Phenomenal diva Jessa Zaragoza makes a grand villainous mainstream comeback on GMA-7’s highly-anticipated Filipinized Mexican series “Rosalinda” on GMA’s primetime “Telebabad” block.

On the series, Jessa plays the wrathful and villainous vixen Evangelina Kintanar, the jealous and suspicious wife of Alfredo Altamirano (played by fellow singer and recording artist Ariel Rivera). Evangelina is one of the many cruel and evil female characters who will function as the central protagonists of Rosalinda who is played by young actress Carla Abellana.

Jessa has been identified and recognized in the past decade as a highly commercial and viable recording artist with a string of certified OPM hits to her credit. The record-breaking success of her single “Bakit Pa?” rightfully canonized her in Filipino popular culture as the music industry’s phenomenal diva. It should be noted that this is Jessa’s comeback on acting since her last soap opera was some seven years ago when she starred opposite Superstar Nora Aunor on the top-rating primetime series “Bituin.”

In between shootings in “Rosalinda,” Jessa continues to perform in sold-out concerts and private corporate shows not only in the Philippines but in the United States as well where she and her family are based. “I am very happy and excited for this wonderful and great opportunity that GMA-7 gave me. It has been a while since I acted in a TV series and I am honored to work with such talented people. I’m also happy that my schedule permits me to do my regular tapings in ‘Rosalinda’ and still do shows here and in the States on weekends,” says Jessa.

Jessa’s comeback studio album under MCA Music entitled “Jessa Sings The Great Musical Icons Volume 1” is also out in the market. In this album, Jessa pays homage to 13 musical icons by giving their respective hits a soulful and emotion-filled twist that only Jessa could deliver. Her carrier single is a remake of Anne Murray’s stirring ballad “Broken Hearted Me.”

Jessa is also in the middle of a major endorsement deal and she is also preparing for the grand launch of her comeback album. 2009 truly marks Jessa’s phenomenal comeback to the entertainment industry. 

Eminem’s famed bashing antics in ‘Relapse’

Eminem is known for his bashing antics that even the late great King of Pop Michael Jackson didn’t escape his laugh-inducing “attacks.” In one of his past videos, an MJ impersonator is seen playing with a couple of kids, obviously in reference to the child molestation case where Jackson was eventually acquitted of in the middle of this decade.

The white rapper’s whacking has returned in “We Made You,” the controversial first single off the album “Relapse,” his first studio album in over four years.

It is said that Eminem, who has sold 75 million albums worldwide, is already working on a follow-up album, “Relapse 2” which for him “will let everyone get all the best stuff.” “Relapse” is now in Odysey, Astrovision, and Music One Stores.

‘Public Enemies’

In the action-thriller “Public Enemies,” acclaimed filmmaker Michael Mann directs Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Academy Award winner Marion Cotillard in the story of legendary Depression-era outlaw John Dillinger (Depp) – the charismatic bank robber whose lightning raids made him the number one target of J. Edgar Hoover’s fledgling FBI and its top agent, Melvin Purvis (Bale), and a folk hero to much of the downtrodden public. “Public Enemies” is due in Metro Manila theatres on July 22.

But while the adventures of Dillinger’s gang – later including the sociopathic Baby Face Nelson (Stephen Graham) and Alvin Karpis (Giovanni Ribisi) – thrilled many, Hoover (Billy Crudup) hit on the idea of exploiting the outlaw’s capture as a way to elevate his Bureau of Investigation into the national police force that became the FBI. He made Dillinger America’s first Public Enemy Number One and sent in Purvis, the dashing “Clark Gable of the FBI.’’

However, Dillinger and his gang outwitted and outgunned Purvis’ men in wild chases and shootouts. Only after importing a crew of Western ex-lawmen (newly baptized as agents) and orchestrating epic betrayals – from the infamous “Lady in Red’’ to the Chicago crime boss Frank Nitti – were Purvis, the FBI and their new crew of gunfighters able to close in on Dillinger. “Public Enemies” is distributed by United International Pictures.