total votes) at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex in Pasay City. She was the only housemate who was never nominated for eviction.
In the six months following after her winning, Chiu together with on-screen partner, Gerald Anderson, appeared together in several ABS-CBN network shows, and appeared in the film, First Day High. Chiu and Anderson also appeared in Love Spell and Aalog-Alog.
In 2007, Kim Chiu and Anderson starred in the movie I've Fallen For You under Star Cinema. That same year, Chiu starred in the primetime TV series entitled Sana Maulit Muli alongside Anderson. She was then cast in Philippine adaptation of My Girl, a South Korean TV series.
In January 2009, Chiu starred in the TV series entitled Tayong Dalawa which gave Chiu several acting awards. She also became part of Star Cinema's official entry to the 2009 Metro Manila Film Festival, I Love You, Goodbye.
In 2010, Chiu starred in Paano Na Kaya with Anderson. She also starred in the primetime drama, Kung Tayo'y Magkakalayo.
In October of 2010, Chiu and Anderson teamed up again in the film Till My Heartaches End.
Chiu started performing as a regular on ASAP XV in 2006. In 2011, Chiu will have a comeback in a primetime series via My Binondo Girl. This is her first television series without Anderson and instead she will three leading men namely, Xian Lim, Matteo Guidicelli, and Jolo Revilla.[3] She is also slated to do a horror film with Vilma Santos.[4]
After Till My Heartaches End, it was reported that the KIMERALD (Kim and Gerald) Love team was over, for they already broke up. Leaving Kim, unbroken but already moved on, same to Gerald Anderson who was recently working with Sarah Geronimo.
Bianca King
She is mostly known for playing villain in her earlier work and portraying as a protagonist in the Film of the 1984 remake of Working Girls (2010 film) and in the current Suspense Afternoon Drama Sinner or Saint (TV series) as Noemi in her first lead role.
King's career started at the tender age of 13, when she began modeling for print ads and TV commercials. She did ads for Rexona, Coke and Pure Foods Tender Juicy Hotdogs. After then, she starred in the youth-oriented show, Click, where she played the role of a golden-hearted balikbayan, Marnie. Her next TV role was Aviona, the female warrior from the hit series, Mulawin. She also became co-host of the gender-sensitive magazine show 3R and starred in the 10th Season of Love 2 Love opposite Starstruck grand finalists, Mark Herras, in the series entitled “My Darling Mermaid” . She was part of the success of the phenomenal TV hit, MariMar, where she played Natalia Montenegro. After her Marimar role, she landed a role in one of the casts of Sine Novela: My Only Love which she co-starred with Rhian Ramos and Mark Herras. She is one of the main cast in GMA Network's telefantasya, Dyesebel, which she worked with Marian Rivera for the third time since MariMar and Super Twins.[1]
King had her first movie break via the film "Birhen ng Manaoag", where she played the daughter of Cherrie Pie Picache.
She currently starred in Sinner or Saint on GMA Network.
She is also one of the two people (the other one is Enzo Valdez) who directed the music video "Hey, Daydreamer" by SomedayDream
Rhian Ramos
Rhian Denise Ramos Howell, who is better known by her stage name Rhian Ramos (born October 3, 1990 in Makati City, Philippines), is a Filipina actress, commercial model and singer.
Rhian Ramos is of Welsh-Filipino descent and is the youngest daughter of Gareth Howell and Clara Ramos. She has an older sister named Nadine.[1] She is also the niece of Ida Ramos Henares, the Assistant Vice President of GMA Network.[2]
Ramos first starred in the television series Captain Barbell and in Stairway to Heaven. She then started working in commercials including an appearance in a McDonald's McJelly Duo advert. She was cast as the female lead of the telefantasya Captain Barbell, in 2006, and in Lupin the following year. She has played the lead role in My Only Love.
In 2007, Ramos had her film debut in The Promise. She also starred in the horror film Ouija. In 2008, Ramos was chosen to host Pinoy Idol Extra, the daily update edition of Pinoy Idol. Ramos also starred in two Philippine dramas, Codename: Asero, and in LaLola, a remake of a telenovela.[3] By the end of the year, Ramos finished two feature films, My Monster Mom and I.T.A.L.Y..
LaLola ended in February 2009. She starred in the suspense-thriller film Sundo that came out the following month. In 2009, she starred in two Philippine dramas: Zorro, and Stairway to Heaven.
