Balikbayan Actor Enrico Cuenca Gets Big Break In His First Movie, The Horror Flick 'Spirit Of The Glass 2, The Haunted'

ENRICO CUENCA is a balikbayan from Los Angeles, California who got his big break in showbiz when he was paired with Ash Ortega in a fast food TV commercial. Because of that, they were also paired in GMA-7's primetime series, 'Super Ma'am", and now, also in the OctoArts-T Rex co-production, "Spirit of the Glass 2, The Haunted".

Enrico is originally from Pampanga. His family moved to the States when he was 12 years old and he finished high school and college in California. He majored in management and his minor is theatre arts. He hasn't been back in Manila for sometime so he came home for rest and relaxation.

While on vacation here, his aunt presented him to talent manager Jonas Gaffud. Now, he's being managed by Jonas' Mercator Agency. After doing the TV commercial that made people notice him, he guested in GMA shows like "Daig Kayo ng Lola Ko" and "Wagas". He is also in the Regal movie, "Recipe for Love", starring Christian Bables and Cora Waddell. Both 'Spirit of the Glass 2" and "Recipe for Love" are directed by Jose Javier Reyes.



"I feel so lucky to have all these good projects," he says. "Sometimes, kinukurot ko ang sarili ko to make sure that all this is real. I feel so honored to be part of a teleserye like 'Super Ma'am' and to be doing movies like 'Spirit of the Glass 2' and 'Recipe for Love'. I really want to thank all those who support me."

So at this point, what's the score between him and his ka-love team, Ash Ortega? "Ash knows I'm a newcomer and she's been very helpful. I'm learning a lot from her kasi almost all my scenes are with her and she's always there to help guide me. We've become the best of friends kasi we're both December born and we're both dog lovers. So we're hoping the public will support our tandem on TV and the movies the way they supported our TV commercial. Right now, we're really enjoying working with each other."
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Regal's Mother Lily Monteverde Wins The Manuel L. Quezon Gawad Parangal Award As Part Of Quezon City's 78th Foundation Anniversary

MOTHER LILY MONTEVERDE won the Manuel L. Quezon Gawad Parangal award from the Quezon City government held at the Seda Hotel last Thursday night. The award is part of the celebration of the 78th Foundation Day of Quezon City. "I'm 78, so magkasintanda pala kami ng Quezon City," says Mother Lily. "At ka-birthday ko rin si Pres. Quezon dahil pareho kaming born on August 19."

Our warmest congratulations to Mother Lily. The award is for her being a productive businesswoman who's one of the most prominent business personalities in the country's premiere city. She owns the Imperial Palace Suites, one of the pioneering big hotels in the city located at the corner of Morato and Timog Avenues. She also owns the Valencia Events Place and Regal Entertainment with offices at Valencia St., QC. In the video presentation for her, her invaluable contributions as a film producer of over 1,000 movies was cited.

After she got her award, it turned out that the next guest performer of the night is Gabby Concepcion, who went down the stage and even danced with Mother Lily. Later on, when host Andre Felix asked Gabby how much Mother Lily means to him, Gabo said that without Mother Lily, there would be no Gabby in showbiz as it's her who discovered him in 1980 and launched him as one of the leads in "Katorse".

He thanked Mother Lily profusely for all her help in his career and she was teary eyed because of his praises for her. Among all the awardees, the Regal producer is the most well received, with all the people in the ballroom warmly applauding her and a lot of people wanted to take their picture with her.

The Manuel Quezon Gawad Parangal is given annually to both institutions, establishments and individual awardees. Among the group awardees are Bantayog ng Bayani Center, UP Singing Ambassadors, Little Quiapo, Bayanihan Dance Company, AFP Medical Center, Sulo Hotel. The individual awardees are Zenaida Quezon Avancena, humanitarian (daughter of the late Pres. Manuel Luis Quezon); Orly Mercado, public servant; Corazon Generelao Inigo, choreographer; Cielito Habito, economist; John Lesaca, violinist; Leah Roman Reyes, special educator; Samson Lim, businessman; Justice Narciso Nario; Dr. Dionisia Rola, educator; and former Sen. Aquilino Pimentel.
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Marlou aka Xander Ford caught on video mocking Kathryn Bernardo's physical appearance

Wildflower memes go viral

Maja Salvador's on-going pre-primetime programming teleserye Wildflower has been breaking its own records these past few days.

Now on its third chapter, the series' highest all-time rating received was 35.2% which aired last Tuesday, October 10 based on the figures provided by Kantar Media. It was the episode which introduced the Salvador's "new character" Lily Cruz after her old Ivy Aguas character was buried alive.




And not, Wildflower has also took the social media by storm, Scenes from the series have spawned several memes. Here are some that made us laugh.

When everyone claims he/she is a "Cruz"

And when someone makes a false claim that she is a Cruz

When you see someone flirting with your crush

Monday Blues. Sigh.

When your beshy couldn't wait for a sec

Bonus Meme! Caption this.

Every scene is such a meme worthy, right? Kudos to Maja Salvador and to all the people in front and behind the cameras.


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Ethel Booba has a funny reaction over Despacito's more than 4 billion views on Youtube

So the worldwide phenomenon Spanish song Despacito broke records yesterday as it breached the 4 billion views - the most watched video on Youtube so far.

Being the most notorious celebrity in mid 2000s due to her video scandals and love-hate relationship with her ex, Ethel Booba made this declaration on her Twitter account.

Can you keep up, Ethel Booba? Charot!


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