It will go without saying that for the past three decades, I’ve been the busiest person in Philippine television. Anyone to challenge that? If my memory serves me right, I was even given the title Mr. Television of the Year by TV Times long, long time ago. The same award for American TV was I think bestowed to "Three’s A Company’s" John Ritter. Ang tagal na po talaga.

What made Alfred Vargas’ birthday celebration last Monday very special was a text message from actress Diana Zubiri extending her wishes for the actor who turned 24 on that day.

We admit that we didn’t expect to win because even during the day of the finals, the crowd cheered for other finalists but it’s a blessing we still cherish," said Close-Up model winner Reyson Yap when asked to react on talks that he and partner Carine Cabebe did not deserve the title.

Ms. Josie Quizon , a teacher at the Pasig Public High School, was one of the 16 teachers (including the school’s physician) who were thrilled when they received tickets to the matinee premiere recently of "Ispiritista: Itay May Moomoo," given to them by the mayor of their city. Unfortunately, when they got into SM Megamall Cinema 3, she didn’t like the long queue and that the mini stage the film’s producers built for the stars to meet and greet their fans was quite far from where she was.

Local horror film "Sigaw" (The Echo) won best musical score award in the concluded Screamfest International Horror Film Festival held at the Universal Studios in Los Angeles last Monday, Oct. 24 (Manila time). Musical scorer Jesse Lucas brought home the pride for the Regal–produced movie that featured Richard Gutierrez and Angel Locsin in the lead roles.