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Cosmopolitan Magazine's Official Statement: Cosmo Bash 2012 Screw Up

“The management of Cosmopolitan magazine deeply apologizes to all the readers, advertisers and guests who were unable to enter the World Trade Center last night (Tuesday, September 18) for the Cosmopolitan Bachelor Bash. Due to unforeseen circumstances, there was a need to not further admit any more guests inside the venue. Again we sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and disappointment of Cosmo readers. Please be assured that we are working on improving the system.”

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Going the Same Behavior

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In a variety show, the top performers stay in one dressing room. This common practice also ensures that the headliner artists are able to bond with one another, and do last minute coordination when needed. After all, the same performers often appear in the same production numbers. Of course, when one major performer is not in the designated dressing room, people will look for him or her. Take the case of the male singer (MS) who was not where he was assigned to be.

MS was supposed to be in the dressing room along with the other performers for the day. When MS was missing, people assumed he was either late or absent. Then, someone said that MS was around but was in another dressing room. Allegedly, MS contracted a certain disease that has negative associations. Although the said disease is transferrable only through direct contact, MS was taking precautions and making sure he did not place his fellow performers in an awkward situation.

The question is where he got the disease, and from whom he got it. MS is also rumoured to swing both ways. Is this health problem a testimony that he has not yet changed his promiscuous ways? Although he shares as much talent and versatility as his male co-performers and best friends, he is so unlike them when it comes to stories about relationships and faithfulness to their wives.

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Letter from a Reader: Cosmo Bash 2012 Screw Up

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Dear Fashion PULIS,

I guess everyone knows about the fiasco that happened at the Cosmo Bash 2012 on the night of Sept 18, 2012. At 9:15 to 9:30pm, even before the show started, the World Trade Center management did not allow people to enter the venue anymore even if they had tickets, regardless whether they were regular tickets or VIP tickets. The venue was already jam-packed with spectators, both Cosmo girls and beckys alike.

But I got to talk to some Summit Media employees who practically divulged that the fiasco was more than just about venue over-capacity (I can't believe Summit Media/Publishing hire people like them).

When I asked the person who's wearing a Cosmo Bash ID why they issued more tickets than the actual capacity of the venue, she couldn't answer me. I was told that she was not the right person to ask so she told me to look for anyone in "black" and pointed a group near the hall entrance. Written on the girl's ID was Summit Media's Trade Marketing Arm.

When I approached the group in black, I asked them if they were the right people to talk to regarding my concern. It was a guy from Summit Media Advertising this who asked my concern and I told him the same story, that it was a mistake on Summit's part to issue more tickets than the actual capacity of the venue. Safety-wise, it is a big no-no in events planning. Instead of apologizing for the mishap, he blamed the World Trade Center management for being strict. He was not even apologetic on behalf of Cosmo or Summit that they did not foresee such a problem. He was blaming the venue management for everything and not the Events group who over-issued tickets, that caused it all. The Advertising guy was defensive, but still, no apologies.

I asked the same guy if he knows that some of the people who were still outside, with tickets - were magazine subscribers, actual customers, who wanted to see the show. But he completely dismissed them and said that not everyone outside were subscribers. He arrogantly said that he DID NOT care who the people queuing outside were. When he couldn't answer me anymore, he told me that he was the wrong person to talk to since he was from Advertising and not from the Events team, even after 10 or more minutes of talking.

I gave up on my over-issuing of tickets concern, I understood that the WTC management was not letting people in for the audience's own good. But it was a red flag when the Advertising guy told me that he didn't care whether the people outside were subscribers or customers. Didn't he know that the subscribers are major lifelines of his employer? Worse, I found out from another Summit Media employee that even advertisers were locked out of the event.

I also learned that Cosmo issued 5000 tickets when the capacity of the WTC is only 3000pax. One intern from Trade Marketing informed me that some of the "VIPs" brought entourages who were not ticket holders or Summit Media employees, but were allowed to enter still - the very reason why many subscribers, advertisers and guests WITH TICKETS were not able to enter.

I was lucky enough to enter the bash, but despite so, I was concerned with how Summit Media and the Cosmo Team handled the dilemma. There was no room to move inside the hall and when I got out of the hall, I saw the crowd of people with tickets that were not able to go in, that is when I started to ask the people with IDs about the logistical nightmare they just created for their subscribers, advertisers and guests. I was so dismayed, I did not re-enter the bash anymore, I just went home, frustrated.

I'm writing this to you because I just think that Summit Media and the Cosmo Team did not align properly, creating havoc at the expense of their subscribers and advertisers who got the shorter end of the stick. I was able to attend the last two FHM Top 100 event and it was far different from what happened yesterday. I will not even start bashing people who were lucky enough to enter the hall, because some of them, were just too "chaka," I'm sorry for the term. (To illustrate, and do allow me to speak in Filipino, maraming mukhang parloristang may makapal na kolorete sa mukha, may beer belly pero naka plunging neckline at pekpek shorts parin at naka-bakya. Yung tipong mambabalya ng sino man para lang makalapit sa lalaki - yes, there's a difference between parlor and salon, I know you get my point here, haha), one would know they went there for the topless models, and not because they are avid Cosmo readers.

As a "Cosmo girl" myself, I just felt bad on how they destroyed their credibility to their subscribers and advertisers - their main stakeholders - by reacting the way they did that night and how everyone I approached washed their hands to avoid the blame.

Kudos though to the WTC security for being strict with their policies.

I'm sorry for the long narration, but the bash was that bad. I'm still so disappointed and affected until now. I left the bash at 10:30pm, wasted my time talking to the "right people."

Yours truly,

Sam Go

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An Angel Enraged

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There are stars who are happily content being quiet celebrities and not calling attention to themselves. And there are those who seem to thrive on public scandals and going ballistic at the slightest provocation.

At a very recent premiere night of a movie, pretty lead actress LA was aghast that her friends whom she invited were not allowed entry to the moviehouse. After the red carpet, she was at the entrance of the cinema screaming her lungs out and demanding that her friends be allowed to enter and watch her movie. But that did not happen which enraged her even more. Even as LA and her entourage were already going up to the balcony to be seated, she continued to rant like a loose canon as if her birthright had just been taken away.

People looking at her including some press members cringed in disbelief at the boldness of LA. No amount of persuasion made her stop. She only shut up when the movie started showing. But right after the screening, as they were preparing to leave their seats, she went gaga all over again without let-up. People could only shake their heads.

Why is LA often entangled in situations like this? Is making a big deal out of nothing becoming her obsession? The kind of big publicities she's having are getting to be more and more of the same - public scandals. Shouldn't she be thankful instead that she was given second chance in her career which she almost lost due to her past indiscretion? At any rate, apart from LA's angelic face, she is a good actress - and that alone should calm her.

By the way, it was learned that her friends did not have tickets to see the movie. Apparently there goes another LA blunder.

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