Benjamin Alves Paired With Beauty Queen In 'Spirit Of The Glass 2', But Off Cam, He Remains Cozy With Julie Ann San Jose

BENJAMIN ALVES was last seen on TV in "I Heart Davao" and he's glad that after that, he'll now be seen on the big screen in the movie "Spirit of the Glass 2, The Haunted", where he is paired with last year's Bb. Pilipinas Universe, Maxine Medina. "This is an ensemble movie and I enjoyed working with the rest of the big cast, along with Cristine Reyes, Janine Gutierrez, Daniel Matsunaga, Ashley Ortega and Enrico Cuenca," he says. "This is about a barkada na nagbakasyon sa isang lumang bahay, nakakita roon ng ouija board na pinaglaruan na, without knowing na yun ang magbubukas sa isang portal na magiging dahilan kung bakit maraming scary things na mangyayari sa movie."

Off cam, his relationship with Julie Ann San Jose is going strong even after they got some bashing when they officially admitted their relationship. "Basta happy kami. The bashing started to come when Julie and me came out out in public. At the start, nagagalit ako and I feel hindi basta dapat


bina-bash si Julie or us. Kasi kahit sinong mahal mo sa buhay, hindi mo hahayaang mabastos. But then paulit-ulit lang naman yung mga sinasabi nila, nang-iinis sila, so I made it a point na huwag na lang pumatol sa ganun. You don't even need to read it so you won't react to it. Ignore na lang or i-block mo para mas tahimik ang buhay mo."
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Pinoy Komediaserye in Latin America: GMA stumbles in Peru while Abs-Cbn returns to the region when almost everybody is asleep

As this blog scanned the world to take the pulse of the different telenovela markets in all the continents, we have confirmed Pinoy teleserye is one of the top telenovela products in the world. It has just recently penetrated the South American market (only in 2016) but  has already graced the small screens in 3 countries- Ecuador, Peru & Colombia. GMA has had a virtual monopoly of the region in most of 2017, led by the top-drawing performance of Cautiva (Hanggang Makita Kang Muli) in Peru & Ecuador). Meanwhile, ABS-CBN teleseryes, after pioneering in the region with the trailblazing Puentes de amor (Bridges of Love) & La Promesa (Pangako Sa Yo), unceremoniously disappeared from South American screens as GMA surged.

But in a sort of comedy of errors, GMA just stumbled in Peru with its two new teleseryes (No me olvides (Someone to Watch Over Me) & Una nueva oportunidad (Second Chance)) being pulled off the air. Almost concurrently,  ABS-CBN suddenly  resurfaced, this time in Colombia, in its top free-to-air TV yet- with Dahil May Isang Ikaw (Corazones cruzados) starting Kristine Hermosa & Jericho Rosales, but in a post-midnight slot when almost everybody would be asleep.

Don't laugh. At least, ABS-CBN has broken the GMA monopoly of South America. Just another act in the booming  teleserye tale worldwide. Call it growing up pains in the region,  if you may. Let's wait for the succeeding acts. There's suspense there, a spice to the thrill mix.

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