GMA Announces Stellar Cast for HAPLOS

I've been waiting for this show to come to GMA Afternoon Prime for the longest time as hunky actor Rocco Nacino and vixen Sanya Lopez has been hinting about this project a few week ago. This GMA show won't be holding back on stellar cast as it includes drama princess Thea Tolentino, Pancho Magno, Patricia Javier, Francine Prieto, Emilio Garcia, Diva Montelaba and legendary Celia Rodriguez to make your afternooon viewing more interesting. 

Yes this is a love story, but it's got some interesting twists banking on the love team that formed in Encantadia called DANQUIL who's characters were portrayed by Rocco Nacino and Sanya Lopez - giving the pairing of Aquil and Sanggre Danaya some sort of continuation, which their fans would surely enjoy. Though these ladies are not ordinary as they posess powers they use for good and evil, patterned upon the mysteries of local witchcraft. That would make this fight a huge one, unprecedented, totally original on GMA Afternoon Prime.

The Director Gil Tejada adds "This was conceptualized way before when I was in the project and I only arrived and fine tuned it because the characters were already made. I really hope you like this show, it's so different."

Rocco will play Gerald Cortez, a hardworking salesman who only wants to have a family of his own. He says "I am surprised about how we were accepted starting from our pairing in Encantadia, I am thankful to GMA for this big role. This is good news for me as this probably was brought upon our pairing in the other show. We are confident about this show because we already know parts of it, as it puts us on top of our game. I see how we both improved in the show and you'll see that in Haplos. Being with Sanya, I see myself when I was starting. There are a lot of people waiting for the kissing scenes, but we will present it differently because our love story is kinda weird between Angela and Gerald.The audience will really appreciate how this story would be told. Sanya is so hardworking I'd be glad to give her a massage after all the work she's done."

Pancho Magno portrays Benedict Dizon and he says "I am blessed and grateful to have worked with Direk Gil, Rocco and Sanya so this was easy to me. I was surprised about our preview with the effects and all. Encantadia almost ran a year and this is a good place to start again. They are really good friends, let's just say that."

Thea Tolentino plays Lucille Bermudez, Angela's half sister. She says "I don't base my character from previous shows, I only do it as accorded by the script and ask the help of my director to properly portray the role." 

Sanya Lopez says "I am thankful and greatful that I was trusted by the network. There is a huge difference between Danaya and Angela as the former is quite strong willed. She fights for Gerald most of the time and her family. Haplos means taking care of each other, that's what Rocco is to me everytime I need him, I could have gotten that from one person, but he gives that to me willingly. He always asks me in kissing scenes, he's quite a gentleman. If there are love scenes, we'll do it appropriately. He is naturally sweet and cingy, especially with everyone in the shoot. We are very close with our work in Encantadia (which lasted a year), we know our priorties and doing all the things we need to do in the show is a priority."

Patricia Javier adds "Knowing that I would be getting to play her Mom in this series, I was excited because I always wanted to have a screen daughter (all my other projects included sons). She's genuinely kind an humble, she really focuses on her work and I only have good words for her. She's like a bamboo, the higher she goes, she still bows when there's a wind."

Emilio Garcia says "I don't want my kids to end up like these characters because I always want them to bond."

Ms. Celia Rodriguez laments "I am surprisingly not evil here, I am very good. Whether you believe the fantasy or not, it's all up to you. The witch I play switches between science and magic, of chemicals or natural medicine, some goodness and some demonic inspiration. I helped a lot of people here and it is all up to the people to find if I'm doing a good thing or not with also raising Angela. Let's just watch how it unfolds because it also questions science, it's that contradicting."

HAPLOS will begin in July 10 on GMA's Afternoon Prime replacing D'Originals. You should definitely watch this!

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GMA's New Show D'Originals

Ladies, you've always dreamed of a perfect relationship right? But what if you suddenly find out that your man is not as "perfect" as you think he is? What if you found out that he's got another woman? Well, GMA wants you to see it on TV via this show called D'Originals. This stars Ms. Jaclyn Jose, LJ Reyes, Kim Domingo, Katrina Halili, Meg Imperial, Lovely Abella and a lot more!

LJ Reyes is here. She says "I am Marge and my character tries to hold my family together and while I'm busy with that, I kinda have problems with my own family. I will also have issues with my friends and their relationships, I enjoy meddling with their lives and I always get involved in situations that are very difficult for a woman. There's seduction, there's life that happens but you always have to do the right thing."

