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Of course, a month wouldn't be complete without another rumor from the "plaza" causing statements like this... 😵‍💫

Yesterday, Tala's official fandom issued a statement addressing rumors about a certain photo that's been circulating online.

What's with that "photo"?

Although unclear in quality when it was first circulating, it was framed as Tala and Anton secretly meeting up. However, upon verifying and clarifying the photo, the two people there were actually not Tala and Anton, ultimately debunking the "meetup" rumor.

Were there any other "narratives" against Tala prior to this?

Yes. Just a day after Carmelle's concert, where Tala was one of the audience from the several ex-housemates that were also there to support Carmelle, a certain "CarTon" fan shamelessly tried to paint Tala as "pretentious" just because she doesn't overly react to Anton (one of the guest performers) and his interactions with Carmelle in said concert.

Thankfully, Carmelle remains firm with her friendship with Tala, as well as with her stance against all those unnecessary and baseless assumptions.

Work-life balance? So many bondings together, including now, yet still continuing to get those bags! 💰✨️

That's right! After representing opposing brands such as Mossimo - Bench, Palmolive - Head 'n Shoulders, HONOR - Tecno (before), etc., both Ash and Rave were announced a couple of hours ago as the appliance brand's newest members for the live launch of their latest tablet model tomorrow evening.

To quickly clarify the HONOR - Tecno case, it was revealed that Rave is also under HONOR two days after Ash was welcomed by the same phone brand. Rave's deal with Tecno was probably a short, one-and-done kind.

The much awaited acting comeback of our two ex-child stars! 🎬

Earlier in the afternoon, Ash and Marco's episode of the Kapuso anthology series has finally aired, playing as "Nicole" and "AJ", respectively. Apparently, the episode managed to wrap up filming in just one day.

Having watched said episode fully, I thought of something that I've never done here in our sub before: giving it a review.

I'll start off with the episode's concept. Even for Filipino standards, the trope that was used here is something that is very familiar to many of us. Hence, it can come across as formulaic to some. However, the simplicity of the plot's gist may be enough if you just want to watch something light-hearted and wholesome.

Without spoiling too much, the episode had some comedic moments here and there, but, as a "rom-com", it is filled with plenty of scenes that I surprisingly found cute. It can get cheesy, but it isn't dragged for too long or made to be overly saccharine. Of course, expect some subtle/serious moments thrown in.

Even as someone who's seen a bit of what they can do as a "reel" tandem, Ash and Marco absolutely delivered, regardless of the mood of the scenes they're in. Though I am aware of their capabilities, both of them still managed to impress me.

Overall, this was such a pleasant treat of an episode. Ash and Marco really showed that they're still a highly-effective on-screen tandem. This made me realize that rom-com projects are basically a cakewalk for both of them, as I didn't expect to find myself smiling in some of their scenes even though this episode had a very simple premise. Ended the episode with being a very satisfied viewer.

Because of this, I believe that Marco is more than ready for his upcoming role in You're My Favorite Song.

Then, for Ash, her versatility keeps me so excited for her upcoming roles and projects. I hope they'll be revealed soon.

If you want to watch the episode, I'll leave the full episode's link in a comment below.

Once you've watched it, try to give your own review of it in the comments below, whether about Ash, Marco, the story, or all of them. 🗨️

Work that hair, Ash! 💁‍♀️💅

Yesterday, Ash was in Pasay City's World Trade Center to represent the shampoo brand Palmolive Naturals at Puregold's Tindahan ni Aling Puring Sari-Sari Store Convention 2026.

The clip you're seeing right now is Ash doing the brand's "finger comb challenge", with confidence and charm, during the second day of the supermarket chain's three-day event.

Prior to that challenge, Ash started off with performing Hazel Faith's Kinikilig, which I'll leave a link to here: Ash's Puregold Opening Number

For tomorrow, she'll be performing in All-Out Sundays, and is one of the leads, named "Nicole", in Regal Studio Presents: Aisle Two, I Love You, which airs after the noontime variety show.

Finally! It's been a while, Eli! 🤩🎬

In these past two days, pictures like the one above have been floating around social media. It showcases Eli in some sort of filming for an yet-to-be-revealed project.

With her in this shooting is Gen 11 ex-housemate Dylan. It's also been quite some time since his last acting role, which, if I remember correctly, is from the iWant series Love at First Spike.

Honestly, I was getting worried when Eli wasn't in any of the three KCC mall shows of the Kapamilya ex-housemates last month (still no reason for her absence/non-inclusion).

Good to know that Star Magic didn't bench her, because among the rookie artists in the Collab Edition 2.0 cast, Eli's one of the more promising talents, and her role as young Alice in What Lies Beneath showed much of her potential.

Great to see persistence paying off in the end! 💼💰

In yesterday's episode of the Kapamilya weekend game show, our Optimistic Apo managed to bag a grand total of ₱125,000 after choosing to stick with his chosen briefcase despite some of Banker's tempting offers.

Once again, the coveted one-million-peso prize happens to be in Kolette's case for that day. 😅

As he's set to allocate half of his winning for charity, he still has plenty left for himself, where he'd probably "love" to keep some for future "dates". 😏

Just teasing! 😆

Anyways, congratulations, Rave! 🎉

NOTE: The Lucky Stars will not only be mere briefcase holders, but will also get to play, depending on which number the show's Lucky Wheel lands on.

School's out, summer's in for this number! ☀️🏖

Just earlier today, this performance is the Init Kilig Squad's entry for the Kapuso Sunday noontime variety show's "Summerversary" competition.

