The Ultimate Fan

KC Concepcion flashes a big smile on the cover of Meg magazine’s September issue. The Huwag Ka Lang Mawawala actress will teach us how to have fun with fashion, while the cover story tells us her thoughts on being single, finding the real her, and how she got over a quarter-life crisis.

Manilyn Reynes, Tina Paner and Sheryl Cruz, aka The Triplets, are going to be in ASAP 18 on Sunday, September 1. Their fans in the 80s will surely enjoy seeing them reunite even just for a production number.

Bukas Na Lang Kita Mamahalin will air its pilot episode on Monday, September 2. But before that, the drama series will be launched on Sunday, Sept. 1, in ABS-CBN’s ASAP 18 . Watch as the cast of the much-awaited series grace the Sunday variety show headed by Gerald Anderson who plays the lead role in the teleserye. He will be joined by members of the main cast including Dawn Zulueta, Cristine Reyes, Rayver Cruz, Tonton Gutierrez, Diana Zubiri, and Dina Bonnevie.

Julis Babao will expose how a group of syndicates collect free medicines from politicians and sell them. The broadcast journalist and his group will show us in this Monday’s episode of Bistado how medical documents were faked for the sole purpose of stealing medicines.

The new primetime series, ABS-CBN’s Got To Believe , was a consistent Top 2 since it started airing on Monday. The fans of Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla have really been supporting the show as it has been getting above 30% national rating even if the two haven’t appeared in the soap yet as of Thursday night. Here are the Top 10 daytime and primetime television programs From Tuesday to Thursday, August 27-29, 2013, according to Kantar Media Total Philippines (Urban and Rural) Household TV Ratings:

Kuya Kim will kick of the “Ber months” by featuring some of the weirdest phenomena, people and animals in Matanglawin this Sunday, September 1. The country’s Trivia King investigates weird weather occurrences such as the 72-mudfish rain in Agusan del Sur as well as Siberia’s orange snow and Yangtze’s blood-red river.

Melissa Ricks is back in the country after spending six weeks in the US following her break-up with Paul Jake Castillo. And now that she’s here, she was able to shed light as to what caused their split. Paul Jake gave vague explanations of it before, but as Melissa said, they have agreed that she would be the one to talk to the press about the break-up because the Pinoy Big Brother ex-housemate isn’t used to explaining himself during interviews.

Adam Levine’s fiancee, Victoria’s Secret model Behati Prinsloo, has posted on Instagram a photo of the singer where it looks like he’s dancing in his underwear. We’ve seen the Maroon 5 singer with just a pair of female hands covering his privates, though. But this one’s sexy, nonetheless.

The grand coronation of Miss World 2013 will be held in this year’s host country, Indonesia, and will be aired in the Philippines by GMA-7 on September 28, Saturday, at 10 PM. The pageant will be broadcast live from Sentul International Convention Center in Jakarta. The venue can sit up to 11,000 and is fitted with state of the art sound and lighting equipments.

The Star Magic Ball 2013 is happening September 7 at the Fairmont Hotel! The annual event is attended by the brightest stars of the ABS-CBN talent management arm and is much-awaited by fans. Who wore who and who went with who will surely be the most talked about even days after the ball.

Victor Basa admitted that he auditioned for the lead part of Vincent in the hit primetime series My Husband’s Lover . And although he did not get the role, the creative team found another role for him, that of Vincent’s ex-boyfriend, David. “I auditioned for the role of Vincent but I think they were looking for a different attack on the character,” Victor told pep.ph. “Baka… maybe yung look or something.”

Raymond Gutierrez will be hosting TV5’s newest showbiz talk show, Showbiz Police . It was some three weeks ago when he posted a photo on Instagram that showed him with the Kapatid Network sign. It came with the caption saying that he’s now a freelance artist and will be seen on TV5 starting September.

Members of the Philippine Volcanoes dropped by It’s Showtime on Thursday to tell everyone that the team will be joining the HSBC Malaysia 7s which happens August 31-September 1, 2013 at the Petaling Jaya Stadium in Kuala Lumpur. But it’s not just that. Eric “Eruption” Tai also announced that he has officially returned to the team and will be joining the said tourney after 2 years of not playing.