She also released her debut dance-music album Audition Dance Battle under Universal Records in partnership with Bellhaus Entertainment.
Ramos starred in the fantasy film Ang Panday.
She is the muse of the B-MEG Derby Ace for the 2011-2012 season of PBA.
Anne Curtis
Born Anne Curtis is the eldest daughter of, a Filipina Carmencita curtis-Smith and James Curtis-Smith, an Australian C. She is the elder sister of actress Jasmine Curtis-Smith. She also has a brother named Thomas. She is managed by Viva Entertainment.[citation needed]
Iya Villania
Raelene Elaine Ebaler Villanía (born 29 June 1986, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia), better known as Iya Villania, is a Filipino-Australian actress, host, singer, dancer, and model. She has hosted on TV shows like ASAP Mania, Us Girls and as a VJ for MYX music channel.
Villanía was born in Camperdown, Australia but grew up in Sydney. Her parents, Ray and Elena Villanía, are of Filipino descent. She has two elder sisters named Rhoda and Sheila. She learned to play the piano at age 8. Influenced by her dad's fondness for karaoke, Villania began to sing at an early age.
Villania's first TV appearance was via IBC-13's Game Channel, an interactive texting game show. While hosting for the show, she was offered to join the cast of GMA 7's youth-oriented program "Click" as Syd. She appeared in the afternoon drama series "Walang Hanggan". In 2004, she transferred to GMA 7's rival network, ABS-CBN, to accept a VJ job offered by its music channel subsidiary, MYX, and an acting role for another youth-oriented show, "Seasons of Love". In 2005, she was chosen to co-host the daily noontime show, Wowowee, and the variety show, ASAP Mania. In 2006, Villania began hosting a lifestyle show, Us Girls, for Studio 23 and a reality-dance show, U Can Dance. In 2007, she again hosted for the season 2 of U Can Dance and was appeared in the fantaserye Lastikman. In between, Villania was given numerous TV guestings for shows like Komiks, Love Spell and Your Song. She was also given the opportunity to play in Deal or No Deal and Wheel of Fortune. In 2008, she appeared in GMA-7 show Maynila she hosted for TV5's Mysmatch, a reality-dating show, and OMG!, a reality-celebrity game show. In 2009, she appeared in ABS-CBN's Korean telenovela remake, Only You, as Trixie. She also appeared on ABS-CBN's Precious Hearts Romances Presents: Kristine as Scarlet.
Villania was signed up by Regal Films' owner, Lily Monteverde. Her debut movie, "A Beautiful Life," released in 2004, was directed by Gil Portes. In the same year, she was nominated for best supporting actress in the 2004 Metro Manila Film Festival for the war drama movie "Aishite Imasu 1941" under director, Joel Lamangan. In 2005, she played an all-powerful nature fairy for Imus Productions' "Exodus: Tales of the Enchanted Kingdom". In the summer of 2006, Villania acted her first horror-flick, "Pamahiin". In 2007, she played a cameo role in the romantic movie "Paano Kita Iibigin". In 2009, she was among the cast for GMA Film's valentine movie "When I Met U". In the same year, Villania was again casted by Regal Films to be part of their Metro Manila Film Festival movie entry, Shake, Rattle and Roll XI.
In 2005, Villania acted in the Stages' musical production of Footloose, based on the 1983 movie of the same name. She auditioned for the role of Ariel, the rebellious pastor's daughter. In 2010, she took up here second theater stint by playing the role of Julia (played by Drew Barrymore in the movie version) for 9 Works Theatrical's The Wedding Singer.
In 2003, she front-acted for the American pop rock band Hanson. In 2005, she had a singing duet with Ogie Alcasid in his Valentine concert. Beside singing for most of her part in Footloose The Musical, she recorded "Almost Paradise" with Jay-R which became the carrier song for the musical's album release. In 2006, in-line with her endorsement for ROSE Online, she recorded the game's carrier single "Good To Be Me" and performed it during the game's official launching. In 2008, her studio album "Finally!" was released by Viva Records with "My First Broken Heart" as the carrier single.
Lovi Poe
Lourdes Virginia Moran Poe, better known by her screen name Lovi Poe (born February 11, 1989 in Quezon City, Philippines), is an award-winning Filipina actress and singer who is currently a contract star of GMA Network. She is the daughter of the legendary actor Fernando Poe, Jr. and is famous for playing the role of Kristal in Bakekang.