Kim Domingo plays Sofia a Zumba instructor and she's the girlfriend of Archie Alemanya's character named Art. She says "Watch for the things she does to catch her husband doing it with other women. We all have to be professional and know how to execute the scenes because there are times when it gets physical."

Katrina Halili says "My role here is Yvette and she's the other woman who's going to make Lando's life a living hell (played by Jestoni Alarcon)."

Meg Imperial plays Alice the sexy star who's had a past with Art trying to rekindle their romance as she tries not to get caught by the original one. She utters "There are a lot of reasons why there are women who go to miles of being the other woman,but they have their reasons."

Jestoni Alarcon who plays Lando says "This will teach people a lesson, the bad things that happen to people involved with a lot of women". Lando owns a security agency who's primary love is Josie played by Ms. Jaclyn Jose. 

Mark Herras is also here and he says "I am Caloy who just got back to the Philippines from his job as a singer from a different country. I didn't have a job or savings and we were left at home a lot of times so that's why we had a relationship too. We know life is crazy, but if a person has a partner we don't meddle with that so we don't have problems. We just need to find the single ladies."

Archie Alemanya plays Art who is an artist, plays around with 2 women because they can't help it. "I am shocked that there are men that do this, I need a one day sensual workshop with Meg and Kim."

Josie and Lando's son is Mikoy Morales who's exploring his sexuality, is also having problems. He's got a relationship with Elyson De Dios's character Darenn (of which he says is a straight guy but does go into relationships with gay men). They represent LGBT but it will be discussed more on the relationship of Mikoy coming out to his parents, how judgemental people are and the difficulties of maintaining their relationship. He also adds "Our relationship is a little on the cute side, being a little too young as well (16 year old boy), even if we didn't have physical contact, it was how the way our affinity with our family that matters."

Claui is Tim's youngest sister whilst Arnie Ross plays Precious who will also make matters worse as she partners with Yvette.

Adolf Alix the director says "The cast is different, we have a lot. The story is well researched and we interviewed real wives and other women who went into these relatioships. You know there are incidents like these seen in social media. You find it funny but if you think about it, these are real people. When someone watches TV and they emphatize with the characters they would really watch it. It's still a soap and based in emotions and we make sure there are real situations. If it's the rivalry between the other woman and the original one it would end early but there are family issues, domestic problems, we still need to discuss that other than just putting them on the spot. We have families and we can identify with the woman characters, limited time and budget but this series needs the emotions and characters and we move on to the next. I hope people understand the characters and what left them to do it. There are rehearsals, we talk about that how to execute. I enjoy making this a lot because I know how to handle them being I've done soaps with them in the past."

D'Originals will play from Mondays to Fridays right after Legally Blind and before Wowowin on GMA's Afternoon Prime.

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The Millionaires Wife: Ina Raymundo

She's been in the minds of men for years. Ina Raymundo was someone we started to fantasize about when she played the "Sabado Nights" vixen everybody loved. She's gone leaps and bounds from that young 90's commercial model era and has gone through life just like the rest of us. But just look at her, how can anyone be at this age and look like this? I already felt life was unfair and age was really just a number when we talked to Allison Montecillo, the lady she played in The Millionaires Wife. As the daughter of a rich man, she believes this woman (Luisa played by Andrea Torres) who suddenly came into their lives was just after their family's money. She couldn't do anything about it as she was also brainwashed by the character of Stella played by Ms. Jacklyn Jose, who later on she found out, was plotting a scheme to get it for herself; and may incidentally had Alice's father killed by Jared (Sid Lucero's character). The story's pretty much going to be discussed by her on this video, listen in!

Her Grandfather's death in the story was a coincidence but it further flamed her to believe the lies that Jacklyn Jose's character told her. It's pretty hard to even prove there was love between Luisa and her Grandfather and that, will ultimately be a spark to the conflict between them. Ina Raymundo was lauded by her peers (particularly Sid Lucero and Ms. Jacklyn Jose) even though at first she thought she had an evil bone on this character. Sid Lucero mentioned that if there was one thing that he'd wanted to do after this show, is to work with Ms. Ina more, even in other projects. He felt this stint in the show working with her was too short, and perhaps he'd get to do more when the time comes.

I like the part where Ms. Ina  also mentioned things about her Dad. I actually know Mr. Jun Raymundo because he's one of the original members of Bits and Pieces, a popular band in the 60's because my Uncle Reggie Bueno is part of that band too. I just kinda messed up explaining that to her during our small chat though LOL. Anyway, I'd like to be able to talk to her again sometime soon. 

 

The show is about to end and The Millionaires Wife will surely be missed. Don't forget to watch the last episode today too on GMA's Afternoon Prime!