With the popularity of My Husband’s Lover comes more projects for its lead stars. Just like Tom Rodriguez and Carla Abellana who are going to star in a movie project under Regal Films. Titled Let’s Take A Chance , the movie will be directed by Jun Lana and will also have Niña Jose, Gee Canlas and Leo Martinez in the cast.

Mutya Datul, the Philippine representative to the Miss Supranational 2013 beauty pageant, has just won one of the special awards during a pre-pageant event that was held at the National Beauty School of Minsk. Mutya won Miss Supranational Personality 2013. She did well in both the swimsuit and cocktail dress presentation, but she barely made it as she was only one vote ahead of Miss Myanmar.

Derek Ramsay and Cristine Reyes are officially a couple as confirmed by Pep Alerts on Thursday, August 29th.

The mugshot of Janet Lim-Napoles has been released by the Philippine National Police. She surrendered to the president last night, after a P10 million reward was put on her head.

Sarah Lahbati didn’t appear in the hearing of the perjury and libel charges she filed against GMA Network executive Annette Gozon-Abrogar at the Makati Regional Trial Court. The legal charges were with regards to the statements said which stemmed from Sarah’s controversial decision to leave the country, and thus, the network where she’s still under contract with and where she had ongoing projects at that time.

Heart Evangelista will soon be seen again on afternoon television via the upcoming family drama, Magkano Ba Ang Pag-ibig? The soap will again pair her with Sid Lucero who she has worked with last year in the primetime series, Legacy . Heart will play the role of Eloisa, a good daughter who will fall in love with Sid’s character, Lucio. Their love affair, however, will not go without a catch as one of them will be bought off to leave alone the other. Thus, the question “how much is the cost of love?”

An impersonator of Judy Ann Santos showcased her acting skills ala-Juday in the semi-finals of It’s Showtime’ s Kalokalike Face 2. She acted a scene in Huwag Ka Lang Mawawala where she was so angry with Eros for taking their son away.

It’s almost September and that means the new season of Glee is about to come. But despite the excitement, this new season’s premiere is bittersweet especially to the fans of Cory Monteith.

Lovi Poe stars in Akin Pa Rin Ang Bukas , an upcoming primetime series of GMA-7. Directed by Laurice Guillen, the teleserye is set to premiere on September 9, 2013, pre-empting the timeslot to be left by Mundo Mo’y Akin .

The Teen King Daniel Padilla is cute as ever on the cover of Candy magazine’s Cuties Special (September 2013) issue. The Kapamilya heartthrob is currently all over, promoting his just-premiered primetime series, Got To Believe , with love team Kathryn Bernardo.

The Kapuso noontime show Eat Bulaga! was consistent in topping the daytime ratings based on AGB Nielsen Philippines’ Mega Manila Household Ratings on August 12-18, 2013. Primetime, meanwhile was dominated by Anna Karenina and My Husband’s Lover . Here are the Top 10 daytime and primetime TV programs from Aug. 6 to Aug. 11, 2013 according to AGB Nielsen Ph Mega Manila Household Ratings:

The official teaser for Galema: Anak Ni Zuma premiered Tuesday night on ABS-CBN. The series stars Andi Eigenmann in the title role. The fantasy series is directed by Wenn V. Deramas, who also helmed Andi’s last series, Kapag Puso’y Sinugatan .

Ruffa Gutierrez is featured on the covers of Metro magazine’s September 2013 issue. The mag is celebrating the biggest month in the fashion world with two spectacular covers both shot in Florence, Italy. The “showbiz royalty” was photographed by Doc Marlon Pecjo for both covers. She’s seen in one wearing a sleek black trench and heels from Salvatore Ferragamo, while she’s wearing a fiery red dress from Bottega Veneta in the other.

ABS-CBN’s It’s Showtime and GMA-7’s Eat Bulaga! tied on Saturday, August 24, 2013, at the top spot of daytime ratings based Kantar Media’s data. The Kapamilya noontime show was able to equal the national rating of constant winner, Eat Bulaga! , by also getting 15.7%.

