Actor Paquito Diaz dies of pneumonia complications at age 73

Four days after falsely reported dead, actor Francisco "Kit" Bustillo Diaz, known for his popular screen name Paquito Diaz, took his last breath Thursday night at his dwelling in Daraga, Albay.

He was 73 (May 28, 1937 – March 3, 2011).

Reports say that the veteran actor died of complications of pneumonia at 8:20PM last night.

Paquito Diaz is one of the most famous villains in Philippine Movies. He did several films and won a FAMAS Best Supporting Actor in 1965 for his role in the film, "Ang Mananandata". His last film was in 2003, a movie entitled "Pakners" starred by the late Fernado Poe, Jr, Efren "Bata" Reyes, Oyo Boy Sotto and Toni Gonzaga.

Paquito Diaz is survived by Nena, his wife and Cheska and Joko, his children.

Enchong Dee helps Simon Atkins and Kim Chui to meet in person

Kapamilya young actor Enchong Dee reportedly facilitated a meet-up between UAAP basketball player Simon Atkins and actress Kim Chui.

Photo courtesy of Bench

Enchong, who is also from De La Salle University like Simon and who won many swimming competitions for the school, was said to have asked through a phone call by his swimming coach to introduce Simon to Kim personally.

Kim is yet to be interviewed on how her first encounter with Simon went.

Simon Atkins headlined entertainment news recently after posting a series of post in the social media site Twitter telling how he wanted to meet the beautiful young actress Kim. They were able to talk over the phone but were not able to meet personally until this.

By the way, Noypistuff has an ongoing poll you might want to check out. Check it HERE.

Selena Gomez receives truckloads of flowers from Justin Bieber !

The international singing sensation Justin Bieber surely knows how to charm his girlfriend, Selena Gomez. He recently ordered truckloads of flowers which he asked to be delivered to Selena's house.

Photo courtesy of TMZ.com

A TMZ article says that the 16 year-old pop icon called a local flower shop to buy every single flower it has in the hope of "filling Selena's house of flowers". The florist said to have used multiple trucks to pull off the romantic stunt!

It seems like Justin Bieber - Selena Gomez romance is getting hotter these days! They recently arrived together and were caught kissing at the Vanity Fair Oscars after party. Check out the photo below:

Phil and James Younghusband, new endorsers of Collezione-C2

Philippine Azkals' Phil and James Younghusband are now the newest brand ambassadors of the Filipino fashion brand Collezione-C2, the makers of the iconic My Pilipinas shirt designs. The British-Filipino brothers have been chosen to embody the talented Pinoys.

“Celebrating the uniqueness of the resilient Filipino and the gifts and skills he has to offer the country and the rest of the world is something that we are very passionate about," Collezione-C2 Managing Director Joey Qua said.

"We wholeheartedly welcome James and Phil to the team as we strive to continually express our shared vision for the talented Pinoy.” Qua added.

According to James, there were no second thoughts about endorsing the brand.

"We have something in common - a love for originality, creativity, Pinoy pride, and living out one’s passion.”

Phil added, "We also believe in Filipino artistry and the art of forward-thinking. These are things we both believe are relevant in this day and age for our country to stand out and make its mark in different areas of expertise.”

"Mula Sa Puso" Remake Cast revealed! | Lauren Young, Jm de Guzman, Enrique Gil take lead roles

After the overwhelming success of its remake on Mara Clara, ABS-CBN will again bring back to our TV screens another well-loved teleserye hit in the past. The 1997-1999 drama series, Mula sa Puso which brought Claudine Barreto, Rico Yan and Diether Ocampo to superstardom, is now being taped and will be aired on the Kapamilya network soon.

So far the biggest break of her career, young actress Lauren Young will be the new Claudine in this remake and will be playing the role of Via. It will also be a wish-come-true for newcomers JM de Guzman and Enrique Gil because they have been chosen to portray the roles of Gabriel (originally played by Rico Yan) and Michael (Diether Ocampo's role), respectively.

