25 Most Intriguing Celebrities of 2009

People Magazine named the 25 Most Intriguing Personalities of 2009 and its was leaded by country sensation Taylor Swift.

The 25 Most Intriguing People of 2009 according to People Magazine:

Taylor Swift: The Golden Girl


Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie: The Power Pair


Kate Gosselin: The Mother of All Reality Stars


Barack & Michelle Obama: The First Couple

Mo’Nique: The Breakout Star


Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger III: The American Hero


Sandra Bullock: The Hotshot


Oprah Winfrey: The Departing Diva


Susan Boyle: The Surprise Hit


Rihanna: The Resilient Star


Jaycee Dugard: The Survivor


Khloe, Kim, & Kourtney Kardashian: The Sister Act


Britney Spears: The Comeback


Sarah Palin: Rogue Author


The Real Housewives: The Enemies Next Door


Ellen DeGeneres: The New Girl


Neil Patrick Harris: The Host with the Most


Tyler Perry: The Mogul


Michael Jackson’s Children: The Descendants


Lady Gaga: The Shock Star


John Travolta: The Heartbroken Dad


Chaz Bono: The Trailblazer


Robert Pattinson: The Heartthrob


Ryan Reynolds: The Leading Man


Padma Lakshmi: The Mom-To-Be

16th Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations Announced

The following are the nominees for the 16th Screen Actors Guild awards.

THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES

Best Cast



An Education


The Hurt Locker


Inglourious Basterds


Nine


Precious

 

Best Actor



Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart


George Clooney, Up in the Air


Colin Firth, A Single Man


Morgan Freeman, Invictus


Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker




Best Actress



Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side


Helen Mirren, The Last Station


Carey Mulligan, An Education


Gabourey Sidibe, Precious


Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia




Best Supporting Actor



Matt Damon, Invictus


Woody Harrelson, The Messenger


Christopher Plummer, The Last Station


Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones


Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds




Best Supporting Actress

 Penélope Cruz, Nine


Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air


Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air


Diane Kruger, Inglourious Basterds


Mo’Nique, Precious




TELEVISION


Actor in a movie or miniseries


Kevin Bacon, “Taking Chance”


Cuba Gooding Jr., “Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story”


Jeremy Irons, “George O’Keefe”


Kevin Kline, “Great Performances: Cyrano de Bergerac”


Tom Wilkinson, “Salter”




Actress in a movie or miniseries


Joan Allen, “Georgia O’Keefe”


Drew Barrymore, “Grey Gardens”


Ruby Dee, “America”


Jessica Lange, “Grey Gardens”


Sigourney Weaver, “Prayers for Bobby”




Actor in a drama series


Simon Baker, “The Mentalist”


Bryan Cranston, “Breaking Bad”


Michael C. Hall, “Dexter”


Jon Hamm, “Mad Men”


Hugh Laurie, “House”




Actress in a drama series (tie vote resulted in six nominees)

Patricia Arquette, “Medium”


Glenn Close, “Damages”


Mariska Hargitay, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”


Holly Hunter, “Saving Grace”


Julianna Margulies, “The Good Wife”


Kyra Sedgwick, “The Closer”




Actor in a comedy series

Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock”


Steve Carell, “The Office”


Larry David, “Curb Your Enthusiasm”


Tony Shalhoub, “Monk”


Charlie Sheen, “Two and a Half Men”



Actress in a comedy series



Christina Applegate, “Samantha Who?”


Toni Collette, “United States of Tara”


Edie Falco, “Nurse Jackie”


Tina Fey, “30 Rock”


Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “The New Adventures of Old Christine”




Drama series cast


“The Closer”


“Dexter”


“The Good Wife”


“Mad Men”


“True Blood”




Comedy series cast


“30 Rock”


“Curb Your Enthusiasm”


“Glee”


“Modern Family”


“The Office”




SAG HONORS FOR STUNT ENSEMBLES


Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture


Public Enemies (Universal Pictures)


Star Strek (Paramount Pictures)


Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Paramount Pictures)




Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series


24 (FOX)


The Closer (TNT)


Dexter (Showtime)


Heroes (NBC)


The Unit (CBS)




LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
 Betty White

Nina Jose – 2010 Tanduay Calendar Girl

Nina Jose is a Tanduay Calendar Girl for 2010. She is a young actress, a former Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition Housemate and a contract actress of Star Magic on ABS-CBN.

