The series adapted from the popular 90’s Mexican telenovela of the same title by GMA Network starring Megan Young in the role that catapulted Thalia to international stardom and later cemented Marian Rivera’s status as Kapuso’s “primetime queen” is waving farewell tomorrow night.
In the final installment of the series, we should see a grand wedding between Sergio (Tom Rodriguez) and Marimar/Bela.
Before the wedding, the couple had to go through a series of problems, including Antonia’s attempt to get back at Bela by visiting Sergio in the hospital after he was shot by Rodolfo (James Blanco) while trying to rescue Bella.
Then there’s this bad news Angelika and Antonia told Sergio and Bella, that Antonia is carrying Sergio’s child. Of course, it’s ridiculous, but that’s soap opera for you folks.
Now, after Marimar, what’s in store for Megan Young and Tom Rodriguez? It seems that GMA Network’s ETV group seems to be having fun developing light materials like Because of You and Little Nanay (Kris Bernal’s character Tinay is more annoying than someone eliciting compassion or at least amusement), will the two fit in any of the future projects of the network?
Meanwhile, the two should enjoy the break from the soap opera after the finale on Friday.
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Chiz and Heart’s dad
We saw recently in an Instagram post in Heart Evangelista’s account a photo showing Senator Chiz Escudero and his father-in-law Rey Ongpauco. The in-laws have become close to one another, it seems.
In the photo, Heart was smiling as she was sandwiched by her husband and her father each kissing her on the cheeks.
After the couple spent the holidays in Japan, they celebrated the New Year with their families in the Philippines.
The actress also posted a photo taken in house of her sister, Cam Ongpauco, where Chiz is also seen with Cam and her boyfriend. The photo is captioned: “At my sister’s home for #happynewyear2016 with the men of our lives.”
After the New Year celebration with the Ongpaucos, the couple went to Chiz’s family and capped the New Year revelry with Chiz’s mother, Congresswoman Evie Escudero and Heart’s siblings and nephews and nieces.
After the holiday season, Heart is back working at her paintings as she is trying to complete her collection for “Oceans Apart” at the Ayala Museum on Jan. 30 to Feb. 9.
Heart is very thankful for the blessings in 2015, most importantly her parents’ acceptance of her marriage to Chiz.
Last year, after they were able to patch things up, Heart and Chiz confimed they will renew their vows tin February, this time with Heart’s parents. The father will finally give her daughter away.
Heart next month will be very busy due to a triple celebration – her 31st birthday, first wedding anniversary, and her second solo exhibit.
Chiz still leads in the surveys for the vice-presidential race and he is facing busier months ahead as the elections draws closer.
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Miss Universe doesn’t want to share title, crown
It’s been a few weeks since Steve Harvey announced the wrong winner at the Miss Universe 2015 pageant. And by now, you would think the whole controversy have died down.
Miss Colombia, Ariadna Gutierrez, has been confounded even suggested she should get to share the crown.
Wurtzbach said she doesn’t want to share the crown.
“I think it would be a little bit difficult for two girls to share a crown. But I have high hopes that this will give great opportunities for me, Miss Colombia and the rest of the contestants,” she said.
As the Miss Universe 2015 winner, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach actually started her duties on Monday. She spent her first morning as the reigning Miss Universe on Good Morning America. Obviously, while Wurtzbach has handled the awkwardness onstage and the aftermath of Steve Harvey’s flub pretty gracefully, it hasn’t stemmed the tide of questions related to the incident being thrown at her. However, when she says it would be “difficult” for two girls to share a crown, it’s easy to see her side of the story.
Not only would it be hard—and cruel—to rip that heavy and jewel-encrusted crown into two pieces, a la Mean Girls, the various Miss Universe contestants have different charities and platforms that they are involved with. It would be both confusing and annoying for both ladies to have to work together for another year, especially when deciding what events to attend and what platforms to support. In addition, can you imagine how awkward it would be every time the two ladies would theoretically have to appear together? Let’s keep the problems in the past, shall we?
Plus, if we are getting down to the details here, despite Steve Harvey initially saying Ariadna Gutierrez was the winner of the Miss Universe 2015 pageant, she never actually won the pageant. Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach was always the rightful wearer of the crown and it’s easy to see why she would feel like she shouldn’t share it. She did tell the early morning show that she could see where Gutierrez is coming from, at least.
“I understand how she feels, I am also concerned [for] her, and I know that she is a beautiful young lady, very talented and I think she’ll have a lot of other opportunities.”
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2016 Golden Globe Awards
The Golden Globe Award is an American accolade bestowed by members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign.
The 73rd annual Golden Globe Awards will be hosted by Ricky Gervais and will take place on Jan. 11from the Beverly Hilton.
It will be telecast on RTL CBS Entertainment at 8 a.m. for the Red Carpet and 9 a.m.for the Awards show.
House of Cards and The Affair which air on the network are nominated in the performance categories – Robin Wright (Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series) for House of Cards and Maura Tierney (Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television for The Affair.
