Judy Ann, Claudine rivalry in the offing?
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Judy Ann, Claudine rivalry in the offing?
MANILA - Judy Ann “Judai” Santos was surprised to hear about Claudine Barretto’s transfer to another network.
As to whether or not the network transfer will stir up their rivalry issues again, Judai replied: “Kahit saan naman may competition. And it’s okay as long as it is a healthy competition. Ang mahalaga at the end of the day hindi nawawala yung pagiging magkaibigan namin.”
Judai said that she still hopes she can work with Claudine again.
“Hanggang ngayon nagdadasal pa din ako na sana dumating ang panahon na magkasama kami sa isang project. Maraming pwedeng mangyari, marami pang pwede magbago uli. Maraming posibilidad kaya hindi malayong mangyari ‘yung mga ganung bagay,” she said.
Meanwhile, Santos also defended her husband Ryan Agoncillo over the latter’s appearances in other networks.
She said: “Wala naman exclusive contract si Ryan with ABS-CBN, so okay lang naman ‘yun. Tsaka ‘yun talaga yung gusto niyang gawin, hosting. Dun talaga siya magaling.”
She said that as husband and wife, they support each other in every decision they make.
She also clarified the issue that just because Agoncillo has a lot of projects lined-up than her, there is a competition between the two of them.
“Bago pa man kami ikasal, talagang nakilala na kami sa kanya-kanya naming pangalan, siya bilang Ryan Agoncillo, magaling na host at ako isang simpleng artista. Tsaka dun naman talaga magaling si Ryan, sa pagho-host. Pero napatunayan rin naman niya na kaya niya umarte like sa Pieta ‘di ba?” she said.
Santos also disagreed with the idea that once an actress is already married, she loses her “market value.”
“I don’t think so. Bakit naman si Ate Shawie (Sharon Cuneta)? Bakit naman si Ate Vi (Vilma Santos)? Hanggang ngayon nandiyan pa rin sila,” she said.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
Arroyo can run in 2010 without resigning - poll lawyers
Arroyo can run in 2010 without resigning - poll lawyers
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President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo can run for vice president or congresswoman in the May 2010 polls without stepping down from the presidency, election lawyers said on Friday amid speculations that she will seek political office next year.
In an interview over radio dzXL, President Arroyo's lawyer Romulo Macalintal said there is no law prompting Mrs. Arroyo to resign or take a leave from the presidency while campaigning for an electoral post.
"Walang leave of absence, di siya dapat mag-resign. Walang batas na nagsasabing dapat siya mag-resign (There will be no need for her to take a leave of absence or resign. There is no law saying she should quit her job to campaign)," Macalintal said.
With her Congress allies pushing for Charter change, speculation is rife that Mrs. Arroyo will run for Pampanga congresswoman in 2010. Under a parliamentary form of government, she can run for prime minister and remain in power.
Her frequent visits to Pampanga - she has visited the province 47 times this year alone -further fuel the rumors.
On Thursday, her political ally, Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez - who also happens to be administration party Lakas-Kampi-CMD's senior deputy secretary general - admitted that the possibility of Mrs. Arroyo seeking a congressional seat next year has been discussed within the party. [See: VP or Speaker? Allies start charting Arroyo's future]
Suarez also said Mrs. Arroyo would be an "asset" to the next administration if she runs and wins as vice president.
Even poll lawyer Sixto Brillantes, who is not aligned with the Arroyo administration, conceded that Mrs. Arroyo is not required by law to quit her post should she decides to run next year.
"Under RA 9006 anybody who runs for another office is not considered resigned," he said in a phone interview with GMANews.TV.
"She can run for any other post without resigning the presidency," Brillantes added.
Fair Election Act
Republic Act 9006 or the Fair Election Act also effectively repealed Section 67 of the Omnibus Election Code which says that any elective official except for president and vice president who is running for any office other than the current one is considered ipso facto resigned upon filing the certificate of candidacy, Brillantes added.
Both lawyers also said there is no law barring Mrs. Arroyo from running for another post other than the presidency once her term ends.
"Wala pang sinasabing plano ang Pangulong Arroyo kung siya [ay] tatakbo o hindi. Kung tatakbo man siya, walang legal na balakid sa kanyang nasabing pagtakbo. Walang batas na nagbabawal sa kanyang tumakbo kung sakaling gusto niyang tumakbong muli, huwag lang sa pagkapangulo pero sa ibang position," Macalintal said. [See: Arroyo can run for congresswoman - DOJ chief]
(Mrs. Arroyo has not made public her political plans. If she decides to run, there is no legal obstacle to it, so long as she is not running for another term as president.)
Section 4 of Article VII of the 1987 Constitution says "The President shall not be eligible for any re-election." The provision has been the subject of many debates, with some legal experts arguing that it effectively bars the President from seeking any other elective post after his or her presidential term. - with a report from Johanna Camille Sisante, GMANews.TV
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GMANews.TV - Friday, November 6
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President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo can run for vice president or congresswoman in the May 2010 polls without stepping down from the presidency, election lawyers said on Friday amid speculations that she will seek political office next year.
In an interview over radio dzXL, President Arroyo's lawyer Romulo Macalintal said there is no law prompting Mrs. Arroyo to resign or take a leave from the presidency while campaigning for an electoral post.
"Walang leave of absence, di siya dapat mag-resign. Walang batas na nagsasabing dapat siya mag-resign (There will be no need for her to take a leave of absence or resign. There is no law saying she should quit her job to campaign)," Macalintal said.
With her Congress allies pushing for Charter change, speculation is rife that Mrs. Arroyo will run for Pampanga congresswoman in 2010. Under a parliamentary form of government, she can run for prime minister and remain in power.
