Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Charlene Gonzales

Charlene GonzalesCharlene Mae Bonnin Gonzalez Muhlach is a television and film personality and former beauty queen from the Philippines. Born to actor Bernard Bonnin and model/beauty queen Elvira Gonzales, and with brother Richard Bonnin an actor himself, Charlene is also in the Philippine showbiz bandwagon.


Gonzalez won the Binibining Pilipinas-Universe 1994 title and represented her country at the Miss Universe 1994 pageant held in Manila, where she won the Best National Costume award and was one of the top 6 finalists. She produced one of the most famous answers in an international beauty competition. When asked by the host about the number of islands in the Philippines, she boldly asked back, "Hightide or lowtide?"

She is presently married to Filipino actor Aga Muhlach and has twin children named Andres and Atasha. She is also a talk show host and a commercial model.

Miss Philippines Universe 1994: Charlene Gonzales

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Monday, January 28, 2008

Kuh Ledesma

Kuh Ledesma
Kuh Ledesma (born March 16, 1955) is a popular Filipino pop and jazz singer. She is known in the Philippines as the Pop Diva. Kuh Ledesma has been performing for 25 years in the musical industry which encompasses more than 300 concerts, numerous awards in the Philippines, and 18 albums in the Philippine recording industry. She was the first Filipino singer to become a recipient of the Salem Music Awards in London in March 1989. In 1997 she released her international debut album Precious in collaboration with the best American and Filipino songwriters, arrangers and musicians.

Kuh Ledesma

Friday, January 25, 2008

Lorna Tolentino

Lorna Tolentino
Victoria Lorna Aluquin Fernandez, stage name as Lorna Tolentino, is a famous actress, host, executive producer and wife of actor Rudy Fernandez who borns on December 23, 1961 in Concepcion, Tarlac and later moved to Manila. She is also a stepmother of Mark Anthony Fernandez. She calls to her fans "Grand Slam Actress". She started her career in Late 60's (or Early 70's) as a child actress, then her career grew strong. She's also had her biggest break getting the role of Divina Gracia in her title of the movie. She's also known for her mother roles in TV and films. She won 8 awards in different film awards and has 20 nominations (mostly for Best Actress in FAMAS). She has a total of at least 60 movies.

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Donita Rose

Donita Rose

Donita Rose Villarama, (nee Donita Rose Ramos Cavett), also known as Donita Rose, Donita, is a former MTV Asia VJ.
Donita Rose
She was born in Utah, U.S. on December 5, 1974 and moved to the Philippines when she was five years old. She is the eldest daughter of an American father and a Filipina mother from Pangasinan but migrated to Angeles City in Pampanga. Donita has three siblings.

Donita married Eric Villarama in June 2003 and the couple moved to Singapore in 2002. Her husband once worked as a Senior Art Director in the US, now works as a TRYBE (formerly known as Thumbs-Up!) Project Manager in Singapore. The couple's son, Joshua Paul Villarama, born in 2003, is named after her two younger brothers. Donita and Eric are born-again Christians, being members of a local fellowship.

Eric has not only taken up citizenship in Singapore where he currently lives, but he has also taken up citizenship in Japan before. However, Donita has only taken up citizenship in the Philippines and Singapore.

She's currently a main-stay host for ABS-CBN's morning show, Umagang Kay Ganda.
Donita RoseM

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Ai-Ai de las Alas

Ai-Ai de las Alas (born 1964), is a Filipino comedienne and film actress.
She is called with many titles including "Comedy Concert Queen" and "Tanging Ina". Only a few know that she is the mother of the infamous rapper badong. The song, written by Lito Camo, is a dramatic yet amusing take on being a mother. The music video for the song depicts the hardships, struggles and sacrifices that a mother goes through for her child. The video was directed by Raffy Francisco TS.

She released her first album with Star Records entitled Ang Tanging Ina Nyo, featuring six novelty tunes. Aside from the first hit single "Tanging Ina Nyo", the album includes the upbeat tracks "Volta", "Dance-phabet", "Tong Twalya", "Si Manloloko" and "Super Papa". All the songs in the album are infused with humor.

Pops Fernandez

The daughter of Filipino action star Eddie Fernandez, Pops Fernandez is one of the Philippines' most well-known and enduring vocalists. Fernandez began her musical career at age 16 when she signed a contract with OctoArts in 1981.

In 1982, Fernandez released her first LP, Pops, and started co-hosting the TV variety series Penthouse Live! with Martin Nievera. Fernandez quickly became an immensely popular teen idol in the Philippines; the press even dubbed her as the country's "Concert Queen" for her ability to attract huge crowds. Her face appeared on the covers of countless magazines. Five years after Penthouse Live! debuted, the show was replaced by Martin and Pops Twogether. Instead of merely working with one another, Nievera and Fernandez had gotten married. Martin and Pops Twogether was canceled after two years, and the couple separated in 1998. They have two sons, Robin and Ram.