Heart Evangelista and Senator Escudero in tender, ‘chizzy’ moment

Now we know why Senator Chiz Escudero’s Twitter account is called @saychiz.

An Instagram photo posted by Heart Evangelista with the accompanying post, “I miss you busybee @saychiz” is giving their fans goose bumps with its rather cheesy pose showing the couple alone in a private resort with the actress reaching up to kiss the re-electionist senator on the cheek.

Both are barefoot in the photo, with the senator wearing only a white T-shirt and shorts and Heart wearing her sleepwear. The photo also looks like it was taken early in the morning while the sun was about to rise.

In any case, it shows how very much in love the two are and if the reactions of the fans are any indication, it does not look like anyone’s disapproving.

Heart and Senator Chiz recently spent a vacation together in San Francisco, California where the picture was probably taken. As earlier reported, they have already talked about tying the knot. If the Senator has his way, the wedding will probably take place “within five years”.

For now, it seems like the couple is just happy spending quality private moments, especially now the “busybee” senator is once again back on the campaign trail.

source: interaksyon.com

Gerald on why he stopped wooing Sarah: ‘I’ve done enough fighting’

Actor Gerald Anderson has confirmed that he and singer-actress Sarah Geronimo have stopped communicating after they were linked romantically earlier this year.

Just when fans had assumed that the handsome 23-year-old might be the first man to win the approval of Sarah’s notoriously overprotective parents and become her first official boyfriend, it was reported in July that the budding romance had been nipped.

At a press conference for his FHM Collections magazine cover on Thursday, Gerald appealed to his and Sarah’s fans for acceptance.

“Nangyari na po ang dapat mangyari so kailangan ho natin tanggapin at move on,” he told News5.

Convinced that he and Sarah truly love each other, fans of their loveteam are not likely to give up so easily.

Gerald is overwhelmed by their loyalty. ”Thank you, thank you po. Sobra po kaming blessed for that,” he said.

However, he is aware that the fans have laid the blame for the aborted romance on Sarah’s mother, known in showbiz as Mommy Divine.

Once again, Gerald appealed for acceptance as well as respect for Sarah’s family.

“Bigyan na lang ho natin ng respeto ‘yung pamilya nila, si Sarah, ‘yung mommy niya. Kasi no one deserves that…Lalo na kung masama lang sasabihin natin.

“Sabay-sabay na ho tayo mag move on, and let’s just give everybody respect and privacy… Pati rin ho sa akin,” he said.

Gerald believes Sarah is worth keeping as a friend. But asked if she is worth fighting for as a girlfriend, he gave this pointed reply: “Well, I’ve done enough fighting. Lahat naman tayo we fight, di ba? We fight for our own reasons.”

source: interaksyon.com

Zac Efron Claims He's 'Out Of Practice' Doing Love Scenes

MANILA, Philippines – Zac Efron embraced a sexy, romantic lead role in the “The Lucky One” where he falls for Taylor Schilling’s character. In the plot, the former “High School Musical” star is all grown up as US Marine Sergeant Logan Thibaul.

In yet another film adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks novel, Efron’s character “returns from his third tour of duty in Iraq, with the one thing he credits with keeping him alive – a photograph he found of a woman he doesn’t even know. Discovering her name is Beth (Schilling) and where she lives, he shows up at her door, and ends up taking a job at her family-run local kennel. A romance develops between them, giving Logan hope that Beth could be much more than his good luck charm.”

Efron said both Logan and Beth had romance thrown over the back burner for some time. So when they sparks started to fly between them, getting physical was a comfortable comedy.

“I mean, in the scene, they are out of practice. And they’re totally in love and having fun and sort of doing it again for the first time. And I think that was easy to do. That’s sort of how we were in the moment anyway. So, a lot of that fit,” said Efron.

Schilling pondered more over scenes that exposed her character to her feelings. “I spent a little bit more time in preparation for her emotional journey and the experiences that Beth was having with Logan and how that was relating to the rest of her life. It’s interesting. It really did take more space for me to kind of uncover where she was coming from and where she was going and how this man was opening her up to true love finally after being so guarded for so long and having given up.

