At The End of the Day Watch

This is the 4,718, 683th and 4,718,684th mention of the annoying phrase "at the end of the day" from a celebrity when pressed for a comment about something that you think is so "life-or-death important" but it's not.

It comes across like the person is put upon about something going on in their personal or public lives but they're so noble for putting up with it. Yeah, get off that cross already!


Chesca Litton

"In a way, I guess," sagot ng TV host. "Because hindi maiiwasan ang mga speculations. Hindi maiiwasan na mag-a-assume ang mga tao, siyempre. Posibleng gagawa ng mga theories, yung mga gano'n. Pero at the end of the day whatever goes on, once again, I've said it once, I'll say it again, as long as I'm living a life that's pleasing to God, nothing else should matter. Because I know that, once you put God first, everything else will follow."

Claudine Barretto

"Kung naging stiff man kami ni Heart, siguro mas kailangang mas prim and proper lang kami. Dito [GMA-7], iba, you cannot compare talaga. Mas open na ako ngayon kumpara sa dati. Because nagagawa ko yung gusto ko and at the same time, yung itinuro nilang [ABS-CBN] professionalism, nagagamit ko dito. And I can be myself. At the end of the day, I can be myself."

Robin Padilla Is Father of the Year

Liezl Sicangco, ex-wife of Robin Padilla, has made it into the Padilla clan's enemy hit list with her revelations of Robin's father-of-the-year worthy style of child rearing.

Liezl came out of hibernation in Australia's Gold Coast to whine about Robin's shortcomings.

On her 10-year-old son Ali who is currently living with his Dad:

"Matagal ko na siyang gustong kunin talaga. Four months ago, nagkasakit yan, e. Naoperahan, apendicitis. Kasi si Ali, hindi nagsasabi na masakit na pala tiyan niya. Kasi ang turo sa kanya ng papa niya “Bawal umiyak, you have to be strong, you have to feel the pain.” Tama ba yon?"

On Robin's words of wisdom to a 10-year-old who is supposed to be playing Wii or watching cartoons on Disney Channel:

"Si Ali kasi mismo ang nagkuwento sa akin na, “Papa said I can have four wives when I grow up...” Ten years old, sinasabihan nang ganoon!"

On how Robin feels about school, as in education:

"Actually, ang nag-ano talaga ng galit ko, noong nag Pilipinas Win na Win siya. Nakikita ko lagi sa YouTube ang anak ko na nasa TV and almost two weeks hindi nag-aaral ang bata! E, si Robin, nakikinig yan sa ten-year old. Pag sinabi ni Ali na “I don’t want to go to school,” sasabihin niyan, “Then don’t go! Si enjoy life yan, e.

Her feelings on Mariel Rodriguez, Robin's girlfriend:

"Ako, walang kaso sa akin kung sila. Noon ko pa alam na sila. Hindi ako galit kay Mariel. Kaya ko siyang kausapin any time. The problem is between me and Robin. Nagkataon lang talaga na nakapag-air ako ng side ko, habang pinag-uusapan sila ni Mariel diyan. Kaya ang dating siguro diyan, bitter daw ako. God knows, hindi ako bitter."

Robin's response to Liezl's revelations:

"Siguro. Hindi niya nga ako kinakausap. Pero alam ko galit yon. Hindi niya sinasagot ang mga texts ko. Basta may nagte-text sa akin nang kung anu-ano...feeling ko siya din yon."

Team Sicangco all the way. I'm not sure if Liezl's claims are valid. I really don't care to find out. Robin strikes me as a major closeted mysogynist pig, so for that alone I am for whoever is on the other side of Team Robin.

Cast Members of Survivor Philippines Celebrity Edition Revealed

The third season of Survivor Philippines, telecast on GMA 7, will comprise 18 local celebrities and personalities.

The latest season, which will air in August 2010, will be hosted by Richard Gutierrez, taking over from Paolo Bediones, who resigned for greener pastures at Kapatid network, Channel 5.

The castaways that will be stranded in an island in Thailand for 40 days to compete for the title of Sole Survivor.

