Eraserheads Reunion Concert was successfull, but....

Last night, the much awaited reunion concert of  the most the Legendary Pinoy Rockband Eraserheads held at The Fort finally pushed through. Around 60,000 people filled the venue, and there were even thousands of people outside the venue who were just satisfied in listening to the concert.

The group were all fired up singing "Alapaap" for their opening act. And as the show goes on, the Eheads sang their biggest hits like "Harana", "Toyang", "Huwag mo nang Itanong", and many more, all in all it was 15 songs.

After that a 20 minute break was called, but after that nobody returned, till an announcement from band voclist  Ely Buendia's sister Lally confirmed the Ely's was rushed to hospital during the break due to stress and fatigue, so the concert  was needed to be cut short. The concert producer also spoke, thanking all the fans who supported the event and apologized to all the fans for the inconvenience. Ely Buendia would then be transferred to Philippine Heart Center for further diagnosis. Ely have had a heart attack before .

Reader's Digest Features Michael V.

Versatile Comedian and TV host Michael V. got something big to be proud of, and that's being in the cover of Reader's Digest.

Michael V. said in an interview that he can't believe about it at first, because he was just the 2nd Filipino that was featured in Reader's Digest, the other one was former President Corazon C. Aquino.

The comedian said that he was also flattered for having the recognition because he felt that he still haven't done what other veteran comedian have accomplished for all the years but he was the lucky one to receive the recognition.

The Reader's Digest Magazine will feature Michael V.'s entire biography and how he started from humble beginnings until the today where he is considered as a talented comedian.

Michael V. is seen on Bubble Gang every Friday, Bitoy's Funniest Video every Saturdays and on Eat Bulaga from Monday to Saturday.

Miley Cyrus Turns 16

Miley Cyrus will celebrate her upcoming 16Th birthday

And of course being Disney Channel's brightest star what place could be the best venue for the celebration? Non other than Disneyland California. But it will not be just an ordinary Birthday Celebration, the occasion also aims to recognize Youth Volunteers of Youth Service America(YSA). YSA is a Organization with Youth Volunteers which aims on community development.

Disney calls the celebration "Miley Sweet 16-Share The Celebration". The Hannah Montana star's Birthday bash will be held on October 5.

Meanwhile Miley Cyrus is nominated for MTV Video Music Award as "Best New Artist".

Celebrity Duets Season 2

Tomorrow, August 23, 2008 is the pilot airing of Celebrity Duets Season 2 on GMA 7. The show will be hosted by Ogie Alcasid and Regine Velasquez.

The format of the contest is simple, every week each celebrity contestants will be paired with a professional singer of their choice and will sing as a duet. After their performance they will be evaluated by a panel of judges composed of Floy Quintos, Danny Tan, and Celebrity Duets Season 1 winner Tess Prieto-Valdes. And each week one celebrity contestants will be eliminated, but the result will not be based from the judges evaluation because the results will still be determined by text votes just like Pinoy Idol, the judges are just their to guide the text voters on who will they vote. The winner will recieve 1 million pesos and a part of it will be given to charity.

The Celebrity Duets Season 2 contestants are consists of Joey Marquez, Melanie Marquez, Carlene Aguilar, Cory Quirino, JC Buendia, JL Cang, Phil Younghusband and MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando.

Celebrity Duets Season 2 starts tomorrow after Pinoy records on GMA 7.

Pinoy Idol Grand Finale

Today marks the crowning of the first ever Pinoy Idol, who among Gretchen, Ram and Jayann will win?

Last night the three finalists made their final performance. Ram, Gretchen, and Jayann sang three songs each, songs picked by the judges, their favorite mentor and a song of their own choice. All three finalists showed a very good performance that impressed the judges.

Also, the three finalists made a homecoming and all of them were given a warm welcome by their hometown fans, truly, this three are now certified stars.

After last night, I think the competition have become stiff, but at the end of this day only one will be hailed as the first Pinoy Idol and will receive a price worth a whopping 5.7 million worth of prices including a Condo unit from Avida Towers, recording contract from Sony-BMG, and an exclusive GMA management contract.

Watch it tonight only on GMA7!

Francis Magalona, Diagnosed with Leukemia

Yesterday in 24 Oras, a news came out that "The Master Rapper" Francis Magalona was diagnosed with Leukemia.

Today the Master Rapper confirms the truth about his condition via a text message read on Eat Bulaga by Vic Sotto.

Francis Magalona is in need of a blood donor, any blood type can do because "Kiko" has a blood type "o". Donations can be made Medical City, lower ground level.

Let's hope that Francis M surpass this odds he is facing right now, I'm a fan of him and I hope he gets well soon and ones again do what he does best. Good Luck "Kiko" and get well soon.

