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Secret to Success

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Looks like someone made big bucks from a clandestine relationship with Late Businessman (LB). LB was a low-key businessman and was not as popular as the business personalities who were always appearing in the business or social pages. His lifestyle didn’t call attention, which was good for his privacy.

Meanwhile, TV Personality (TP) gained her reputation by excelling in fields in media and other areas. With her unique traits, she was able to establish a name. She was competent and admirable. However, TP also lived a private life and the media was not interested in her love life.

Perhaps the fact that LB and TP shared a common interest that brought them together. Sadly, the untimely passing away of LB opened a can of worms. His legal wife found out his mistresses benefitted from his wealth. She did her best to retrieve the assets LB gave to them. She was successful in getting back her husband’s gift. Of course, no one wants to be outed as someone’s mistress and be accused of being a third party, destroyer of families.

However, because LB’s relationship with TP was kept hidden, the legal wife allegedly had no idea of their affair. LB’s gifts to TP were safe. So now, years after LB’s demise, TP can afford to lie low from the career she was initially known for. Nonetheless, TP is successful in her businesses, which could hush gossip that she’s rich because of LB.

‘Whatever you have, you use it or you lose it!’ ― Napoleon Hill

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Marupok A+ Opens in Ayala Cinemas on July 10

After making the rounds of international film festivals and becoming the closing film of last year’s Cinemalaya, Marupok A+ will have its Philippine theatrical run exclusively at Ayala Malls Cinemas beginning July 10, 2024. Directed by Quark Henares and starring EJ Jallorina, Royce Cabrera, and Maris Racal, the film centers around catfishing in the online dating world.

Transgender woman Janzen Torres (EJ Jallorina) matches with Theo Balmaceda (Royce Cabrera) in an online dating site. Love seems to be right around the corner. Soon, Janzen learns that not everything is what it seems, and Theo might be leading her to danger.

EJ Jallorina started out as a child performer in Goin’ Bulilit. Her other TV shows and movies are Marry Me, Marry You and Mamu: A Mother, Too. Identifying as a transgender woman, she was part of Preview’s iconic Pride cover for June 2024.

Royce, meanwhile, had his breakout role in the 2019 Cinemalaya film Fucbois and went on to be in several GMA dramas, such as Makiling, The Write One, Lilet Matias Attorney at Law, and Widows’ War.

Maris Racal portrays Beanie, a mischievous yet twisted director who is heavily involved in the Janzen-Theo affair. The Pinoy Big Brother alumnus, singer, actress gained raves for her character Irene Young-Tiu in Can’t Buy Me Love.

Maris said that Marupok A+ is entertaining as a comedy-thriller and also enlightening. ‘The movie tackles very important messages…one of these is about transphobia. She adds, “[transphobia] is very real and it happens every day to a lot of transwomen and transmen; they get bullied a lot every day.” Further, “that part we (straight people) don’t know, because we are not in their shoes. After watching our film, I want people to feel and to know what they (transgenders) feel, and to be more compassionate.”

“The subject matter is important, and that is what we want the viewers to see. The film is based on real events and real people,” Royce reiterated.

EJ, for her part, commended director Quark Henares and everyone who made the movie possible. “I am glad that there are brave people out there who help tell the stories of transgender persons like me, and who also make it possible for us to continue to work in the industry.”

The Viral Twitter Scandal about Getting Catfished is Now a Movie

I got catfished: a (really long) thread pic.twitter.com/5BQ2G5kcif

— Jzan Tero (@JzanVern) March 30, 2020

In 2020, a few weeks after the lockdown, a twitter thread written by Jzan Tero about how she allegedly got catfished by fashion filmmaker Sam Morales went viral. Well, that thread is now the basis of a movie under the direction of Quark Henares.

Marupok A+, starring EJ Jallorina and Maris Racal, is a fictionalized adaptation about what could have occurred in that long con. In the film, hopeless romantic Janzen Torres (EJ Jallorina) finds another chance at love when she matches with the handsome and seemingly perfect Theo Balmaceda (Royce Cabrera) on a dating app. Unfortunately, on the day of their meet-up, Theo ghosts her, leading Janzen into an intricate web of deceit, lies, and catfishing led by sociopathic mastermind Beanie Landridos (Maris Racal).

Directed by Quark Henares, the film premiered at Slamdance in Utah at the beginning of 2023 and has since then traveled in festivals around the world including Hawaii Film Festival, Udine Far East Film Festival in Italy, New York Asian Film Festival and Mostro Endemaris LGBTQ+ Festival in Spain. It was the opening film of last year's Cinemalaya and is finally coming exclusively to Ayala Theaters on July 10.

Marupok A+ Gets an X Rating: AF to A+

Marupok A+ was supposed to have hit the cinemas two weeks before July 10, but the movie got an X rating.

According to director Quark’s tweets, the reason behind the X rating was inherently inane -- they were not allowed to use the acronym “AF” in the original title, "Marupok AF". "What if AF meant 'Always, Forever?'" he jests.

OK we now have an R-18 rating. I think the coast is clear to talk about how we got an X rating first. https://t.co/htEWF0Pj4t

— Quark Henares (@quarkhenares) June 26, 2024

There is also an allusion to a double standard in the Board's review process, not just in Hollywood vs Local Content but also Cishetero vs LBTQIA+ Content. "There is a love scene involving a trans actress in the film with no nudity whatsoever, [and] if we were to compare apples to apples, 'I Am Not Big Bird' (the Enrique Gil sex comedy) had many more non-nude sex scenes, plus BDSM, masturbation, girl getting slapped by pixelated dick, etc. Why couldn't have we been treated the same way?" We heard there is also a masturbation scene featuring Racal, which could have been an additional reason behind the MTRCB's rating.

Since then, the film’s producers decided to change the title to "Marupok A+", but the damage has already been done. Renowned film critic Philbert Dy posted, "The MTRCB is still a wacky organization built on arbitrary decisions that has always ended up crippling Filipino films." While another critic, Ramon de Veyra of the Inquirer, pointed out further proof of the double standard -- "monsters killing people non-stop in a Quiet Place day 1’s MTRCB rating: PG.” Henares ended his rant by pointing out the MTRCB review of his movie included "[they call it] 'a very good movie to be watched by movie goers'. Wish you gave more of them a chance to watch it." 

Song Joong Ki and Katy Louise Saunders Expecting Their Second Child

 

Song Joong Ki And Katy Louise Saunders Are Reportedly Expecting Their Second Childhttps://t.co/XOdU8Y0st0

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Best Supporting Actress: Gladys Reyes (Apag)

Best Original Theme Song: Sa Duyan ng Bayan (Gomburza)

Best Visual Effects: Shake, Rattle & Roll Extreme

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Best Editing: Lawrence S. Ang (About Us But Not About Us)

Box Office Heroes: Dingdong Dantes, Marian Rivera, Piolo Pascual, Alden Richards, Julia Montes and Kathryn Bernardo.

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