The most recent Tanduay Calendar Girl were Ehra Madrigal and Bangs Garcia. This time it’s now Nina Jose’s turn.


Here are some of the hottest photos from Tanduay’s 2010 Calendar – Nina Jose:

“DECADES” Piolo Pascual’s new Released Album

Kamilya star Piolo Pascual launches his new album entitled decades this includes 12-track songs featuring American standard from the 50s 60s, and 70s.

The installment on these highly-awaited, freshly recorded songs includes Babe, If I Fell, Terminal, Strangers In The Night and You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin.’ Want to have a copy? visit StarRecords.ph for quick mp3 downloads.

PBB Housemate Rocky Salumbides Exits the PBB House

Pinoy Big Brother Double Up Housemate Rocky Salumbides made a voluntary exit at the house to be with his girlfriend Eula Valdez this Christmas.

Meanwhile, another pair might also be reunited as actress Eula Valdez entered the PBB house to view Big Brother’s conversation with her boyfriend, housemate Rocky Salumbides. Rocky expressed his desire to leave the house to be with Eula, who he calls “Pag-ibig.” Eula, on the other hand, said she is lucky because not everyone gets the same loving she gets from the model.


This week, there will be another Big twist and this is the new voting system called “S/E Voting.” Eula Valvez shocking visit was revealed yesterday ( Dec 9 ) in “PBB Double Up” on Primetime Bida.

Manny Pacquiao Versus Floyd Mayweather Jr. to be Aired on GMA

The upcoming fight of Manny Pacquiao Versus Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be officially aired under GMA Network and Solar Entertainment on free TV and cable — this includes any future fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. or any other opponent to be faced by the world’s pound for pound king.

GMA Network and Solar Sports have previously airing the Pinoy boxing sensation’s fights, and this partnership will continue as the Pacman has signed a new contract with Solar, which gives the latter the rights to broadcast his fights until 2013.


In an exclusive interview with GMA sports correspondent Chino Trinidad, Solar Entertainment President Wilson Tieng confirmed Pacquiao’s signing of a renewal contract with their company. “A few months ago, (Manny) renewed his contract. So, Solar’s contract with Pacquiao is up to 2013. Hindi lang ito na-publicize,” Tieng said.


Tieng’s announcement comes at the heels of speculation that Pacquiao’s fights may be aired over another channel , after reports on the arrival of Top Rank President Bob Arum in Manila. Arum is in the Philippines to personally talk to Pacquiao regarding his possible bout with Mayweather, Jr.


“I am here to meet with Manny. I wanna see what is possible and what is not possible. But in the end I am confident we can come up with something,” Arum said in an exclusive interview with GMA sports correspondent Chino Trinidad.


With Pacquiao set to run for a congressional seat, Top Rank’s CEO admitted that the boxing superstar has his hands full as of the moment. But the Pacquiao-Mayweather Fight is something that refuses to be sidelined, as clamor for the bout reached unprecedented heights after Pacquiao gave Puerto Rican boxing superstar Miguel Cotto a 12-round beating last November.


“I think it is the fight everyone is talking about. It goes back to the days when Ali fought Frazier for the first time in Madison Square. I want to talk to Manny and will proceed from there,” Arum further intimated.
Should the Pacquiao-Mayweather Fight, which experts have been calling the “Fight of the Century”, push through, viewers will be able to watch it for free on GMA Network and Solar Sports.


“We are tied up with Manny until 2013. Whether against Mayweather or whoever else, Solar will still have the airing rights for the Philippines. With our partnership, we’ll still air the fights on GMA and Solar TV”, said Solar Entertainment COO Peter Chanliong.