Top 10 daytime and primetime television programs on Tuesday, August 20, 2013, according to Kantar Media Total Philippines (Urban and Rural) Household TV Ratings:1

The pilot episode of Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla’s Got To Believe was the second most-watched television program on Monday, August 26, 2013. It got an impressive 34.0% national rating, placing below constant leader Juan Dela Cruz which had 37.7%. Muling Buksan Ang Puso which was moved one slot later (pre-empting Huwag Ka Lang Mawawala ) suffered from a low viewership. It only got 20.4%, ranking sixth overall and fifth in primetime.

The finale episode of Judy Ann Santos’ Huwag Ka Lang Mawawala ended with a very significant 32.5% national rating based on Kantar Media’s data on Friday, August 23, 2013. It ranked second overall, below constant leader Juan Dela Cruz which got 34.5% Meanwhile, GMA-7’s Kakambal Ni Eliana also aired its last episode on Friday. It got 15.7% national rating, which made it the second most-watched daytime program.

Celebrity siblings Anne Curtis and Jasmine Curtis-Smith are the cover girls of Hola! Philippines magazine’s premiere issue. Cover line says Anne is Jasmine’s number one fan, while Jasmine was quoted as saying, “I want to achieve all the great things she has done.”

Kim Chiu will take kids and families to a magical, funny, and lesson-filled adventure this September as she stars in the newest month-long special of Wansapanataym titled ‘My Fairy Kasambahay.’ From her remarkable portrayals in top-rating primetime drama series such as Ina Kapatid Anak and My Binondo Girl , and the blockbuster movie Bakit Hindi Ka Crush Ng Crush Mo , Kim will return to the small screen next month via Wansapanataym as the spoiled brat named Elyza who is set to learn the value of respecting house helpers.

Philippine showbiz’s ‘teen king and queen’ Daniel Padilla and Kathryn Bernardo have once again proven the ‘KathNiel magic’ as their highly anticipated primetime series on ABS-CBN, “Got To Believe” debuted strongly last Monday (August 26). According to the data from Kantar Media, the premiere telecast of Got To Believe hit a national TV rating of 34%, or more than twice the viewers who watched its rival show in GMA, Mundo Mo’y Akin , that only scored 16.1%.

Roel Manlangit’s life story will be featured in ABS-CBN’s Maalaala Mo Kaya this Saturday, August 31, 2013. The singer’s story has been known when he joined and won Pilipinas Got Talent Season 4 , and has been inspiring a lot of Filipinos ever since.

Top Suzara and Jinky Vidal, the original Freestyle vocalists, guested in ABS-CBN’s Umagang Kay Ganda on Tuesday to promote their reunion concert. Some of the morning show’s hosts were obviously fans of the two as they cheered and even sang along as Jinky sang the hit So Slow and Top, Before I Let You Go . The two songs were both big back then.

Charice performed A Change Is Gonna Come at the Major League Baseball (MLB) Beacon Awards in Chicago to give honor to Aretha Franklin and Bo Jackson. The Filipino singer, who recently made headlines when she came out as a lesbian, was assisted by Troy Laureta on the keyboard. She was wearing her now usual coat and pants and she again sported the Daniel Padilla-ish hairdo despite getting a new hairstyle weeks before flying to the US.

Sarah Geronimo’s lookalike competed in the semi-finals of It’s Showtime’ s Kalokalike Face 2 on Monday.

Krista Miller became controversial as the alleged third party in the separation of married couple Cesar Montano and Sunshine Cruz. According to Sunshine, Krista had an affair with her husband while the two were doing a movie together. The sexy star, however, has never admitted that she ever had any romantic relationship with Cesar. Recently, she even dared Sunshine to show whatever proof the Dugong Buhay actress has against her.

Daniel Padilla made the live audience of It’s Showtime wild when he guested on the noontime show on Monday to promote his new primetime series, Got To Believe .

Gerald Anderson denied that he was the man in the scandalous photo that surfaced last month. In a press conference for his movie On The Job which comes out August 28, the Kapamilya actor said he found it funny but admitted that the man’s physique has similarity to his.