Poe was born in St. Luke's Hospital in Quezon City and studied at the Colegio San Agustin in Makati, where she finished high school on March 31, 2007. She took freshman classes at the International Academy of Management and Economics in Makati City, Philippines. She is currently taking up Psychology at Ateneo de Manila University, in Quezon City.
She was handpicked by international singing duo Same Same for a duet called "Without You" which is included in the duo's debut album "The Meaning of Happy." She was first paired to Cogie Domingo. Her biggest acting break to date is when she played the coveted role of Kristal, the daughter of Bakekang which she pushes into show business to be an actress in the 2006 Bakekang TV Series which gain critics and praises on her acting. She was also a part of Zaido: Pulis Pangkalawakan as the newspaper journalist who is a friend of a policeman who turned into a superhero among with his other cousins, which is played by Marky Cielo as Alexis Lorenzo or Zaido Green. they played as loveteams in the series. In 2008, she had another biggest break playing her first daring role as Joanna in GMA daytime drama Sine Novela: Kaputol ng Isang Awit which stars Glaiza de Castro, Marky Cielo and Jolo Revilla.
In 2008, Lovi recently won a New Movie Actress of the Year award for her movie Shake Rattle and Roll 9 in 24th PMPC Star Awards for Movies.
She is part of the Gabby Concepcion 20-city tour which kicked off on August 17, 2008. Her "Bloom" solo concert at Music Museum is set for October 16. Bloom is also the title of her 2nd album under SonyBMG. She is also part of the cast of "Paukay-Ukay" of Regal Entertainment.[1]
In late 2008, Lovi starred in "LaLola" where she worked with Rhian Ramos, Eula Valdez and the late Marky Cielo. In 2009, she was seen in "Ang Babaeng Hinugot Sa Aking Tadyang" where she is paired with Prince Stefan.
In mid-May 2009, Lovi surprised everyone when she joined TV5's youth-oriented show "Lipgloss" as Princess Ava/Sophia. Her home network GMA-7 previously did not allow her to join the series as per network policy stating their contract talents be exclusive to their network. But her manager Leo Dominguez defended their move saying that "Lovi does not have an existing contract with GMA". Since then Lovi has not appeared in any of the Kapuso Network's shows. It was also reported that she entertained offers from GMA's rival network ABS-CBN to become a Kapamilya talent after rumored boyfriend Jolo Revilla was named as one of the lead stars of the network's new fantasy series "Agimat". She was strongly considered to be cast as Jolo's leading lady in the series until her manager decided to accept GMA's offer to cast Lovi in the new sitcom Show Me Da Manny. In 2010, she became a regular on the GMA sunday noontime variety show Party Pilipinas. She was supposed to play a role in the action-adventure series Panday Kids but eventually left the project, as she no longer liked her role. In July 2010, she appeared in the independent film Mayohan for which she won her first acting award, the Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival Award for Best Actress.[2] As of 2011, it has been confirmed in news reports that her "secret" boyfriend is drug-addict Representative Ronald Singson. Ronald was recently convicted of cocaine trafficking by a court in Hong Kong and sentenced to 18 months in prison.
Valerie Concepcion
Valerie Concepcion (born Valerie Noroña Galang on December 21, 1987, Manila, Philippines) is a Filipina actress, host and celebrity endorser. A former GMA-7 talent, she is known of her role as Nora Ferrer in the soap opera Sinasamba Kita but later transferred to its rival network ABS-CBN. She then became a host in Wowowee and Pilipinas Win na Win as well as the first incarnation of Banana Split (TV Series) in 2008
Valerie Concepcion was born on December 21, 1987, in Tondo Manila, Philippines.
Angelica Panganiban
Angelica Panganiban (born on November 4, 1986, in Caloocan City, Philippines) is a Filipina film and television actress and comedian.
Angelica Panganiban was born in Payatas on November 4, 1986. Her mother is a Filipina who died in 2008 and buried in Singapore while her father is an American from Iowa, United States. She uses the surname Panganiban from her adopted family. Panganiban finished elementary school in 1999 at St. Vincent in Teacher’s Village, Quezon City, and high school in 2003 at St. Vincent, West Avenue. She was the Junior-Senior Prom Princess in 2002 and Miss Junior and Senior Prom in 2003. She was a cheerleader and also a feature editor in her school newspaper. She attended college at Thames International Business School, majoring in Mass Communication.[citation needed]
Panganiban started her career at age 6 with her first show Ang TV on ABS-CBN. She appeared in numerous television dramas and appeared as a lead in the soap opera Mangarap Ka (2004) with Piolo Pascual at the age of 16. She appeared in the movie Santa Santita (2004) with Jericho Rosales, and starred in the 2005 drama series Vietnam Rose with Maricel Soriano.
