Isabel Oli is one busy gal with numerous projects and endorsements under way. From her first break as Isabel in a popular restaurant’s TV commercial, she is now an in-demand endorser, model and actress. She is part of the primetime series "Full House" as Elaine, co-starring with Richard Gutierrez, Heart Evangelista and Patrick Garcia. Amidst all her busy schedules and being in the lime light, Cebu-bred Isabel still remains simple, humble and a good role model to her fans. She is a dutiful daughter to her family and is a known professional when it comes to work. During her free time, she spends time catching up with her friends.

MANILA, Philippines--I HAD THE TIME OF MY LIFE IN Bohol with my BFF Cesar Montano. Buboy and Direk RD Alba invited me to watch the shoot of their indie film, “Biktima,” about love in the time of rebellion. Buboy’s leading ladies are Angel Aquino and Mercedes Cabral, who was voted Most Beautiful among the actresses who walked the Red Carpet at the 61st Cannes Film Festival last year. Buboy’s gorgeous wife, Sunshine Cruz, Ricky Davao and the film’s British producer, actor Phil Smith, have a special participation in Alba’s first directorial job.

This early, the local moviedom is celebrating already because of the much-awaited major movie project starring two of the country’s superstars, Teleserye Queen Judy Ann Santos and Pop Princess Sarah Geronimo under Viva Films. Viva Big Boss Vic del Rosario is mighty proud of this project of a lifetime. He said, "This is the first time that Juday and Sarah will be seen in one movie. That is a casting coup in itself. But other than the two of them, we also enlisted veteran actress Gina Pareno and young actor Luis Manzano to join the cast. This is big," he said.

MANILA, Philippines--Gabby Conception is ecstative about working with his daughter KC Concepcion in their first movie together, “I’ll Be There For You.” What was the hardest scene they did together? “Reactions required for the scenes when we see each other for the first time were the opposite of what happened in real life,” Gabby said. “Super saya kami pareho! Pero kabaligtaran ang nangyari sa movie. Mahirap umarte nang malungkot kung masaya kayo. That was a big challenge sa eksena.”

In an informal project study conducted by a private research group among 20-24-year-old males from CD households, Robin Padilla emerged as the No. 1 idol. He was cited for his “charisma, tough-guy image and desire to help others.” Robin’s “toughie-themed” commercials (for Trust, etc.) proved to have the highest recall among the respondents who repeated Robin’s line in the Revicon commercial, “Tink pasitib; huwag kang aayaw!”, as their motto. (Robin has just renewed his contract with Revicon.)

MANILA, Philippines—Days before the Big Day on Jan. 17, singer-actress Ciara Sotto was crowding her Twitter account with nerve-wracked posts. At last she understood what brides since time immemorial inevitably learn: Getting married is serious, stressful business. She wrote: “Too excited … but also getting frustrated because of all the expenses for just one day!” Still, last Sunday, Ciara was the portrait of pure bliss when she tied the knot with Jojo Oconer, chief operating officer of Tape and APT Entertainment, producers of “Eat Bulaga.”

It’s extremely difficult to write about Kris Aquino without being defensive because I’m defensive about her most of the time. Otherwise, I choose to shut up. After all she can articulate very well her opinions, ideas, feelings, joys, pains, failings, successes better than most of us. Once again, Kris is in the center of controversy about an alleged “confrontation” between her and another girl. Kris eloquently spoke about her side of the story that has been conveniently dragged into the political arena. In other words, as one text message asked, “Will we vote for Noynoy given the circumstance that happened between Kris and this girl?”

MANILA, Philippines—“I was just 19 when I married him. I didn’t listen when my parents tried to stop me. I didn’t know what I was in for,” said actress Princess Punzalan of her failed marriage to TV host Willie Revillame. “I wasn’t emotionally ready,” Princess, daughter of the late show biz icon Helen Vela, admitted. She is now married to American businessman Jason Field and based in Sta. Monica, Los Angeles, California. “When I married Jason in 2005, I was ready,” she said. “I was determined to make it work. I was even willing to give up show biz to be with him.”