Phil and James Younghusband, new endorsers of Collezione-C2

Philippine Azkals' Phil and James Younghusband are now the newest brand ambassadors of the Filipino fashion brand Collezione-C2, the makers of the iconic My Pilipinas shirt designs. The British-Filipino brothers have been chosen to embody the talented Pinoys.

“Celebrating the uniqueness of the resilient Filipino and the gifts and skills he has to offer the country and the rest of the world is something that we are very passionate about," Collezione-C2 Managing Director Joey Qua said.

"We wholeheartedly welcome James and Phil to the team as we strive to continually express our shared vision for the talented Pinoy.” Qua added.

According to James, there were no second thoughts about endorsing the brand.

"We have something in common - a love for originality, creativity, Pinoy pride, and living out one’s passion.”

Phil added, "We also believe in Filipino artistry and the art of forward-thinking. These are things we both believe are relevant in this day and age for our country to stand out and make its mark in different areas of expertise.”

"Mula Sa Puso" Remake Cast revealed! | Lauren Young, Jm de Guzman, Enrique Gil take lead roles

After the overwhelming success of its remake on Mara Clara, ABS-CBN will again bring back to our TV screens another well-loved teleserye hit in the past. The 1997-1999 drama series, Mula sa Puso which brought Claudine Barreto, Rico Yan and Diether Ocampo to superstardom, is now being taped and will be aired on the Kapamilya network soon.

So far the biggest break of her career, young actress Lauren Young will be the new Claudine in this remake and will be playing the role of Via. It will also be a wish-come-true for newcomers JM de Guzman and Enrique Gil because they have been chosen to portray the roles of Gabriel (originally played by Rico Yan) and Michael (Diether Ocampo's role), respectively.

Also part of the cast are veteran actor Gabby Concepcion as Via's father Don Fernando, Eula Valdez as Selina and Dawn Zulueta as Via's Mom, Magdalena.

Mula sa Puso 2011 will be directed by Wenn Deramas who also directed the original series.

Here's the plot of the 1997 Mula Sa Puso courtesy of wikipedia:

Via (Claudine Barretto), the only daughter of Don Fernando (Juan Rodrigo), is raised as his darling princess. On her eighteenth birthday she finds out that her father has promised her (hand in marriage) to her childhood friend Michael (Diether Ocampo), and before the birthday party is over, she gets kidnapped. She is rescued by a good samaritan named Gabriel (Rico Yan), whom she falls in love with. Michael at the latter part of the story became romantically involved with Via's best friend, Trina (Rica Peralejo). As the story unfolds, Via ends up having to decide between the two men in her life, while learning more about her mother Magda (Jaclyn Jose) and fighting off her evil aunt Selina, (Princess Punzalan), who is the sister of Don Fernando who wants to make all of them miserable before Selina's defeat.

In the story, Selina was one of the most influential character, due to her greediness in power and wealth of Don Fernando ( Juan Rodrigo), her brother. She used people in order to manipulate them when a bombing in the departure of Via and her family to start a new life begins, Via lives a new identity but comes back to her family, and they all face Selina one last time in dignity.

Paquito Diaz is still alive! ABS-CBN says sorry for reporting Paquito Diaz dead! | Paquito Diaz Death Rumor

"Erratum: We inadvertently reported earlier that actor Paquito Diaz passed away. We apologize for the mistake"

This ends the 5:45PM, February 27 update of an ABS-CBNNews.com report with the heading "Paquito Diaz's family denies death rumor". The newly updated report clarifies that actor Paquito Diaz is still alive.

Courtesy of ABS-CBNNews.com here's the full report:

MANILA, Philippines (1st UPDATE) – The daughter of Paquito Diaz on Sunday refuted a newspaper report that the veteran actor passed away.

According to the report, which came out Sunday morning, the 73-year-old actor passed away on Saturday in Albay.

Diaz's daughter, Joanna Diaz-Gallent, said her father is still alive. She added that rumors of her father's death have spread around in the past.

“It’s ok. Mag-one month na kami tinetext na he's dead na daw. Sanay na kami," she said in a text message sent to ANC.

Jean Balagtas, daughter of action film director Jose “Kaka” Balagtas and official secretary of the Katipunan ng mga Artista ng Pelikulang Pilipino at Telebisyon (KAPPT), also denied reports that Diaz has died.

“Hindi po totoo ang balita. Nakausap po ng mga taga-Actors Guild si Joko at sinabi niya mismo na hindi patay ang kanyang ama,” informed Balagtas.

Joko, a son of Diaz, is a member of KAPPT board of directors.

In 2002, Diaz suffered a stroke, causing his health to deteriorate. He was recently rushed to a hospital in Bicol because of an illness.

Diaz, also known as Kits in show business, is confined at the Estevez Memorial Hospital in Legazpi City, Albay.

The actor, Francisco Bustillos Diaz in real life, was born on May 28, 1937 in Pampanga.

Diaz was introduced in the movie “Son of Fung Ku.” He has done hundreds of films but gained iconic status as the villain in many films with the late Fernando Poe Jr. –ANC and Boy Villasanta, abs-cbnNEWS.com

(Erratum: We inadvertently reported earlier that actor Paquito Diaz passed away. We apologize for the mistake)

The original news report was written at 3:25 PM and the update came out at 5:45PM. At 12:00 AM today, Pilipino Star Ngayon also reported the death of the actor which again is just a rumor. I wonder if it is the 'newspaper' that the above ABS-CBN report pertains to.


Here's a screenshot of the Pilipino Star Ngayon Report:


Hmmmmm.. Issue... Issue... I hope noone gets to be fired from work after this.

Super Junior invades Manila, Philippines! | Super Junior Manila Concert Videos

I heard everyone in Araneta are having a blast right now since the all-male K-Pop group Super Junior are currently performing in front of their Filipino fans who are quite many!

Super Junior Members (Photo | Reec)

I know videos of the Super Junior concert in Manila will be up soon. That is why I made this post to compile some of them here. I will update this if I can find them already. For now, here are arrival videos of the Korean boy band courtesy of GMA and a fan:





Update: Here are some videos of the concert courtesy of Youtube:

Erwan Heussaff, Sam Milby meet face to face at a party | Poll: Who do you like for Anne Curtis? Erwan or Sam?

What happens when the ex-boyfriend of Anne Curtis, Sam Milby and her current boo, Erwan Heussaff meet face to face?

Picture of Erwan Heussaff, Anne Curtis and Sam Milby taken during Liz Uy's birthday party courtersy of ubertwitter

“Nothing ano, [nothing] bad at all,” was how Sam described it when he got the chance to bump into Erwan recently at celebrity stylist Liz Uy's birthday party.

“Even when I was there talagang wala kaming problema or anything like that. 'How you doin’?' Gano’n lang. Fun talaga,” Sam told SNN.

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As a fan, I am happy for Anne since she looks so happy having Erwan around.

But just for fun eh since our current poll is about to end. I just wanna know if there are still those who haven't moved on yet and still missing Sam and Anne together (Kismets fans?). Haha. Here's a poll question for you:

Who do you like for Anne Curtis? Erwan Heussaff or Sam Milby? :D

To help you out here are pictures of Anne with Erwan and photos of her with Sam:

:D