MARCO GALLO and HEAVEN PERALEJO CompleMints Each Other with Doublemint

I've seen them several times during press conferences and interviews, but now they're representing a brand that's been with Filipinos for years now. I'm talking about Marco Gallo and gorgeous Heaven Peralejo, and the ever dependable Doublemint, yes, that cool, fun and minty chewing gum.

Adored by their fans as #MarVen, they're super excited to have more fun loving folks to enjoy the iconic gum brand with them and its long lasting fresh flavor. Since it's February, those date nights would be the perfect time to not have emergencies in the most opportune times. Throw in their latest Couplemint campaign and you are bound to be secure and more confident in getting to first base with it. 

Heaven says "Doublemint is something I grew up with, something I'd note to be similar with my personality. I'm so happy to be part of the Doublemint family!'

Marco on the other hand was equally happy and says "I am so thankful for the trust, I've always been a fan of the brand, and hope to share the same youthful energy it brings to MarVen fans across the country. We complement each other, like how we are on and off screen."

They're also looking forward to more projects as a pair, and hope the CompleMints that each of them brings would translate to more movies, series and shows together. They have always shown support with each other's projects, so if you're a fan go watch their new My CompliMint series they made with Doublemint! (Go follow their social channels for it!). It's available in leading stores, supermarkets and groceries nationwide!

HEAVEN PERALEJO is Your Ginebra Calendar Girl for 2024

The much awaited reveal of the Ginebra Calendar Girl this year was quite epic. To say the least, it's quite different than the previous ones because as you can see on the output, they have thought of a theme. The Philippines is composed of 7,641 islands, each celebrating different town fiestas. It's part of culture, that even with diverse number of languages in every region, we still manage to put food on the table and celebrate good times. It's some sort of thanksgiving, and so the layouts for Heaven Peralejo would want to exude that, and of course, still look gorgeous in it.

Ginebra also knows how much their brand is part of every Filipino celebration. Much festivities have men and women glued to seats, taking the ceremonial toast, and drink up to thank for a bountiful harvest, for weathering disasters, or just plainly giving homage to their patron that differs every town too.

Heaven did the Baguio Panagbenga Festival, the Giant Lantern Festival, Higantes from Angono, Pintados Festival from Leyte, the Kadayawan Festival in Davao too.My personal favorite is my province's very own Masskara Festival which depicts putting a smile on the faces after famine struck the province of Negros years past.

Here's what we shot when the event happened at the Westin in Manila.

The Ginebra Calendar Girl tradition will surely continue, putting in some of the most gorgeous women in the land in it. GSMI will make sure of it. Congratulations on this feat Heaven, and thank you for being so nice off stage after the show.

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POPS FERNANDEZ Hosts "For The Love" on TV5

It's not Valentine's season, but that doesn't mean we can't indulge in stories of love designed with some of your favorite OPM hits. These are some of your favorite music pieces that we all fell in love when they came out. This show also will be featuring several stories meant to pull those heartstrings, some sad, some with a happy ending.

The story will also include some of your favorite actors, love teams, of which were also there during the show's mediacon a few days ago. The roster includes Heaven Peralejo and Marco Gallo, Bea Binene (who will be paired with Gab Lagman), Krissha Viaje and Wilbert Ross, plus the previously paired (in different shows) Jairus Aquino and Aubrey Caraan (who I found so lovely by the way!).

I find Heaven and Marco really endearing during the presser, and while we were talking about love and serious stuff, they've been pressed a lot of times about the status of their relationship. I got the notion that they didn't really have a label but rather just enjoy what they have right now. Marco was also quite serious about courtship, because the thing he wanted is for that certain person to be the one he plans to marry, and I really am impressed with that answer. Bea on the other hand didn't want to touch on her previous relationships and just concentrate on the now, whilst Jairus is certainly a different man now if you compare him during his younger days. This isn't the first time he's being paired with Aubrey but things went smoothly. Aubrey on the other hand is a person that's NBSB (No Boyfriend Since Birth), so when asked about how she connected with the love songs, she got a little nervous answering questions from the press. They look so cute on screen and in real life though!

Here's what happened during the event!

For those who love hearing Ms. Pops Fernandez sing, this is the opportune time to actually watch the show. She will be singing the different songs from Viva's music library and put her little spin on it so it'll be amazing to see that during the episodes. Remember, this will all start on July 29th 3:20pm on TV5. It's going to be a great time to fall in love, and listen to the music we love all these years! This is brought to you by TV5 and Viva Entertainment. Make sure you also follow their social channels for BTS and updates about the show! 

Congratulations Ms. Pops!

Gwy Saludes Author of University Series "The Rain in España"

A couple years ago, I was scrolling on fandom Twitter posts when I suddenly found one that seemed to be a story. I went on opened the consecutive Tweets and saw how people have been reading it, getting obsessed, but no one knew back then that it was a 12 year old girl who wrote these things. Now, we finally got to meet the person who started it all. She's Gwy Saludes, a very talented writer and artist under OC Records.

