Saturday, April 12, 2014
Friday, April 11, 2014
Kind of Cold and Indifferent to Her Loving Fans
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Expectedly, during taping breaks, Eager Fans EF take every opportunity to have photos taken with their favorite stars, most notably, with the leading actors of TS. Reportedly, among them celebrities, it is Snooty Star SS who is always distant and aloof towards EF.
Not only is she aloof, but on the very rare times that SS gave EF the chance to pose with her and shook their hands, SS never failed to degrade EF or to make them feel small. Countless times, EF often saw her immediately applying sanitizers on her hands right after each encounter with them.
There is nothing wrong in what SS does, but to be outright rude is a different thing altogether. Expectedly, SS habitually hides from EF and onlookers to avoid being seen and requested for photos.
On the other hand, contrary to SS’ aloof attitude, Charming Actor CA, Hunk Actor HA and Pretty Star PS were always accommodating to them. Understandably, everytime EF’s approach these stars, they don’t feel intimidated as the stars always have ready smiles for them.
This was not the first time that SS was complained about for the same reason – lack of refinement in her words and actions. Allegedly, SS doesn’t choose whom to show her rudeness to – she’s often the same anytime, anywhere and to anyone – except when cameras are rolling.
In fact, in the same province not too long ago, SS was allegedly severely reprimanded to mend her ways and get her act together after the Head of the Parish HP himself was not spared from SS misbehavior the last time she was there. HP complained and she was reportedly banned to do taping or shooting in the area.
Lucky for SS that she was allowed to shoot there again. Local folks reported that HP was recently transferred.
Indeed, SS is a character, definitely her own person - only her.
" Wash out your ego every once in a while, as cleanliness is next to godliness, not just in body but in humility as well. " ~Terri Guillemets
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KIA, NLEX, Blackwater Approved as New PBA Teams
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PBA Commissioner Chito Salud announced applicants KIA, NLEX, and Blackwater have officially been approved as new teams in the PBA after a lengthy board meeting on Thursday, April 10.
"Three applied, 3 were recommended for approval, 3 were approved," Salud announced.
The 3 companies -- the Columbian Autocar Corporation (CAC) for KIA, Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Inc. for Blackwater, and the Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC) for NLEX -- are set to join the PBA for its 40th season, which will tip off in the last quarter of this year.
CAC is the exclusive distributor of KIA Motors in the Philippines, while Ever Bilena and MPIC are the parent companies of Blackwater and NLEX, respectively.
Both Blackwater and NLEX have teams in the PBA Developmental League or D-League. On the other hand, KIA is known to be a supporter of football in the country, which is best exhibited through its sponsorship of the Philippine Azkals, the national men's football team.
According to Salud, it was a unanimous vote from the board in favor of the new teams.
"The board saw that each of the applicants was liquid, profitable and would add value to the league."
Salud started conducting due diligence early in March, where he assessed each of the team's financial capabilities and their willingness to join the 39-year old league.
"They have been informally and verbally notified of their acceptance. We will be sending them the formal acceptance of their membership within the week," Salud said.
"And we will expect their formal reply in the soonest possible time. Although as I understand, Ever Bilena Cosmetics Inc. has already signified its acceptance of the approval of the board."
No direct hire
The 3 new teams were not allowed the privilege of directly hiring players for its roster, considering KIA will be at a disadvantage since it has not formed a team yet unlike Blackwater and NLEX.
"As much as we wanted to give direct hire, we could not, because we wanted to treat all of the applicants evenly," Salud explained.
Instead, Salud said the 3 new teams will be given the "11th, 12th, and 13th pick of the first round (in the 2014 PBA Draft). The order of which will be determined by lottery."
For acquiring players, which is the greatest concern for the teams, Salud said the current 10 teams have agreed to release their two restricted free agents as the PBA will conduct an expansion draft between the 3 new teams by mid-July at the end of the current season.
The current teams will have to decide until the end of the season which 14 players to keep and which two players to release.
He also said 40 veteran free agents as well as rookie free agents will be included in the pool for the expansion draft.
As far as scheduling is concerned, Salud said there will be a minimum of 4 game dates a week and "most probably 5."
He noted the current 3-conference set-up will stand.
Voting powers
As new members of the PBA, the 3 teams, according to Salud, will have full voting powers much like the current 10 teams "as full-fledged members of the league."
However, with the case of MPIC, who is owned by the MVP group like the Meralco Bolts and Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters, they will only be allowed to vote "on policy matters, but not with respect to policy matters."
That set-up holds true for the third team of the San Miguel Corporation, San Mig Super Coffee.
Ever Bilena and MPIC will carry over its team names from the D-League: Blackwater Sports and NLEX Road Warriors. While KIA is set to hold a contest for its team name.
"Well, it's a first. I think this is a momentuous occasion in the PBA," Salud remarked. "Three new teams, 3 expansion teams coming in all at the same time in time for our 40th season. Nothing can be more exciting than that."
