LOOK | Maine Mendoza supports Lumads

Maine Mendoza has voiced out her support for the Lumads, the indigenous peoples in Mindanao who have suffered brutal killings, harrassment and banishment from their ancestral lands.

The star of “Eat Bulaga’s” hugely popular “kalyeserye” segment, where she is known as Yaya Dub, did it her signature way — with a cue card that reads: “WE STAND W/ LUMADS #SAVE OUR SCHOOLS.”

Maine, one half of the phenomenal AlDub love team with Alden Richards, is the latest celebrity to call attention to the plight of the Lumads, following the example of her “kalyeserye” co-star Wally Bayola (as Lola Nidora), “Eat Bulaga” co-host Aiza Seguerra, as well ABS-CBN stars Angel Locsin and Luis Manzano.

Maine’s brother-in-law John Carlos Catalan, who is married to her eldest sibling Nikki, is the prime mover behind AlDub for Lumad, a group of AlDub fans that has mobilized support for Manilakbayan ng Mindanao 2015, a people’s caravan led by Lumad leaders that started on October 19 in Surigao City.

On Sunday morning, AlDub for Lumad held a breakfast with the Lumads in Liwasang Bonifacio.

Scene from this morning breakfast with team lumads salamat aldubnation @aldubforlumad @sakololo2015 nabusog kami! pic.twitter.com/EGn4YiHANX

— John Carlos Catalan (@johncac_) Nobyembre 8, 2015

 source: interaksyon.com

Philippine Arena bares security precautions for #AlDub event

Selling out the 55,000-seater Philippine Arena was the easy part.

Now the world’s largest indoor arena is undertaking all security precautions to ensure that the AlDub special of “Eat Bulaga” dubbed “Sa Tamang Panahon” proceeds without incident.

On its Facebook page, the Philippine Arena posted a list of things that will not be allowed inside the venue during the event. These include long pointed umbrellas, laser pens and pointers, weapons or any sharp objects, food and drinks, candles and any types of pyrotechnics, glass, bottles, cans, hard plastic containers, alcoholic beverages, cigarettes, drugs, large chains, spike bracelets, wallet chains and metal belt bucklets.

Large backpacks and waist bags will also be subject to inspection.

For security reasons, children ages 7 years old and below will not be allowed inside the arena while pregnant women will be asked to sign a waiver before they are allowed entry. The arena likewise reserves the right to deny entry to anyone carrying the mentioned prohibited items as well as to those they deem to be under the influence of drugs and alcohol.

To make sure fans will proceed to their seats in orderly fashion, the tickets are coded with the faces of Alden Richards, Maine Mendoza a.k.a. Yaya Dub and Wally Bayola a.k.a Lola Nidora

In an earlier tweet, Senator Tito Sotto also reminded fans to exercise discipline during the event.


He also warned pranksters to refrain from making bomb jokes and reminded them of their potentially dire consequences.





Ticket holders coming from various points of Metro Manila can ride shuttle buses that will take them to the venue along NLEX in Bocaue, Bulacan. These buses will be stationed at pick-up points in Broadway Centrum, Cubao and Navotas and will make scheduled trips at 6AM and 7AM.

The security concerns are justified amid fears of a stampede similar to what happened in 2006 with another noontime show.

On February 4 of that year, 73 people were killed and about 400 more were injured during a stampede during the tense-filled first anniversary show of the new defunct “Wowowee” hosted by Willie Revillame.

Then at the height of its popularity, the anniversary show was reported to have drawn over 30,000 people who waited outside the gates of PhilSports Arena (also known as Ultra) for days hoping to participate in the show’s games and win prizes. When the gates opened, the increasingly impatient crowd shoved their way inside, leading to the stampede.

There were also reports that a false bomb threat had caused the stampede although this was never proven. No one was charged in the incident, which the Guinness World Records cited as “the greatest death toll in a game show.”

source: interaksyon.com

Bossing Vic says Wally Bayola must apologize for sex video scandal

Vic Sotto thinks his “Eat Bulaga” co-host Wally Bayola must make a public apology for his sex video scandal before he should be allowed to return to the show.

Vic, one of the acknowledged pillars of the 34-year-old daily noontime variety show, told Kris Aquino in an interview on the latter’s morning program “KrisTV” on Wednesday that he could ask management to bring back Bayola.

“For me personally OK lang naman, but he has to apologize. I think people will people understand. Alam ko naman mapagpatawad ang Pilipino,” he said.

Wally has taken a leave of absence from “Eat Bulaga” since early September after a sex video featuring himself and one of the show’s resident dancers, Yosh Rivera, leaked online.

One-half of a comic duo with fellow “Eat Bulaga” co-host Jose Manalo, Wally is married and has five children, the eldest of whom is 18.




In the same interview with Kris, Jose said his partner had, in fact, broken his hiatus recently when they appeared together at a fundraising event in Olongapo City. They had been booked for the event before the scandal broke out.

The duo received an award from the organizers, after which, Jose said, Wally addressed the crowd briefly, “Maraming salamat sa muli n’yong pagtanggap sa akin.”

Jose said he took over the microphone and apologized on Wally’s behalf, without directly referring to the sex video scandal.

In an interview with InterAksyon in late October, another “Eat Bulaga” co-host, Michael V., said the public should give Wally a second chance in the spirit of Christmas.

““Malapit na naman ang Pasko na panahon ng pagpapatawad at pagbibigayan. Sana naman makabalik si Wally,” he said.

source: interaksyon.com

MTRCB summons producers of ‘Eat Bulaga’, ‘Ryzza Mae Show’ for ‘violating child star’s dignity’

This has been an unpleasant week for TAPE, Inc., the producers of the daily noontime show “Eat Bulaga” and its 30-minute pre-program “The Ryzza Mae Show”.

