Finishing The Hat... For The Husband

Finishing the hat

How you have to finish the hat

How you watch the rest of the world

From a window

While you finish the hat

Mapping out a sky

What you feel like, planning a sky

What you feel when voices that come

Through the window

Go

Until they distance & die

Until there's nothing but sky

& how you're always turning back
 too late

From the grass or the stick

Or the dog or the light

How the kind of woman willing to wait

Not the kind that you want to
 find waiting

To return you to the night

Dizzy from the height

Coming from the hat

Studying the hat

Entering the world of the hat

Reaching through the world of the hat

Like a window

Back to this one from that

Studying a face,

Stepping back to look at a face

Leaves a little space in the way
 like a window

But to see

It's the only way to see

& when the woman
 that you wanted goes,

You can say to yourself,
 "Well, I give what I give"

But the woman
 who won't wait for you knows

That, however you live

There's a part of you
 always standing by

Mapping out the sky

Finishing a hat...

Starting on a hat..

Finishing a hat...

Look, I made a hat

Where there never was a hat

Stephen Sondheim

1984

 

Order, Design, Composition, Tension, Balance, Harmony

"Pretty isn't beautiful

Pretty is what changes

What the eye arranges

Is what is beautiful"

Lil’ Jake, the Hip Hop artist & The Husband’s design partner, suggested a viewing of Sondheim’s Sunday In The Park With George on DVD. An interesting proposition with the 3 of us working so much & keeping different hours. The Boys’ Fort duo finish at the shop around 7:30pm, just in time for me to go to bed at 8pm (I get up at 4am).

I resisted at first, but Lil’Jake needed the distraction, I gave in & at 8pm, we settled in to watch the Broadway cast in the 1985 Pulitzer prize winning musical. I had never seen the show in any production, but I knew the score. The Husband would repeatedly listen to the original cast album in the mid-1980s & I always enjoyed it also. At some point I became aware that act one’s Finishing The Hat moved him deeply & was one of his favorite songs.

Sondheim is criticized as too cerebral & clever, & cynical. However, I am very moved by Sunday In The Park With George. There is a significance, sophistication & soul to this musical that goes well beyond what I expected.

The story, a work of fiction, centers around the life of the painter Georges Seurat & his most famous work- A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. But, it's not about the painter, or even about the painting. The subject is art. The theme is the art of making art & the search for significance & meaning in life. It's about connecting the dots to the world around you. It's about living life fully & not giving into the mediocre, standing back from the dots that make up our lives & seeing how it all fits together, allowing the perspective to be placed into the proper place.

This DVD has frozen in time, the heartbreakingly young Mandy Patinkin & Bernadette Peters in a perfect alignment of the Broadway stars. I can’t help but feel that all the artists involved: director & book writer-James Lapine, Stephen Sondheim, orchestrator/musical director Jonathan Tunick, & the company of actors were at the very apex of their considerable talents

Bernadette Peters & Mandy Patinkin have dazzled me in their stage, film & TV work. I have been fortunate enough to have seen them live on stage in other roles, but this may be their very best work. Because live theatre is so ephemeral, great performances can been lost. Having a well filmed record of this musical makes me feel better about have missed the chance to have experienced it live in 1984. Someone find a new project for Patinkin! Here, he is a marvel, singing the songs with stunning styling & with a rare range of expression.

Sondheim's score is a thing of greatness & genius. Each song is remarkable, held with the highest possible craft & talent. There is also the brilliance of his usual orchestrator- Tunick’s arrangements of the pointillist score. The effect of the smart, sharp sparkling songs & performances, & the astonishing arrangements is absolutely breathtaking.

Someone once was of the opinion that I fell in love with The Husband because he was beautiful. Beautiful he still is.  But,this is not true, no matter what you may have heard. I fell for him because he created art. Beautiful & unsettling art.

Dot, the Bernadette Peter’s character, is George’s model & lover. Dot exists only for her relationship to George & his art. In the opening song, she says that she finds George physically attractive but the thing she loves most is his painting, his talent. For me, profund talent can be an extreme aphrodesiac. What Dot loves most is the thing that will forever keep them apart. She wants to be the center of his universe, yet she can never be because his art will always come before her. She can only come close when she is the subject of his work.

