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Source: PEP Philippine Entertainment Portal
http://www.pep.ph/guide/3675/Precious-Heart-Romances-to-be-dramatized-on-television

Precious Heart Romances to be dramatized on television

Pagkatapos i-adapt sa telebisyon ang mga kuwentong hango sa pelikula na ang karamihan ay hango rin sa mga kuwento na serialized sa iba’t-ibang pahina ng komiks noon, ngayon naman, ang bagong ihahandog ng ABS-CBN sa panghapong programa simula sa May. Ito ay ang mga kuwento ng pag-ibig na unang nabasa sa mga pahina ng libro ng pocket book ng Precious Heart Romances or PHR, ang “Bud Brothers” na isinulat ng romance writer na si Rose Tan.

Spearheading the project is Direk Lauren Dyogi na siyang unang nakakita ng potensiyal ng mga sikat na kuwento sa Precious Hearts Romances na hindi lamang dito sa bansa kundi maging sa iba’t-ibang
bansa in-terms of readership.

Isang buong season ang itatakbo ng “Bud Brothers” na magtatampok every two weeks ng iba’t-bang love team sa isang natatanging kuwento ng pag-ibig.

Bukod sa “Bud Brothers,” nakuha na rin ng ABS-CBN ang rights ng Kristine Series, isa sa pinakasikat at well-read series ng PHR.  Pero ayon kay Direk Lauren, they have decided na unahin na munang i-feature ang “Bud Brothers” dahil sa mas lighter approach ng mga kuwento rito.

“It’s light, it’s romantic. It’s also well-recommended by the publisher. Si Rose Tan kasi, sila yung mga sikat na writers. ‘Yung Kristine naman, we’re already on a pre-production for it. Malaki kasi ang magnitude ng Kristine. It’s something na kailangan naming planuhin.”

Ayon kay Direk Lauren, this will be a long-running show na ang talagang title ng programa raw ay Precious Hearts Romances at ang pilot presentation nito ay ang “Bud Brothers.”

Sa mga nakakabasa ng libro, posibleng hindi maiiwasan ang pagkumparahin ang mga characters na mababasa nila at kuwento mismo sa libro at sa mapapanood. Nakahanda na ba sila sa bagay na yun?

“Well, inevitably, but there was a lot of limitations kasi. Hindi naman lahat ng artista sa atin will fit dun sa description sa libro.So, we made adjustments. Pero, marami rin naman ang hindi nakabasa that will enjoy it. I suppose, meron talagang maiinis na bakit ganyan, hindi ganyan sa libro? But story, we’ll keep it.”

Aminado si Direk Lauren na casting pa lang daw, nahirapan na sila.

“Mahirap talaga. Unang-una, ang mga lalaki sa pocket books, hindi katulad ng mga artista at hindi ganoon karami ang artista. Like right now, sa Star Magic, we’re willing to have a search sa kung sino ang puwedeng maging bida and find who can fit. Baka nga minsan, mas safe pa yun dahil kapag artista, meron na silang image ng artista sa isip
nila.”

JERRY SINENENG TAKES OVER. Ang PHR presents Bud Brothers sana ang TV project na ididirek ni Direk Cathy Garcia-Molina. Pero dahil sa biglaang pagkamatay ng kanyang asawa, Direk Jerry Sineneng will now be
the director of “Bud Brothers.”

“Dapat kasi, nag-taping na kami noong Tuesday [March 31]. Biglaan, Sunday nangyari yun [the death of Direk Cathy's husband]. Tapos,kausap ko siya kaninang umaga, siyempre, hindi ako maka-buwelo sa kanya dahil sa nangyari. But she called me up. Nagpaumanhin siya na hindi niya muna magagawa.

