Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Fairest of Them All: Isabelle Daza, Anne Curtis, Bea Soriano and Georgina Wilson
Who Wore It Best: Shaina Magdayao vs Iya Villania vs Cristine Reyes vs Iza Calzado vs Nikki Gil
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Monday, February 10, 2014
Money is Her Mover
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For a while, SA have endeared herself to her followers, especially during her heyday when several of her television series became huge success. Unfortunately, that is now history.
To date, SA has yet to prove herself to fit into the mold of an actress of box-office caliber. In present reality, nothing comes even close.
Too often, SA becomes a magnet for controversy, such that the feistiness in her comes to the fore when defending herself and her convictions. At her age, observers quip that SA has yet to learn and master the art of tact and decorum.
At a recent press conference, SA was reportedly asked what she felt about the choice of a Moneyed Actress MA who will play a much-coveted role for a series. Controversial as the topic was, SA allegedly replied without batting an eyelash (translated to English), " Actually, I don’t have a say on that. But the one to play it should be someone who’s fresh and new in the industry, just like how it was during my time, and those of others like AD and CG. But MA is way too old. "
SA went on to continue but warned the reporters present, " Hey, don’t you ever write about it or I will not give you 'angpao'!"
SA reportedly uses money to make people do as she pleases. Just like what she reportedly did to a reporter who pissed her a lot. The unfortunately Lucky Reporter LR was told by SA, " Here, take this money with you, go to Bangkok now. I don’t want to see your face! "
" Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring. " ~ Marilyn Monroe
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Deniece Cornejo: Rape Accuser Put on the Defensive
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In an interview with the Inquirer earlier this week at the poolside café of a luxury condominium in Makati City, the 22-year-old projected a take-charge persona, hoping to overturn the unsavory perceptions arising from that fateful incident last month.
Showing up wearing sunglasses and a flowing black cardigan over shirt and shorts, Cornejo declined to be photographed because “papatayin ako! (“I’ll get killed!)”—though she made it sound like a joke. She said she was giving the interview against the advice of her lawyers and friends—and without the condominium management knowing she was in the building.
The model shot into prominence after a black-eyed Vhong Navarro claimed he was the victim of an extortion scheme devised by Cornejo and businessman Cedric Lee at her condominium unit in Forbeswood Heights, Bonifacio Global City, on Jan. 22.
Cornejo has accused the actor-comedian of raping her, with Lee saying he and a group of friends caught Navarro in the act, hence the beating.
The two camps have since traded criminal complaints, but Navarro apparently scored points after the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) issued statements doubting the rape allegation based on its evaluation of security camera footage at the condo.
Still, Cornejo stands by her story in the Inquirer interview, though keeping her voice down to avoid drawing attention: “Why would I say I’m risking my life here if I’m not telling the truth? I’m afraid as hell. If I said I’m telling the truth, whatever you say, I’m telling the truth. Period. I was raped. And no one should question it.”
Opposite treatment
But instead of being seen as the victim, Cornejo conceded that she was getting the opposite treatment. The bombardment was heaviest on her Twitter and Instagram accounts, sometimes even on her mobile phone, where people called her “pokpok (sluttish)” or threatened to throw acid on her face.
“The people’s perception is really like that. After you get raped, it’s still your fault. It’s really sad,” Cornejo said in Filipino.
Cornejo said she had yet to find a new pad. As of Wednesday, “friends” had let her stay in their condo unit. “I’ll get into trouble with the management if they find out I’m here. They might ban me here.”
She declined to detail how she got a unit at Forbeswood, which she had been occupying for only “a week” before the incident happened. “Before, I stayed with a business partner, also an endorser.”
With the help of her friends, she said, she started looking for a new place in Manila. But when the manager found out about her identity, they were turned away.
Cornejo chose not to stay and lie low at her family’s home in Antipolo City because “I’m protecting them.” The only daughter and eldest in a brood of four, she said she would rather keep loved ones at a distance because “the more I’m with them, the more they would be dragged into this.”
“Babatuhin ang family ko (My family will be under attack). My dad (a seaman) is working in the States and a lot of tears will be shed the moment he returns. Will his company take him again when it is being reported here that I’m working for a syndicate? It’s hard. My future, my life and that of my siblings are at stake here.”
She said her brothers, who are still attending school, were also being bullied online as a result of her case.
“There’s something wrong. It’s time to stand up for my family, for Christian values, for my principles,” she said.
And, yes, she’s the granddaughter of former GMA network executive Rodrigo Cornejo, but Deniece said she had no show biz aspirations despite getting offers from GMA and rival ABS-CBN, Vhong’s mother studio.