“The love scenes were a really natural outgrowth of where she was at that point in her story. And the physicality of it was pretty simple. Zac and I were really close at that point. We’d been working together and I really trusted him. And he’s a class act. So, it was really fun and comfortable.”

Efron had the most difficult filming time while shooting in Afghanistan. The intimate scenes seemed like a walk in the park compared to the battle-geared takes.

“I think the hardest scenes stuff to film, by far, were all the scenes in Afghanistan at the very beginning. Just wearing that equipment, all the tactical stuff, and clearing that room was really challenging. And it was the middle of the night. It was like 3:00 in the morning. It was freezing. There was rubble everywhere, people screaming. Really, really talented actors all around us, and I was controlling a whole unit of Marines, real Marines. And my stress was through the roof. I really wanted this part to be authentic. So, that was the hardest part for me,” said Efron.

The 24-year-old actor felt that bringing out a character from a book does not fully help an actor to essay the part into reality. “I think it’s somewhere in between. There are specific moments that come out of the book and out of the writing that are really an examination into a character’s thought process and what’s going on that are very fun to read, and offer all kinds of different explanations and little things that you can think about during the scene. But, also, you have to look in the context of the script. You can’t have all kinds of wild other things coming in.”

Schilling, 27, echoed, “Yeah, I agree with that. I think for me it’s a little bit more based on the script and just what’s happening and gathering all the information you can, and then kind of letting it go and just being present.”

(“The Lucky One” opens April 19.)

source: mb.com.ph

Nina Jose bares romance with businessman

Enough of those rumors linking her to Vic Sotto.

"Yes, I am in love!" Niña Jose confesses. But the lucky man is not "Bossing".

His name is Joseph "Josh" Calata. He is a 31-year-old businessman who has been dating the actress for three months.

A former model, he looks handsome enough to be an actor. And Niña can’t get enough of him.

"I've never been happier. Ever since I met Josh, things have been great. Parang wala akong problema," says the star of the TV5 primetime soap Valiente.

Josh is her third boyfriend. She wishes he will be the last.

"I just pray that we stay this way for a long time. I hope that he is the one," reveals the "Pinoy Big Brother" alumna, whose last relationship lasted five years.

"When I enter a relationship, pangmatagalan. I don’t play around. Serious ako sa ganyan. I’m in it for the long run."

That also means the 22-year-old actress is in no hurry to tie the knot anytime soon.

"Josh knows na mas importante sa akin ang showbiz career ko. I'm getting good projects now kaya ayokong mawala lahat ‘yan kung uunahin ko ang pag-aasawa."

Niña sees no problem in the 9-year gap between her and Josh.

"I never had a problem with age," she declares. "It's just a number, 'di ba? As long as we understand each other, and we have this fantastic connection, age will not matter."

She admits that she prefers her boyfriend to be older and wiser.

"Mature men for me are very sexy. I mean, sexy sila, intellectually," she muses.

Which brings us back to her co-star in the TV5 gag show “The Jose and Wally Show Starring Vic Sotto,” who had been linked to her before his reported romance with Pauleen Luna.

What were all those rumors about?

"Never naman kaming nag-date ni Bossing. Hindi umabot sa gano'n," she clarifies.

"He just asked me kung okey ba na one day ay maimbitahan niya ako for this Church service that he’s a part of. Then we can have dinner after daw.

"I said okay kasi I saw nothing wrong with his invitation. Pero hindi nga natuloy iyon because naging busy na ako with the taping of ‘Valiente’. Then nabalitaan ko na lang na he's being linked na to Pauleen."

Speaking of “Valiente,” Niña is very pleased with the positive feedback she has been getting for her role as Leona Braganza, the scheming sister of the protagonist played by Oyo Sotto.

She says her character is not an all-out villainess. Fans of the show will soon start to sympathize with Leona.

"This time maaawa naman sila sa akin. I’m not the total bad girl in the series. May ibang side si Leona na mapapanood nila."

source: interaksyon.com