Order, design, composition, tension, balance, harmony…these words also apply to my life. Note to self: in 2012, learn to infuse what is left of your life with an attention to design, with a healthy tension, with a more thoughtful composition, with genuine balance, with light & harmony.

"Anything you do,

Let it come from you.

Then it will be new.

Give us more to see..."

Kyla Wedding Video By Nice Print Photography

Kyla Wedding Video Screencap

R&B Princess Kyla (born Melanie H. Calumpad) and PBA player Rich Alvarez exchanged vows before the Almighty, their families and  their friends in a solemn wedding ceremony held at the Santuario de San Antonio Church in Forbes Park, Makati City on Monday, November 28, 2011.

Official videographer Nice Print Photography has posted online the onsite video of Kyla and Rich's wedding. Seen on the video are Kyla's friends Jolina Magdangal, Rachelle Ann Go, and Karylle.

With Kyla's 2006 hit song "Beautiful Days" in the backround, check out the said wedding video below and be ready to cry, giggle and fall in love all over again.

Kyla and Rich Alvarez's wedding video courtesy of Nice Print Photography

Prenuptial photos of Kyla and Rich are posted here: http://noypistuff.blogspot.com/2011/07/kyla-and-rich-alvarez-engagement-photos.html

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November Song... If I Ever Loose My Faith

You could say I lost my faith in science & progress

You could say I lost my belief in the holy church

You could say I lost my sense of direction

You could say all of this & worse

If I ever lose my faith in you

There'd be nothing left for me to do

Some would say I was a lost man in a lost world

You could say I lost my faith in the people on TV

You could say I'd lost my belief in our politicians

They all seemed like game show hosts to me

If I ever lose my faith in you

There'd be nothing left for me to do

I could be lost inside their lies without a trace

But every time I close my eyes I see your face

I never saw no miracle of science

That didn't go from a blessing to a curse

I never saw no military solution

That didn't always end up as something worse but

Let me say this first

If I ever lose my faith in you

There'd be nothing left for me to do

Sting

1993

Tags: If I Ever Lose My Faith in You (From CMT Crossroads), Sting, Sting Videos

Sting was my #1 crush in the late 1970s- early 1980s. I was a peerless Police fan. I found them punky & rough & I was obsessed with the bass player, lead singer/songwriter. Now the kids at the place of my employment think that this is easy listening elevator music. I think this version is perfectly placed pop.

One Of My Favorite Books Of 2011

Take care, be kind, be considerate of other people & other species, & be loving.
John Lithgow

I loved this book. Writing a memoir can be a treacherous task. I have been writing mine for the past 3 years,using this little spot on the Internet. I have been tempted, on occasion, to rewrite my life, as if I could do it all over again, seeking to justify prior actions, even the unjustifiable. But instead, I have been offering up the truth. Some memoirs withhold so much they drain the story of all interest.

Professional actors have an additional challenge: their fame gathers an audience, but their skill stirs skepticism.

John Lithgow's Memoir- Drama could be read as a one-man show. A theatrical performance. Filled with many photographs, Drama brings you through Lithgow's theatre career in great depth. If you love the theater, you'll enjoy this book immensely. It dissects the many characters he has played, gossips other cast members, talks about the preparations for productions, & brings you through to opening night & beyond.

Admirably, Lithgow gives it all, displaying himself, flaws & all. The first 1/3 of the book, I thought he seemed like a perfect boy who never gave trouble; but later, a frail human side shows through, & the author shares the things he learned about himself along the way, including drug use, nervous breakdowns & adultery. Lithgow & I seem to have a great deal in common, except his story is wrapped around a successful career, with Tony wins & Oscar nominations. Mine goes from supporting roles in regional theatre, some commercials & tiny parts in TV & film, to last summer’s solo show in my back garden- The Seven Ages of Steve.

Drama begins & ends with recollections of his father Arthur Lithgo, an actor, director & producer of note, has an ongoing place in his son's development.

Like me though, Lithgow does not hold back featuring his own failings & failures. He holds the view that to an artist, everything in life can be used to advance understanding. He is smart leave his own ego’s needs out of the picture until there is a payoff, usually at his expense.