During 2006 she appeared regularly in Your Song and also appeared in the now defunct television series Star Magic and in the film White Lady. In 2007 Panganiban appeared in her first mature roles in the film A Love Story, with Aga Muhlach and Maricel Soriano, and in Maging Sino Ka Man with Derek Ramsay. She also appeared in Ysabella as a guest character. She became a full fledged adult dramatic actress in the 2008 primetime drama series Iisa Pa Lamang.[1]
Panganiban appeared in an episode of Your Song with Derek Ramsay in February 2009 and in mid-2009 she filmed her television series Rubi which was based on the 2004 Mexican telenovela Rubí and the pilot episode aired on February 2010; she also starred in the drama/romance movie I Love You, Goodbye with her real life boyfriend Derek Ramsay. This was rated the Second Best Picture in the 2009 Metro Manila Film Festival and made her a box-office favorite after it won awards for Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Story and Best Director.[2] Angelica Panganiban was nominated for Best Festival Actress. The film also won in the Guillermo Mendoza Awards Best-Film Category, with Best Supporting Actress going to Kim Chiu, Best Actor to Gabby Concepcion and Best Supporting Actor to Derek Ramsay.[1] In 2011 she will appear in the soap opera Pinulot Ka Lang Sa Lupa with Gretchen Barretto.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Ehra Madrigal
Geralyn Gaspar Madrigal, who is better known by her screen name Ehra Madrigal (born June 25, 1985 in Quezon City, Philippines) is a Filipina actress.
Jackie Rice
Jackie Rice (born on April 27, 1990 in Dinalupihan, Bataan, Philippines) is a Filipina actress, television personality and commercial model.
She currently lives in Malabon City and is a contract artist of GMA Artist Center. She appeared as the cover girl of Maxim for the month of July 2009. As of late 2009, she played as one of the villains in Darna. In early 2010, she was also included in the fantaserye Panday Kids. She was then casted into lead roles via Dear Friend Presents: Tisay and Ilumina.
Iwa Moto
Aileen Iwamoto (岩本アイリーン) popularly known by her screen name Iwa Moto, is a Filipino Japanese actress, model and teen star. She was one of the Final Four in the 2nd season of StarStruck, a reality-based talent search show of GMA Network in the Philippines and finished as first runner up. She is well-known for playing "Rita Acuesta" on Kung Mahawi Man Ang Ulap and "Valentina" in Darna.
Aileen Iwamoto is the eldest of the three siblings. Her father, the late Hiroaki Iwamoto (岩本宏明), was Japanese while her mother is Filipina. Her father was diagnosed with liver cancer and died on March 8, 2009.[1]
Moto auditioned for second season of StarStruck but failed to qualify until she has succeeded in audition for the third season in which she ended up as the First Princess along with Gian Carlos as the First Prince. After StarStruck, Moto appeared on SOP Gigsters, Love to Love: Young At Heart and Nuts Entertainment.
Moto was suspended for 6 weeks along with Jackie Rice. After the suspension, Moto came back to Nuts Entertainment, joined the cast of Bakekang, her first primetime show where she played Jenny, the best friend of "Kristal" (played by Lovi Poe) and also on the last season of Love to Love which is Jazz Got Lucky. Moto also portrayed her life story on Magpakailanman.
In 2007, Moto appeared in Super Twins, wherein she portrayed the character Moshi Moshi Manika, her first antagonist role. After that, Moto portrayed Rita on Sine Novela's third installment Kung Mahawi Man Ang Ulap, wherein she got a favorable response from the viewers of the show.[2][3] Due to her performance in Kung Mahawi Man ang Ulap, she was in included in Zaido: Pulis Pangkalawakan as a black amazona, her third antagonist role.[4][5]
In 2008, Moto became the image model of the FHM Philippine standee, making her the third Filipina to hold that title after Asia Agcaoili and Katrina Halili. In September of the same year, Iwa graced the cover of FHM Philippines for the second time.[6] She was a previous covergirl of FHM Singapore.