Clad in a preppy shirt, this young lady is now 22 and taking up Legal Management at Ateneo de Manila University. Gwy says "It's about campus life, starting from a Twitter series which I likened to big 4 universities. When "Along Espana" became popular, I wanted to do a longer version of it hence the University series. Even then, there were a lot of people who took interest in it and wanted to know about the culture being in these schools. "The Rain in España" was made when I was already in college. It was all about my experiences, my friends and people around me during that time. It was in Wattpad when I started these all, but really blew up when I wrote book 3. I have 6 books in this series which includes "The Rain in España", "Safe Skies, Archer", then "Chasing in the Wild!", "Avenues of the Diamond", "Golden Scenery of Tomorrow", and "Our Yesterday's Escape". 

When asked about having her work become a series on television, she says "I'm very happy but at the same time, there is pressure because I know, there's a lot of people who are waiting for it especially the ones who read the books. I know they have a lot of expectations, I need to surpass this one when it gets shown when it gets adapted for TV. I act as a consultant for the show, I'm also very involved with the casting. I need to read and check the script, they listen to me if I wanted things to be changed since this is very collaborative." 

"The adaptation though does not include everybody else's thought bubble. We are a team and we need to meet in the middle for any decision. From auditions, to script reading, we really saw Marco and Heaven fit the role. The plot is very close to the book, you need to look at the value of friendship, love, academics, balancing it. Even if you don't read the book, you'll get to understand the story. It's up to you if you get hooked in the books, I've went twice while they were making the film."

Here's the rest of our chat with her over lunch a few days ago:

You may now stream "The Rain in España" on Viva One or watch it every Sundays on TV5 at 4PM. She also said that the next book might be coming real soon so if you haven't subscribed yet, you better do! Download the app on Google Play today!

THE RAIN IN ESPANA to be Shown on TV5

I've seen much talk about this on Twitter and an online novel platform a few months ago. When they were already rolling and announcement of the cast was already done, I am glad how they chose Marco Gallo for the role of Kalix and Heaven Peraleho for the role of Luna. This is first and foremost, a love story. Telling that story from the book to the screen is going to be a hard one and it needs to come across the same way if they want to succeed.

The show will premiere on May 14 at 4PM (and Sundays thereafter) on TV5 and their other platforms, and will have 10 episodes to make sure it translates to the audience how hard it is to balance school, family, love and wished career these days. Things will certainly be complicated once the part of infidelity will be shown, so make sure you watch out what caused it and how it would turn out in the show.

Rain in España has shown a lot of promise in Viva One so having this be on free to air and digital TV will have an entirely new audience to please. Writer Gwy Saludes (who looks so young btw!) is also involved as a creative consultant, so it'll be good to see how it would strictly follow the story line, and perhaps, the success that comes with that. This is also directed by Theodore Boborol who's got several successful movies on his belt, so we do expect this to be told excellently like his other projects.  

Aside from the two stars, the show also includes Gab Lagman, Bea Binene, Krissha Viaje, Nicole Omillo, Aubrey Caraan, Gabby Padilla, Andre Yllana, Frost Sandoval and Francis Magundayao. For more about this project, head on to TV5's social channels and see why people are raving the Rain in Espana.

Kisses Delavin Stays Fashionable with the Vivo V7+

She was awesome during the Star Magic Ball this year and true enough, she and Marco won star of the night if I'm not mistaken. She's keen to actually shy away from all that happened during the Pinoy Big Brother stint and this alumni is now part of the Vivo family.


During the 4th day of MEGA Mega Fashion Week, Kisses Delavin wore a Francis Libiran blush caped gown. She slayed the red carpet using the latest from VIVO Philippines, her Vivo V7+ and it did come at an opportune time to showcase the smartphone’s 24MP clearer selfie perfect shot. She absolutely looked gorgeous in the latest MEGA Fashion Week snapshots and she couldn't hide how happy she was during the event. She utters “I am very happy and I hope I could give back the love and trust Vivo has given me because I absolutely love my V7+ because the camera takes clear and natural looking selfies. I hope my fans get their own V7+ because I'm sure they'll love it too.”


Vivo, being the world’s fifth largest smartphone manufacturer who has always been the go to brand in the Philippines because of its selfie capabilities. The V7+’s 24MP clearer selfie will surely be enjoyed by a lot of people while being all cool using the front camera that's got an LED flash and it's own smart photography algorithms which makes every shot crisp and natural-looking. Get the look and feel of glossy fashion spreads even if you're not a celebrity. Vivo has given their full support to the MEGA fashion affair. They believe that Vivo and fashion go well together and with the Vivo V7+ those selfies and fashionable OOTDs will come out perfect every time. Kisses Delavin is also joined by Darren Espanto in the VIVO Philippines family, making the roster of their celebrity endorsers even bigger than before. For those who absolutely love her, she will be doing a series of Vivo V7+ mall shows alongside love other Vivo Family endorsers. It will last until the end 2017 so watch out for them in different malls around the country!

For more details about the tour, make sure you like the Vivo Philippines Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/VivoPhil/ or their website www.vivo.com/ph.