Jessica Sanchez and Phillip Phillips earned the Top 2 spot in the “American Idol” Season 11 finals night next week!

Jessica, the 16-year-old Filipino-Mexican-American singer from San Diego, California will be up against Phillip Phillips, a 21-year-old guitar playing rocker from Leesburg, Georgia.

Next week finale will be an interesting battle as Phillips could become the fifth guitar-playing male contestant in a row to win on ” American Idol” (David Cook, Kris Allen, Lee DeWyze and Scotty McCreery won on Seasons 7, 8, 9 and 10 respectively) while Jessica could become the youngest “American Idol” winner with Asian and Latino roots.

American Idol Season 11 airs on Fox on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 8/7c. Ryan Seacrest hosts the show, while Randy Jackson, Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez were the panel of judges. Interscope Records Chairman Jimmy Iovine, a songwriter and producer, serves as an in-house mentor to work with the contestant on a weekly basis.

Eliminated
Joshua Ledet (May 17, 2012)
Hollie Cavanagh (May 10, 2012)
Skylar Laine (May 3, 2012)
Elise Testone (April 26, 2012)
Colton Dixon (April 19, 2012)
DeAndre Brackensick (April 5, 2012)
Heejun Han (March 29, 2012)
Erika Van Pelt (March 22, 2012)
Shannon Magrane (March 15, 2012)
Jermaine Jones (Disqualified due to ‘criminal records‘-March 15, 2012)
Jeremy Rosado (March 8, 2012)

Looks like everyone is indeed excited next week. Even Mexican superstar Thalia praised Jessica Sanchez’s performance through Twitter! Last week, her husband Tommy Mottola too emailed his good friend Jimmy Iovine and said that he’d be in attendance at Jessica’s first concert. Wow, that’s big! Tommy Mottola is big in music world as he was the man behind the careers of music divas such as Diana Ross, Mariah Carey, Gloria Estefan, Jennifer Lopez and Shakira.

Cheers,

Photo credit: American Idol and Thalia’s Twitter Account

Action star Raymart Santiago and hard-hitting journalist Ramon “Mon” Tulfo aired their sides on TV Patrol regarding the fist-fight incident at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 on Sunday, May 6, 2012.

News anchor Noli de Castro was able to interview Mon Tulfo and Raymart Santiago on TV Patrol Monday night, May 7 and both denied the accusation that they started the brawl.

Watch the video here:

Meanwhile, both camp swap charges of physical injuries and grave coercion over the brawl that occurred on Sunday at the arrival at the arrival area of the NAIA Terminal 3.

Hard-hitting journalist Ramon “Mon” Tulfo and action star Raymart Santiago got in a fist fight at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 on Sunday, May 6, 2012!

The airport brawl, where Santiago’s wife actress Claudine Barretto also got involved was caught on video and uploaded by glamchiq00 on You Tube. The controversial video now has over 1 million views and has also received 8,803 comments as of this date. Check it out!

What do you guys think? Whose side are you on?

Charlotte Casiraghi is Gucci’s newest spokesmodel.

The 25 year old royal beauty is the eldest daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco and granddaughter of Princess Grace of Monaco (aka Grace Kelly). She now represent the Gucci fashion brand for its “Forever Now” campaign.

Charlotte, who is fourth in line to the throne of Monaco, is an equestrian show jumper and an editor-at-large for the Above Magazine, a quarterly publication that focuses on the environment. Casiraghi now also follows the footsteps her grandmother and mother, who both modeled for Gucci.

Cheers,

Photo credit: Here

Philippine President Noynoy “PNoy” Aquino III finally admitted that he is dating Korean born entertainment host and disc jockey Grace Lee.  In an ambush interview with the media on Wednesday, PNoy confirmed:

 Well, we are seeing each other.

Lee verified the report on the same day through her television show. She said:

 What the President said is true…There is no room for clarification because (what the President said) was simple and truthful.

The 51-year-old most eligible bachelor in the Philippines first met  the 29-year-old TV and radio personality during an event in Cebu last year, where Lee was a co-host.

 From Wikipedia:

Lee was born and raised in Seoul, but moved to the Philippines at the age of 10 because of her father’s business, which involved importing Korean cars. She studied from third grade to senior high school at St. Paul College in Pasig City and graduated from Ateneo de Manila University, where she obtained her Communication Arts degree. Before becoming a TV host, she has been hosting events for Korean-Filipino communities as well as being an official interpreter for Malacañang.

