Mother Lily’s Regal Films and the Directors Guild of the Philippines, Inc. (DGPI) have teamed up to undertake the most comprehensive acting workshop ever in the history in the local movie industry.

Even before anybody knew about Andrea Bautista’s plan to get married to her longtime boyfriend Dr. Casimiro "Junjun" Ynares III (of the Ynares clan of Rizal), she has sought the blessings of her Kuya Bong (Sen. Ramon Revilla, Jr.) who gave it to them with an open heart.

Brilliant, independent, artist/composers have a newer and more interesting venue to showcase what stuff they are made of in Fiestamundo.com. An on–line market that opens the portal to a world of talented Pinoy musicians, Fiestamundo.com offers a kaleidoscope of raw talents who can keep up with today’s popular acts.

Ask any authority in the music industry and he’d tell you: It’s easier to build up a career from scratch than to revive one that has already dimmed.

Lani Mercado, beauteous wife of Senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla, Jr., feels it’s beneath her dignity to react to the accusations hurled in her direction by sexy star Rosanna Roces in last Sunday’s edition of "The Buzz" on ABS-CBN.

The value of our peso shrinks further, personal luxuries such as CDs are becoming more and more out of reach. The daily minimum wage of R280 is just not enough to afford yourlife’s little pleasures. But you can just imagine the dilemma of CD manufacturers who have to face rising manufacturing costs while lowering the retail price of their products. It’s a tough business I guess so imagine my surprise when I went to my favorite record store in Glorietta last week and found to my delight a new line of affordable CDs from jolly old England.

When ABS-CBN programming executives, led by Charo Santos-Concio, reportedly went on a mass leave late last year due to differences with the network’s new president, Cito Alejandro, it created a stir not just in the broadcast industry but in the showbiz circle. The rumor, however, turned out to be untrue, when the programming executives returned to work and Charo said she simply took a much-needed leave of absence.