Cornejo described herself as a fledgling fashion entrepreneur with a “marketing mind.” Her parents have given her a “comfortable life” but “I still want to be independent.” She tried to start early by “selling all sorts of things in school.”
Cornejo is in her senior year as a “working student” in La Salle College-Antipolo, taking up hospitality and restaurant management. “I have no bad record,” she stressed, referring to her grades. A consistent honor student in elementary and high school, she also dabbled in art, music and sports.
She started out selling contact lenses to friends and classmates at age 16, then moved on to selling clothes purchased abroad. She later went into styling, then modeling for print and TV, building up a network of clients and business contacts.
She put up an online store, Dark Closet International, and found celebrity patrons. This was how she met Cedric’s sister, Bernice, about four years ago, she said.
“This is why people misinterpret me. I want to be friends with people who have experience in business; that’s how I learn. I don’t question their past, what they’re doing. What’s important is that you respect me, I respect you,” she said.
Yet she maintained she was not privy to the business dealings of the Lees.
Cornejo also takes pride in being a “motivational speaker.” Her most recent speaking engagement was at the 12th Student Advertising Congress of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, which was held in Baguio City in December.
Clean image
“My topic was about being ‘a walking brand,’” she said. She defends her endorsed products by banking on her own clean image. “I have a good reputation. I don’t go out. I don’t smoke. I don’t drink. I don’t do drugs. I don’t party. Even Vhong knew—it’s in my [complaint] affidavit—that I don’t really drink. Maybe wine, socially. You have to start within yourself. That is one factor (to consider) to be an effective brand endorser.”
Cornejo said none of her modeling clients had pulled out because of the Jan. 22 incident, but noted that her online shop had received no new orders since. Again, she said, “my future is at stake here. I don’t want a company to be traumatized (sic) because of questions about my credibility.”
On a more personal note, she said she adheres to a “high standard when it comes to guys” and that “all my exes are achievers, from decent families.”
“My last relationship was last year, and we broke up because I’m so busy,” she said. She strongly denied being romantically involved with Lee. “He’s married na. Nakakainis ang show biz talaga (Show biz can be so annoying). And he loves his wife!”
She insisted that Navarro was “just a friend” whose advances she never entertained because he’s from show business and because the actor was a father.
In her complaint affidavit, Cornejo said she met Navarro in 2011 when she attended a promotional event for a shoe brand Navarro was endorsing. From then on, he started to communicate with her online and through text messages.
She said she “always declined his invitations” and never had sexual relations with Navarro.
Cornejo said it dismayed her to see that public attention had been focused more on Navarro’s mauling rather than on her side of the story.
“The subject is rape, not the mauling…I’m being left out of the picture. Focus on the subject because that will affect the story. Why focus on the mauling? So that the public will be enraged?”
‘Traumatic’
“I don’t want to question the mauling. I don’t care about it. I care about what he did to me. That’s what’s important to me. It’s so traumatic,” she said.
But Cornejo declined to comment when pressed on the NBI’s statement that the possibility of her being raped that night was very slim based on the security video.
“Even if I defend (my case) now, I would still be under attack, so I’d rather keep quiet. Let the court decide. We will soon explain our side.”
“They should keep this in mind: I have a clean image; I worked hard for my reputation. And how can this 22-year-old be the mastermind of everything?” she said.
Cornejo said she initially agreed to drop the rape charge because Navarro had profusely apologized that night. “I didn’t want this to get any bigger. I’m a very busy person. Move on!”
But when Navarro mentioned her name in an interview in a Sunday talk show, “I was surprised. That’s so unfair. I can forgive, I can help. But this time, I should fight for the truth, right? I can’t remain silent when I’m the one being portrayed as the liar.
“Why do this to me? I gave him a second chance,” she said. “He needs to face not only the consequences but also the truth.”
Angel Locsin and Luis Manzano, Together Again!
It's confirmed! After shooting the Minute to Win It episode together, Luis Manzano and Angel Locsin have decided to be back in each other's arms. The episode will air sometime third week of February, tentative date is on February 21.
Hottest of Them All: Sam Milby, Enrique Gil and Gerald Anderson
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Fairest of Them All: Isabelle Daza, Ariella Arida and Shamcey Supsup
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Sunday, February 9, 2014
Going, Going, Gone
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From the time she hit big time, EC projected and shown an entirely different façade, totally apart from her on-cam showbiz image. Fans and followers of EC have turned into harsh critics after they have personally encountered her and been sampled of EC's real persona outside of that idiot box.