Straight after Zaido: Pulis Pangkalawakan, Moto was given a supporting role in Robin Padilla's Joaquin Bordado,[7] as Diane, but her character was killed off for Moto to focus on Sine Novela's eighth installment Magdusa Ka with Katrina Halili and Dennis Trillo.[8] After that, Moto was included on the cast of Luna Mystika as Donita Sagrado, the main antagonist of Heart Evangelista's character.[9]
In 2009, Moto appeared in the primetime series Adik Sa'Yo as Andrea, but left for Darna to play Valentina, the main antagonist of Darna and her biggest role in a drama so far.
In 2010, Moto began reappearing currently reappearing in Darna and also on Sine Novela: Ina, Kasusuklaman Ba Kita?, in which she portrays the role of Rossan. Here, the dismissal of Iwa Moto in Darna and her character Valentina died in a attack by superheroine Darna.[10] Recently, she appeared in Love Bug: "Last Romance" and also as a guest in Pilyang Kerubin and in the TV series Beauty Queen.
In 2011, she participated in Dwarfina, starring Heart Evangelista and Dennis Trillo.[11] Her last TV project was Andres de Saya, starring Cesar Montano and Iza Calzado.
On May 12, Moto was involve in a fight with her non-showbiz ex-boyfriend Mickey Ablan. She was in Studio 6 of GMA-7 to shoot her scene on her upcoming show Andres de Saya. Ablan arrived just before lunch and they had a conversation. Later on, everyone on the set was shocked when Moto shouted that Ablan grabbed her cellphone. Moto tried to catch Ablan but he soon left the area. Moto then saw the car of Ablan and broke its glasses on the back. This caused Moto injuries and she was brought by reporter Nelson Canlas in Delgado Memorial Hospital in Kamuning, Quezon City. Until now, Moto hasn't been interviewed yet by the media.[12] On May 15, she was rushed into a hospital after she was found unconsciously lying on her bed. According to her friend Justin Ferrer, she is now safe.[13]
Jennylyn Mercado
Jennylyn starts out as a recording artist, in 1999, with Alpha Records through the recommendation of her voice coach Susanna Pichay. She was with the singing group G4 of Nonoy Tan. Unfortunately, two of the co-members did not continue on so the group and the planned album was scrapped. But the group was able to record two songs. After G4, she went into modeling and landed an endorsing stint with Bambini cologne and a Ponds television advertisement. She also made it to the elite Circle of 10 modeling search along with fellow StarStruck member, Dion Ignacio winning the Ms. Photogenic title. Prior to joining StarStruck.
In 2003, Mercado joined the reality show StarStruck and together with Mark Herras were proclaimed the winners of the show. Each of them received one million pesos plus exclusive contracts from GMA Network. After winning StarStruck, she has appeared in several films including So Happy Together and the teen-flick Let the Love Begin. In television, she has appeared in the fantasy soap opera Encantadia, I Luv NY, Now and Forever, entitled Dangal, Super Twins, Sine Novela: Paano Ba Ang Mangarap?, SRO Cinemaserye: Suspetsa, Ikaw Sana and Sine Novela: Gumapang Ka Sa Lusak (TV Series).
She released her first album Living the Dream containing original compositions by composer Vehnee Saturno and a carrier single titled "Kahit Sandali". In May 2006, Mercado released her second album, Letting Go which included the single "Sa Aking Panaginip" by Vehnee Saturno.Her first major concert was held on May 15, 2006 at the Music Museum in Greenhills. In January 2010, under VIVA Records, she released her third album titled, "Love Is... Jennylyn Mercado".
Last May 15, 2009, she had her birthday concert at The Music Museum, entitled, I Am Woman with guest stars Ogie Alcasid, Janno Gibbs, Richard Poon and Mark Herras. The concert ran for three hours and it was a Sold Out affair.
Jennylyn's acting career is being handled by Becky Aguila and VIVA Entertainment, Inc. While her singing career is managed by VIVA Records alone.
On May 4, 1991, when she was nearly four years old, she made headlines as a battered child. Her assailant was her stepfather, who burned her skin with cigarette butts. Her mother, who was then in Dubai working as beauty consultant in a duty free store, immediately came home. She came not to take care of her daughter, however, but to bail out her partner, who was in detention.[1] Mercado's life story was featured in the weekly drama anthology Magpakailanman on October 14, 2004. She is now the official spokesperson of the Bata Foundation (Christian Mission Services), a non-governmental organization.