Drawing inspiration from post-school summer vibes and feel-good OPM songs, this number features Anton (one of the team leaders alongside Zephanie), Ashley, Clifford, Heath, Marco, Princess, and Sofia.

I'm pretty glad that they made this performance long enough, because all of the 7 teens were given ample highlights.

As for who I think were the main standouts among the teens here, I'd say: Ash, Clifford, Heath, and Cess.

Do you think the show should make more of the Kapuso Collab 2.0 teens into regular/mainstay performers?

Share your thoughts down below! 💬

A great example of how to look fabulous in blue! ✨

Therese took part in Manila City's Flores de Mayo celebration last Sunday (May 3), which had a theme of Dalisay at Halimuyak, alongside fellow Star Magic artists including Lella, Joaquin, Reign Parani, Ice Almeria, and her pair for the event (as seen in the last 3 pictures), L.A. Santos.

In this event, Therese's outfit was an elegant blue dress/gown designed by James O'Briant, as seen in all 6 pictures of this post.

To recall, Therese is currently taking the "P-POP route" via Star Hunt Academy, but, if ever she's keen, I am hoping that she isn't ruling out pageantry as another path that she can take on.

A piece with a certain inspiration behind it? 😏

First, I'll provide some context here. As seen in this clip, earlier afternoon, Ash was at a fanmeet organized by her OG fandom, Ashley Nation Official, in Anastacio Madrilejo Heritage, Quezon City.

Her personalized microphone was a gift from AshRave Official, while her keyboard was a gift from Ashkin OFC. 🎤🎹

In this event, Ash was able to sing some of her self-written songs such as Oh My Days, and this particular song of hers which is titled Obsessed.

Don't get me wrong, I've always believed that acting is Ash's forte. But clearly, she has a love for performing, in general, whether it be acting, singing, dancing, etc.

I'm hoping that Ash will be able to further explore this singing-songwriting path as well, because she definitely has a very pleasant singing voice, and the makings of a great lyricist.

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Our teens are looking glamorous with their awards! ✨

Just tonight, VP Choice Awards held their seventh gala and awarding ceremony at The Blue Leaf Cosmopolitan, located in Quezon City.

Some of the numerous awardees across different categories in this event include a few of our Collab Edition 2.0 teen ex-housemates, which were determined by multiple voting polls conducted by this "award-giving body" throughout the past months.

Below are our teen awardees and their award categories:

- Ashley Sarmiento (TV Supporting Actress of the Year - "Akusada")

- Caprice Cayetano (Female Teen Face of the Year)

- Heath Jornales (Male Teen Face of the Year)

- Marco Masa (TV Supporting Actor of the Year - "Akusada")

- Rave Victoria (Male TikTok Face of the Year)

Keep reaching for the stars, teens! Congratulations! 🌠

Bring it on, Karla Samonte! 🤩

During the first half of this report from the Kapuso news program 24 Oras, we got more clues about the kind of role that Charlie has in the upcoming Kapuso primetime series, "The Master Cutter".

The role of our Collab 1 "bunso" in the Dingdong Dantes-led series will be a rugged, spunky, rebellious teen from Baclaran named Karla Samonte.

Based on the show's initial teasers and the full trailer, Cha will have scenes where she'll be working directly with Dingdong's character. Will she be his sidekick in some scenarios? We'll find out soon.

Although it's not in this report, I wanna shed light to a topic related to Cha in this series. It's about her pair-up with a 25-year-old actor named Prince Carlos.

As you may have expected, this caused a lot of eyebrows to raise, including mine, admittedly, due to the fact that Cha is still underage, and the age gap between them is somewhat wide, 8 years to be exact.

Personally, I'm just hoping that more of Cha's scenes would focus much less on their "tandem".

"The Master Cutter" premieres first on Netflix on May 8, while its GMA Prime debut is on May 11.

How about you? What do you think about Cha's role in the upcoming series? Share them down below! 🗨️

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Looks like this fandom laid out the right cards for this event! ♠️

Yesterday afternoon, Team AshRave, led by their OFC and admins, held their fandom's first-ever fanmeet or meet-and-greet, which was titled Drawn to Aces, in Ideal Events Pavilion, an events venue located in Commonwealth, Quezon City.

The event's aesthetics were largely made of black-and-white decorations and ornaments to reflect the fandom's main colors.

Of course, Ash and Rave arrived at the event, fresh from both their individual and pair shoots/tapings, and their La Union beach getaway from the past couple of days.

With all of that said, I have to commend the fandom (called "RavLeys"), their OFC and admin(s) for pulling off this meet-and-greet successfully, or in other words, they "aced" it.

I've heard that the onsite attendees managed themselves very well, and that tells me that there's a strong sense of organization within the fandom.

As for the fans who were not able to physically attend, a fanmeet livestream was hosted to accommodate them. The venue would look a lot more crowded if those fanmeet livestream viewers joined the "Team Live" attendees onsite. 😅

Kudos as well to their editors who spent lots of time and effort to create a nice look-back montage video for the so-called Optimistic Sweethearts, highlighting the two's moments and journey inside the now-relocated Big Brother house.

Lastly, based on the clips that I viewed regarding the meet-and-greet, the team really made sure that everyone in the event, especially Ash and Rave, were comfortable enough while having fun.

Hoping that the upcoming fanmeets of the other teens would also flow as smoothly as how this, Team CapKrys', and Team CarTon's did.