Female Castaways:

Michelle Madrigal - Banak in Dyesbel
Aubrey Miles - sexy actress at hot mama
Solenn Heussaff - socialite at model
Karen delos Reyes - meh
Aira Bermudez - Sexbomb member
Elma Muros - champion athlete at long-jump queen
Princess Snell - StarStruck V Avenger
Mykah - Bubble Gang regular cast member
Moi Marcampo - commercial model and Piolo Pascual's personal assistant (seen in the movie Kimmy Dora

Male Castaways:

Akihiro Sato - Brazilian-Japanese model-actor
Jon Hall - model and rumored boyfriend of Michelle Madrigal
Ahron Villena - actor, former? ABS-CBN talent
Mico Aytona - TV host-actor (who?)
Ian Batherson - StarStruck V Avenger
Doc Ferds Recio - celebrity veterinarian at Born To Be Wild host
Buwi Meneses - Parokya ni Edgar bassist
Ervic Vijandre - athlete at model (ex-boyfriend of Marian Rivera)
Pretty Trisha - comedian

A bunch of has-beens, never-was and wannabes, with the exemption of Elma Muros and Doc Ferds.

If this season is as contrived for drama as the previous season, I'm going to bail in the middle of it. I was blogging and suddenly I lost interest because that season definitely jumped the shark.

I hope this celebrity season is more natural - let the drama and the story line unfold on its own.

For what it's worth, my early faves are Elma Muros (props to her sports accomplishments), Doc Ferds (his passion for the environment is hot) and Mykah.

Of course, my favorites never win.

Manny Pacquiao To Train at Batasang Pambansa

Sometimes I wish Manny Pacquiao would lose a boxing match, and this is one of those times.

Manny proposed using the Batasan complex to train for his boxing match with Antonio Margarito in order to allow him to fulfill his duties as Sarangi representative at the same time.

What in the name of arrogance is Manny thinking? Manny thinks he can serve to masters at the same time by time management. His solution is as simple as a simpleton. I hope he loses, either his match or his seat in the house, as simple as that.

House speaker Sonny Belmonte scuttled Manny's idea immediately, saying the spectacle of Manny jogging and training around the Batasan complex would be a distraction both to his colleagues and employees of the House of Representatives. Indeed!

Let's wait what Freddie Roach has to say about it.

Charice on Seventeen Magazine

Thank God evil cosmetic surgeon to the stars did not succeed! Charice is still on Glee following that cosmetic surgery brouhaha last month.

The online edition of US entertainment magazine Seventeen Magazine interviewed Charice on how she got the Glee gig, what she sang during the audition, and more.

Click here to read the entire interview.

Willie Revillame Quits ABS-CBN

Willie Revillame finally surfaced following months to laying low to announce in a press conference that he is rescinding his contract with ABS-CBN.

Before the people at the presscon could find out if there's an envelope with their name on it from Willie, ABS-CBN came back with "Willie will remain our bitch til his contract ends on September 2011."

Both Willie and ABS-CBN claim to be the aggrieved party in their agreement, so who is entitled to legally say "I quit you?" I guess we'll see the warring parties in court.

So basically, Willie revealed that he and one of the head bitches at ABS-CBN talked and agreed that Willie will be back on Wowowee on July 31.

But another head bitch who is higher on the totem pole blocked Willie's return, so came Pilipinas Win na Win and Kris Aquino's return to television. It was rumored that Willie wanted this head bitch gone from the network. So in the end, it all boiled down to Willie or the head bitch. Guess we know now who is more powerful.

Willie was offered a one-hour weekly show. Willie did not object to having another TV show, I don't think. What he didn't like was that it was pre-taped. Yes, pre-taped. If you ask me, pre-recording Willie hosting a show is an effective way of stopping the flow of caca coming out of his mouth when he is displeased about something.

The new Wowowee would have boasted new games, more prices like a house and lot, and minus Mariel Rodriguez, Valerie Concepcion and Cristy Fermin's newest target of tirade, Pokwang.

I think the new Wowowee would have been doomed from the start because the old problem at the old Wowowee would still there - Willie Revillame. Sooner or later Willie's arrogance will shine through. He can't help himself.

That Was Fast

It was only in June 2010 that Krista Ranillo announced that has acquired a new ATM machine but only two months later she made it legal.

Krista Ranillo married her rich and eligible ATM machine (legal name: Nino Jefferson Lim) in Long Beach, California in an intimate Jewish-interfaith wedding on August 8.

It was the second marriage for the groom but it doesn't matter because he or his family owns the Long Island chain of supermarkets in California.

Krista's father, Matt Ranillo, walked her daughter down the aisle beaming, and if we can read the bubble above his head it would say "good job, daughter."

One of the guests observed that Krista never looked happier. I disagree. Jinky Pacquiao never looked happier.

A rabbi, Barry Tuchman, officiated the Jewish-interfaith wedding.