Journalism 2013: Cheesy Heart and Kris Yapping
Thanks to Boboy for the alert.
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By the way we’re doing a podcast interview with Lorna Kapunan, legal counsel of James Yap (and Hayden Kho) in April. Don’t know if she can discuss That Case, but do send in your questions. We met her when we did a project with the Women’s Business Council of the Philippines (women who kick ass) and set the interview before her client hit the headlines again.
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March 21st, 2013 at 17:27
I have resolved to boycott all Barrio Fiesta restaurants, products, and affiliated establishments (including the hilarious Isdaan amusement park in Calauan) until this Ongpauco family nonsense goes away.
March 21st, 2013 at 18:23
kay sadness…
March 22nd, 2013 at 02:26
Philippine journalism in its WORST! F. Sionil Jose is right! We are indeed SHALLOW!
March 22nd, 2013 at 11:55
They had a 30-minute segment of Kris Aquino in the news while there’s a bit about people stopping the RH Law. Where is this country going, again?
March 22nd, 2013 at 16:07
@amypond: Assuming that Kris Aquino is not acting alone (and, really, is there anyone left on this planet who thinks that she still does?) I have a sense that there is a hidden political agenda going on here. My guess is that somebody will use this “issue” as an impetus to get the ball rolling on the drafting, passing, and implementation of the divorce law in the Philippines, because it’s not like somebody hasn’t used a high-profile celebrity scandal to ratify an issue into law… right? Right?
March 22nd, 2013 at 22:17
stellalehua: That’s the most generous interpretation we’ve heard for this ongoing tackiness.
March 23rd, 2013 at 07:04
you know, I like kris aquino because of her honesty, her “kolehiyala” expressions and her.. i dont know.. hmmm. charisma? I guess. but when I watched her ex- husband on the news.. crying and revealing that kris teaches her son of those bratty,sarcastic,accusing remarks hurled against him… AND kris saying to james that “baka nakakalimutan mo, may 3 years pa ang kuya ko” AND accusing james of “hurting her, and doing a sexualized act to kris in front of baby james.. I for the first time.. felt really DISGUSTED, i know she’s the one who is lying and making stories, hoping to get away from all of this shit. I hope and pray that james will get the upper hand on this.
@stellahua: haha it could possibly happen
pahabol:
for ms. heart, you know dear, follow your parents, sometimes parents are right when it comes to these issues. stop all of this “im a rebel with a cause” shit. you are a lovely lady. i saw you in trinoma being surrounded by maybe 7 security people. you’re precious dear.
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:59
I am not against the divorce law, but I would reconsider my support if tacky celebrity scandals are used to justify its passing.
March 24th, 2013 at 11:51
nikko17: Wait – I know that TriNoma can get crowded sometimes (and Trinoma is my spiritual home) but SEVEN bodyguards? Damn.
I’d like to believe that her parents have her best interests in mind, but at this point I wouldn’t be surprised if Heart ends up in an arranged marriage. And I would be less surprised if she’s married off to someone (not necessarily gay, boring, or freak-nasty; hindi naman bold star si ate, might as well set her up with a cute one) whose family is rich enough to buy out the entire Barrio Fiesta* conglomerate. Palalabasin na lang sa media na true love, pero kasama na sa pre-nup ang non-disclosure agreement para hindi rin matulad kay Ate Kris pag nag-ayawan na.
(*Sorry, I still can’t get over the whole Barrio Fiesta thing. I know that Heart herself doesn’t have a direct stake in the business, but COME ON.)
March 24th, 2013 at 15:17
stellalehua and nikko17: Mga chismosa kayo! Sali kami.
Years ago when Heart was dating Jericho Rosales we were introduced by Chus. She had no bodyguards, they were just a pretty couple at the mall.
More recently when Heart was dating Daniel Matsunaga we were introduced again. She had no bodyguards, although we may have been too busy gawking at Matsunaga to notice.
Some weeks ago we spotted her at the mall again, with a crew of polo barong-wearing clutchbag clutchers.
We suspect that the purpose of having many bodyguards is not so much for protection as to announce one’s importance.
March 24th, 2013 at 15:21
By the way we’re doing a podcast interview with Lorna Kapunan, legal counsel of James Yap (and Hayden Kho) in April. Don’t know if she can discuss That Case, but do send in your questions. We met her when we did a project with the Women’s Business Council of the Philippines (women who kick ass) and set the interview before her client hit the headlines again.
March 24th, 2013 at 18:32
Daniel Matsunaga, nom nom nom! When Brewhuh and I covered the Clear football exhibition game (http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2012/08/26/two-geeky-girls-report-team-phil-the-clear-winner-in-football-friendly/) I could only think of how tall he was, and how white his teeth were when he smiled. I kept trying to sneak in pictures of Daniel while I could, since his team’s bench was right in front of ours.
Jessica, I’m in a chick-lit writing class right now, and we’ve been having this long-running debate on whether or not it’s still possible to have a legally-binding arranged marriage in the Philippines under the existing Family Code, or at least an “arranged” marriage that also acts as a financial agreement between two families. Can we pass that question over to Atty. Kapunan as well? Just so we can put that trope to pasture once and for all.
March 24th, 2013 at 20:05
stellalehua: A chick-lit writing class. Really. Had no idea writing about women in contemporary relationships had requirements other than those of writing, period. We know romance novels have strict formulae—there has to be a clinch every x number of pages, the man has to look like Fabio (Whyyy)—but chick-lit. What would Jane Austen think.
Chick-lit: Women find husbands, go shopping, have affairs.
Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary: Women find husbands, go shopping, have affairs.
Oh right, chick-lit is by women and the stories have happy endings. Hmmm.
March 25th, 2013 at 01:14
Yup, it is what it is. Accept formula. Test out scenarios. Consider age-appropriateness, cultural context, whether or not sex (or shopping) is necessary to plot line. Decide on happy ending… or choose, instead, to write the unhappy ending. Lather, rinse, repeat. But fun times, though, which explains all the debates about the Family Code and the logistics of contraception. Plus there are gay men in our class writing their own guy-on-guy “contemporaries” as well, so things do get interesting on that front too.
And yes, my manuscript has a happy ending. Unfortunately, most of the shopping happens at S&R.
March 25th, 2013 at 02:04
stellalehua: Yes, please write something in which people eat real food, shop in supermarkets, and…revolutionary concept…live within their means. Or close to their means. The legacy of chick-lit should not be crushing credit card debt.