Sarah Geronimo will hold her 10th anniversary concert, titled “Perfect 10: The Concert,” on November 15, 2013, 8 PM, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. Available starting today, Aug.26, tickets the concert can be availed via TicketNet with the following prices:

Justin Timberlake was a big winner at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, taking home 3 moon man trophies - Best Direction for Suit And Tie , and Best Editing and the much-coveted Video Of The Year for Mirrors . Meanwhile, One Direction was booed while receiving the Best Song Of Summer award for Best Song Ever at the Barclays Center. The boy band, however, ignored it and just thanked their fans.

Aside from topping the MYX International Top (MIT) 20 (August 24-30) , EXO’s Growl music video was also no. 1 in the MYX Hit Chart for Aug. 25-31, 2013. Growl is the lead single from EXO’s repackaged first studio album, XOXO . It has a Korean and a Mandarin Chinese music video which you can watch at this link: http://bit.ly/19TMshi .

EXO’s Growl music video, which debuted on the chart last week, claimed the top spot of the MYX International Top (MIT) 20 from One Direction’s Best Song Ever which reigned for 3 consecutive weeks. Growl is the lead single of EXO’s repackaged first studio album, XOXO . It has 2 music videos - in Korean and in Mandarin Chinese - which you can find here: http://bit.ly/19TMshi .

Sam Concepcion’s No Limitations music video is the new Pinoy MYX Countdown no.1, beating Yeng Constantino’s Sandata which was on top for the past couple of weeks. No Limitations was written by Billy Crawford for Sam’s 2nd studio album, Infinite , under Universal Records.

Four artists were eliminated from The Voice Of The Philippines at the end of the Kapamilya program’s first-ever Live Show held at the Newport Performing Arts Theater of Resorts World Manila on Sunday, August 25, The voting and elimination was fast-paced, with the viewers only getting the chance to save their bets through text and online votes during the commercial break following the team’s performances.

Seventy-two lookalikes of local and international celebrities will come together and battle in the grandest and brightest tournament of Kalokalikes in ABS-CBN’s noontime show “It’s Showtime” beginning Monday (August 26). “Kalokalike Level Up Face 2” features the contestants at their best, wildest, and most improved impersonation of stars, and will be held over a course of four weeks from August 26 to September 20.

Marian Rivera and Angel Locsin were recently seen in a photo together. Guesses ranged from endorsement, TV project, and even a movie. It is now known, however, that the photo was for a Rogue magazine issue that celebrates the people behind the photos. In the case of the above photo reposted from Instagram’s @thedongyanatics, Angel and Marian, together with Charlene Gonzales, Anne Curtis and Judy Ann Santos, are supporting their stylist, Pam Quiñones.

  Pompeii tells about the story of a slave and his struggles to save the woman he loves and his best friend, a gladiator trapped inside the city’s coliseum. The movie is set in the days leading up to the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, which burried the ancient Roman city under 4 to 6 meters of ash and pumice in 79 AD.

Eric Tai, or more popularly known as “Eruption” in the ABS-CBN noontime show It’s Showtime , celebrated his birthday on the show on Saturday, August 24. Performing with him were his friends including Gem Ramos, Will Devaughn, and his Philippine Volcanoes teammates Andy Smith and Chris Everingham. Andrew Wolff could’ve been there but he was in Norway to attend to his girlfriend who’s about to give birth.

An official trailer for The Book Thief , an inspiring movie set in Germany during the World War II, has been released. It opens in cinemas November 15th (US). Directed by Brian Percival ( Downton Abbey ), the movie stars Sophie Nélisse, Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson and Ben Schnetzer.

A new trailer for On The Job aired during the finale of Huwag Ka Lang Mawawala on Friday night. The movie opens in cinemas on Wednesday, August 28. The movie stars Gerald Anderson, Joel Torre, Joey Marquez, Angel Aquino, Shaina Magdayao, Empress, Leo Martinez, Michael De Mesa, Vivian Velez, Rayver Cruz and Piolo Pascual.

A man being blackmailed by his ex-lover from Facebook receives help from broadcast journalist Julius Babao this Monday, August 26, in Bistado . The girl from Facebook claims that she is a minor and threatens to sue the man if he won’t give her money.