She is the former girlfriend of co-StarStruck survivor Mark Herras. They started dating on April 29, 2004 and broke up on September 2005.
She then got pregnant by her ex-boyfriend Patrick Garcia, who, reportedly, has distanced himself upon learning about the pregnancy. On August 16, 2008, she gave birth, via Caesarian section (8-9 p.m.) to an 8.12 pound (3.68 kg) baby boy at St. Luke's Hospital, Quezon City. Her child's name is Alex Jazz "AJ" Mercado.[2][3][4]
On April 9, 2010, Jennylyn Mercado and actor, Dennis Trillo, admitted that they are "exclusively dating" after a Philippine Tabloid released photos of them holding hands while strolling in a shopping center in Hong Kong.[5][6]
Last October 28, 2010, Jennylyn was reportedly rushed to the hospital due to a minor heart attack.[7]
On March 5, 2011, after almost a year of being together, Jennylyn and Dennis called it quits. Their break-up didn't surface the tabloids until after March 25. It was said that Dennis was jealous of Jen's son's father, Patrick Garcia that caused the fight which Dennis in turn hurt Jen physically. Both are mum about this issue. In June 2011 issue of Yes! Magazine, Jennylyn admitted she was physically hurt by actor, Dennis Trillo
"'Sa sobrang gulat ko doon sa mga sinabi niya sa 'kin, umakyat talaga 'yong dugo ko sa ulo. Talagang nag-init 'yong ulo ko. Talagang nasampal ko siya,' Jennylyn admits. (I was taken by surprise by all the things he said to me, so I got so mad. That's when I slapped him.)
But this was nothing to how Dennis retaliated, Jennylyn says, as demonstrates how Dennis allegedly kept her on a headlock while dragging her across his living room.
'Dala-dala niya po ako... papunta doon sa may sliding glass door niya... 'Tapos, hinagis niya po ako pababa. Patapon po, e. Kaya bumagsak po ako. Nalaglag po ako sa sahig. Medyo masama 'yong bagsak ko, kasi parang balakang 'yong bumagsak,' she recounts. (He dragged me... towards the sliding glass door in his place... Then he threw me downwards. He literally threw me. So I really fell on to the floor. I felt my fall that bad because I felt it in my hips.)
Until now, Jen admits that she hasn't recovered from the hurtful words Dennis hurled at her. 'Hindi maganda 'yong mga sinabi niya sa akin. Sobrang minaliit niya ako, para akong walang kwenta, winasak niya pagkatao ko,' she says. (He said such bad things about me. He belittled me so much like I'm such a worthless person, he destroyed my confidence." [8][9]
On May 21, 2011, Luis Manzano admitted on Entertainment Live that he and Jennylyn are "definitely dating".[10]
Katrina Halili
Katrina Halili (born Maria Katrina Iren Pe Halili on January 4, 1986) is a Filipina actress, commercial model and music producer. She made her screen debut via StarStruck, but did not gain popularity until playing the antagonist roles in Darna, Majika and MariMar and becoming the protagonist in One Night Only, Gagambino and Magdusa Ka.
Katrina Halili is an alumna of the StarStruck talent search and the cover girl of leading magazines such as FHM and Maxim Philippines. She was voted as FHM Philippines' sexiest woman for the year 2006 and bagged the title yet again in 2007. She is the first StarStruck contestant to top the FHM Philippines' 100 Sexiest list and the only Filipina celebrity to have won the title twice in a row. She is a three-time FHM Philippines covergirl.[1] With 123,000 votes, she placed 2nd in 2008 next to Marian Rivera.
In May 2009, a sex tape showing Halili and Dr. Hayden Kho, who was then in a relationship with Dr. Vicky Belo, was distributed over the internet without her consent. The dispute lasted so long and resulted in a number of legal actions and with some endorsements being taken away from her.[2][3][4][5][6]
After months of barely any work or popularity caused by the sex tape incident, she was chosen as the antagonist of GMA 7's Philippine TV adaptation of Rosalinda.
She is rumored to play the lead role in the TV Remake of Carlo J. Caparas's Angela Markado. She was also part of the 2009 cast of Darna together with Dennis Trillo. She played Valentina's fully-grown younger sister Serpina.
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