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There is a separation between church and state, and that rule and principle should always be followed. However, politics and show business cannot seem to separate, especially during the campaign season. Voters are always enamored by celebrities, and rallies seem to have more energy with celebrities surrounding them. Robin Padilla gets the most cheer and applause among all the senators running under the Uniteam Party of presidential aspirant Bongbong Marcos and running mate Mayor Inday Sara Duterte. Uniteam rallies are always happier when Andrew E. and Toni Gonzaga come to perform. Ely Buendia and Ben & Ben would make the followers of Leny Robredo burst into song during a pink rally. Dancer-turned-government executive Mocha Uson is now onstage campaigning for Isko.

This coming Friday, Sept. 3, with 7.1 million views on their trailer across all social media platforms, Vivamax bosses are expecting their new sexy comedy film “69+1” to top the charts beating erotica film “Taya” which has been announced by Vivamax to have set the record of holding the highest number of single day views in Vivamax.

Boasting about three million views on Instagram, Maja Salvador shows off her abs and svelte body during her El Nido Palawan beach vacation last week. “Two weeks ko lang ‘yan na achieve Ate Giselle. We had to tape advance episodes for Niña Niño before they could release me for my El Nido trip, so I had barely two weeks to get back in shape,” Maja tells Gossip Girl. So how did she achieve her 11 abs? Before I answer that, let me educate you first what are 11 abs, as I did not know it myself as well.

The words “carbon footprint” are often seen in the news together with  the word sustainability.   As infants, the very first time we breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide, we create our first carbon footprint. As we grow up, we travel using our cars, ship or airplanes, we use fuel that emit carbon dioxide – we add to our carbon footprint. Every time we buy products from factories, burn trash, smoke, we add to our carbon footprint. Every time we add carbon dioxide into the air, we increase our carbon footprint.

It’s March – International Women’s Month and I chose three women that I look up to and empower me – Jan Catherine Sy, Senator Imee Marcos, and Alice Eduardo. Sy has inspired me to put God first above everything else, Sen. Imee has inspired me to be of service to others, and Alice to be the best that I can be.

It’s so sad that www.gmovies.ph is only extending four films from the Metro Manila Film Festival: “Fan Girl,” “The Missing,” “Coming Home,” and “Tagpuan.” I was able to make it to the last day of the film festival, Jan 7, and I chose to watch “Suarez: The Healing Priest,” primarily because of my relationship with Fr. Fernando Suarez when he was still alive. I was first introduced to Fr. Suarez in Rome after Piolo Pascual and I had a concert for the Filipino community in Rome through TFC. One of his followers said that Fr. Suarez wanted to meet me and I was hesitant because I had a whole day of shopping and tourist itinerary. That time Fr. Suarez was not popular yet in the Philippines and I wasn’t sick or did I need any kind of healing, although my lower back was killing me for all the travel.  I figured, what’s more important than shopping ladies? But his follower was so persistent and something was prodding in the back of my mind, “You have to meet this priest, you have to…” . 

Good news for those who hate waiting – that’s practically the entire Philippines – all six episodes of “Bawal Lumabas” can now be viewed in the Iwant Tfc.

As some of you may know already, I was chosen out of hundreds of advocacy-driven family women to represent Noble Queen Visayas and vie for the Crown of Noble Queen of the Universe on December 20.

Last weekend, comedienne Kitkat was ecstatic when she told me over the phone that she won Best Noontime Show Host in the Gawad Amerika Awards, an award-giving body comprised of Filipinos in North America.

Last Sunday, a beautiful nightingale was introduced in TV5’s SNL (Sunday Noon Live) hosted by actor Piolo Pascual, Miss Universe Catriona Gray, Dance Princess Maja Salvador, and teen heartthrobs Donnie Pangilinan and Jake Ejercito.

When I was younger, I loved watching “Sic o’clock news ,” a comedy show formatted as a news program “anchored” by Jaime Fabregas and Ces Quesada under the direction of Marilou Diaz Abaya.

A day after comedian Kim Idol (real name Michael Argente) passed away, SCOPE (Stand-up Comedians of Philippine Entertainment) held an online fundraiser to help his mom, Maria Taniegra Argente, pay for the hospital bills.

Ai Ai delas Alas is alive and well and NOT “killed in an ambush” as one rumourmonger would like people to believe.

It was painful for me to watch my fellow comedian Super Tekla cry on TV recently when he asked “Wowowin” host Willlie Revillame to help his son confined in the hospital.