2009 MMFF: ‘Ang Panday’ Movie Trailer

GMA Films and Imus Productions proudly presents Ang Panday (”The Blacksmith”) as their entry in the upcoming Metro Manila Film Festival.




Ang Panday is an adaptation film of Carlo J. Caparas‘ graphic novel of the same title. Directed by Rico Gutierrez and Mac Alejandre, the epic movie stars Ramon “Bong” Revilla, Jr., who previously starred in a version of the character in Dugo ng Panday (”Blood of the Blacksmith”) in 1993. The late Fernando Poe, Jr. originally portrayed the role in several versions of the pinoy fictional hero.


See the full cast of the Ang Panday movie:


* Ramon “Bong” Revilla, Jr. as Flavio


* Phillip Salvador as Lizardo


* Rhian Ramos as Emelita


* Iza Calzado as Margarita


* Robert Villar


* Sheena Halili as Dahlia


* George Estregan Jr.


* Matt Ranillo III


* Geoff Eigenmann as Marcos


* Benjie Paras as Rafael


* John Lapus as Mauching


* Paulo Avelino as Celso


* Stef Prescott as Armida


* BJ Forbes as Martin


* Luz Valdez as Nanay Kamaring


* Joonee Gamboa as Tatay Seloy


* Carlos Morales as Vamipro


* Gladys Guevarra as Rawna


* JB Magsaysay as Manuel


* King “Abdul” Gutierrez as Cruzaldo


* Dindo Arroyo as Hugo

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Behind the Scenes Teaser Trailer

A teaser trailer of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1 was released by Warner Bros. as a special feature on the DVD/Blu-ray of Harry Potter and Half-Blood Prince.

The teaser trailer has a 50-second video that includes a behind the scenes look from the movie with brief introductions from director David Yates and producer David Heyman.

Daniel Radcliffe has this to say about “Deathly Hallows Part 1″: “This is a road movie. People have been so used to seeing Harry Potter at Hogwarts and we’re just not there for the first part of the film. That seems to have really freshened things up, and hopefully will get people seeing the films with fresh eyes again, because its just a totally different look when you’re not just sat in the same room the whole time.”

Dingdong Dantes on the cover of Men’s Health Philippines December 2009

Dingdong Dantes for the second time graced the cover of Men’s Health Magazine Philippines December 2009 wearing a black sando exposing his biceps.

E! Channel’s 3rd Sexiest Man in the World is now on the cover of Men’s Health Philippines December 2009 issue. It’s the second time that Dingdong was featured in the said magazine, his first was last December 2007, exactly two years ago.

Alex Martinez Places 3rd in Poland’s Got Talent!

Watch Alex Martinez singing Final Countdown in MAM TALENT



Alexander Martinez  performed an opera number entitled “The Final Countdown” and wowed the 3 judges with his goosebump-inducing performance.

Martinez received 5,000 Euro and a plane ticket to the Philippines as prize after winning 3rd place over-all.

Anak TV Seal Awards 2009 Winners

The awarding of this year’s winners for the Anak TV Seal was held at the Soka Gakkai Auditorium in Quezon City.

Anak TV winners were determined through a survey in which the respondents are all children.
The programs awarded with the 2009 Anak TV Seal are the following:

Most Admired Male TV Personalities
Zaijan Jaranilla
Ryan Agoncillo
Gerald Anderson
Kim Atienza
Julius Babao
John Lloyd Cruz
Mike Enriquez
Ted Failon
Edu Manzano
Cesar Montano
Piolo Pascual
Vic Sotto
Gary Valenciano

Most Admired Female TV Personalities

Kris Aquino
Kim Chiu
Sharon Cuneta
Anne Curtis
Karen Davila
Sarah Geronimo
Toni Gonzaga
Angel Locsin
Maja Salvador
Korina Sanchez
Jessica Soho
Mel Tiangco
Vilma Santos