Viva Entertainment has uploaded a must-see video of Sarah Geronimo and Teacher Georcelle of the G-Force rehearsing a dance routine. The pop star has really evolved into quite a dancer, and being an exceptional singer and a box-office queen at that, it is safe to say that she has really become a total performer. Not quite a showdown as the video description says, the video shows Teacher Georcelle dancing with Sarah over and over again until the pop star got the routine right.

GMA-7’s Kakambal Ni Eliana moved up the ranking on its second to the last episode last Thursday, August 22, 2013. Based on Kantar Media’s data, the afternoon soap got 15.0% national rating, ranking 3rd on daytime.

Nikki Gil is back to being goofy as evident in her latest Instagram photo that shows her doing some funny poses and making faces at the MYX studios. “I’m baaaaack @myph @myxphilippines,” said the caption of the above photo, signaling her return as a MYX VJ.

Ryzza Mae Dizon is on the cover of the September issue of Yes!, “the number one entertainment magazine.” Get to know Ryzza’s humble beginnings from joining Barangay kiddie pageants to Wiltime Bigtime to Eat Bulaga!’ s Little Miss Philippines which catapulted her rise to stardom.

Chalk magazine has released a teaser video, and any showbiz fan could easily recognize Kathryn Bernardo, Julia Montes, Joseph Marco and Enchong Dee’s faces even if they were half-hidden. Also in the video are Glee’ s Dean Geyer and Becca Tobin who both recently flew to the Philippines with other Glee cast members for a Coca-Cola event.

ABS-CBN’s Juan Dela Cruz was still the most-watched television program for Monday, August 19, 2013, even as Tropical Storm ‘Maring’ hit the country. The fantasy-action series topbilled by Coco Martin got 35.7% national rating, beating its rival show, GMA-7’s Anna Karenina , which only got 20.0%. Meanwhile, the Kapamilya noontime show, It’s Showtime , fell below the daytime top 10 at no. 8 with only 13.8% national rating. It’s rival program, GMA-7’s Eat Bulaga! , got 15.9%, ranking second in daytime.

Jeric Gonzales is paired again with Thea Tolentino in GMA-7’s Pyra: Babaeng Apoy which begins airing in the network’s afternoon block beginning Monday, August 26. Jeric and Thea are the winners of the second season of Protégé . They were also seen as a love team in their previous projects such as Teen Gen and Love And Lies .

Claudine Barretto said she wouldn’t allow her legal husband Raymart Santiago and his brother Randy Santiago to ruin her name. In an interview with selected members of the press Thursday night, the actress couldn’t hide the anger in her voice while talking about the Santiagos regarding their court battles.

The Top 24 have been chosen and the Live Shows of The Voice Of The Philippines begin this Sunday, August 25. The show gets more exciting as the televiewers get a chance to participate on who stays in the competition. In the first leg, three artists from each team will perform songs chosen by them and their coaches.

Wentworth Miller declined the invitation to be a guest at St. Petersburg International Film Festival because he cannot participate in an occasion that is hosted by a country that has an unfair treatment to gay men like himself. In  a letter, the American actor, model, screenwriter and producer said that the Russian government’s attitude towards gays and lesbians, how they “are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly,” is not acceptable.

A photo that shows Angel Locsin and Marian Rivera together seems to hint something. Could the movie project Mother Lily of Regal Films has been wanting to make for the two soon become possible? The above photo was posted on Angel Locsin’s Facebook fan page. It seems to have been shot in a studio, with the two stars in full make-up and their outfits seem to talk characters.

A new back-to-back promo for ABS-CBN’s Primetime Bida has been released by the network. It features the lead stars of Muling Buksan Ang Puso and the upcoming Got To Believe . Got To Believe starts airing this Monday, August 26th. And from then on, our nights will be filled with the presence of Kapamilya Network’s newest idols starting with Muling Buksan Ang Puso’ s Versatile Actor Enchong Dee, Teleserye Sweetheart Julia Montes, The Next Ultimate Leading Man Enrique Gil, and Got To Believe’ s Teen King Daniel Padilla and Teen Queen Kathryn Bernardo.