Saturday, April 5, 2008

The Limelight: Personal thoughts on PBB, GABBY, and LOLIT SOLIS

I want to talk this time about things happening right now in the show business. I believe that majority of us Filipino's are inclined with this subject since the radio transistor days I guess.

The past week has been really all about show business, gossip stories and rice shortage. So let me put this time my personal opinions about some of the hottest issues in the showbiz world.

1st ISSUE - PINOY BIG BROTHER TEEN EDITION PLUS: "Bahay ni Kuya" opened its doors again to teen housemates hopeful of becoming the next Hannah Montana of the Philippines.


It was great to see a Bicolana inside the house.

Almost all of them have the star quality. I guess its the number 1 factor to become a housemate of Big Brother. There is only one thing I've noticed of the housemates. Almost half of them were coming from the Visayas and Mindanao area. The selection committee should have at least limit their number into 4. Six is too much. It turned them into a powerhouse inside the house especially if nomination process comes. Makes me think that ABS-CBN is really after the ratings game in Vis-Min area, which they really holds supremacy, and now that GMA 7 is reportedly on a close contest with them in that area. There is one thing more. I am not being racist here but watching its episodes makes me annoyed sometimes when some housemates speak in their native tongue. I know you'll tell me it's their prerogative but come on, the whole production staff of the show should have at least encouraged its HM's to speak Filipino language while communicating with their fellow HM's. I guess those 6 HM's speak the visayan language almost 90 percent of the time.

Anyways, my personal choice for Big Winner is RONA. But I have a feeling that NICOLE would be ABS-CBN's choice in the end. She has the best star quality among all HM's. Just like what happened to Kim Chiu before. Kim Chiu was a nobody when the show started as the attention were all on Jamilla Obispo but when Gereald and the Athenean HM showed love interest on her, it becomes her stage already.


2nd ISSUE - CRISTINE REYES and GABBY CONCEPCION becoming a KAPAMILYA:

Let me first discuss Gabby Concepcion. He's back after 13 years of hiatus in the U.S. and he already made rounds of controversies as soon as he steeped his feet on our Philippine soil. One of these is the movie commitment he rejected from GMA7 in a flick entitled ITALY. To summarize the reason why he did such thing, it clearly shows that he doesn't like the script. Which personally I am not surprised anymore with this issue because GMA7 has really poor scriptwriters in their network.

Take for example Marian Rivera. Yes, she is probably one of the newest star today in the boob tube but her role in Marimar in what I believe is a FANTASERYE of GMA7(a talking dog?) was poor in reception among critics of tabloids and broadsheets. Yes, the show has a 40 percent average rating in the whole run but that is the game of GMA7, they don't care whether their shows are of QUALITY rather their just after the ratings game and put shows that are cheap - and I mean ZAIDO, BAKEKANG.

On the issue of CRISTINE REYES transfer, I guess the reason is the same with what happened to Valerie Concepcion and Angel Locsin in the past and many other artists of GMA7 who transferred to ABS-CBN who became certified ATRISTS- not stars.

I remember Angel Locsin saying in an interview that she had soul-searched and later she realized that she doesn't want to become a star that is why she transferred to ABS-CBN for her to be known as ANGEL LOCSIN the ACTRESS. Honestly, that is what KAPAMILYA station has been doing ever since with their talents such as JUDY ANN SANTOS, CLAUDINE BARRETTO and PIOLO PASCUAL(he's from that's entertainment). They are top-billed personalities because they have the total package of talent, charisma and character which GMA7 on the other hand lacks. Look at the roster of GMA7 right now, KATRINA HALILI, IWA MOTO were branded many times as "palengkera". Even Richard Gutierrez has a character-barumbado-problem in the past. That is why many of their stars before have already ended their showbiz careers very early. Where is Kim DeLos Santos right now? Cogie Domingo? Antoinette Taus?They are nowhere to be found in showbiz right. One-hit wonder as they say. Even TGIS characters are KAPAMILYA stars already.


3rd ISSUE - The 18-year old daughter of Sen. Bong Revilla tying the knot on May, 2008:

Inah Revilla is getting married to her 24-year old childhood sweetheart this year and her talent manager Lolit Solis admitted the news but says that teen-age PREGNANCY is not the reason for the early decision.


My OPINION: good Luck and I hope LOLIT SOLIS is telling the truth. LMAO.

1 comment:

roel said...

It seems to me you're bias. A little ignorant about the truth.

Kapalmilya stars and their execs are not even saints.

Um, Justice for the victims of ULTRA Stampede! HA!