Serendipity placed him at Harvard at the zenith of the Camelot moment. He could not have known that he was experiencing the end of an era. His first freshman semester was jarred by the Kennedy assassination in Dallas; his final senior semester was bracketed by the release of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

His memories of Harvard are warm but not sentimental: "However you responded to the pressures of the place, one thing was clear: to thrive at Harvard, or even to survive there, you must stake out some domain where you can succeed, & move into it like an invading army."

Lithgow’s combination of drive & desire to learn & develop are the trough-line of the book, which focuses on his early years of struggle & accomplishment. Though the chronological thrust of the book ends with the late 1970s, he intersperses subsequent developments throughout. It was at this point that he found happiness in a marriage that has endured the subsequent 3 decades.

The Husband & I saw Lithgow on Broadway in the musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. We loved the show & his performance was delicious. He has been a favorite sense we saw him in The World According To Garp. I recommend this book highly. Lithgow's messages are of broader reach. Drama shares the wisdom of a master of the art of living.

Time sneaks up on you like a windshield on a bug.

On This Day In Gay History- Harvey Milk Is Murdered

After receiving death threats, Milk said: "If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door."



On Nov. 27, 1978, Harvey Milk was shot twice in the head by conservative & disgruntled supervisor Daniel White. Mayor George Moscone was also killed. White confessed to his crime, but was only given 5 years in prison plus parole. His lawyers argued that junk food caused his depression. That argument, dubbed the Twinkie defense, was later banned.

Milk's death made him a gay martyr. His supervisor seat was given to openly-gay politician Harry Britt. A year after Milk's death 100,000 people demonstrated for gay rights in Washington D.C. chanting "Harvey Milk Lives." He was also the inspiration for Cleve Jones' AIDS quilt & his bravery help spur on the modern day gay rights movement. Today, many gay social institutions are named after Harvey Milk, including The Harvey Milk School in NYC. In 2009, the State of California named Milk's birthday, May 22, Harvey Milk Day. Conservative Christians remain outraged.

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Erwan Heussaff's blog nominated at Nuffnang Asia-Pacific Blog Awards 2011

Erwan Heussaff with girlfriend Anne Curtis

The blog of Erwan Heussaff, the French-Noypi boyfriend of Kapamilya actress-host Anne Curtis and brother of Kapuso star Solenn Heussaff, has been nominated in the 2011 Nuffnang Asia-Pacific Blog Awards. The recently revived TheFatKidInside.com is the Philippines' entry in the "Best Food Blog" category of the Awards.

Voting has started earlier this month and will end at 11:59 p.m. on November 27, 2011. You can cast your vote here: http://awards.nuffnang.com/2011/votes/?vote=food.

According to Erwan, he wondered why he was selected when in fact he does not post much and does not follow the usual contents found in other food blogs. But he said, "I guess the main difference between me and other food enthusiast is that I don’t just want people to read my rants, complaints and praises, I want people to participate and interact with the food I present to them and have them look at food under a whole different light."

Aims to honor the crème de la crème of bloggers across the Asia-Pacific region, the Nuffnang Asia-Pacific Blog Awards will culminate with a prestigious awards ceremony in Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on December 16th. Thousands of bloggers were nominated in the 12 award categories this year, including a handful of Noypi blogs.

Photo courtesy of Erwan Heussaff

Born On This Day- November 26th... Wayland Flowers

In no small way, I abhor & I am horrified by dolls & puppets. I feel that they easily come to life & that they have a hold over their handlers. I find the art of puppetry to be suspect, sinister & slightly sickening. Such is the case of Wayland Flowers & his puppet- Madame, who was far more famous than her creator.

Preparing for this post Indeed, I was shocked to find that there is little biographical information available about Flowers while Google reveals that Madame still retains a following.

Wayland Flowers began to practice puppetry at an early age in his native Georgia. In the 1960s, Flowers moved to NYC, where he was an assistant puppeteer for kiddie's television shows. He also developed Madame, an adults-only puppet, a freakish & flamboyant old fag hag in garish gowns, tiaras, & rhinestones.

Flowers performed with Madame in cabarets & gay bars, where her acerbic & camp observations about sex, men, & life, gave Flowers a following that led to frequent TV appearances on variety & talk shows.