Her frequent visits to Pampanga - she has visited the province 47 times this year alone -further fuel the rumors.
On Thursday, her political ally, Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez - who also happens to be administration party Lakas-Kampi-CMD's senior deputy secretary general - admitted that the possibility of Mrs. Arroyo seeking a congressional seat next year has been discussed within the party. [See: VP or Speaker? Allies start charting Arroyo's future]
Suarez also said Mrs. Arroyo would be an "asset" to the next administration if she runs and wins as vice president.
Even poll lawyer Sixto Brillantes, who is not aligned with the Arroyo administration, conceded that Mrs. Arroyo is not required by law to quit her post should she decides to run next year.
"Under RA 9006 anybody who runs for another office is not considered resigned," he said in a phone interview with GMANews.TV.
"She can run for any other post without resigning the presidency," Brillantes added.
Fair Election Act
Republic Act 9006 or the Fair Election Act also effectively repealed Section 67 of the Omnibus Election Code which says that any elective official except for president and vice president who is running for any office other than the current one is considered ipso facto resigned upon filing the certificate of candidacy, Brillantes added.
Both lawyers also said there is no law barring Mrs. Arroyo from running for another post other than the presidency once her term ends.
"Wala pang sinasabing plano ang Pangulong Arroyo kung siya [ay] tatakbo o hindi. Kung tatakbo man siya, walang legal na balakid sa kanyang nasabing pagtakbo. Walang batas na nagbabawal sa kanyang tumakbo kung sakaling gusto niyang tumakbong muli, huwag lang sa pagkapangulo pero sa ibang position," Macalintal said. [See: Arroyo can run for congresswoman - DOJ chief]
(Mrs. Arroyo has not made public her political plans. If she decides to run, there is no legal obstacle to it, so long as she is not running for another term as president.)
Section 4 of Article VII of the 1987 Constitution says "The President shall not be eligible for any re-election." The provision has been the subject of many debates, with some legal experts arguing that it effectively bars the President from seeking any other elective post after his or her presidential term. - with a report from Johanna Camille Sisante, GMANews.TV
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Nicolas Cage's Outrageous Decades-Long Shopping Spree
Nicolas Cage's Outrageous Decades-Long Shopping Spree
by Lindsay Robertson · November 4, 2009
Nicolas Cage - Photo: Vera Anderson/WireImage.com
An article in The Daily Beast says that Nicolas Cage's recent financial problems are, at least in part, due to outrageous, eccentric spending that puts even his most flamboyant fellow celebrities to shame.
If you can dream it, Nic Cage bought it: yachts, a jet, a castle, over 50 cars, over a million dollars' worth of comic books, multiple (supposedly haunted) mansions in New Orleans, two Bahamanian islands, shrunken heads that may or may not have been human, and, famously, a $500k Lamborghini once owned by the Shah of Iran. Most amusingly, Cage spent $276,000 on a dinosaur skull in a "heated auction with Leonardo DiCaprio." And though the article has details about Cage's many pets -- claiming that he kept antidote serum on his wall for the poison of his two King Cobras -- it neglects to mention at least one: Cage's pet octopus.
Cage's lawyer, Martin Singer, told The Daily Beast "Half the stuff you say is false. I'm not going to get into detail," so we may never know which half is true.
Cage made headlines last month when he filed a $20 million lawsuit against his former business manager. The suit claims the manager, Samuel Levin, failed to pay taxes and lost money in unsound investments, putting him "down a path toward financial ruin." This summer, the IRS placed a tax lien of over $6 million on Cage's New Orleans properties for unpaid income taxes.
Still, it's hard not to look at Cage's extreme-by-any-standards spending habits and not draw conclusions about his current money woes. For example, did he really need to customize a Bentley so elaborately that, when he got it back from the shop, he could no longer fit in it?
However lavishly Cage spent on himself, he's also been a very generous guy. The article reports that the actor gave $1 million to the Red Cross to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina, and $2 million to the human-rights group Amnesty International.
by Lindsay Robertson · November 4, 2009
Nicolas Cage - Photo: Vera Anderson/WireImage.com
An article in The Daily Beast says that Nicolas Cage's recent financial problems are, at least in part, due to outrageous, eccentric spending that puts even his most flamboyant fellow celebrities to shame.
If you can dream it, Nic Cage bought it: yachts, a jet, a castle, over 50 cars, over a million dollars' worth of comic books, multiple (supposedly haunted) mansions in New Orleans, two Bahamanian islands, shrunken heads that may or may not have been human, and, famously, a $500k Lamborghini once owned by the Shah of Iran. Most amusingly, Cage spent $276,000 on a dinosaur skull in a "heated auction with Leonardo DiCaprio." And though the article has details about Cage's many pets -- claiming that he kept antidote serum on his wall for the poison of his two King Cobras -- it neglects to mention at least one: Cage's pet octopus.
Cage's lawyer, Martin Singer, told The Daily Beast "Half the stuff you say is false. I'm not going to get into detail," so we may never know which half is true.
Cage made headlines last month when he filed a $20 million lawsuit against his former business manager. The suit claims the manager, Samuel Levin, failed to pay taxes and lost money in unsound investments, putting him "down a path toward financial ruin." This summer, the IRS placed a tax lien of over $6 million on Cage's New Orleans properties for unpaid income taxes.
Still, it's hard not to look at Cage's extreme-by-any-standards spending habits and not draw conclusions about his current money woes. For example, did he really need to customize a Bentley so elaborately that, when he got it back from the shop, he could no longer fit in it?
However lavishly Cage spent on himself, he's also been a very generous guy. The article reports that the actor gave $1 million to the Red Cross to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina, and $2 million to the human-rights group Amnesty International.
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