PBB Double Up

 

 

I missed the opening night of the Philippine reality hit TV show, PBB.  This newest season dubbed as PBB Double Up launched last Sunday with 10 housemates and 2 pairs of male twins.  The housemates were chosen from 57,824 applicants who personally went to the 18 audition sites located worldwide. 

 

Princess, the Sassy Vamp ng Cebu

Tom, the Romantic Stud ng Samar

Delio, the Simpatikong Kusinero ng Batangas

Paul Jake, the Negosyante Prince ng Cebu

Jason, the Boy Astig ng Mindoro

Melissa, the Inday Kengkay ng Gen San

Yuri, the Multilingual Hottie ng Japan

Carol, the Conservative Pharmacist ng Tondo

Mariel, the Struggling Mom ng Davao –is she the one who looks a bit like Wendy Valdez from PBB Season 2?

Yhel, the Young Widow ng Pampanga

Toffi, the Basket Bolero ng Rizal, and his twin brother Kenny, the Joker Jock ng Rizal

JP, the Jetsetter Dad ng Quezon City,and his twin brother JM, the Delightful Dad ng Quezon City.

 

Paul Jake, Kenny, Yuri, Princess and Tom are the ones emerging to have interesting personalities.

 

The housemates are billeted separately in two houses and right after the opening night, the twin pair were put to a challenge.  Inside the confession room that adjoins the two houses, Big Brother instructed the two sets of twins—JP and JM as well as Toffi and Kenny not to inform the other housemates about the other twin. 

 

Image Source: PBB Multiply Site

 

The twins went to separate houses and spent some time there when Big Brother called them again to instruct them to exchange places.  If they failed in this task, they will incur the penalty of forced eviction.  Last night’s first official EP showed that the house where most of the girls are staying suspect that something is up, particularly Carol, the conservative pharmacist and instructor from Tondo.  Melissa, the supposedly funny one from the group noticed the difference in weight and facial features when the other pair substituted.

 

Tune in to know if the big double secret will be busted before the actual reveal.  This ABS-CBN show airs every weeknight, right after Dahil May Isang Ikaw.

 

The Big Winner of PBB Double Up will get P1 million cash, a house and lot worth P2.5 million, a water business franchise, and an Asian tour. Aside from that, the Final Four will get to choose charitable institutions that will receive cash amounts equivalent to what they would be taking home.

 

PBB Steaming is available on SKY Cable.  Call 631-0000 for more information.

 

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Sex and the City 2 to Cancel Filming?

 

Is it true that there’s a storm brewing in the horizon?  SJP and Kim Cattrall, both stressed on the set, still can’t get along?  Crew says filming is not anymore fun and is always awkward.

 

 

According to OK! magazine, the feud between Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall isn’t over, and is actually threatening to derail production on the new movie. 

A source told the mag: “While the cast is all smiles on the outside, the level of dislike is unbelievable. No-one is having a good time on this shoot.”

 

 

On top of this, Sarah Jessica Parker seems to be struggling to balance her role as Carrie Bradshaw with her duties as a mother to son James and new twins Marion and Tabitha.

“The crew have taken to calling her ‘Carrie Sadshaw’. When she doesn’t have to be ‘on’ in her scenes, she looks so sad,” added the source.

 

Kim Cattrall is lashing out reports that she and her “Sex and the City” co-stars don’t get along on the set, but admits she doesn’t want to spend her time off the set with them.

The actress has been quoted by marieclaire.co.uk as saying, “Do you get along with your colleagues all the time? If you’re spending 18 hours a day at work, the last thing you want to do is go and have a drink with the people who you just spend the day with. You just need to get away.”

Cattrall, 51, also defended her action of why she asked for a bigger paycheck in the upcoming movie of the hit HBO TV show. She admitted she complained about the difference in wages between the show’s main star Sarah Jessica Parker and the rest of the girls, but she insisted she deserves a better offer, as co-stars Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon also do.

She said, “I never expected to be paid what Sarah was being paid. But I felt that the offer was not worthy of what the three of us had contributed. And I spoke up about it. I feel like I stuck my neck out. I fought. I don’t ever want to be on a set where I feel undervalued.”

 

Is there going to be a flashback scene?  That should be fun.

 

 

New Line Cinema’s Sex and The City 2 Began Filming in New York

 

 

Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda take another bite out of The Big Apple.

 

TMZ has been showing a lot of spoilers on their show.  For instance, their paparazzi hounded Kim Cattrall wearing a wedding gown.

 

“Sex and the City 2,” the sequel to the 2008 summer blockbuster, has begun principal photography in—where else?—New York City.  Returning in their starring roles as the four great friends are Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon.  “It’s a great privilege to be spending time again with this beloved cast and crew and to be filming in New York City,” says Parker.  “We look forward to the next few months of this adventure.”

 

 

Of course, where would these women be without their men?  Also back for the much-anticipated sequel are Chris Noth as Mr. Big, David Eigenberg as Steve, Evan Handler as Harry, Jason Lewis as Smith, Mario Cantone as Anthony and Willie Garson as Stanford Blatch.

 

“Sex and the City 2” also reunites the original creative team from the series and the first feature.  Michael Patrick King is once again directing from his own screenplay.  States King, “We are thrilled to have the luxury to continue to tell the story of these four iconic women characters: Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha.  We will do our best to entertain the loyal fans who were so supportive of the first movie.”

 

 

King is also producing with John Melfi, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Darren Star.  The executive producers are Toby Emmerich, Richard Brener and Marcus Viscidi.  Also returning will be director of photography John Thomas, production designer Jeremy Conway, composer Aaron Zigman and costume designer Patricia Field.

 

Set to be released in theaters June next year, “Sex and the City 2” is the follow-up to the first film, which pulled in more than $415 million worldwide.  The original film was inspired by the phenomenally popular, award-winning HBO series based on the writings of Candace Bushnell.

 

 

The majority of filming will take place in and around the city of New York.

 

New Line Cinema presents “Sex and the City 2.”  Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, will be distributing the film worldwide.

 

I hope Carrie’s fashion fares better this time around.  The rest of the group had better styling than Carrie in the first installment.

 

False Reports on Cory Aquino

 

The Aquino and Cojuangco families are already stricken with intense worry over former President Corazon Aquino’s health and definitely have no room for any additional worry particularly rumors that their loved one and the nation’s democracy icon has passed away.

 

The British Embassy in Manila sent to reporters a statement from Foreign Office Minister Lord Malloch Brown extending his deepest condolences to the family, which is undoubtedly careless and irresponsible.  This brought a text pandemonium saying that the President had indeed died.

 

 

Even if the British Embassy in Manila gave another statement sending their apology for such “pre-mature information,” it is utterly inexcusable that such scenario happened.  The families together with the whole nation are gripped with fear of losing a brave democratic stalwart to colon cancer.  It is reprehensible to diffuse hopes with a mistake like that.

 

The nation still continues to pray for the ailing leader’s condition as well as for the families to not waver in their faith no matter how trying this time is.

 

I love Cory and I admire her love for this nation.  She has irrefutable faith that carried on the strength for nation building.  It is time that we be strong in our faith for her -faith in her health, faith in God’s will and faith in this country.