Gabriela Spanic's 'Necesito Tu Tierra' (I Need Your Earth) is the music video of the week. The award winning Venezuelan actress and singer, who just recently had a baby, visited the Philippines in 2000 and performed a memorable concert with Robin Padilla.
Gabriela Spanic as 'Paulina' La Usurpadora...
RBD's 'Tu Amor' is the Music Video of the Week, and is being used as the theme song for TV5's Rebelde, the Argentinean telenovela about a group of teens at a private boarding school that entertains Filipino viewers daily at 3pm and 1:30 a.m. RBD is the hit musical group comprised of actors that were part of the cast of the remake of the original telenovela from Argentina, so it fits, and it's a great song. It's in English.
Group members (L-R): Dulce Maria, Alfonso Herrera, Anahi, Christopher Uckermann, Maite, Cristian
Here's the scoop on this group. Since their introduction in 2004, RBD has sold over 11 million albums worldwide. The blonde, Anahi, is a recovered anorexic and says she came public with it to inspire other girls who are suffering also from anorexia and bulimia. Cristian Chavez came out of the closet, married his boyfriend in Canada, and became the first openly gay celebrity in the entire Spanish speaking world. Dulce Maria released a book, Anahi released a clothing line, and Alfonso Herrera and Christopher Uckermann are also rumoured to be gay, Uckermann was photographed at a gay club in Miami, and Alfonso is said to have a boyfriend, but the musical group's livelihood depends on them maintaining appearance. The group will supposedly break up, and Maite is already starring in her own hit telenovela. Anahi has released a few solo albums already and will go solo a la Thalia as well.
Untamed Beauties is one of the new programs airing on TV5. It's a telenovela from TV Azteca orignally called Bellezas Indomables. We watched it in Spanish in the US, and it was okay, but I swear, hearing it dubbed in Tagalog on TV5 as "Untamed Beauties" was amazing. The dubbers in the Philippines really know what they're doing and did a great job on it, so much so that they actually improved the program I'd estimate 300 percent, hehe. So bravo Philippine dubbers for doing a fantastic job as usual! It airs 2pm.
Claudia Alvarez and singer Yahir (who sings the theme song) star in this telenovela about a rich girl who falls in love with her driver. In real life, that sounds yucky, but it works for a telenovela since not many drivers look like Yahir.
Yahir - La Locura (The Craziness) Music Video
Interestingly enough, not many polubes look like Thalia either, but it works in telenovela land, hehe.
TV5 is aiming for a younger audience, and with this telenovela and Rebelde, I think they're headed for a home run.
I also think it's an extremely smart marketing move that they chose Rebelde, since RBD is one of the hottest bands in the world right now, if it sparks in the Philippines, that's a big opportunity for revenue like what happened with F4 and Meteor Garden. That's exactly what I was thinking of before.
Many people are mistaken in assuming that GMA has their own set of dubbers, and ABS-CBN has their own set of dubbers, etc. because in reality, the programs are outsourced to the same company that handles all the dubbing on all the foreign programs that air in the Philippines, whether anime, Spanish telenovelas, asianovelas, etc. The Philippine TV networks purchase the program, but the talents that dub the programs into Tagalog are under a separate company.
Julio Jr, son of Filipina journalist Isabel Preysler, has a new album coming out, and he performed a concert in Naves, Asturias, Spain this past August 4. Here he is singing one of my favorite songs from his previous album, 'Ojos Negros' (Black Eyes).
Patricia Manterola's 'No Controles' is the Music Video of the Week, just because I love her, she's hot, I love this song, watch it, she's a sexy rock goddess in the video, and it's about surviving a relationship with someone, and she's saying "You don't control me anymore". Filipinos will remember her from 'Acapulco, Cuerpo, y Alma' a hit telenovela aired back in the day in the Philippines.
Paty Manterola is now conquering Hollywood, and is starring in two major English-language films coming out this year 'The Perfect Game' and 'The Singer.'
H Bahia's 'Beso En La Boca' (Kiss In The Mouth) is the music video of the week. H Bahia or Axe Bahia (pronounced "Ah-che Bah-ee-a") is my favorite Brazilian musical group of all time. They're hugely popular and successful in South America, Spain, and among Spanish and Portuguese speakers in the US.
Daiana Menezes of Eat Bulaga and many other Brazilian models are a hot commodity in the Philippine entertainment industry now, and among all the hot night clubs in Manila, and it's not surprising, since Brazilians are hot, an exotic mixture of European, African, Indian, and Asian ancestry (like the Filipino people), and they're hot commodities not only in Philippine showbiz and commercials, but around the world. Victoria's Secret model Giselle Bundchen? Brasileña.
Isabel Preysler is the newest spokesmodel for the prestigious line of European cosmetics 'Astor'. Spanish celebrities showed up at the press launching to show their support for the Filipina model and journalist.
And will any of her two sons, Enrique Iglesias and Julio, be getting married anytime soon?