Most Well-Liked TV Programs

NBN
Abante Pilipinas
Biz News
Code Red
Damayan
Equilibrium
Heart to Heart
Komentaryo
Money Matters
Negosyo, Atbp.
Neighbors
Oras ng Himala
Power To Unite
Republic Service
The Young Once

ABS-CBN 2
Kabuhayang Swak na Swak
Matanglawin
May Bukas Pa
Pilipinas, GKNB?
Rated K
Salamat Dok!
Sineskwela
Wonder Mom

NET 25
Convergence
Homepage
In Good Shape
I-News
Landmarks
Moments
Spoon
Tomorrow Today

UNTV
Bread n’ Butter
Doc on TV
Good Morning Kuya
Istorya
Kaagapay
Munting Pangarap
Serbisyo Publiko
Sports 37

GMA-7
Art Angel
Batang Bibbo
Happy Land
Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho
Kay Susan Tayo
Lovely Day
Wish Ko Lang

QTV 11
Ang Pinaka
Balitanghali
Day-Off
Kids on Q


IBC
Asin at Ilaw
Buhay Pinoy
Gabay at Aksyon

STUDIO 23
Gourmet Everyday
Y Speak

A Gutierrez Christmas featured on S Magazine

Gutierrez Family was the cover of S Magazine December 2009 issue. The said magazine features how Gutierez Family survived a year of intrigues.

Also on the cover:

* Marian Rivera talks about marriage
* GMA Artist Center Stars

* Derek Ramsay also talks about marriage
* Raymond Gutierrez in a fashion special
* Elvis Gutierrez back in acting
* Jim Brickman being sued by a pinoy songwriter

 S Magazine December 2009 issue is now available nationwide and can be sold in a price of Php 80 only!

Aljur Abrenica frontpage cover of Garage Magazine

Kapuso heartthrob Aljur Abrenica after gracing the cover of MEG magazine recently is now on the cover of Garage Magazine December 2009 to January 2010 issue!

Aljur Abrenica being the cover of the Garage Magazine didn't show his abs nor biceps. Aljur is all covered with winter clothing which is the highlight of the magazine’s theme this season.

Project Runway Philippines, Miacheal V. Runner Up Honors at the 14th Asian Television Awards

In the 14th Asian Television Awards, Philippines did not won any trophy yet it managed to bring home two runner up honors according to GMA-7.

Project Runway Philippines received runner up honors in the Best Adaptation of an Existing Format category. The local franchise of the popular reality program is co-produced by Solar Entertainment, ETC and Unitel Productions. The trophy went to Amazing Race Asia Season 3.

It’s quite ironic that the Philippines was the leading Asian country at the International Emmy Awards this year but got snubbed at the Asian Television Awards. We got 8 nominations but it only produced two runner up honors.

Last year, the Philippines bagged 1 award courtesy of GMA and QTV’s Camera Cafe for Best Comedy Program. RP also received 4 runner up honors last year including the Highly Commended recognition for Terrestrial Broadcaster of the Year courtesy of GMA.

The host country, Singapore, has the lion share of the awards with 12 wins followed by Hong Kong and Japan with 7 trophies each. India got 4 awards while Taiwan, Thailand and Australia brought home 1 trophy each.

The following is the complete lists of Winners and Runner Ups for the 14th Asian Television Awards:

Best Documentary Programme (30 mins or less)

Winner – 6420 (now TV, Hong Kong)

Highly Commended – Dan Rivers – Killings Fields: Long Road to Justice (CNN International, Hong Kong)

Highly Commended – Dan Rivers – World’s Untold Stories: A Forgotten People (CNN International, Hong Kong)

Best Documentary Programme (31 mins or more)

Winner – Yanomami: The Last Tribe (NHK, Japan)

Highly Commended – PAMIR – Cradled by the Skies (Kansai Telecasting Corporation, Japan)

