Survivor Philippines: The 18 Castaways

18 castaways, vying for the grand prize of 3 million pesos, isolated in an island where basic necessities are not present and presented with challenges to test their guts and physical strengths. Expect deception and ganging up as the contestants do anything to win.

Survivor Philippines premieres September 15, 2008 on GMA 7 hosted by Paolo Bediones.

Official list of 18 castaways from the Survivor Philippines blog:

1. Charisse

2. Chev

3. Cris

4. Emerson

5. Gigit - the lone rider

6. Jace

7. JC - the basketball heartthrob

8. John - the mechanic and model

9. Kaye

10. Kiko

11. Marlon

12. Nikki

13. Nina

14. Patani - the yaya

15. Rob

16. Veronica - the SEA Games taekwondo athlete

17. Vevherly - the farmer

18. Zita - the laundrywoman

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Emma Watson on Vogue Italy

The nerdy girl from Hogwarts has grown to be a very fine young lady. Emma Watson is on the cover of Vogue Italy's September issue. She has a 20-page pictorial inside and talks about how she sometimes wishes that her life was simpler but most of the time she feels like she's the luckiest girl in the world. Emma also says that a lot of people act like they know her too well because she grew up under the spotlight - watching her grow up both physically and as an actress in the Harry Potter films.

See more of her Vogue Italy pictures here.

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Daniel Radcliffe on Details

Daniel Radcliffe confessed that he lost his virginity at age 16 to an older woman. The British actor also says he'd like to play a drag queen one day. Daniel, who is on Forbes list of Hollywood's Top-Paid Tweens, just signed a $50 million contract for the final two Harry Potter movies.

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New Kids on the Block featuring Ne-Yo

New Kids on the Block are out with the video of their new single called "Single". The song, included in their comeback album "The Block", also features Ne-Yo. The video below.

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Ramielle Malubay in Concert

Ramielle Malubay, the Filipino-American singer who made it to the Top 12 of American Idol 7, is going to have a concert in the Philippines with Ogie Alcasid. Ogie Sings with the Idols is going to be held on December 20 and 21 at the Aliw Theater. Pinoy Idol winner Gretchen Espina and semi-finalist Robby Navarro are also two of the guests.

Some reports say that Danny Noriega, AI7 Top 24 and Ramielle's BFF, will also visit the Philippines with the 4'11" singer to also be part of the concert.

The two are actually rumored not to be BFF's anymore but Ramiele denied it in her interview with accesshollywood. She said, "That is so not true. He is kind of busy right now and I am busy as well. I talk to him whenever I get the chance. We will text every once in awhile but it’s not like all the time like it used to be. We are going to the Philippines together in December. We are going to do a concert together."

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Madonna's Sticky and Sweet Tour Staff Threatening to Walk Out

Some of the 250 staff of Madonna's Sticky and Sweet tour are threatening to walk out after being forced to stay in cheap hotels and take cheap flights. They are furious at Madonna who stayed in a $22,000-a-night castle, Chateau Saint Jeannet, after her show in Nice, France and who flew in by private jet to the castle with her family - husband Guy Ritchie (39), daughter Lourdes (11) and two sons Rocco (8) and David (2).

Madonna also made demands like a helicopter to fly her back to the castle after the show. The fifty-year-old singer was also reported to keep a team of 12 staff which includes six beauticians, a personal chef and chiropractor.

The Sticky and Sweet tour continues, though, despite the threats from her crew.

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Ploning, Philippines' Official Entry to the 2009 Oscars

A good movie, even if it didn't do well in the box-office simply because a big movie outfit got the same playdate for its own mushy one, will always be remembered and continually get attention.

Judy Ann Santos's Ploning is now the official entry of the Philippines to the 2009 Oscars.

It is indeed a happy moment for the people behind Ploning. For one, the movie's producer Jourdan Sebastian wrote in his blog: Today I just found out that Ploning is the official Philippine Entry to the 2009 Academy Awards. Am I saying we are going to get nominated to the most prestigious film award giving body in the world? Nope, I'm saying we are going to win Best Foreign Film!!! Yahoo!!! Libre mangarap at maniwala!!!

The committee (headed by Eddie Romero) tasked to select the country's entry only had six titles to choose from, five of which are indie films (Tribu, Pisay, Endo, Serbis and Ploning). Sharon Cuneta's Caregiver completed the list. The committee battled between Ploning and Caregiver, but eventually favored the Judy Ann Santos starrer.

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