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Destiny Rose Continues To Bloom at GMA Afternoon Prime

Have you seen the latest episode of Destiny Rose? If not, then you are missing a lot. This story about a trans woman has already taken off beginning with his childhood. The pains of growing up in a very strict environment and a not so accepting Father Joselito Vergara Sr. played by Joko Diaz might be already taking strong effect on his psyche. Now that they're a bit older, the things about Ken Chan's role as Destiny Rose is slowly blooming. His love interest, Gabriele Antonioni played by Fabio Ide is surely going to turn love struck with her and in great fashion (hopefully to come very soon). This will grow the irk of Jasmine Flores played by Katrina Halili, and the envy is going become seriously disturbing as the days become near for that to happen.

They haven't really learned about Destiny Rose's persona yet and that'll be a little nervous to find out in the next few days. Ken Chan definitely takes this role seriously and with the events taking place, there are a lot of people ask how he was able to pull off being that gorgeously transformed and still be good looking like that (as seen on stills). Although, the most awaited part would still be how she's going to be unveiled as Destiny Rose (in future episodes). 

If you've seen his latest one yesterday, the story of his first heartbreak was just told and people on Twitter went crazy when Vince (played by hunky Jeric Gonzales) instead of making his dream come true, actually introduced his girl friend leaving Joey's heart broken. I could see Ken Chan portrayed that great, felt his pain, a mark of a very remarkable actor. Now, he doesn't mind how his Mom (played by Manilyn Reynes) would look at it now.. and perhaps take care of Joey while he recovers from this event next week. Somehow, you'll learn something real good when things like that happen. You'll become a stronger person in the long run because you've experienced things like these earlier. Still, it looks like he's going to believe in love and perhaps once Fabio Ide comes into the picture it'll be a different story. 

Soon you'll see the characters of Jackie Lou Blanco who plays Dahlia Flores, Sheena Halili as April Rose Vergara, JC Tiuseco as Lance, Ken Alfonso as Aris, Irma Adlawan as Bethilda, Michael De Mesa as Rosauro Armani Vitto, and more episodes with the great Migs Cuaderno as the Young Joey, Angel Aviles as Young April, Milkcah Wynne Nacion as the young Jasmine, plus Andrea Torres, Mike Tan and Yasmien Kurdi as they'll play a cameo role real soon as the lead star of Destiny Rose's novel called "Rainbow after the rain".

So make sure you watch Destiny Rose with me during GMA's Afternoon Prime. Ken Chan has definitely made waves, made people look at gender equality a different way after watching Destiny Rose on TV. I hope you learn a thing or two too! Follow their social media channels if you're into it, at www.facebook.com/GMADestinyRose, or www.twitter.com/GMADestinyRose.

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Ken Chan Blooms on Afternoon Prime as Destiny Rose

 Tomorrow, September 14, 2015, a new program will bloom its way into your GMA laden TV screens as they bring you a new soap starring Ken Chan as he plays the role of Joey Flores Vergara also known as Destiny Rose. Ken Chan has already appeared in several soap operas, GMA shows and commercials but has yet to land a lead role for a soap. This opportunity came in the right time as the actor/tv host/singer and commercial model wanted to challenge himself even further and accepted this role as a trans-sexual woman. This is also sort of groundbreaking because in the history of television, we haven't really had a trans-sexual woman as a lead character. Ken Chan takes this as an opportunity to show people what he's got. We have interviewed him in the past and he's done wonders in his shows and albums, he's definitely in unfamiliar territory so seeing how he does wonders in afternoon prime show may be the answer to catapult him to shine brighter, as we truly hope so.

They'll start to unravel the story by showing his humble beginnings. It's not as easy as people might think. As you might have seen in the trailers, being a woman trapped in a man's body didn't fare quite well with his parents. Manilyn Reynes plays Daisy, Joey's Mom. She learned a little later on how the predicament of Joey Flores Vergara and learned to accept it. However, his policeman father Lito (played by Joko Diaz) had a different future in mind. He wanted him to be a General some day, and discovering all the glitter and glamour happening inside his kid wasn't going to be taken lightly. I believe it would have mirrored the old Filipino society where sexuality they weren't born with were shunned. Still, Joey Flores Vergara stayed the achiever that he was and has drawn accolades in school and everywhere else he's gone to. 

Did that solve his problems at home? How did he become Destiny Rose? How does her story start and Joey's end? Well that's exactly what you have to find out this Monday right after Buena Familia on GMA's Afternoon Prime. Follow @GMADestinyRose on Twitter for more updates!

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