Best Natural History Or Wildlife Programme Or Docu-Drama

Winner – Wild China (BBC Worldwide, Hong Kong)

Highly Commended – Death of the Megabeasts (Prospero Productions, Australia)

Best News Programme

Winner – Election Counting Day Coverage (IBN 18 Broadcast Limited, India)

Highly Commended – CNN Today (CNN International, Hong Kong)

Best Single News Story/Report

Winner – John Vause – China / Gold Machine (CNN International, Hong Kong)

Highly Commended – Kyung Lah – Japan / Elderly Shoplifters (CNN International, Hong Kong)

Best Drama Series

Winner – The Little Nyonya (MediaCorp Pte Ltd, Channel 8, Singapore)

Winner – 1895 in Formosa (Hakka Television Station, Taiwan)

Highly Commended – The Samurai Gentleman Episode 1: Road to Destiny (NHK, Japan)

Highly Commended – City Homicide Season 2 Episode 2 (Southern Star International, Australia)

Best Single Drama or Television Programme

Winner – Easy Money (Hakka Television Station, Taiwan)

Highly Commended – Scorched (ITV Global Entertainment, Australia)

Highly Commended – Love in the Season of Osmanthus (Hakka Television Station, Taiwan)

Best Comedy Programme

Winner – The Iromonea (Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc., Japan)

Highly Commended – Gag Concert (Korean Broadcasting System, Korea)

Best Current Affairs Programme

Winner – Sunday Report: Sichuan Earthquake One Year On – The Unspeakable Truth (Television Broadcasts Limited, Hong Kong)

Highly Commended – Drugs Business Inside Prison Cell (PT. Cakrawala Andalas Televisi, Indonesia)

Best Children’s Programme

Winner - Super Kid Game (Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited, Thailand)

Highly Commended – Classroom Genius (Fuji Television Network, Inc, Japan)

Best Entertainment (One-Off/Annual) Special

Winner – My School Rocks Asia Finals 2008 (The Walt Disney Company (SEA) Pte Ltd, Singapore)

Highly Commended – President’s Command Performance (Mediacorp Pte Ltd, Channel 5, Singapore)

Best Entertainment Programme

Winner – 26 Hours / Day (Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc., Japan)

Highly Commended – The Best House 1,2,3 – The Discovery of New Da Vinci (Fuji Television Network, Inc, Japan)

Best Game or Quiz Programme

Winner – Run for Money (Fuji Television Network, Inc. / Fuji Creative Corporation, Japan)

Highly Commended – Lharn Phoo Koo E-Joo (Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited, Thailand)

Best Music Programme

Winner – Indian Idol Season 4 Episode 1 (Miditech Pvt Ltd, India)

Highly Commended – Hip Korea – Rain (Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, Singapore)

Best Reality Programme

Winner – Revealed – Chinese New Year (Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, Singapore)

Highly Commended – Storm Surfers (Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, Singapore)

Best Infotainment Programme

Winner – The New Anatomy Show (NHK, Japan)

Highly Commended – Hip Korea – Rain (Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, Singapore)

Best Talk Show

Winner – We The People (NDTV Pvt Ltd, India)

Highly Commended – Blogtv.sg: Who Lives Around You? (MediaCorp Pte Ltd, ChannelNewsAsia, Singapore)

Best Animation

Winner – Little Krishna – Assault of the Lethal Bird (Big Animation Pvt Ltd, India)

Highly Commended – The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill Season 4 (Southern Star International, Australia)

Best Social Awareness Program

Winner – Inside Afghan ER (National Geographic Channel Asia, Singapore)

Highly Commended – Future Makers (Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, Singapore)

Highly Commended – Ecopolis (Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, Singapore)

Best Adaptation of an Existing Format

Winner – The Amazing Race Asia, Season 3 Episode 3 (SPE Networks – Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore)

Highly Commended – Project Runway Philippines ( Solar Entertainment Corporation, SBN, Philippines)

Best Cross-Platform Content

Winner – Hip Korea – Rain (Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, Singapore)

