Archive for March 2008
Katrina, this time we’re really sure you are famous, even superstar material. How does that sit with you?
Hindi—hindi pa rin ako sikat, hindi ko siya nararamdaman. Although I will say na malaki ang naitulong sa akin ng FHM, pati ang soap operas dahil hindi ako nawawala pero, ewan ko..siguro…hindi ko alam. Pero kapag nagsho-show ako masaya naman akong maraming nakakikilala sa akin.
Going back to that very first calendar shoot you did with us two years ago—did you really think it would do you any good baring yourself like that?
The people from GMA Artist Center were telling me that you guys had really wanted me so bad. That made me very happy. I remember they showed me FHM pictures of Assunta De Rossi and asked, “Kaya mo ba ‘to?” I told them I could only wear two-piece pero beyond that hindi pa. I don’t even remember now kung ready na ba ako o hindi. Basta masaya akong gusto ninyo ako. Kasi ganon ako—kapag nagsho-show ako kahit isang kanta lang, kapag naramdaman kong gusto ako ng mga tao kakanta ako kahit ilan pa ang gusto nila.
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Ehra Madrigal (born June 25, 1985 in Quezon City, Philippines) is a Filipina actress. She is a talent of Annabelle Rama and is a contract artist of GMA Network. A high school graduate of St. Mary’s College, Quezon City, she is the eldest sister of fellow actress Michelle Madrigal and the daughter of former actress Karla Kalua, whose real name is Katherine Ann Madrigal. She, her younger sister Michelle, and her mother are distant relatives of affluent Spanish-Visayan family, the Madrigal Family. She becomes a Tanduay calendar girl and model for the year 2008 after Katrina Halili. Ehra and Michelle were the covergirls of FHM Magazine for September (2006 for Ehra and 2007 for Michelle).
After graduating from high school, Dizon decided to pose for the cover features of various import car magazines. This gained her much attention and a fanbase overseas, predominantly in Asia. One year after her pictures were posted up on the internet, she already had 2,000,000 hits from search engines.. In October 2006, she released her first photobook titled Petite Amie (Little Girlfriend in French), which was ranked as the third best selling photobook of that year.About a month later, she was signed to a record label called, Victor Entertainment.
On May 30, 2007, Dizon released her second single Koi Shiyō which also peaked at #7 on the Oricon Weekly Chart. The title track is described as a ‘grooving, up-tempo dance song’ and the single features 2 B-sides: Could you be that one? and Aishiteru～ Love Story The title track, Koi Shiyō is being used in a Lotte TV ad while Could you be that one? is being used in a PlayStation 3 Ninja Gaiden Sigma TV ad, with Dizon starring in both commercials.
Leah released her debut album “Destiny Line” on September 12, 2007. The CD+DVD Edition contains 14 tracks, 10 of which were penned by Leah herself the single PVs as well as a special album PV “Again and Again“. The CD Only Edition contains the digitally released remix of Koi Shiyō, called Koi Shiyō♪ (yasutaka nakata-capsule mix).
Officially announced on her website, Dizon’s next single will be titled “Love Paradox“. The Title track is said to be American like Urban song, and the B-side “Under the same sky” is rumored to be a mid-tempo ballad.
Leah Dizon’s next photobook, “Pure Leah“, was shot at a private resort.
Name: Han Hyo Joo
Hometown: South Korean
Ethnicity: Korean
Date of Birth: February 22, 1987
Han Hyo Joo (born ) is a South Korean actress and model. She made her debut in the Nonstop 5, a famous sitcom in Korea.
She joined the ranks as a prominent Pan-Asian star due to the rising popularity of Spring Waltz (the fourth and final installment of Yoon Suk-ho’s season drama series – following Autumn Fairy Tale, Winter Sonata and Summer Scent) in other Asian countries, including Indonesia, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore.
Recently she has been in the limelight for her accomplishments in the movies, TV drama series as well as commercials. These were recognized by the foreign press and fans from many Asian countries. In response to her numerous adoring fans, she has made a few major steps to demonstrate her talents as an aspiring actress, despite her rather short acting career.
The film called Ad-Lib night (a subtle drama by Lee Yoon-ki, follows a young single woman who rediscovers herself through an eerie overnight encounter with strangers) in which she has the starring role premiered in November, 2006. The film has been made to highlight her potential as a gifted actress, not necessarily for commercial success. To top her already busy schedule, she just has been chosen for the title role in a daily soap opera , called ‘Like Land and Sky (하늘만큼 땅만큼)’, on KBS in January 2007.
Name: Song Hye-kyo
Hometown: South Korean | Occupation: model and actress
Ethnicity: Korean
Date of Birth: November 22, 1981
Song debuted in the entertainment industry when she won the Grand Prize in SunKyung Smart, a school uniform company in 1996 when she was finishing her third year in high school. It was not long until she starred in her first drama, Happy Morning. Since then, she would continued to star in a string of various dramas and sitcoms but it wasn’t until the KBS drama Autumn Fairy Tale in 2000 with Song Seung-hun and Won Bin that Song rose to fame throughout Asia. The show quickly became popular as it depict a tragic love story between three people.
Song’s popularity continued to climb when she played a leading role in the poker drama All In, alongside Lee Byung-Hun. The drama was so popular that the title of the show itself entered everyday vocabulary in Korea. The two lead-actors were soon involved in a relationship off-camera which gave both of them heavy publicity. Rumours regarding their possible marriage circulated, however, the relationship survived for less than a year.