So, is Grace Lee the upcoming First Lady of the Philippines?

Let’s wait and see then…

Cheers,

Photo credit: Google Image

Life imitates art.

Iranian actress Marzieh Vafamehr has been sentenced to 90 lashes and a year in jail for her role in “My Tehran for Sale” – a film about a young actress in Tehran whose theater work is banned by the authorities.

The controversial movie received harsh criticism in the conservative circles and had not been approved for screening in Iran and was being distributed in the country illegally.

Vafamehr was arrested in July after appearing in ‘My Tehran for Sale,’ which came under harsh criticism in conservative circles as the film was accused of painting a black picture of Iran and Iranians.

Photo credit: Here

Marianly Tejada Burgos representing Duarte was crowned Reina Nacional de Belleza República Dominicana 2011 or Miss World Dominican Republic 2011 on September 20, 2011 at La Fiesta Theater of the Renaissance Santo Domingo Jaragua Hotel in Santo Domingo. She will represent the Dominican Republic in Miss World 2011 Pageant.

Catherine Ramírez Rosario was the first runner-up and was crowned Miss Internacional Dominicana 2011. She will represent the Dominican Republic in Miss International 2011 in Chengdu, China. Sally Aponte was named second runner-up and was crowned Miss Supranational Dominican Republic 2012. She will compete in Poland next year.

Congratulations!

Cheers,

Photo credits: Voy Forums

True to life heroine!

British actress Kate Winslet saved herself, her two children and Richard Branson’s 90-year-old mother Eve from a flaming home while on vacation at Branson’s Great House on Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands.

The Academy Award-winning actress was staying at Virgin Group CEO’s multi-million private-island getaway when the fire broke out. Branson is now all praising Winslet’s for carrying his 90-year-old mother to safety. He even thanked Kate on his blog:

We had a tropical storm with winds up to 90mph. A big lightning storm came around 4am and hit the house. My son Sam and nephew Jack rushed to the house and helped get everyone out and many thanks to Kate Winslet for helping to carry my 90 year old mum out of the main house to safety – she was wondering when a Director was going to shout CUT!

Bravo Kate – I salute you for being a heroine on and off camera!

You are indeed admirable.

Cheers,

Photo credits: Google Image and Virgin.com

Filipino-English celebrity model and TV host Georgina Wilson is currently creating a buzz these days due to her controversial tweet regarding Paris Hilton’s rumored courtesy call to Philippine President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III.

The “Queen of Print Media” started to receive a lot of criticisms when she posted this statement dated August 14:

why is PNoy taking time out of his ‘busy’ schedule to meet with Paris Hilton tomorrow. So shameful that he doesn’t have better things to do.

But, it appears that some Filipino Twitter users did not approve to her remark. Hence, Georgina received a lot of reactions over her posts:

Don’t be such a hater, Georgina Wilson! Paris Hilton is waaaaaay better than youuuu ~ says @charlenedacara

@madoxified on the other hand tweets: “The only reason why Georgina Wilson has strong opinions re Paris is because she doesn’t have the opportunity to meet her.”

Inspite of receiving criticisms over the issue, Georgina clarified her side in an interview conducted yesterday, August 17. She said:

It’s not a personal thing.

It has nothing to do with me not liking Paris or not. I mean, I’m happy that she loves the Philippines and I think she’s very supportive with Manny Pacquiao and all of that.

But I also don’t think that it’s necessary for the president to meet her because she’s here on a commercial endeavor.

If she’s here for, you know, to help with humanitarian causes and all of that stuff, then sure, go meet with her. But that’s just my opinion.

She also added that she learned a lot from this experience and she’s happy that people on the social networking site have a reaction-where it be positive or negative from her opinion.

Photo credits: Fleshtival and Twitter

Reports say that actress/singer Jennifer Hudson is now a size zero, after shedding 80 pounds in two years!

The former American Idol contestant was recently seen at a Chicago fundraiser earlier this week singing ‘Happy Birthday’ to President Barack Obama, where she appeared in a slim fitting black mini dress.

So, what do you think?

Is Jennifer Hudson prettier now that she’s a size zero or you like her better voluptuous? Watch the video below:

Cheers,

Photo credits: Google Image