Heart Evangelista And Chiz Escudero's Road Trip Themed Prenup

Heart Evangelista shared a peek at her prenuptial pictorial with Senator Francis "Chiz" Escudero in Sorsogon, the lawmaker's home province where he proposed marriage to the actress in August.

The shoot was directed by renowned wedding videographer Bob Nicolas, according to Evangelista in a series of posts on Instagram. Among Nicolas' recent works is the wedding video of actor Jericho Rosales and TV host Kim Jones.

Evangelista and Escudero's pictorial appears to be road trip-themed. The couple poses on a motorcycle by the entrance of a church, and later along a road lined with lush trees.

The 29-year-old actress also posted photos of her and Escudero in the municipality of Barcelona in Sorsogon, where they gamely posed with locals. One photo shows the couple surrounded by a huge crowd, including students apparently starstruck by the two.

Evangelista and Escudero, who is older than her by 16 years, have set their wedding on February 15, 2015 at Balesin Island Club, a day after the actress' birthday.

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Marlisa Punzalan Releases First Album After Winning X Factor Australia

And its finally out. Marlisa Punzalan's first album after winning in the X Factor Australia is now available.

The 15-year-old's self-titled debut album, featuring the single "Stand By You", is now available on iTunes, Google Play, JBHi-Fi and Sanity.

Punzalan is thankful to all the people who supported her during and after the X Factor competition.

Aside from performing, Punzalan also wants to visit her family again in the Philippines. The last time she visited her father's relatives in Samal, Bataan was in 2009.

The shy schoolgirl won't be coming back to school again. She said she will be doing homeschooling now.

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Judy Ann Santos, Mom And Helper In Tearful Moment

The mother of Judy Ann Santos, Carol, was moved to tears by a surprise prepared by the actress to thank her for raising her well and being her biggest supporter.



Santos had her mother and the helper of her family, whom she fondly calls Ate Binay, watch a video message expressing her gratitude for their guidance as she grew up.

At the end of the video, Santos emerged to personally greet her "two mothers." Both Carol and Binay became emotional at the surprise, as did Santos as she hugged them.

Santos' tribute is the latest in ABS-CBN's "Kapamilya Thank You" series, a Christmas-themed campaign that centers on acts that express gratitude.

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Kathryn Bernardo Released The Lyric Video Of Her New Song 'You Don't Know Me'

Kathryn Bernardo, teen superstar and sought-after product endorser, can add recording artist to her list of achievements with the upcoming release of her debut album.



The 18-year-old actress, who is dubbed local showbiz's "Teen Queen," released on Thursday the official lyric video of one of the tracks from her upcoming record.

Titled "You Don't Know Me," the song by Marion Aunor is about a blooming relationship that fails to take off because of the lack of effort of one of those involved to genuinely get to know the other.

According to Bernardo, her album will contain six songs with a number of bonus tracks. She finished recording the tunes in August.

She said her inspirations are American pop stars Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande. Locally, Bernardo said she considers Sarah Geronimo and Yeng Constantino as her music idols.

Bernardo has already recorded a song before, which is featured in the local airing of the Korean series "Pretty Man." It is unclear, however, if it will be one of the tracks in her debut record.

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Kim Chiu Forgets Lyrics But Still Charms Concertgoers At One Magical Night Tour In Canada

Kim Chiu warns the audience to lessen their expectations before her solo, acoustic performance of "I'm Yours" at a packed Queen Elizabeth Theater in Toronto, Canada as part of the just-concluded "One Magical Night" tour featuring Star Magic artists.



The 24-year-old actress appeared nervous as she gestured the sign of the cross just before strumming the first parts of the Jason Mraz hit.

Before hitting the chorus, Chiu abruptly stopped, as she forgets the lyrics. The candid moment triggered laughter in the audience, who cheered on Chiu as she appeared embarrassed over the mistake.

Chiu managed to get through the number without a hitch, and even had the audience singing her parts towards the end. At that point, she rejoiced over finishing the song.

The actress appeared less nervous a night later in Edmonton, where she reprised the number for another set Canada-based Filipinos.



She charmed the audience with her jokes and quips as they waited for the sound system to be set up. She drew laughs for translating one sentence after another from Cebuano, her native language, to Tagalog and then English.

As with her performance in Toronto, Chiu had the audience singing along and literally giving them their share of the spotlight.



The four-stop "One Magical Night" tour concluded last Sunday and also featured Kathryn Bernardo, Daniel Padilla, John Lapus and Marcelito Pomoy.