The latest convert was a Former EC Fanatic FF until that fateful day that she saw her in the flesh and swore never to take EC seriously again from then on.
November last year, FF was with her family at an upscale mall in the metro when she saw EC standing near the stairs at the 6th floor. EC was with a chubby girl carrying some shopping bags while EC was busy talking on the phone. EC looked like she was just done with shopping.
FF didn’t notice EC in the beginning, as she was wearing shades, leggings, long top and with pulled up hair. FF and company would have wanted to approach EC, but was discouraged as EC projected a very intimidating look, perhaps her secret to ward off her much-hated photo op seekers. Indeed, wearing such long, frowning face, with protruding pouting mouth, who would dare?
When EC allegedly saw FF looking like she was torn whether to approach or not, EC hastily turned her back and proceeded straight to the parking area.
Will EC ever change? Next question, please.
" To want fame is to prefer dying scorned than forgotten. " ~ E.M. Cioran
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Vhong Navarro Leaving Showbiz for Good?
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Speaking with Ted Failon on Saturday's episode of "Failon Ngayon," Navarro became emotional when asked on when or whether he'll be able to come back from the mauling incident, which left him severely injured.
"Kahit sobrang miss na miss ko na magpasaya ulit, magpatawa, ang hirap. Hindi ko pa po alam. Depende po sa sitwasyon at panahon," he said.
Navarro claimed that he was set up by model Deniece Cornejo for an extortion attempt led by businessman Cedric Lee. He detailed the attack, allegedly in the hands of at least six men inside a condominium unit.
The "It's Showtime" co-host said that he was blindfolded, tied up and was forced to "confess" that he raped Cornejo on video.
"Ang hirap po kasi 'ginawa sa iyo na tinape ka, binugbog ka, tinutukan ka ng baril, binababa 'yung pants mo, tapos nagtatawanan, tapos bigla pasasabihin ka pa ng mga hindi po mo ginawa. 'Yun po 'yung pambababoy na ginawa sa akin," Navarro said.
"Wala po akong time makalaban, especially may baril po 'yung isa sa mga kanila na kinasahan po ako," he added.
Navarro fears that his decision to go public with the ordeal and name the parties involved might endanger his children, Fredriek and Isaiah, saying he doubts that his family will be able to live a normal life after the controversy.
"Hindi ko po alam kung paano ako magsisimula ulit kasi sa nangyayari po sa buhay ko ngayon, parang pelikula ang dadanasin ko, kasi natatakot ako para sa mga anak ko," he said.
The actor, however, said that he remains steadfast in his decision to pursue the case in court, as it is his only way to console his children and to help prevent similar incidents from happening again.
"Gusto ko maging normal lang 'yung buhay nila. Kaya gusto ko maging matatag para makita nila. Ayaw kong nakikita nila na natatakot ako kasi 'yung una naming pagkikita gusto ko umiyak pero ayaw ko kasi kailangan nilang makita sa akin na kaya ko eh. Gusto ko alam nila na pag kaya ko, kaya rin nila," he said.
Navarro filed six criminal charges against Lee's group: serious physical injuries, grave threat, grave coercion, unlawful arrest, blackmail, and serious illegal detention, which is a non-bailable offense.
He also identified the other alleged attackers in a supplemental affidavit filed last Thursday: Zimmer Rance or Simeon Raz Junior, Ferdinand Guerrero, Jed Fernandez, JP Calma and Bernice Lee.
Cornejo, in her rape complaint filed against Navarro last January 29, alleged that she was "rescued" by Lee's group from being sexually assaulted by the actor, which supposedly led to the mauling.
Navarro denied the allegation, saying that the only sin he committed was against his non-showbiz girlfriend of five years.
Despite his wrongdoings, Navarro said that he is grateful for the second chance and support his partner has given him. Navarro also thanked his girlfriend for the sacrifice she is willing to make for him, saying that it gives him the courage to continue his fight.
"Everytime na binabanggit ko 'yung pangalan niya, naiiyak ako kasi malaki po talaga yung hinaharap niya ngayon na sakripisyo. Kaya nakakabilib po kasi sa lahat ng nagawa ko, nandiyan pa rin siya, hindi niya ako iniwan," he said.
"Wake up call 'ito sa akin na wag na akong lumandi."
The first preliminary investigation on the charges filed by both Navarro and Cornejo has been set on February 14, where the actor's two witnesses have been ordered to appear. A second hearing is scheduled on February 21.
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