“Ako yata ang una niyang tinawagan noong Sunday dahil worried siya sa taping. Pero sabi ko nga, huwag na muna niyang intindihan, pinak-ap ko na yung Tuesday, so, sabi ko, kung kakayanin mo, hindi ko ipa-pack-up yung Monday and Wednesday. Ang hirap kasing buuin ng schedule ng mga artista, walo yan, pagsasama-samahin mo sa pilot.  So, kanina nga, sinabi niyang parang hindi niya kakayanin dahil parang hindi pa nagsi-sink in sa kanya yung lahat. At saka, mahirap yata na namatayan ka, tapos love story ang gagawin mo.”

In terms of kakayahan, hindi nga naman matatawaran din ang kakayahan ni Direk Jerry Sineneng na ayon kay Direk Lauren Dyogi, mabuti na lang daw na may oras pa na nailaan para sa PHR.

Personally, inamin ni Direk Lauren na tila nagsawa na rin daw siya na isang movie ang pinaka-babasihan ng kuwento sa mga afternoon series. Nagbasa raw siya ng mga PHR novels at para sa kanya, it’s about time na ang medium naman na ito ang isalin sa telebisyon.

“Gut feel ko lang, gut feel ko lang na magugustuhan ng public. Plus the fact na meron na rin siyang following. So, sa mga hindi nakakabasa, this is their chance to get to know rin kung gaano ka-rich ang pop-literary culture ng Filipino.”

Ngayong May na ie-ere ang pilot episode ng “Bud Brothers” na tatampukan for the first time ng team-up nina Jake Cuenca at Cristine Reyes.

Bukod dito ay ang iba pang Kapamilya pairs na sina Mariel Rodriguez and Rafael Rosell; Joem Bascon and Wendy Valdez; Janna Dominguez and Manuel Chua; Guji Lorenzana and Roxanne Guinoo; Will Devaughn and
Valerie Concepcion; at Aaron Villena and Maricar Reyes

Tapos na ang story conference nang makita ng PEP si John Prats na dumating habang kasalukuyan pang nagpi-pictorial ang cast sa Pinoy Dream Academy building.  Napag-alaman ng PEP na si John at isa pang aktres (who identity is still under wraps) ang kukumpleto ng walong pares ng love teams para sa Precious Hearts Romances present Bud
Brothers.

MovieGoer
Star Circle launches 20 young artists
Nestor Cuartero (via TEMPO.com)

TWENTY bright-eyed, young hopefuls make up Star Circle Batch 16, ABS-CBN’s newest bets for stardom.

Introduced to the press by way of a song and dance presentation at the network’s 9501 Executive Lounge, this year’s Star Circle is also in celebration of the 16th anniversary of Star Magic, ABS-CBN’s talent development arm headed by Johnny Manahan.

Ten boys and ten girls, whose ages range from 13 to 25, make up Batch 16, a big number any way you look at it. The batch, happily, is just as big in talent.

They entered the stage bursting into a song and dance cut from ‘High School Musical.’ The number was led by 25-year old Guji Lorenzana and Michaela Melania. Guji’s a songwriter and theater actor who has released a solo album. He’s also in the cast of the now-showing ‘West Side Story.’

Michaela, 18, is half-German, a student of fashion design back home in Germany. The 20-strong ensemble charged the air with youthful exuberance and enthusiasm that was, to say the least, infectious.

Meet the rest of the girls in this space today.

Kristel Moreno. Seventeen-year old niece to Alma Moreno, cast in ‘Betty La Fea ‘ as one of the mean girls.

Erika Padilla. Budding host is 21, has a Political Science degree from Ateneo de Manila, an entrepreneur managing two franchise stores.

Vangie Martelle. The youngest at 13 is a promising singer, who acts in PETA plays. This half-German hails from Davao City.

Auriette Divina. At 18, she has finished several singing workshops, believes she’s ready for the world. A print ad model and student of culinary arts.

Dominique Llamas. Athletic type from Bacolod wants to host a sports show, become a VJ, between her Communication Technology Management studies at Ateneo de Manila.

Kristina Snell. Half-British 16-year old has done a few print ads. Studies communication arts.