Highly Commended – BITWORLD-Two Rooms: The Past and The Present (NHK, Japan)

Best News Presenter or Anchor

Winner – Martin Soong for Squawk Voice (CNBC Asia Pacific, Singapore)

Highly Commended – Kristie Lu Stout for CNN Today (CNN International, Hong Kong)

Best Current Affairs Presenter

Winner – Anjali Rao for Talk Asia (CNN International, Hong Kong)

Highly Commended – Najwa Shihab for Suafa Anda: The Election Channel Programs (PT. Media Televisi, Indonesia)

Best Entertainment Presenter

Winner -Jon Niermann for Asia Uncut (West Meets East Production, Singapore)

Highly Commended – Phanya Nirunkul for Yok Siam (Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited, Thailand)

Highly Commended – Cyrus Sahukar for Hole in the Wall – Season 1, Episode 1 (Turner Entertainment Networks Asia, Hong Kong)

Best Drama Performance By An Actor

Winner -Adrian Pang for Red Thread (MediaCorp Pte Ltd, Channel 5, Singapore)

Highly Commended – Qi Yu Wu for The Little Nyonya (MediaCorp Pte Ltd, Channel 5, Singapore)

Best Drama Performance By An Actress

Winner -Michelle Yim for Moonlight Resonance (Television Broadcasts Limited, Hong Kong)

Highly Commended – Robyn Malcolm for Outrageous Fortune Series 4 (South Pacific Pictures, New Zealand)

Best Comedy Performance By An Actor/Actress

Winner – Chusak Lamsuk for Raberd Thurd Theung (Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited, Singapore)

Highly Commended – Michael V for Bubble Gang (GMA Network, Inc., Philippines)

Highly Commended – Chua Enlai for Parental Guidance (Pics Talk Pte Ltd, Singapore)

Best Cinematography

Winner – Lonely Planet: Natural Born Traveller Episode 3 (Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, Singapore)

Highly Commended – The Way We Live Episode 5: Living in the Shadow of the Volcano (August Pictures Pte Ltd, Singapore)

Best Direction

Winner – All Saints Episode 465 (Seven Network Operations Limited, Australia)

Highly Commended – Sudden Death (National Geographic Channel Asia, Singapore)

Best Editing

Winner – Supermen of Malegaon (NHK, Japan)

Highly Commended – Inside Afghan ER (National Geographic Channel Asia, Singapore)

Best Achievement in HD

Winner – Storm Surfers – Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific (Singapore)

Highly Commended – Inside Afghan ER (National Geographic Channel Asia, Singapore)

Best Terrestrial Channel of the Year

Winner – TBS (Japan)

Highly Commended – TVB Jade (Hong Kong)

Best Cable & Satellite Channel of the Year

Winner – Discovery Channel (Singapore)

Highly Commended – CNN International (Hong Kong)

The second and last recognition brought home by the Philippine contingent is courtesy of kapuso comedian Michael V. The Bubble Gang star received runner up honors (Highly Commended) in the Best Comedy Actor/Actress category. The trophy went to Thailand’s Chusak Lamsuk for Raberd Thurd Theung, again.

Dindong Dantes, Spokesperson of National Bookstore’s for ‘Project Aklat’

Kapuso Actor, Hearthrob, and Asia's Sexiest Men Dingdong Dantes and National Bookstore team up for a charity project for children and young people who don’t have money to buy books.

Dingdong Dantes is lending his service as the spokesperson of National Book Store’s foregoing Christmas campaign in favor of Project Aklat, a book drive that encourages loyal patrons of National Book Store to buy and donate books for as low as P30. This project is an endeavor of National Book Store Foundation and Dingdong’s Yes Pinoy Foundation to promote literacy among the youth.

The project aims on giving back to the community, getting damaged libraries rebuilt and giving the Filipino youth a chance to get an education.

National Book Store’s Project Aklat runs until Dec. 31 and books for as low as P30 may be purchased and donated at all National Book Store branches nationwide.

