There were fireworks as they sang “Alapaap.” Organizers estimated about 40,000 people gathered at The Fort Bonifacio open field in Taguig City. And then there was the enigmatic 20-minute break. And just like that, he disappeared.

Ely Buendia, frontman of the popular Eraserheads which held a reunion concert Saturday, August 30, never came back onstage after singing 15 songs in their first set. What really happened that night? Watch this video:

Annabelle Rama is furious at GMA-7 senior vice president for entertainment Wilma Galvante for what she claims as an act of “sabotage” on the opening day of her son Richard Gutierrez’s movie with KC Concepcion, “For the First Time”, last August 27.

Galvante’s “brainless” move, Rama said, was authorizing the staging of the birthday concert “Let’s Celebrate” of Richard’s fellow GMA-7 contract artists Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera on the same night.

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Get ready for another action-packed, high octane cinematic experience with “Death Race,” a sure-fire hit that will drive you to the edge of your seats.

The film, a remake of “Death Race 2000”, stars Jason Statham, who wowed us with his fighting skills in “The Transporter,” “The One,” and “War” (the last two with Jet Li), who plays Jensen Ames, a former three-time speedway champion and ex-convict who was framed for a murder he did not commit. While behind bars, he is forced to participate in a “death race” in which he dons the mask of the mythical driver “Frankenstein” and tries to survive the insane challenge against the most vicious criminals. In the race, the desperate Ames drives a monster car fitted with the most powerful weapons and will do whatever it takes to claim the road to freedom.

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Actor-host and rapper Francis Magalona has taken an indefinite leave of absence from the noontime TV show “Eat Bulaga” after confirming that he has leukemia but assured his friends and fans that he would return.

In a text message read on air Thursday by co-host and comedian Vic Sotto, Magalona said he was preparing for his upcoming treatment and expressed confidence that he would recover.

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TV host-comedian Joey de Leon surprised viewers of his weekly talk show, “Startalk,” when he made one dare after another as he fumed over a report published in the tabloid Balita that his noontime variety program for 29 years, “Eat Bulaga,” was a flop in its recent US show.

In his article, “Bakit Nag-Flop ang Eat Bulaga sa US?” published on July 29, Balita entertainment editor Dindo Balares claimed a GMA-7 executive, whom he did not name, confirmed the show was indeed a flop. However, if one thoroughly reads the article, the author merely referred to second-hand sources in his statements and that he did not witness the event himself in Los Angeles, California.

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