Cheska Ortega. A familiar figure at age 16. She played lead in the local edition of High School Musical.

Heidi Riego, 20. Born and raised in Oakland, California, has a degree in Education, minor in Dance from the University of California-Riverside.

Kaye Garcia. Balikbayan from the US used to study at Ateneo de Davao but has recently transferred to College of Saint Benilde to take up Diplomatic Affairs. Nineteen-year old Dean’s Lister wants to be TV host and actress.

Hi friends! I’m number 19 this week on the countdown. Please help get me on the top ten by texting:

MYX VOTE KASALANAN BA and send it to 2366

See below…

Top 20 Pinoy Songs in ‘ Pinoy MYX Countdown’

Read the tabulations below:

20.Aria Clemente - Climb Every Mountain
19.Guji Lorenzana - Kasalanan Ba?
18.Ronnie Liang & Nikki Gil - Ang Aking Awitin
17.Mojofly - Simula
16.Zoo - Pain In My Heart
15.Kitty Girls - K.I.T.T.Y
14.Acel - One Love
13.Thor & MYMP - Be My Number Two
12.Yasmin Kurdi - Take It Or Leave It
11.Rivermaya - Sugal Ng Kapalaran

Top Ten
10.Blue Ketchup - Kamusta Ka
09.Sandwich - Procastinator
08.Urbandub - Guillotine
07.Sarah Geronimo - Ikaw
06.Kyla - I Don’t Want You To Go
05.Parokya ni Edgar - Macho
04.Concrete Sam - Heto Na
03.ChicoSci - Last Look
02.Sugarfree - Nangangawit
01.SpongeCola - Pasubali (2 weeks at #1)

Pick of the Week:
6CycleMind - Aaminin

Falloffs:
Dianne Elise - Swept Away @ #19
Miki Hahn - Ugly Girl @ #18
Ryan Cayabyab Singers - Let Me Love You Tonight @ #17
MYMP - So Perfect @ #10

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Without Your Love is well on it’s way to be available nationwide (and
worldwide), and PR is positioning into place as we get in gear to
promote the brand new album. I am super excited about how things are
turning out… from the packaging of the album, to the over all concept
of this brand new project.

Kasalanan Ba? - the newest and latest single is about to hit the airwaves, and the music video is a month in the making.

Yes a month!

Why a month you ask? …. because of special effects, graphics, animation!!

I
am super excited to be doing a video like this. It has always been a
dream of mine to be in a horror/science fiction flick, acting along
side special effects gimmicks like a blue screen. And when Enzo Valdez
(Rivermaya, Stonefree, Viva Films Super Noypi) came to me with this
animated sci-fi vision of Kasalanan Ba… I knew that I had to work
with Enzo - whom is one of the fasting rising young animator/screen
writers/director stars to hit the industry.

In addition to
working with Enzo, it was a pleasure to work with one of my good
friends, Patty Laurel, whom I first met on the set of Breakfast (Studio
23, Abs-Cbn). She has a great presence and is a ball of energy! We were
a bunch of goof balls on the set! Check out our MYX interview on MYX
NEWS this week!

So here are some behind the scenes look at the music video - Kasalanan Ba?

October 22, 2007
Director: Enzo Valdez
Assistant Director: Edzon Rapisora
Director of Photography: Prime Cruz
Set Designer: Paolo Apagalang
Production Assistants: Robby Brillantes, Gino Jose, Oscar Villadolid
Photographer: Robby and Oscar
Leading Lady: Patty Laurel
Doctor: Lito Serrano

Part A

Part B

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

FUDGE MAGAZINE � Philippines

September 2007 Issue

To the edge and back

By Jamie Rose Santos

Another Amboy singer
clawing his way into the Pinoy music scene? From an auditionee in American Idol
3 to possibly a new local pop star, Guji Lorenzana assures would-be listeners
that there’s more to him than the Fil-Am hype.

