Category: Glitz and Glamour

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Pretty sure Xian Gaza had already been friendzoned by Erich Gonzales

July 4, 2017July 4, 2017 Kate Natividad 7 Comments

It’s another one of those really bizarre trending “issues” in the Philippines. Apparently the Pinoy Net is abuzz not over the recent Supreme Court affirmation of Duterte’s Mindanao Martial Law but around that other bigger issue of global consequence, a billboard put up by businessman Xian Gaza who is “CEO of Guanxiqian Group” according to…

Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Media

Inquirer writer Jacqueline Arias picks tweets to “prove” Filipinos hate Bongbong Marcos

March 22, 2017March 22, 2017 benign0 6 Comments

According to Inquirer Lifestyle writer Jacqueline Arias, people are “not happy” with Isabelle Daza’s latest video in her series “Haters Gonna Hate” posted on Facebook. In her article “Isabelle Daza’s Latest Video Features Sen. Bongbong Marcos, and People Aren’t Happy” published on the “Preen” section of the Inquirer, Arias asserts that Marcos is a generally-reviled…

Glitz and Glamour, Media, Politics

We need to talk about that Kwentong Jollibee Valentines ad!

February 10, 2017 Kate Natividad 8 Comments

Napakasakit! The latest Jollibee ad hits to the core! Watch the ad first. Spoilers follow so no peeking! 🙂 Sadness… Well, si girl naman kasi. How dreadful for the guy, but what to do when you are in the girl’s shoes?? Thus, the age-old relationship question that keeps us perennially flumoxed: Can a boy and…

Glitz and Glamour, Society

Beauty Contests and Form over Substance

February 4, 2017February 4, 2017 ChinoF 18 Comments

The recent Miss Universe beauty pageant and other events about “beautiful people” have again brought up the Filipino malady of valuing form over substance. Many of us people born without the looks are being made to cheer for people who were lucky to be born with good looks, similar to how the peasants and peons…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour

Maxine Medina just simply wasn’t Miss Universe material

February 1, 2017 Kate Natividad 11 Comments

Pia Wurtzbach was a tough act to follow. But then again, that is why she was Miss Universe 2016 — because she was an exceptional one. It is understandable, of course, that Filipinos would cheer on Maxine Medina as this year’s Miss Universe pageant transpired. But the fact is, Maxine proved to be not up…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Media

Iza Calzado laments how Anti-Marcos fundamentalists divide the nation

January 22, 2017 benign0 16 Comments

Actress Izadora Calzado is under fire from the usual social media suspects following her flattering impersonation of former First Lady Imelda Marcos at a party. GMA News Online reports Calzado’s explanation of her interesting choice of costume she wore to Tim Yap’s birthday celebration to impersonate Mrs. Marcos… “Decided to channel my inner Imelda Marcos…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour

Hipsters threaten to kill artists who perform at Donald Trump’s inauguration

January 19, 2017January 19, 2017 benign0 6 Comments

The irony seems to escape the community of America’s coastal hipster cliques. Jeering the coming inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump has become some sort of fashion statement among the trendy set nowadays. But where does one draw the line? Dream Girls star Jennifer Holliday who initially agreed to sing at the event backed out…

Crime, Culture, Glitz and Glamour

Anti-Marcos reaction to Sandro Marcos’s Rogue One tweet exposes them as chumps!

December 22, 2016December 22, 2016 FallenAngel 15 Comments

With just a four-word tweet, Sandro Marcos, son of Vice-Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos, attracted all sorts of “mockery” from the anti-Marcos buzzing bees again: As handily summed up by local media, anti-Marcos people were quick to remind Sandro, that the movie Rogue One is “a story of a rebellion trying to overthrow an oppressive tyrannical…

Glitz and Glamour, Media, Politics