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THE
recent verbal skirmishes among sexy stars in one of the
usual disrobing events produced and organized by a men’s
magazine got our attention. Well, they do this all the
time anyway, the usual catfights that lead to instant
publicity.
It was
reported that ABS-CBN’s Rizza Santos snubbed GMA sexy
stars Katrina Halili, LJ Reyes and Alyssa Alano,
provoking Iwa Moto to confront the former Pinoy Big
Brother contestant. At any rate, Santos is doing a
movie with two of our country’s top comedians.
For a
few days, the interviews done on Halili, Reyes and Alano
showed how maldita Santos could be. Halili said
that when she bumped into Santos in the comfort room at
one point during the event, she said hi but the middling
starlet appeared to have heard nothing. It was the same
case with Reyes and Alano.
But in a
recent interview posted on gmanews.tv, Santos said that
she was too focused on whatever she was doing backstage,
including the comfort room, to have noticed the three.
She said she was a bit nervous and there was a problem
with some of her clothes. In short, she was oblivious of
what was happening around her.
In fact,
Santos said, “I never met Alyssa, I never met LJ. I
never got the chance to call any of them. I [was] trying
to get my clothes on so ’yung isip ko nasa damit.
If it happened that I looked at them in the way they
misinterpreted, I’m very sorry for that, of course.”
Specifically for Halili, she said, “I’m very sorry about
the situation, it was a fast turn of event. But I offer
the hand of friendship. I’d love to meet you, I really
would. I really enjoyed you in the movie Gigil.”
Santos
added that she’s a fan of Halili and in fact bought a
DVD of the said movie (presumably not pirated). Halili,
in another interview, said she’s not angry at Santos.
She advised Santos that next time, she should be more
mindful of the people around her. “You’re in showbiz, so
people naturally look at you,” said Halili.
Some
close observers say that it’s just one of those
publicity stunts. Santos did it not only to one member
of a rival network but three. It’s a time-tested method
to get mileage. Just pick a fight with a celebrity or
anyone in the news, and you’ll get the attention you
salivate for. True enough, if you chance upon any
article about Santos’s snubbing incident, it would end
with a promotion on the said movie. And we won’t fall
into the trap. We might get into “double trouble.”
She still doesn’t know Lino Brocka
THIS
well-publicized boo-boo regarding Rhian Ramos’s
ignorance of Lino Brocka happened almost more than a
week ago, during the annual awards night hosted by the
Entertainment Press Society (Enpress) where Ramos was to
present the Lino Brocka Award together with young actor
JC de Vera.
Doing an
adlib, de Vera asked Ramos if she knew Brocka. Since it
was not part of the script, Ramos reportedly fumbled her
answer and laughed it off, saying something like, “Let’s
stick to the script.”
One of
the artistas who became quite vocal about the incident
was much-awarded Cherry Pie Picache, who had worked with
the late, great film director. In several interviews,
she said that she felt offended young actresses like
Ramos seemed to be clueless about the great director.
She indirectly advised Ramos that since she’s part of
show business, it’s her duty to know its history. Or, at
least, know the story behind the award she is
presenting.
Ramos
apologized to Picache in another interview and explained
that she was just nervous that time and didn’t clearly
hear de Vera’s question. For someone who is always in
front of the camera, it’s quite unusual to be nervous in
front of so many people. She also said that she knew who
Brocka was but couldn’t elaborate. She might not have
seen any film by the master.
This
must be a lesson to all young actors. It’s not all
YouTube, Friendster, Facebook, Multiply, SMS, MTV, MYX,
PSP and the latest on Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan
that matter.
At the
very least, they should make an effort to study film
history. Not necessarily in school. Watch the classics—Brocka,
Ishmael Bernal, Mike de Leon, Eddie Romero, among
others—and for sure, they’ll realize why the state of
the Philippine film industry is the one they’re
experiencing now. Perhaps they would even wish that they
had been working the showbiz scene in that era.
Update on the morning news
Now on
its third week, our reliable sources say that the
wedding of the mother of Dizzy Boy and this young
musician won’t be pushing through. After much pressure
from her eldest daughter—one of the four she had with
another man; the young thing supposedly threatened to
leave the household if those wedding bells so much as
tinkled—along with some concerned individuals around
her, she decided to cancel it.
It was a
last-minute decision so all the bookings—the church, the
venue for reception—were hastily canceled, and all the
clothes fitted for the big day and everything else have
been banished to storage somewhere.
Of
course, ultimately, the hassles of cancellation might
seem pithy compared with the possible headache/heartache
of having a third husband, someone younger and still
exploring what real life is outside his real mother’s
womb. |