WHAT CAN YOU do when the you-deserve-someone-better line is
thrown at you and then a door slams on your face? "When you get hurt� it just
hurts, "Guji Lorenzana candidly admits about a break-up, while nervously
shifting in his seat. But why not use the break-up as a catharsis of sorts- like
go to the Philippines,
pursue a career in music, and end up performing on stage in an act christened
as "edgy pop?" Sounds better? After all, this Am-boy knows his craft well
enough, and his singing career is something he just wouldn’t give up,
broken-hearted or not.

 "[I know] I
can make it. Everything is possible," proclaims Guji. "So here I am now and
(making music is what) I’ve been doing."

 Before he came
to Manila with hopes of making it big in the OPM
scene, 25-year-old Guji had a life back in California. The singer says he used to wear
glasses, played trombone in a school band, and served as an altar boy in
church. "I was so nerdy," he shares. "I barely had any friends because I liked
to be by myself."

 He took
Theater Arts in the University
of California, which
allowed him to get a role in the Broadway musical RENT in New York, and at the same time he
performed with a boyband called Hipe. He had many things going for him,
including a possible slot in season three of American Idol. But what would propel his decision to finally get
serious about music was when he got his heart broken by a girl he met at work.
One event causes another. Now, Guji’s full attention is on his first
full-length album, Without Your Love,
to be released under Anirak Records.

 So what’s
with the "edgy pop" tag? "We made if up," laughs Karin Araneta, Guji’s manager.
"Because that’s what it is. It’s like
pop pero hindi siya balladeer." Guji likens it to mixing Gavin Degraw with
Maroon 5 and adding a dash of Robbie Williams. "The thing is, you wouldn’t know what edgy pop is until
you see me perform," he kids.

 His album
includes the carrier single "Tagumpay" and "I’ll Be Yours Forever," which sound
more like rock ballads. "[It is] to show the OPM community that I can sing like
that," Guji remarks. He lists Maroon 5, Robbie Williams, Michael Jackson, and
Gary Valenciano as his music influences. It may be ironic for someone who does
"edgy pop" to confess that he wears his heart on his sleeve but he only has his
parents to thank. "To this day, they’re so in love," shares Guji. "I’m a
hopeless romantic. I’m the first to cry all the time."

 It took
Guji about a year and a half to get his album done, but his newfound Christian
faith has allowed him to deal with the challenge in a positive way. "I learned
a lot about the industry (in that time). I met a lot of people, and I
began to understand that being an American is not an advantage." Guji
reflects. "It’s really music; it’s really your talent that counts." And even
with comments like "he doesn’t have any idea what his music is" or "he could be
better off with R&B," Guji has a simple answer. "I’m not trying to be a Sam Milby and I’m not taking the avenue most
Fil-Ams have taken," he explains. "I do know my music and I’m really taking
this seriously as a musician. That’s what I want to portray."

 Whatever
happens, Guji is fine just doing what he wants to do now. "You just really have
to be an artist. You have to keep going and keep coming up with new things,"
Guji shares. "We can’t let anything discourage us." This Guji, he’s a trooper.

Vote now for Guji Lorenzana as this year’s Candy Cutie.

Also see Guji’s Candy Cutie Video by logging onto here: http://www.candymag.com/candytv/boys/?vid=134

Log onto http://www.candymag.com to register and vote!

            Hoisting the sails of style:
            Port Penshoppe tours Pier One

            Port Penshoppe hoisted the sails of style over Metro
            Manila this summer in an exciting series of fashion and music
            events. Port Penshoppe docked at Pier One Roxas Boulevard, then
            sailed on to Pier One Ortigas, and finally dropped anchor at Pier
            One The Fort. 
            

Penshoppe’s summer collection
            is a combination of timeless appeal of navy and the hip attitude of
            punk. Clothes and accessories from the Port Penshoppe line are a mix
            of classic nautical reds, whites and blues—reinvented with a
            modern, fun and adventurous twist. 
            

