​The first all-star Filipino anime entitled "Barangay 143" will be aired on GMA 7 in October, Synergy88 Entertainment Media Inc. announced during a press conference recently.

"Barangay 143" is co-produced between Synergy88, TV Asahi (Japan) and August Media Holdings (Singapore). It will feature a celebrity cast including Cherie Gil, Alice Dixon and John Arcilla and millennial heartthrobs, Julie Anne San Jose, Kelley Day, Migo Adacer, and Ruru Madrid.

"Barangay 143" is a feel-good coming of age story of a young Korean boy whose search for his father brings him to the Philippines. Lost and desperate for answers, is here in this foreign land that he finds an unlikely family in a team of misfits whose only ambition is to bring glory to their hometown.

​​Miss Universe 2017 Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters of South Africa and baseball player Tim Tebow are dating, according to reports.

"She is really a special girl and I am very lucky and blessed for her coming into my life,” says Tebow, former National Football League athlete-turned-baseball playe, who made the revelation during an interview on ESPN.

Tebow, 30, earlier dated Miss Universe 2012 Olivia Culpo.

​Battle in the Blood, a mobile HIV/AIDS advocacy game app for HIV prevention, will have its world premiere launching at the 22nd International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on July 23-27.

The World Health Organization (WHO) organized the global networking zone event “Building Bridges to HIV Prevention and Testing” as part of the Global Village and Youth Programme Activities of the conference.

WHO, together with the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), World Council of Churches-Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (WCC-EAA), UNITAID, PSI and SheDecides, will join forces to raise awareness in order to make HIV testing a reality for all.

​​Kapamilya actor Piolo Pascual says he still wants to achieve many things and politics is not one of them.

"No! Thank you! I'm busy," says Pascual when asked if he is interested to hold office in the government.

"I don't have the knack for politics. Pinagdarasal ko na lang sila," adds Pascual, during the launch of his new endorsement for MegaPro Plus Megasound videoke machines ay Winford Hotel and Casino in Sta. Cruz, Manila recently.

Pascual confirms he has received offers to run in the national elections but he turned them down.

"Oo marami. Senador, mayor! Salamat. Mabaril pa ako. At saka nakakatakot."

At the same event was Wacky Kiray, mainstay of "I Can See Your Voice" and one of the cast of "Bagani" on ABS CBN.

​The search is on for Miss Philippines 2018 beauty pageant!

Miss Philippines Foundation, Inc. President Francisco Z. Blanco Jr. said that the pageant aims to bring together Filipinas across Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao while showcasing their innate beauty, culture, talent and intelligence.

Four titles are at stake as the winners of Miss Philippines 2018 will compete in international pageants soon. They are Miss National Universe, Miss Princess of the World-Philippines, Miss Queen and Beauty Universe, and Miss Tourism Queen International-Philippines.

​CLARK, Pampanga --- Twenty-one lovely Filipino candidates will vie for the 1st Miss Midori Clark Beauty of the New Generation, the first national pageant whose prize package will include guaranteed job opportunities to winners and qualified candidates.

These beautiful Filipinas were: Emma Tiglao, Fina Jallene Guapa, Maxine Manalus, Airish Joy Rivera, Marinel Tungol, Micah Anghela Songco and Camille Eloisa from Pampanga; Mariah Nilo, Elaiza Dee Alzona and Christine Juliane Opiaza, Zambales; Rosantonette Mendoza, Rica Kyla Punsalan, Jasime Omay, Katrina Mae Sese and Anie Yuson, Tarlac; Merie Joy Aboda, Nueva Ecija; and thel Abellanosa, Marie Shery Ann Tormes, Jamie Joy Imson, El Fel Sharae Banaybanay and Sherryn Mercado, Metro Manila.

During the media presentation held at the lobby of the resort last Saturday night, Tiglao, a pageant veteran, won the Darling of the Press special award.

​​Daddy na si John Lloyd Cruz!

Ito ay matapos magsilang ng isang baby boy ang kanyang partner na si Ellen Adarna sa Chong Hua Hospital sa Cebu City noong June 27.

Kinumpirma ng lawyer ni Ellen na si Atty. Rebo Saguisag ang kapanganakan ng baby nila John Lloyd at Ellen sa isang video clip ng interview ni MJ Marfori ng TV 5 at na upload naman ito sa social media.

Napilitang ibunyag ni Saguisag ang tunay na dahilan kung bakit hindi nakarating si Ellen sa hearing matapos ang pagdinig sa kasong cyber crime at child abuse na isinampa laban sa aktres. Itinanggi rin ni Saguisag na may delaying tactics sa panig nila Ellen.

​OPM singer Ice Seguerra is slowly embracing sexual reassignment surgery (SRS) but admits that it is not easy as ABC.
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"Noong una, andun ako sa 'bakit kailangang ganito?' Pero mula ng nag-come out ako as transgender, it's so hard to wake up everyday seeing you're in this body," says Ice in an interview on "Tonight With Boy Abunda" sa ABS CBN recently.

He adds: "Alam mo yung pakiramdam na hindi naman dapat 'yun. Noong una sinabi ko rin sa wife ko, parang hindi niya ma-gets eh. 'Tinatanggap naman kita eh. For me, you're a man. Let's not talk about that.' Thank you for accepting me."