Illegal Detention Case Filed vs Cedric Lee, Deniece Cornejo, Others
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In a 42-page consolidated resolution released Thursday, aside from Lee and Cornejo, charged are Cedric’s sister Bernice, Simeon Raz, Jose Paolo Gregorio Calma, Ferdinand Guerrero and Sajed “Jed” Fernandez Abuhijleh.
No bail was recommended for their temporary liberty.
The alleged mauling incident took place last Jan. 22. The DOJ cited as among the basis of the case is the severe beatings and mauling supposedly inflicted by Cedric Lee’s group on Navarro as mentioned in the medico legal report and certificate issued by St. Luke’s Medical Center.
“In this case, the vivid recollection of complainant Navarro of what transpired on Jan. 22 from the time he entered the condominium unit of respondent Cornejo up to the time he was brought out of the said place indubitably shows that he was actually restrained or deprived of his liberty against his will and that makes respondents liable for serious illegal detention,” the DOJ resolution stated.
“It can only be gathered that during this period, there was no occasion for Navarro to free himself from captors, as they had beaten him up, pointed a gun at him and threatened him, once he was inside respondent Cornejo’s unit, and even tied his hands at the back and was brought to the police station for a blotter to be taken…From a serious and introspective assessment of these facts, it can only be gleaned that Navarro was detained in a manner that deprived him of his liberty because of the serious physical injuries he sustained,” the resolution further stated.
The DOJ also dismissed the defense of Lee’s group that the money they demanded from Navarro was in a form of damages in favor of Cornejo.
The DOJ said the demand for money while Navarro is under their supposed custody is still considered “ransom.”
‘Showtime’ Cheers as DOJ Junks Rape Case vs Vhong Navarro
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After a tight hug from the show’s cheering co-hosts including Kim Atienza, Vice Ganda, Billy Crawford and Jhong Hilario, among others, a sobbing Navarro faced the audience and expressed his gratitude for the support of his fans and stars in the show.
“Maraming salamat sa pagmamahal at muling pagtitiwala, at pagbibigay ng second chance,” the emotional Navarro said during the show.
(Thank you so much for the love and renewed trust, and for giving me a second chance.)
He also thanked his lawyers, his manager Chito Roño, his co-hosts, and family for believing in him despite his case.
“Ayaw ko po mabahiran ng krimen ang aking pagkatao… Gusto ko magpasaya ng tao kahit may pinagdadaanan akong mabigat,” Navarro said.
(I don’t want my personality to be tainted with a crime… I still want to make people happy even though I’m going through a burden.)
He also acknowledged the fact that he cheated on his girlfriend with Denice Cornejo.
“Siguro nagkasala ako sa girlfriend ko, inaamin ko,” Navarro said.
(I admit I sinned against my girlfriend.)
“[Pero] naging mabuti akong anak. Ang pagiging mabuti kong anak ay gusto ko ipakita sa mga anak ko,” he said.
(But I have been a good son. And that I want to show to my children.)
Meanwhile, the justice department filed illegal detention case against Cornejo, businessman Cedric Lee and several others involved in the mauling of Navarro.
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Thursday, April 10, 2014
Another Discontinued Marriage
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Meanwhile, she rose from being just a pretty face in a game show to a competent supporting actress (SA) in several teleseryes and movies. Over the years, her roles have typecast her as a villainess, which seemed to be effective as she is gaining more attention for her acting skills. Recently, she figured in a low profile petty crime as the victim. The alleged petty crime took place in a high-end location and involved an athlete.
When FC and SA became an item a few years ago, no one expressed doubt that the two would make a good couple. Both were accomplished in their fields and were old enough to take the plunge. Everyone was happy for the couple. Yet, after a few years, their union had not produced an offspring. Still, they were together and tried their best to have a child.
FC and SA continued their careers, and SA became more visible than before. At this point, no one suspected that something could be wrong. Rumors started to spread that a separation was forthcoming, and the main reason was that FC had fallen out of love. Still, some speculated that perhaps, it was the absence of a child, that could have added to the pressure, and SA was alleged to be having a difficult time conceiving. When they got married, FC was very excited to have a child, who could be the heir to his athletic prowess. Sadly, his marriage was not successful in this aspect.
While no third party was involved, FC was said to have already moved out of their home. If separation were the only choice they had, then it would be best for both FC and SA to move on instead of staying together and pretend to be a happy couple. However, as celebrities, FC and SA should at least confirm or deny this issue to end speculations.
After a while in marriage, it doesn't work anymore. There is something missing, there is something wrong. There are few marriages that stay alive forever. We like something, and after a while, we hate what we used to love. - Monica Bellucci
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The Living Barbie Doll
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Per Barbie's instructions, I enter Kamasutra, a brightly lit Ukrainian version of an Indian restaurant. Imagine a blind date, with all the attendant "Does she look like her picture?" jitters, multiplied by the queasy fear that shedoes look like her picture. If you saw the pictures I saw, you would understand. You would know that meeting Valeria Lukyanova is the closest you will come to an alien encounter.