By the late 1960s, Flowers & Madame had become regulars on my favorite show Laugh-In, at the time, the #1 show, known for its cutting-edge topical humor that challenged network censorship. Flowers was able to perform a coded campy gay perspective parlayed through his puppet.

Since Vaudeville raunchy old ladies have been a staple of ribald comedy, able to use sarcasm,the double entendre & sexual innuendo & still be perceived as amusing rather than offensive, probably because old women were thought to be past any serious sexual stuff.

Flowers could take this humor even farther, with an an old lady who was not only ugly, pretending to be a great beauty, because Madame was wood & wire.

Flowers gave prime-time TV the attitudes of gay men taking the first baby steps of gay liberation, a point of view that could have have been regarded as pointedly offensive to mainstream audiences, without having to do any censoring.

In the1970s, Wayland Flowers &Madame appeared frequently on TV, as the hosts of Solid Gold & on Hollywood Squares. After a decade of guest appearances, they replaced gay Paul Lynde, as the center square. Flowers & Madame were in the center square on the last episode of Hollywood Squares in June 1980. Peter Marshall asked Madame the final game question of the series: "Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert & Strauss lived in the same place. Where did they all live?" Madame: "At the YMCA!"

In the 1980s, the puppet/human relationship took a very peculiar turn in Flowers's career. Madame got her own sitcom- Madame's Place, in which she played the lead role, interacting with the other actors as if she were human. Flowers was nowhere to be seen. His work as Madame’s voice was the only evidence of his presence & wasn't given credit. Madame, as I always suspected, seemed to take over, overshadowing Flowers until he became literally & figuratively invisible. As a result very little attention was drawn to his personal life. The public did not seem to notice when Flowers died in Hollywood at 48 years old, in1988, a victim of the HIV epidemic. Madame was buried with him.

Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago shares funny pick-up lines, quotes anew

Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago has once again included funny pick-up lines and quotes in her speech to get the attention of the crowd composed mostly of college students in an RH Bill forum held at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Muntinlupa on November 25, 2011.

Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago delivering her speech at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Muntinlupa | Photo courtesy of Sen. Satiago's Facebook Fan Page

Check out below some of the pick-up lines and quotes shared by Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago during the forum:

"Masasabi mo bang bobo ako kung ikaw lang naman ang laman ng utak ko."

"Sana magkasama tayo sa pila para kapag may sumigaw na 'Next!" at hindi mo narinig, tatanungin mo agad ako na "Tayo na ba?"

"Ako na'ng magababayad ng tuition fee mo basta pag-aralan mo lang ako."

"Pangalan mo pa lang kinikilig na ako. Paano kaya kung magkaapilyedo na tayo."

"Ang pag-ibig ay parang ketchup, matamis pero maraming nakikisawsaw."

"Straw ka ba? Kasi sip-sip ka na, plastic ka pa."

"Tatakbo ka ba sa eleksyon? Boto kasi sayo magulang ko."

"Ano'ng height mo? Paano ka nagkasya sa puso ko?"

Sen. Santiago also used  pick-up lines and "banat" quotes during an RH Bill forum in UP last September. Read the transcript of her speech here: http://noypistuff.blogspot.com/2011/09/sen-miriam-defensor-santiago-pick-up.html

KC Concepcion to reveal status of relationship with Piolo Pascual on 'The Buzz' this Sunday

KC Concepcion sat down with her "The Buzz" co-host Boy Abunda for a very emotional interview regarding the real status of her relationship with her boyfriend Piolo Pascual.

Boy Abunda and KC Concepcion

On the teaser of the November 27 episode of "The Buzz," KC is seen crying when asked by Boy the big question, whether the celebrity couple have ended their relationship after more than a year of being together. 

Catch KC's interview on "The Buzz" this Sunday.

Check out the teaser of the episode below courtesy of ABS-CBN:

One Direction unleashes 'Gotta Be You' music video

One Direction has released the music video for "Gotta Be You."

One Direction

"Gotta Be You" is the second single of the group's debut studio album, "Up All Night." Officially released on November 13, the single entered the UK Singles Chart at number three and sold 59,461 copies in its first week.

Check out below the music video of One Direction's "Gotta Be You."


Made up of Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan, One Direction finished third in "The X Factor UK Season 7." The British/Irish boyband released their chart-topping first single "What Makes You Beautiful" on September 11, 2011 and their debut album on November 23, 2011.