Neyo Live in Manila for a One Night Concert

Catch Shaffer Chimere Smith aka Ne-Yo, the Ameircan pop and R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor is coming to Manila for a one night concert at the SM Mall of Asia open grounds on Jan. 9, 2010.

All PBB Double UP Housemates Nominated for Eviction

In the history of  Pinoy Big Brother  this is the first time that all Housemates was nominated for Eviction this was announced by Pinoy Big Brother during the 7th Nomination Night last Sunday (Nov 29) in “PBB Double Up.” because of this the public then gets to vote for the housemate they want to be evicted.

During the live nomination night, Big brother announced that the nomination they did was a mock only for all of them are this week’s nominees. Due to this big twist, the audience will not vote to save their favorite housemate, but will VOTE TO EVICT the housemate they want to leave PBB in the upcoming 5th Eviction Night.

Before this shocking development, Big Brother had the housemates undergo an unusual process of nomination where housemates casted their votes on two housemates from the other house. In that round of nominations, Johan and Yuri were nominated from House A, while Rica and Rocky were the nominees from House B. Then in the second round of nominations, Big Brother gave the houses the liberty to discuss and change the nominations result. Rica and Rocky remained to be House B’s nominees while Yuri was replaced with Kath to join Johan for House A nominees.

Meanwhile, Big Brother addressed the discrimination issue involving the House B boys and Rica. Big Brother called in the four boys to the confession room and asked if they were ever bullied or mocked when they were young. Rocky admitted that he was often mocked for his teeth, Hermes and Patrick were teased for their skinny frames, while Rob didn’t seem to take teasing against him too seriously. Afterwhich, Big Brother made the housemates realize that the boys were doing the same bullying and mockery against their housemate, Rica.

Last Saturday (Nov 28), Rob was also named the Fourth evictee of Pinoy Big Brother Double Up. Rob, who hails from Austria, was one of the original members of House A, and immediately received a task to make the housemates believe that he is in a serious relationship with transgender Rica.

In a few weeks time, Rob was moved to House B, where he was part of many unforgettable incidents. He was seen to be misbehaving during the Hawaiian Themed welcome party for Finnish housemate, Katlin Laas. His temper was also tested during the Pinoy Big Battle where he nearly initiated a verbal war with his former housemates.

Reminder to all PBB voters, for this week, you will vote to evict the housemate/s you want to leave PBB. The housemate with the highest percentage of vote will end his/ her journey as housemate in the upcoming 5th Eviction Night.

Vanessa Hudgens Stars in ‘ Beastly ’ Fantasy Movie

Beastly is a modern-day “Beauty and the Beast” fantasy movie starring Vanessa Hudgens and the British sensation, Alex Pettyfer.

Beastly is an upcoming fantasy romance feature film, based on Alex Flinn’s 2007 novel of the same name. The film “Beastly” is written and directed by Daniel Barnz and stars Alex Pettyfer, Vanessa Hudgens, Mary Kate Olsen, Neil Patrick Harris and Lisa Gay Hamilton. The plot of the story focuses on Kyle Kingson, a handsome man with an evil streak, who ditches a classmate who is a witch in disguise during an environmental bash. The witch, then, casts a spell on Kyle and physically transforms him into a grotesque monster.

Vanessa Hudgens is Linda Taylor, the “beauty” of the story. She remarked that she fell for this project from the moment she read Barnz’s screenplay. Out of the rest of the cast, Hudgens’ involvement was first heard in early April.

Alex Pettyfer is Kyle Kingson/Hunter: the handsome man with an ugly streak who gets transformed when he ditches a girl at his school in a school event. The producers released a statement that they were seeking a teen actor in the vein of Robert Pattinson for the role of Kyle. Pettyfer was in negotiations to star as Kyle, and was eventually officially cast in late April 2009. Pettyfer had gained 12-15 pounds of muscle for the role and had to shave his hair.

Beastly is coming to theaters on July 30, 2010.