Karylle, who only recently admitted breaking up with actor Dingdong Dantes, will move to ABS-CBN, her new management team said in a statement.

STAGES, which produced the successful local theater presentation of “West Side Story” that featured Karylle in the lead role of Maria, has taken over talent management duties for the singer. It said Karylle’s transfer had the blessings of top GMA-7 executives Wilma Galvante and Darling de Jesus.

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After finally admitting they have indeed gone separate ways, Dingdong Dantes and Karylle still left people in the dark on what really caused their relationship to end.

But, according to Dingdong, it’s definitely not a “third party,” referring to his perennial screen partner Marian Rivera.

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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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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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