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Edwin McCain and Taylor Dayne Live in Manila and Cebu 2012 | Ticket Prices, Venue and Schedule

Edwin McCain and Taylor Dayne will be having back-to-back concerts in the Philippines this 2012!

Edwin McCain and Taylor Dayne Live in Manila and Cebu 2012

The two international artists will be performing live together at the Waterfront Hotel and Casino in Cebu on February 15, 2012 and at the World Trade Center in Manila on February 17, 2012.

The ticket prices for the Edwin McCain and Taylor Dayne Live in Manila are priced as follows:

• SVIP - PhP 6,124.80
• VIP - PhP 5,068.80
• Gold - PhP 3,696.00
• Silver - PhP 1,890.24

All sections are reserved seating. Tickets are available for purchase at Ticketworld and SMTickets outlets.

Below are the ticket prices for the Cebu concert:

• VIP - PhP 3,985.00
• Gold - PhP 2,750.00
• Silver- PhP 1,000.00
• Balcony - PhP 1,680.00

Edwin McCain, is the man behind the hit songs "I'll Be", "I Couldn't Ask For More", "Walk With You", "Beautiful Life", and "Write Me A Song."

Taylor Dayne, meanwhile, popularized the songs "Love Will Lead You Back", "I'll Always Love You", "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love", "Prove Your Love", and "Tell It To My Heart."

Azkals vs LA Galaxy free tickets out for grabs

Azkals vs LA Galaxy

If you don't have the budget for the pricey Azkals vs LA Galaxy tickets, here's a way to get them for free if you're a Smart subscriber.

Philippine Azkals' Phil and James Younghusband will be giving away a pair of P15,500-tickets to 5 lucky Smart users, tomorrow, November 26, 2011.

Just go to Twitter and include the hashtag #SmartDreamCup in your tweets to find out the location where the Younghusband brothers will be giving away the FREE tickets to Azkals vs LA Galaxy's friendly match this December 3rd.

The more people who will tweet with the #SmartDreamCup hashtag, the map posted on http://www.younghusbandpixelhunt.com/ will zoom faster, revealing the location. The map will be shown starting at 9am tomorrow.

Best Buy sells out of iPad 2 online on Black Friday

Best Buy online store screenshot.

Best Buy ran out of online stock of Apple iPad 2 on Black Friday, Electronista reports. All models of the coveted tablet are now listed as "sold out online," including even the more expensive 64GB 3G models.

The rush can be attributed to Best Buy's $45 Thanksgiving weekend discount on all iPad 2 models.

According to the Electronista report, many branches of Best Buy are also likely out of stock; a check in the Austin, Texas area shows no stores with inventory.

This news about stock shortages suggests that the demand for the iPad 2 is still at a high level, despite reports that it may be on the wane.

Best Buy also offered the following deals on other Apple products on Black Friday:

---$150 off iMacs and MacBook Pros (very limited stock in stores);
---iPhone 4 and 3GS at normal pricing ($99 and free, respectively, with a two-year Sprint or Verizon contract, but does not mention the iPhone 4s at all);
---the current-model of Apple TV at $10 off;
---the 32GB iPod Touch at $5 savings;
---$100 iTunes gift cards for $80;
---iPod nano 8gig, $5 off its normal price with $15 Best Buy gift card;
---$5 off on the 8GB iPod Touch with a $50 Best Buy gift card; and
---iOS-compatible "app-cessories" such as the Helo TC remote control helicopter for $15 off its normal $50 price.

Woman gives birth at NAIA 2

NAIA 2

A 31-year-old woman gave birth to a male child while waiting for her flight inside the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 2 in Pasay City on Friday, GMA News reported.

According to the report, Cherlyn Antipuesta Rojo delivered her baby at 7:45 a.m. at the airport while seated on the gang chair. She was waiting for Ozamiz-bound Philippine Airlines Flight 163 which was scheduled to fly at 9:25 a.m.

Rojo reportedly felt labor pains while waiting for her flight and subsequently delivered her baby right there and then. Her cousin sought help from airport personnel.

Rojo and her baby have been ushered to the Pasay City General Hospital.