In videos and photos, Chiu shared on Instagram her fond memories of the tour, crediting the enthusiastic Filipinos there for an "awesome" experience.

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Grade 5 Student, 12 Year Old Gives Birth To Baby In Kalibo, Aklan

A 12-year-old girl from Kalibo, Aklan gave birth to a baby boy on November 3 at the Dr. Rafael S. Tumbokon Memorial Hospital in the province.

The family of the girl said they had no knowledge about the pregnancy.

They also thought that the girl just gained weight.

The girl's mother said they brought the girl to a faith healer because her daughter was complaining of severe stomach pain.

The faith healer claimed that the girl had a tumor.

It was only when they brought the girl to the hospital they learned she was 8 months pregnant.

The family has no idea on the identity of the father of the baby.

The Kalibo police women and children's protection desk is conducting an investigation to help the family identify the father of the child.

The girl is the fourth of five siblings and is currently a Grade 5 student.

Her father works as a mason.

She had a natural delivery but the baby is still in the hospital's intensive care unit because it was born premature.

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Sharon Cuneta's Mother, KC Concepcion's Grandma, Elaine Cuneta Dies At 79

Former beauty queen and actress Elaine Cuneta, the mother of veteran actress Sharon Cuneta, passed away on Wednesday. She was 79.

Granddaughter KC Concepcion broke the news on her Twitter account. According to Concepcion, her grandmother has been hospitalized for nearly two months and was set to undergo surgery on November 6. The actress revealed that her grandmother had to be confined at the hospital's intensive care unit.

Concepcion, who has been very vocal about her closeness to her grandmother, credited the elder Cuneta as the reason she joined show business, knowing how she loves seeing her granddaughter perform, whether on stage or on TV.

Concepcion also shared that when she was still a young girl, her grandmother would always remind her to take care of her when she gets old.

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Dennis Trillo's 7 Year Old Son Hurt In Road Accident In Quezon City

The seven-year-old son of actor Dennis Trillo was among those hurt in a road accident in Quezon City, which left eight people injured on Tuesday.



Calix Andreas, Trillo's son with former girlfriend Carlene Aguilar, was one of the five students aboard the two school service vehicles that collided with each other at a road intersection in Banawe.

The collision occurred at the intersection of N. Roxas and Speaker Perez streets in Barangay Lourdes.

The eight injured, including the five students, were taken to Sta. Teresita Hospital. Three students from Xavier School were then transferred to Chinese General Hospital shortly afterwards.

No student was reported to have been seriously injured in the collision.

The initial investigation of the incident bore conflicting stories from the two school service vehicle drivers involved.

Driver Jerrylito Papa said he had just picked up two students of the Malayan High School of Science and was driving slowly along N. Domingo Street when the school service vehicle of Xavier School hit his van.

But the school service driver of Xavier School, Rasmur Padios, said it was Papa who hit his vehicle first.

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Minions Know Filipino And Call Each Other 'Tropa' In New Movie Trailer

Take a first look at the teaser trailer of the upcoming comedy adventure “Minions,” which was revealed by Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment on Tuesday.



And just like in their previous movie, “Despicable Me 2,” it seems that the yellow creatures indeed know some Tagalog words.

Last year, a video of the minions speaking in what sounds like Filipino went viral on social media. In the 48-second video, a group of minions are trying to replace a lightbulb, and netizens swear they uttered Filipino words like “narito na” and “ikot.”

And this time, in the just-released trailer for "Minions," one creature shouted what sounded like "Tara tropa" at the 48-second mark.

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Jennylyn Mercado Finally Meets Nikka Martinez, Patrick Garcia's Fiancee

It appears all is well between the past and present girlfriends of "Two Wives" actor Patrick Garcia, who has a child with each.

On Sunday, Garcia's former girlfriend, actress Jennylyn Mercado, shared a photo of her with the actor's fiancee, Nikka Martinez.

With the two women in the picture are their respective children with Garcia -- six-year-old Alex Jazz and one-year-old Chelsea.

The two children first met in September. At the time, it was Martinez who shared the moment in photos.

In a recent interview, Mercado said she will be attending the wedding of Garcia and Martinez on March 31 next year, and that Alex Jazz will be the ring bearer at the ceremony.

Mercado and Garcia separated in 2008, the same year Alex Jazz was born. For a time, the two had a rift that prevented Garcia from seeing his first born. The two have since patched things up.

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