MANILA, Philippines – Individually, Bong Revilla and Vic Sotto are box-office giants to reckon with, having proven this fact many times over with the movies they’ve made especially those intended for the annual Metro Manila Film Festival.

For this year’s film festival, Bong and Vic have decided to join forces. They are topbilling the action-love story-comedy-adventure movie “Si Agimat at si Enteng Kabisote.” Bong related that as early as January this year, Vic called him up to broach the idea of them doing a movie together for the December film festival.

“It was a very interesting idea, and so we started working on it,” Bong told us during a recent visit to their set in Tanay. The story was developed by RJ Cuevas, and the script was written by Bibeth Orteza. It was in August that everything was put into place, Bong said.

Bong revealed the movie is a collaboration among five film outfits – GMA Films (which is shouldering 50 percent of the budget), Imus Productions, M-Zet Productions, APT Productions, and OctoArts Films.

“This is a two-in-one offering, na alam ko ikasisiya ng mga manonood, ng mga fans naming. We polished the script, we prepared everything well at talagang binusisi ng husto ni Direk Tony Reyes.”

Bong also assured that “walang sapawan sa amin ni Vic. I’m really excited about this movie. Ibang Bong Revilla ang mapapanood ninyo dito.” Bong’s leading lady is pretty and promising newbie Gwen Zamora.

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Hair Asia to hold Cosmetics Trade Fair

In conjunction with Hair Asia Salon Spectacular 2010 which is all set on Nov. 16 at the World Trade Center, a Cosmetics Trade Fair will also be held. Hair Asia, led by Ms. Evelyn Alvaran-Cruz, has been organizing this prestigious hair and makeup competition that assembles the best and brightest salon professionals all over the Philippines and which has also been graced in the past by some of the country’s top stars like Sharon Cuneta, Lorna Tolentino, Ruffa Gutuierrez, Dina Bonnevie, Zsa Zsa Padilla and Gretchen Barretto among others.

In the Cosmetics Trade Fair, Hair Asia is joined by four hair-care industry leaders – INOA and Matrix by L’Oreal Professional, Clairol USA, and Beauty Lane as sponsors. INOA is the latest in hair coloring technology which utilizes the revolutionary Oil Delivery System, which Ms. Cruz said negates the use of ammonia in the treatment making INOA the first permanent color that is odorless and ammonia-free.

Matrix, renowned for its superior haircare innovations, will conduct live demonstrations on its new Sensoria Care Treatment. Sensoria is a professional hair spa treatment designed to give a multi-sensorial experience while addressing dry hair and irritated scalp.

Proctor & Gamble makes its way back to the country’s salons through Hair Asia by relaunching Clairol Professional – the premium yet affordable salon-exclusive yet accessible salon professional Line.

The Cosmetic Trade Fair is truly an event within an event, which the Hair Asia Salon Spectacular 2010 where the ingenues will battle it out in various categories to be the Over-all Champion, who will attend a short course at the exclusive and very posh Vida Sassoon Academy in Shanghai. The board of judges will be composed of the Philippine hairdressing industry’s creme de la creme – Patrick Rosas, James Cooper, Philip Louie Kee. Bambbi Fuentes, Jude Hipolito and Rose Velasco among others.

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Celebrities to grace grand wine event

Celebrities and prominent showbiz personalities are expected to grace the forthcoming 10th Grand Wine Experience which will be held on Nov. 19 at 6 p.m. onwards at the Grand Ballroom of New World Hotel Makati. The best wines, champagne and spirits produced by 20 countries will be up for tasting and which will be complemented with lavish cuisines.

On the other hand, Raymond Joseph, director of Ralph’s Wines and Spirits said, “We are taking the event a notch higher with more varieties of wine, more new world vintage and wines from new vineyards.”

Just as in the previous wine tasting festivals, also expected to attend this year’s affair are diplomats, VIPs from the hospitality and tourism industry, hotels and resorts general managers, restaurant owners, politicians, members of the Chamber of Commerce & Industry, wine enthusiasts, food lovers, culinary school owners.

For advance registration, e-mail pwmsales@compass.com.ph.

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Tidbits: Happy b-day greetings today, Nov. 14, Mila M. Valenzuela, Homobono Adaza, Estela J. Lopez, Ronnie A. Pili, Marie Christine N. Pineda, Minda Fuentes, Canada-based Robin del Rosario, Josefina Malonzo-Capistrano, Mrs. Gloria Navarro, Leonor Cattanco, Arturo “Popoy” Los Banos, Gerard C. Marcelo, Ms. Roi Phillips, Vallen Tanchip, Averill “Bingbing” M. Pizarro, Bogs Guerrero and Anna Marie Periquet…