Turkeys

Today was my first sort of a day off in November, sort of, because this morning, I did go to the store that I manage in Downtown Portland. I assisted The Husband as he did new displays for me. I do my own displays most of the year, but for the holidays I needed to pull out the big guns & the store does not take well to being too merchandised. I brought in my own designer. We were done by noon. We returned home & had the rest of the day off, both of us, at the same time. I am not certain that this has ever happened in this decade.

I supervise, school, schedule & support a rag-tag selection of 15 young people, 19-32 year olds. I put together a little publication I'll call, let us say- Stuff It With Steve. It is rather like a cross between the school paper & community bulletin board. The document has several regular features: Sales Goals, Sampling Schedule, Snippets, Steve's Stuff. I start the piece with a quote about food & next, a food trivia question.

I just had to know. I had been puzzling over the crew for a few months. How motivated are they? Just how smart? In this week's edition, the quote & the answer to the trivia question were the same:

Food Quote Of The Week: "I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country...The turkey is a much more respectable bird, & withal a true original native of America." Benjamin Franklin

Food Trivia: A bottle of sparkling wine- Krug, for the first correct answer (no Iphones!)- Who Famously Said: "I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country.....The turkey is a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America."

 
Only one young person got the trivia answer & he used his Iphone.
 
 

Andi Eigenmann welcomes Baby Ellie

Andi Eigenmann welcomes Baby Elli

Young actress Andi Eigenmann delivered her first baby via Caesarian section on Wednesday afternoon at St. Luke’s Medical Center Global City in The Fort, Taguig City.

The bouncing baby girl arrived at exactly 5:02 p.m. and weighed 7.8 pounds upon birth. According to Push, Andi named her Gabriellie Andrea whose nickname is "Ellie". (Earlier reports said it's Adrianna Gabrielle.)

Andi is now nursing Baby Ellie.

Guck will be the baby's last name, the real family name of Andi's mother Jaclyn Jose. Baby Elli's baptism is scheduled on Christmas Day, 2011.

Photo of Baby Elli courtesy of ABS-CBN

PMPC Star Awards 2011 (TV) List of Winners

PMPC Star Awards 2011: ABS-CBN wins big

The 25th Philippine Movie Press Club (PMPC) Star Awards for TV was successfully held Tuesday evening at the Newport Performing Arts Theater in Resorts World Manila. The event was hosted by Kapamilya hunk Piolo Pascual and beauty queen Shamcey Supsup.

ABS-CBN emerged as this year's big winner as it bagged 26 trophies, including "Best TV Station", for the third consecutive time. GMA-7, meanwhile, had 15 awards while TV 5 received six. Studio 23, UNTV 37, and NET 25 got three, two and one, respectively.

The PMPC also gave special recognition to Nora Aunor, German “Kuya Germs” Moreno, Jessica Soho and Susan Roces.

The event will have its telecast on ABS-CBN on  Sunday, November 27, 2011.

Check out below the complete list of winners of the PMPC Star Awards for TV 2011:

Best Children Show: “Art Angel” (GMA-7)
Best Children Show Host: Tonipet Gaba and Roxanne Barcelo, “Art Angel” (GMA-7)
Best Educational Program: “Matanglawin (ABS-CBN)
Best Educational Program Host: Kim Atienza, “Matanglawin” (ABS-CBN)
Best Travel Show: “Trip Na Trip” (ABS-CBN)
Best Travel Show Host: Kat de Castro, Jason Gainza, Franzen Fajardo, and Kian Kazemi, “Trip Na Trip” (ABS-CBN)
Best Lifestyle Show: “Us Girls” (Studio 23)
Best Lifestyle Show Host: Angel Aquino, Iya Villania, and Cheska Garcia-Kramer, “Us Girls” (Studio 23)
Best Morning Show: “Umagang Kay Ganda” (ABS-CBN)
Best Morning Show Host: Anthony Taberna, Bernadette Sembrano, Alex Santos, Donita Rose, Winnie Cordero, Iya Villania, Andrei Felix, and Venus Raj, “Umagang Kay Ganda” (ABS-CBN)
Best Youth-Oriented Show: “Reel Love Presents: Tween Hearts” (GMA-7)
Best New Male TV Personality: Teejay Marquez and Derrick Monasterio, both for “Reel Love Presents: Tween Hearts” (GMA-7)
Best New Female TV Personality: Jillian Ward, “Trudis Liit” (GMA-7)
Best Horror or Fantasy Program: “Wansapanataym" (ABS-CBN)
Best Public Affairs Program: “The Bottomline with Boy Abunda” (ABS-CBN)
Best Public Affairs Program Host: Boy Abunda, “The Bottomline” (ABS-CBN)
Best Magazine Show: “Rated K” (ABS-CBN)
Best Magazine Show Host: Korina Sanchez, “Rated K” (ABS-CBN)
Best Documentary Program: “I-Witness” (GMA-7)
Best Documentary Program Host: Kara David, Jay Taruc, Howie Severino, and Sandra Aguinaldo, “I-Witness” (GMA-7)
Best Documentary Special: “Pluma: Rizal, Ang Dakilang Manunulat” (GMA News TV)
Best Public Service Program: “Bitag” (UNTV 37)
Best Public Service Program Host: Atty. Presida Acosta, “Public Atorni” (TV5)
Best News Program: “24 Oras” (GMA-7)
Best Male Newscaster: Anthony Taberna, “Iba-Balita ni Anthony Taberna” (Studio 23)
Best Female Newscaster: Vicky Morales, “Saksi” (GMA-7)
Best Talent Search Program: “Talentadong Pinoy” (TV5) and “Showtime” (ABS-CBN)
Best Talent Search Program Host: Luis Manzano and Billy Crawford, “Pilipinas Got Talent” (ABS-CBN)
Best Game Show: “Panahon Ko 'To!: Ang Game Show Ng Buhay Ko” (ABS-CBN)
Best Game Show Host: Vic Sotto, “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” (TV5)
Best Celebrity Talk Show: “Moments” (NET 25)
Best Celebrity Talk Show Host: Janice de Belen, “Spoon” (NET 25)
Best Showbiz-Oriented Show: “The Buzz” (ABS-CBN)
Best Male Showbiz-Oriented Show Host: Luis Manzano, “E-Live” (ABS-CBN)
Best Female Showbiz-Oriented Show Host: Cristy Fermin, “Paparazzi” (TV5)
Best Gag Show: “Bubble Gang” (GMA-7)
Best Variety Show: “Willing Willie” (TV5)
Best Musical Variety Show: “ASAP Rocks” (ABS-CBN)
Best Male TV Host: Allan K, “Eat Bulaga!” (GMA-7)
Best Female TV Host: Toni Gonzaga, “ASAP Rocks” (ABS-CBN)
Best Drama Mini-Series: “Agimat: Ang Mga Alamat ni Ramon Revilla Presents Kapitan Inggo” (ABS-CBN)
Best Daytime Drama Series: “Little Star” (GMA-7)
Best Comedy Show: “Pepito Manaloto” (GMA-7)
Best Comedy Actor: Ogie Alcasid, “Bubble Gang” (GMA-7)
Best Comedy Actress: Ai Ai delas Alas, “M3: Malay Mo Ma-develop” (ABS-CBN)
Best Drama Anthology: “Untold Stories Mula Sa Face To Face” (TV5)
Best Primetime TV Series: “Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin” (ABS-CBN)
Best Single Performance by an Actor: Enchong Dee, “Maalaala Mo Kaya (MMK) “Parol” episode (ABS-CBN)
Best Single Performance by an Actress: Ai Ai delas Alas, “Maalaala Mo Kaya (MMK) “Krus” episode (ABS-CBN)
Best Drama Actor: Coco Martin, “Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin” (ABS-CBN)
Best Drama Actress: Gretchen Barretto: “Magkaribal” (ABS-CBN)
Best TV Station: ABS-CBN

Special citations

Hall of Fame as Best Male Showbiz-Oriented Show Host: Boy Abunda
Hall of Fame as Best Drama Anthology: “Maalaala Mo Kaya”
Ading Fernando Lifetime Achievement Award: Susan Roces
Excellence in Broadcasting Lifetime Achievement Award: Jessica Soho
Longest-Running Musical Variety Show Award: “Superstar” (RPN-9), hosted by Nora Aunor
Master Star Builder Award: German "Kuya Germs" Moreno

Other special recognitions

Sexiest Celebrity of the Night (Female): Shamcey Supsup
Sexiest Celebrity of the Night (Male): Luis Manzano
Celebrity Skin of the Night: Aiko Melendez
Face of the Night (Male): Piolo Pascual
Face of the Night (Female): KC Concepcion
Star of the Night (Male): Coco Martin
Star of the Night (Female): Toni Gonzaga

Andi Eigenmann gives birth to baby girl

Andi Eigenmann gives birth.