See Francis Magalona's official statement on the Philippine Entertainment Portal

New Kids On The Block Reunites

Hey Boyband fans out there, are you familiar with New Kids On The Block?, the Pop group from the late 80's and early 90's that started it all, if you're a fan of them good news cause the band has just reunited.

New Kids On The Block(NKOTB) started in 1984 with the members consisted of Jordan Knight, Jonathan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg and Danny Wood. The group had three albums New Kids On The Block, Hangin' Tough, and Step by Step. The Band broken up in 1994. But members Jordan Knight and Joey McIntyre were remained active in the late 90's. The group.

NKOTB had a lot of great hits but the songs that I remembered was Step By Step and You Got It(The Right Stuff).

After years of absence in the music scene, the band is back together. This year the group will be releasing their latest album "The Block" featuring the single "Summertime" and "Single" feat. Ne-Yo plus other new tracks featuring various artists like Akon and The Pussycat Dolls. The group will also be having tours around U.S and Canada

It's nice, but I wander what do The Backstreet Boys got to say about this.

Joey De Leon Speaks; Part 2

Just when everyone thought that the intrigues about Eat Bulaga's U.S show are over, just like a movie it has a sequel.

After resigning from Manila Bulletin last week, TV host-comedian Joey De Leon put out everything from his chest in his interview in Startalk. His statement is still about the article published in a tabloid saying that Eat Bulaga's show in Los Angeles was a dismaying flop. That article was written by columnist Dindo Balares. What made Joey dismayed is because the tabloid is the sister company of Manila Bulletin where he has his own column.

According to Joey it's OK with him if that columnist just said that Eat Bulaga's U.S tour s**** at least that his own opinion, but what psst Joey off was the statement written which Joey quited "sa katunayan, mismong GMA executive ang nagkuwento sa akin na flop ang show ng Eat Bulaga."

After that Joey issued a challenge to the columnist, Joey said he will give the said columnist a free hotel accommodation in the U.S plus a whopping $5,000 cash if he could name the GMA Executive who said the EB's show in L.A was a flop. And another challenge was issued for the GMA executives, Joey said he will resign from all his shows in GMA once he heard that GMA has invited that columnist in press cons held in GMA. Of course Eat Bulaga is exempted because the noontime show is not produced by GMA.

Wow Joey De Leon is really dismayed about this issue, he is willing to loose his job just to fight for what he believes. Anyway after resigning from Manila Bulletin Joey De Leon will be moving to The Philippine Star.

More Pinoy Adaptations

The Philippine Prime time Television has totally been reshaped thanks to the two giants ABS-CBN and GMA. It's is now the era of Pinoy Adapted TV programs.

This trend on Primetime TV isn't new, and ABS-CBN and GMA was not the ones who started it. Back in 2001 IBC 13 and VIVA TV introduced the "Game Show Era", aqcuiring the TV rights for the popular Game Shows from U.S and UK which are "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" and "The Weakest Link". Both those shows changed the prime time viewing habit of Filipinos. ABC 5 wouldn't want to be left behind so the network introduced 3 foreign Game Shows, "If The Price Is Right", "Family Feud", and "Wheel Of Fortune", Yeah the Wheel Of Fortune that was also aired on ABS and hosted by Kris Aquino.

Now ABS-CBN and GMA are introducing their own brand of canned shows. Before this ABS-CBN already have Pinoy Big Brother, Pinoy Dream Academy, Kapamilya Deal or No Deal, The Singing Bee, and Wheel Of Fortune, while GMA 7 has Pinoy Idol, Kakasa Ka Ba Sa Grade Five?. Those shows are from other country and was adapted into our own style.

And the latest show abroad to be aired locally are Survivor Philippines, which originated from the U.S and hosted by Jeff Probst. This show was a big hit in the U.S back in 2000. The show changed the trend of Television forever. Survivor introduced Reality TV and the challenges, and the voting of until one is left standing. The Pinoy version will be hosted by Paolo Bediones and it's already shooting it's episodes in Thailand.

ABS-CBN on the other hand is cooking something, a reality show that has similar formats with Survivor, where the contestants have to eat worms, lizards, live fish, climb a skyscraper and many other defying challenges. It's The Pilipinas Fear Factor, Kapamilya's version of Fear Factor that also made a mark on TV. Before Eat Bulaga had a version of this show called Sige Ano Kaya Mo?(Sakmo) that was censored by MTRCB and Congressmen due to it's graphic nature, now I don't think they will censor this anymore because it's already accepted by the Pinoy viewers. The show will anyway be hosted by Ryan Agoncillo.

And ABC 5 will not be left behind, they're also joining the game, as a part of the network's reformat ABC will have Talentadong Pinoy, their own version of 30 Seconds To Fame. And the show will also be hosted by Ryan Agoncillo. Lucky break for him after being vacated by a couple of months, now he will be hosting two shows from 2 different networks.

Let's see whose show will emerge on top.