R&B royalties Jay R and Kyla remain Kapuso stars, ending speculations that the two are in between talks of transferring to other networks.

Together with their manager Arnold Vegafria, they signed a three-year exclusive contract with GMA-7 last Friday. The contract signing was attended by GMA officers led by Chairman, President and CEO Felipe L. Gozon, EVP and COO Gilberto R. Duavit, Jr. and SVP for Entertainment Wilma V. Galvante.

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‘The REtroSPECT Summer of 2010’

The 2009 ALIW Awards’ Best Group Performer in Hotels, Music Lounges and Bars – J. Martin Castro, Goldie Castro and Ogie Ramos, collectively known as “The REtroSPECT,” is ready to conquer different party venues nationwide in their summer event series entitled – “The REtroSPECT Summer of 2010.”

The said event kicks off at Ratsky Tomas Morato on Friday, March 19 at 9:30 p.m. with new and hot girl group “Sani Pilif” as front act and back-up, March 24 at Celebrity Sports, Plaza, QC and at the H2Club Malate on March 26 at 9:30 p.m. The REtroSPECT will also grace the 107th Anniversary of Meralco on March 20.

The REtroSPECT backing musicians are Mike Casanova on keyboards, Mike Balagot on bass guitar, Krister Jann Castro on drums, Anton Castro on lead guitar and Rex Galvez on saxophones.

The REtroSPECT endorses Gold’s Gym and Mossimo. Log on to www.retrospect.ph or www.facebook/theretrospect for more information and inquiries.

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‘StarStruck V’s’ Sarah and Enzo face off in ‘Family Feud’

On Friday, StarStruck V Ultimate Female Survivor Sarah Lahbati and First Prince Enzo Pineda go head to head in GMA’s well-loved game show for the whole family, Family Feud.

Game master Dingdong Dantes leads the face off of their respective families as they outwit each other for a chance to bring home big cash prizes.

Who will survive between the Lahbati Family – Sarah, Abdel, Ester and Jeff Enriquez– and the Pineda Family – Enzo, Eric, Paolo and Maycie?

Catch the showdown of Sarah and Enzo’s families this Friday in Family Feud right before First Time on GMA.

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Bobby Velasco’s Café de Malate

Bobby’s Café de Malate has been known for more than a decade now for its roster of singers. It also became a breeding ground for some of the country’s respectable recording and concert artists like Ayen Munji, Gem Ramos, Kyla and Jennelyn Mercado. Its nightly performers are Kim Mascardo (Monday), Karen Ortiz (Tuesday), Kristel Herrera (Wednesday), Clarisse Arenas (Thursday), Margarette Montenegro (Friday) and three-piece band (Teteng, Boy and Freddie) every Wednesday and Friday.

This summer, a special promo (San Miguel beer only P35) can be availed during happy hour from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Café de Malate at 1888 M.H. Del Pilar St., Malate is open from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m., Monday to Saturday. It accepts reservations for intimate or big happy occasions such as Debuts, Functions, seminars, christenings and anniversaries.

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Team Umizoomi premieres on Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon, the world’s most widely distributed kids network in the world, will be launching a brand new original series, Team Umizoomi, which combines 2D and 3D animation with live action to create a uniquely patterned urban environment where miniature action heroes help real preschoolers solve everyday problems by using math. The 20-episode interactive series is created by a team of Blue’s Clues veterans, Jennifer Twomey (Co-Creator/Executive Producer), Soo Kim (Co-Creator/Producer/Design Director/Writer) and Michael T. Smith (Co-Creator/Producer/Writer). Team Umizoomi will air every Monday to Friday beginning on 1st March 2010 at 8:30 a.m only on Nickelodeon.

In the heart of Umi City, a team of miniature animated math-powered action heroes await their next mighty mission. When the Umi alarm sounds, siblings Milli and Geo and their robot best friend, Bot, help live-action preschoolers in a pinch. Team Umizoomi needs their Umifriends (home viewers) to use their math powers to help solve everyday problems and keep Umi City running smoothly.

Each episode explores math in a variety of real life contexts, while set to a catchy soundtrack of preschool pop rock that helps the team along the way. In Umi City, math is everywhere. By making math the key to solving preschool relatable problems, the show will develop and enhance kids’ interest in, excitement for and enjoyment of math.

Jennifer Twomey, co-creator and executive producer of Team Umizoomi, started working with Nickelodeon in 1996 on the landmark interactive series Blue’s Clues. Twomey was an executive producer and writer for the Peabody Award-winning, Emmy-nominated series and co-developed the puppet-based spin-off, Blue’s Room, while serving as executive producer and writer for the latter as well.

For more information, log on to www.nick-asia.com.