Right on the heels of the sex video scandal involving two of its talents, comedian Wally Bayola and dancer Yosh Rivera, the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board on Wednesday summoned the people behind the two shows to a mandatory conference on Friday “for scenes allegedly insensitive and unfriendly to children”.

The MTRCB took exception to a recent episode of each show for “palpably violating the dignity” of child star and host Ryzza Mae Dizon.

One of her adult co-hosts on “Eat Bulaga”, the agency said but did not identify the culprit, spat juice on Ryzza Mae’s face during the show’s July 29 episode.

And a guest on the August 4 episode of “The Ryzza Mae Show”, the MTRCB said and again did not identify the culprit, told her “Landing bata ka!”

“To which the latter replied by pleading that she was just a child, and asking the said guest not to be harsh on her,” the MTRCB added.

“The MTRCB hopes (for) the cooperation of all those concerned in finding out what caused those scenes, who are responsible thereof, and what immediate and concrete measures can be done so they do not happen again. In this connection, the MTRCB reiterates its serious and urgent concern for the welfare of children, who are most vulnerable in media and entertainment,” the agency concluded in a statement.

source: interaksyon.com

For Jose and Wally, humility is their duo’s key to success

There comes a point when you can’t hold back the sidekicks anymore.

“Eat Bulaga” mainstays Jose Manalo and Wally Bayola have been knocking on the doors of stardom for some time. They will continue to provide comic support to their “bossing”, Vic Sotto, but they have become popular enough to headline their own projects, be it a major concert, a TV show, or a movie.

One of their co-hosts on “Eat Bulaga”, Allan K, certainly thinks so. Such is his belief in the duo that he co-produced “D’Kilabots: Pogi Brothers (Weh?)”, a new movie starring Jose and Wally.

The other producers are Malou Choa-Fagar, Rams David, Joselito Oconer, Michael Tuviera, Eduardo Tuviera, Vic Sotto himself, and “Eat Bulaga” general manager Antonio P. Tuviera. ““D’Kilabots: Pogi Brothers (Weh?)” is Jose and Wally’s second starrer, after the 2008 horror comedy “Scaregivers”.

“Isang malaking tiwala ito sa tandem ng dalawa, na araw-araw naman nating nakikita at napapanood sa ‘Eat Bulaga’,” Allan K points out. “When they had their Araneta concert, all the more na pinatunayan nila na mahal nga sila ng buong bansa. At kahit saan sila makarating, marami na silang napapasaya.”.

Despite their success, Jose remains humble and grounded. He doesn’t even concern himself with how much his talent fee has increased, if at all.

“Hindi pa rin naman namin alam kung tumaas na. Nung mag-Araneta kami, ayos naman. Nagkaroon pa ng mga pelikula. Sa akin, kung ano ang dumating, dapat ko ng ipagpasalamat nang todo-todo,” Jose muses.

And the 46-year-old comedian will never forget that he owes it all to “Eat Bulaga”, the enduring daily noontime show that he joined in 1996.

“Sa ‘Eat Bulaga’ natagpuan na namin ang isang pamilya. At doon kaming lahat nag-click. After ng bahay namin, ‘EB’ na ang tambayan namin. Kaya kahit na masama ang pakiramdam ko o parang magkaka-sakit ako, hindi puwede dahil may magagalit,” Jose quips, pointing his lips at his manager and the show’s executive producer, Malou Choa-Fagar.

Wally thinks the secret to why he and Jose click as a tandem is their personal chemistry — they get along really well as friends.

“Pagdating sa mga away-away o tampuhan, wala sa amin ni Jose ‘yan. It never happened. Kasi ‘pag nasa trabaho kami, oo may tawanan, kulitan pero we share ideas. Walang sapawan kundi bigayan. Dahil ‘yan natutunan namin sa mga bossing namin o sa mga mas nakakataas na sa amin. Kaya, alam namin na marami pa kaming bigas na kakainin,” Wally explains.

Do they always have to be together? Are they really a package deal when it comes to endorsements, shows, guest appearances?

“Hindi naman. Kung si Jose lang ang kailangan, okay lang ‘yun. But more often than not, dahil nga sa tandem na kami sa ‘EB’, pareho kaming iniimbita sa mga shows or ‘pag may mga nagpo-produce ng shows, Wally-Jose na talaga,” Wally notes.

Jose believes success has not changed them at all. They may be more popular and have fatter bank accounts, but they make sure they keep their feet on the ground.

“Wala namang nagbabago sa amin. Panahon lang ang nagbabago. At saka kung gano’n ang gagawin namin, we know na marami ang magagalit sa amin. Kaya, anuman ang matutunan namin, ‘yun ang isinasabuhay namin,” he declares.

The duo are also generous when it comes to sharing their success with Paolo Ballesteros, with whom they form a triumvirate in their hugely popular “Juan for All, All for Juan” segment in “Eat Bulaga”. Paolo is also in the cast of “D’Kilabots: Pogi Brothers (Weh?)”.

“Assistant po ni Jose ang role ko in the movie. And yes, naka-girlash na get-up ako. Kung tingin nila nata-typecast ako now sa mga ganitong klase ng role, nai-enjoy ko naman siya. For as long as I make people happy, wala namang kaso,” Paolo says.

Paolo doesn’t mind at all that his constant cross-dressing roles have made people that he is really gay in real life.

“Hindi naman ako nagagalit. Nagalit ba ako? Ako rin ang maaapektuhan kung magagalit ako. Ang importante is to have that happy disposition all the time,” he says.

Directed by Soxy Topacio, “D’Kilabots: Pogi Brothers (Weh?)” also stars Solenn Heussaff, Pokwang, Tirso Cruz III, Michael de Mesa and Ms. Gina Pareno.

source: interaksyon.com