Young Kapamilya actress Andi Eigenmann has given birth to a healthy baby girl on Wednesday, November 23, 2011.

Andi Eigenmann delivered her child via Caesarian section this afternoon. The baby weighed 7.8 pounds upon birth. Andi named her Adrianna Gabrielli.

Check out the photo of Andi Eigenmann's baby HERE.

Andi's pregnancy had been surrounded by controversies. Andi's father, veteran actor Mark Gil lambasted on national TV the father of Andi's baby for turning his back on his obligation.

On her blog, the young actress had named her ex-boyfriend teen actor Albie Casino as the father of her child, however, Albie's camp denied it.

There were reports that Andi will be back in show business after her delivery. Among the TV projects that she will reportedly be doing is the Philippine remake of "Maria Mercedes," a hit Mexican telenovela in the 90's. According to the reports, Andi will be playing the lead role portrayed by Thalia in the original series.

Arroyo mug shot online, 'not authentic' - PNP Chief

Arroyo mug shot

Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Nicanor Bartolome has released a statement regarding the supposed mug shots of former President Gloria-Macapagal Arroyo that appeared on a newspaper and circulated in the internet, recently. Bartolome said the mug shots are "not authentic."

Check out below the press statement of the PNP Chief posted on President Noynoy Aquino's website:

Allow me to clarify the circumstances surrounding the publication of pictures of Rep. Gloria M. Arroyo in a national daily.

Let me state for the record that the published pictures are not the authentic mug shot photos of Rep. Arroyo taken during the mandatory booking procedure last Saturday that were submitted to the RTC Branch 112 of Pasay City on Monday.

I have given specific instructions to the arresting officers and police custodians to ensure that only the Presiding Judge of RTC Branch 112 of Pasay City or his duly designated representative shall have access to the booking sheets, mug shots, and fingerprint cards of Rep. Arroyo.

Let me cite the report of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group that noted several discrepancies in the published photo-most notably the characters stamped on the published images that read: CONG GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO and CRIM CASE # R-PSY-1104432-CR. Whereas, the captions on the authentic mug shots were: GLORIA ARROYO Y MACAPAGAL and CC NR. R-PSY-1104432.

Morever, the CIDG noted discrepancies in the photo’s size and dimensions as well as the format of the captions in the published photos against those of the authentic mugshots.

Atty. Jose Midas Marquez gay? (Viral Video)

Copies of the DZMM Teleradyo video below have been widely shared on Facebook and other social networking sites. It shows Supreme Court Spokesperson Atty. Jose Midas P. Marquez exhibiting a rather funny reaction when a microphone fell while he was speaking.

Atty. Jose Midas P. Marquez | Photo courtesy of Pinoysnayper

A copy of the 19-seconder clip has been posted on Youtube by "PHILMEDIACOM" who claimed that he is a friend of Atty. Jose Midas P. Marquez and said that the SC official is "laughing right now while watching these clips." The youtuber titled the video "Supreme Court Spokesperson Atty. Jose Midas P. Marquez is 100% GAY? [For fun only]."

Check it out below:


According to a Supreme Court publication, Atty. Jose Midas Marquez is married and has 2 kids.

Alodia Gosiengfiao stars in Christian Bautista's 'All That's Left' MV

Alodia Gosiengfiao is featured on Christian Bautista's recently released music video for his single "All That's Left" lifted from the latter's "Outbound" album. Check it out below:


Here's a photo of Christian and Alodia taken behind-the-scenes of the MV shoot:

Christian Bautista and Alodia Gosiengfiao | Photo courtesy of Alodia's Facebook Fan Page

Meanwhile, Alodia Gosiengfiao currently trends on Twitter because of "Showtime." She proxied for her "Laugh Out Loud" co-host Luis Manzano as guest judge on the show for just today. The Twitter world is praising the Cosplay Goddess for preparing for her guesting by looking so great.