Summer style blew full steam
            ahead as Port Penshoppe’s style ambassadors walked the planks of
            the runway in a shipwreck-chic fashion show. The show featured
            celebrity endorsers and household names Heart Evangelista and
            Jericho Rosales together with the rest Club Pen—teen actress Nikki
            Gil, go-karting prince Matteo Guidicelli, and models Vicky Herrera,
            Dawn Balagot, Einar Ingebrigsten and Victor Basa—decked out in the
            latest collection. 
            

Led by Grand Star Dreamer Yeng
            Constantino, Penshoppe Dream Honors List members Jay-R Siaboc,
            Ronnie Liang, Chad Peralta, Irish Fullerton and Panky Trinidad also
            joined the fun. Event host JC Cuadrado unlocked the treasure chest
            of party gimmicks, games and challenges for the event goers. The
            party went from cruisin’ to rockin’ as revelers chugged
            signature Port Penshoppe cocktails Admiral Pen and Pen Mariner and
            raced all over Pier One in an exciting series of treasure hunts and
            drinking games.  
            

Powerhouse performances from
            up-and-coming singer Chris Cayzer, Kala, Guji Lorenzana, Silent
            Sanctuary and Mojofly kept the party going at Pier One Roxas
            Boulevard and Ortigas while Bamboo brought the events to a rockin’
            close at Pier One The Fort with Stonefree, the Itchyworms and
            Brownman Revival.  
            

Amid a sea of the usual summer
            parties and staid fashion, Port Penshoppe truly rocked the boat with
            its series of Pier One events and its ship of chic continues to sail
            for the young fashionistas, bringing all-out fun, great music and
            the hippest fashion to youth all over the country.

Tagumpay is the perfect idea to have in mind as I begin this
post. I can’t help but tear up when I watch the finished product of Tagumpay. I
have seen it over and over again as this day has passed, and I am still in awe
with how it turned out.

Tagumpay! I say it again because words are energy. As the
first single and the first music video to debut from my full length release –
it is only natural to start off believing in the success of the “Guji
Lorenzana” project. I don’t will it, want it, or need it – but I already have
it, and believing in this makes it reality this very moment. 

The shoot was a very tiresome one, both emotionally and
physically. The filming was done in Ilocos, which is where my family originally
came from. It was a great feeling to be walking the same land that my family
once lived on, and was almost like a pilgrimage just being there, getting in
touch with my real roots – not just Filipino, but Ilocano.

The trip started out as a 12 hour drive north from

Manila

. We and the “Tagumpay”
crew arrived at the first shoot location early in the morning on Saturday,
March 17^th. We immediately began shooting, and continued throughout
the day until sunset. The fatigue was finally setting in towards the end of the
day – as the crew grew anxious to finish while bug bites and flying insects
began to be more annoying than usual – not to mention we haven’t bathed for
almost 2 days by this time.

The locations we went to were amazing. I couldn’t believe
that the rest of the world was oblivious that something like this existed – not
to mention this place being here in the

Philippines

. I just knew that there
was so much more I had to do with my life – and that meant exploring more of
this land which I now call home.

The food was Ilocano throughout our stay in Ilocos. Thanks
to the Marcos family, we were able to film in private locations, kept secret
and away from day-to-day passer byers. Our location manager, Al was a huge
help. He was an expert historian of the land, and he knew exactly the ideal
places to do the shoots. Many of the locations didn’t make it into the final
editing of the music video, but maybe in a re-release VCD, we can have the
other locations as a bonus feature. 

After a tiresome weekend, and long drive back, I was brought
back to reality – a realization that this life is really my reality. After
reviewing the final cut, I feel privileged to be doing what I love doing, and
thank God that he has paved the way for all of this. When I see the video, I
see what it can be and will become - and what it already is. I am made for
this, and I can’t help but be excited for what’s next.

TAGUMPAY!