Her improbable looks—the Margaret Keane peepers, the head quizzically cocked like a sunflower too heavy for its stem, the plasticky skin and wasp waist—reached the West when her self-shot home videos began drawing gawkers to YouTube. The Western media were quick to dub her the "Human Barbie," but Valeria was hardly the first Homo sapiens to willingly make herself look like a doll—she wasn't even the first to earn the moniker: Some tabloid-damaged Brit laid claim to it a few years back. Still, where others had dabbled, she went for broke. However odd her own view of perfection, she appeared to have achieved it.
Valeria wasn't in on the Barbie branding. She preferred to call herself Amatue, a name she claimed had appeared to her in a dream. Most of the Amatue videos were intended to be some sort of transcendental self-help lectures. I'm not sure. Like everyone, I was staring too hard at her image on-screen to actually listen. Was she real—in the sense of existing in the three-dimensional world—or a Photoshop experiment run amok?
Well, Valeria exists, all right. She is seated in the back of the restaurant in her classic pose, preternaturally upright, head cocked. By her side sits sidekick Olga "Dominika" Oleynik, one of Lukyanova's several doll-like apostles. I walk through the restaurant, which is vaguely porny, like everything else in Odessa, and Barbie gets closer and realer with every step. Her brand-new hair extensions, the color of Chardonnay, hang straight down, reaching her nonexistent hips. Her mouth is frozen in a vacant half-smile; the teeth are small and almost translucent. She's holding a handbag shaped like a lantern. A one-eyed smiling-skull pin perches on her sky blue top, pushed to the side by the veritable shelf of silicone around which her whole body seems arranged. In the flesh—the little of it that she hasn't whittled away with what she says is exercise and diet—Valeria looks almost exactly like Barbie. There might be some Loretta Lux-style postproduction to her photos, sure, but it's not crucial. This is live. This is happening.
"Hello," she says in Russian, remaining perfectly still. Her mouth, like in a cheap cartoon, is the only part of her that moves. The eyes, the staring eyes, are the scariest. Part of what I'm seeing is an optical effect brought about by makeup (there is essentially an eye drawn around each eye), but even after I make the mental correction for it, Valeria's eyes remain chillingly large. The Internet rumor mill claims she has had her eyelids trimmed to achieve this look, which seems unlikely and sounds nightmarish. Evolution has taught us to think of big eyes as beautiful—it's a so-called neotenous feature, implying youth—but tweak that delicate scale just a little and you've got a wraith, or an insect. A living Barbie is automatically an Uncanny Valley Girl. Her beauty, though I hesitate to use the term, is pitched at the exact precipice where the male gaze curdles in on itself. Her features are the features we men playfully ascribe to ideal women; it's how we draw them in manga and comics and video games. Except we don't expect them to comply with this oppressive fantasy so fully. As a result, she almost throws our idea of a supervixen back in our face.
For a while, I just look, which would normally be rude. Here, though, the act of looking feels like an experiment conducted on me. Am I supposed to be attracted, to be repulsed, or to ponder the sexism of that dichotomy?
Compared with Valeria, Olga is just a human in a lot of makeup, no more or less augmented than any Miami Beach body, wearing some sort of purple Power Ranger outfit (self-designed, she later explains). I instantly understand why Valeria insists on having her around. She seems to be there for scale, to subtly underscore Valeria's ethereality.
We order food, in a manner of speaking. Kamasutra being an Indian restaurant, there are the usual three chutneys on the table—mint, tamarind, and chile. Valeria gets a carrot juice, then proceeds to upend all three chutneys into it, swirl the result with her straw, and drink. This gag-inducing mix, she explains, is her dinner; she is on an all-liquid diet these days. I don't quite know where to go from there, so I ask about her nails, which feature a complicated pointillist design of pink, lavender, and turquoise. "This is a fractal pattern from the twenty-first dimension," she explains matter-of-factly. "It took the longest time for the nail artist to get it right. It came to me in a dream."
"Just like your name, Amatue," I add.
"Yes."
When seated across the table from a living Barbie and stuck for topics, by all means go for collegiate bullshit. "But Amatue seems to be all about the Eastern philosophy of reincarnation," I say. "And the beauty that you embody is very Western. American, even."
Valeria grows pensive, which in her case means rolling her eyes slightly upward without changing anything else about her face. "I wouldn't say so. Everyone wants a slim figure. Everyone gets breasts done. Everyone fixes up their face if it's not ideal, you know? Everyone strives for the golden mean. It's global now."
"But that's a relatively new thing," I reply. "The ideal of beauty used to be different."
"That's because of the race-mixing."
If I had a glass of multi-chutney carrot-juice mix before me, I'd do a bright orange spit take.
"For example, a Russian marries an Armenian," Valeria elaborates helpfully. "They have a kid, a cute girl, but she has her dad's nose. She goes and files it down a little, and it's all good. Ethnicities are mixing now, so there's degeneration, and it didn't used to be like that. Remember how many beautiful women there were in the 1950s and 1960s, without any surgery? And now, thanks to degeneration, we have this. I love the Nordic image myself. I have white skin; I am a Nordic type—perhaps a little Eastern Baltic, but closer to Nordic."
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