Also part of the cast are veteran actor Gabby Concepcion as Via's father Don Fernando, Eula Valdez as Selina and Dawn Zulueta as Via's Mom, Magdalena.

Mula sa Puso 2011 will be directed by Wenn Deramas who also directed the original series.

Here's the plot of the 1997 Mula Sa Puso courtesy of wikipedia:

Via (Claudine Barretto), the only daughter of Don Fernando (Juan Rodrigo), is raised as his darling princess. On her eighteenth birthday she finds out that her father has promised her (hand in marriage) to her childhood friend Michael (Diether Ocampo), and before the birthday party is over, she gets kidnapped. She is rescued by a good samaritan named Gabriel (Rico Yan), whom she falls in love with. Michael at the latter part of the story became romantically involved with Via's best friend, Trina (Rica Peralejo). As the story unfolds, Via ends up having to decide between the two men in her life, while learning more about her mother Magda (Jaclyn Jose) and fighting off her evil aunt Selina, (Princess Punzalan), who is the sister of Don Fernando who wants to make all of them miserable before Selina's defeat.

In the story, Selina was one of the most influential character, due to her greediness in power and wealth of Don Fernando ( Juan Rodrigo), her brother. She used people in order to manipulate them when a bombing in the departure of Via and her family to start a new life begins, Via lives a new identity but comes back to her family, and they all face Selina one last time in dignity.

Paquito Diaz is still alive! ABS-CBN says sorry for reporting Paquito Diaz dead! | Paquito Diaz Death Rumor

"Erratum: We inadvertently reported earlier that actor Paquito Diaz passed away. We apologize for the mistake"

This ends the 5:45PM, February 27 update of an ABS-CBNNews.com report with the heading "Paquito Diaz's family denies death rumor". The newly updated report clarifies that actor Paquito Diaz is still alive.

Courtesy of ABS-CBNNews.com here's the full report:

MANILA, Philippines (1st UPDATE) – The daughter of Paquito Diaz on Sunday refuted a newspaper report that the veteran actor passed away.

According to the report, which came out Sunday morning, the 73-year-old actor passed away on Saturday in Albay.

Diaz's daughter, Joanna Diaz-Gallent, said her father is still alive. She added that rumors of her father's death have spread around in the past.

“It’s ok. Mag-one month na kami tinetext na he's dead na daw. Sanay na kami," she said in a text message sent to ANC.

Jean Balagtas, daughter of action film director Jose “Kaka” Balagtas and official secretary of the Katipunan ng mga Artista ng Pelikulang Pilipino at Telebisyon (KAPPT), also denied reports that Diaz has died.

“Hindi po totoo ang balita. Nakausap po ng mga taga-Actors Guild si Joko at sinabi niya mismo na hindi patay ang kanyang ama,” informed Balagtas.

Joko, a son of Diaz, is a member of KAPPT board of directors.

In 2002, Diaz suffered a stroke, causing his health to deteriorate. He was recently rushed to a hospital in Bicol because of an illness.

Diaz, also known as Kits in show business, is confined at the Estevez Memorial Hospital in Legazpi City, Albay.

The actor, Francisco Bustillos Diaz in real life, was born on May 28, 1937 in Pampanga.

Diaz was introduced in the movie “Son of Fung Ku.” He has done hundreds of films but gained iconic status as the villain in many films with the late Fernando Poe Jr. –ANC and Boy Villasanta, abs-cbnNEWS.com

(Erratum: We inadvertently reported earlier that actor Paquito Diaz passed away. We apologize for the mistake)

The original news report was written at 3:25 PM and the update came out at 5:45PM. At 12:00 AM today, Pilipino Star Ngayon also reported the death of the actor which again is just a rumor. I wonder if it is the 'newspaper' that the above ABS-CBN report pertains to.


Here's a screenshot of the Pilipino Star Ngayon Report:


Hmmmmm.. Issue... Issue... I hope noone gets to be fired from work after this.

Super Junior invades Manila, Philippines! | Super Junior Manila Concert Videos

I heard everyone in Araneta are having a blast right now since the all-male K-Pop group Super Junior are currently performing in front of their Filipino fans who are quite many!

Super Junior Members (Photo | Reec)

I know videos of the Super Junior concert in Manila will be up soon. That is why I made this post to compile some of them here. I will update this if I can find them already. For now, here are arrival videos of the Korean boy band courtesy of GMA and a fan:





Update: Here are some videos of the concert courtesy of Youtube:

Erwan Heussaff, Sam Milby meet face to face at a party | Poll: Who do you like for Anne Curtis? Erwan or Sam?

What happens when the ex-boyfriend of Anne Curtis, Sam Milby and her current boo, Erwan Heussaff meet face to face?

Picture of Erwan Heussaff, Anne Curtis and Sam Milby taken during Liz Uy's birthday party courtersy of ubertwitter

“Nothing ano, [nothing] bad at all,” was how Sam described it when he got the chance to bump into Erwan recently at celebrity stylist Liz Uy's birthday party.

“Even when I was there talagang wala kaming problema or anything like that. 'How you doin’?' Gano’n lang. Fun talaga,” Sam told SNN.

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As a fan, I am happy for Anne since she looks so happy having Erwan around.

But just for fun eh since our current poll is about to end. I just wanna know if there are still those who haven't moved on yet and still missing Sam and Anne together (Kismets fans?). Haha. Here's a poll question for you:

Who do you like for Anne Curtis? Erwan Heussaff or Sam Milby? :D

To help you out here are pictures of Anne with Erwan and photos of her with Sam:

:D

Angel Aquino, Lui Villaruz call it quits

The year might have started with hot celebrity hook-ups and lovely weddings of famous personalities in show business. But as what we know about the nature of the industry, it's not gonna be all fairy tales all year round. In fact, a 4-year long romance has just ended.

Model turned actress Angel Aquino confirmed recently that she and longtime boyfriend TV personality-businessman Lui Villaruz have called it quits.


When asked whether there was a third party involved, Angel Aquino was quick to say,

"Of course, in his part, maybe he's hurt about something. But as far as I know... and concerned, there's no third party involved. Wala po talaga. I'm not with anyone else. I did not have any relationship with someone else while with Lui," Angel told the press during the 5th "Us Girls" Anniversary presscon held earlier this week.

Angel, 38, clarified that it is not her first break-up with Lui, 34.

"Kami ni Lui we would be on and off, in those four years, but we just wouldn't tell people. Kasi para sa amin, di naman kailangan, di ba? Parang... then when you meet someone and people seeing you with another person, that's it, and you want to talk about it, then you talk about it. Pero hindi na namin ia-announce na, 'O hindi na kami ni Lui.' Kasi you're inviting intrigue pa, e."

However, it seems like the split is for good since Angel also revealed that Lui is currently dating 'Miss Earth'.

"Sabi niya, 'O, bago mo marinig sa iba, sasabihin ko na sa iyo na I'm dating Miss Earth.' And I'm happy for him. I'm very, very, very, very happy for him." Wala raw siyang ideya kung current o past Miss Earth title holder ang dine-date ngayon ng ex-boyfriend. Hindi na raw siya nagtanong at wala talaga siyang balak pang mag-text back dito."

In 2009, it has been reported that Angel and Lui were discussing marriage.

Sam Concepcion receives a hug from Taylor Swift

As a Taylor Swift fan, I would have to say that Sam Concepcion is the luckiest guy in the Philippines! Not only that Grammy winner Taylor Swift chose him personally to do the front act of her "Speak Now" concert in Araneta last Friday, but he also received a sweet big hug from the beautiful international singing sensation!

Yes, Taylor Swift gave Sam Concepcion a hug after thanking the latter for his performance.

Whew! Check out the picture below:



According to Carlo Orosa, Sam's manager, Taylor congratulated Sam for an awesome front act.

"Sam you were awesome, great... thank you!", Taylor reportedly said.

It left Sam all smiles.

"I totally did not expect for her to hug me, she seemed excited and so I got very excited too," Sam said.

Here's a Youtube video of Sam singing Katy Perry's "Fireworks" during the opening act of Taylor's show in Manila, recently: