Showbiz tidbits

Inamin na raw ni Geneva Cruz sa kanyang manager na buntis siya. Ito umano ang dahilan kung bakit pumunta siya ng Amerika noong Disyembre at mananatili doon hanggang Abril. Sinasabing si MTV VJ KC Montero, matagal na ring na-li-link sa kay Geneva, ang ama ng dinadala niya.

Kasal na pala si Diego Castro sa naging ka-live in nito ng tatlong taon. Dalawa na ang anak niya rito. Samantala, hindi naging matagumpay ang comeback picture ng ex-wife niyang si Raven Villanueva na nagpa-sexy na rin.

Sexy ang image ni Dina Bonnevie ngayon matapos niyang magkaroon ng sexy pictorials para sa local na FHM Magazine. Nagkaraoon din siya ng "see through" exposure sa pelikulang "Tatarin". Tawag daw sa kanya ng anak na si Oyo Boy (Sotto) ay "hot mama".

Lalaki pa rin ang naging pangalawang anak ni Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski. Papangalanan nila itong Rafael Joseph.

Pinsang makalawa ng Presidential son na si Mikey Arroyo ang magiging asawa nitong si Angela Montenegro dahil pinsang buo ng ama nito na si First Gentleman Mike Arroyo ang ina ni Angela na si Charito. Samantala, magiging sister-in-law ni Mikey si Ana Roces dahil magpapakasal na rin ito sa kapatid ni Angela na si Greg Montenegro.

Assunta, maituturing isang aktres na

Maligayang-maligaya si Assunta de Rossi ng tanghalin siyang Best Actress para sa pelikula niyang "Hubog" sa naganap na Metro Manila Film Festival kamakailan. Doon niya lang naramdaman na nagbunga na rin sa wakas ang paghuhubad niya sa mga nakaraang pelikula niya na "Red Diaries" at "Sisid". Ngayon ay napatunayan niya na isa na siyang ganap na aktres at hindi lamang isang bold star.

Domoble pa ang kaligayan ng dalaga ng malaman na magiging part ng history ng Metro Manila Filmfest sila ng kapatid niyang si Alessandra bilang unang magkapatid na nanalo ng award (nanalo si Alessandra bilang Best Supporting Actress para rin sa Hubog).

Ang pagkapanalo ni Assunta bilang Best Actress ay parang pinakamagandang pamasko sa kanya sa taong 2001. Pero kahit wala ang tropeo na iyon, hindi mapagkailang pasikat na siya ng pasikat dahil sa mga tinamasang swerte katulad ng pagiging patok sa takilya ng mga pelikula niya, ang pagiging Bench underwear model niya kung saan sa India pa ginanap ang shooting ng commercial nila ni Jomari Yllana at ang special sexy calendar niya para sa local na FHM Magazine na balitang palaging out-of-stock. Inaasahan na dahil sa Best Actress award ni Assunta ay lalo siyang susuwertehin at sisikat sa taong 2002. *

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Voice of late Teresa Teng made into CD

by Hideo Kawakami

Six years after the phenomenal songster from Taiwan Teresa Teng passed away, a "ghost" CD recording of her voice made in Hongkong and Paris is making a silent boom in Japan and in other Southeast Asian markets.
"Unforgettable, the Last Recording," released in July last year by Polydor, affiliated with Universal Music, is the title of the album.

The circumstances leading to this recording is the discovery by the late singer's younger brother of tape recordings in Chinese and English among the items left behind by his sister at the end of 1995.

The tapes were roughly dubbed?one song was with a simple accompaniment, while another was sang as if in a rehearsal.

	Teresa Teng

Later investigation showed that the Chinese songs were recorded in a studio in Hongkong in 1989 while the English songs were recorded in France in 1990. After listening repeatedly to the songs, the younger brother requested a music producer to study the possibility of making the songs into a CD product and marketing it. In February last year, the production of a CD album went full blast in Singapore and was finally completed.

Masamitsu Mogi, a Japanese mixer who previously worked with Teresa in an album and adores her, joined the technical staff to preserve the singer's ethereal voice to posterity for more than six years.

Of the 13 songs in the album, seven were in Pekingese and five were in English. Some of the classic Chinese songs were remakes that the late Teresa sang with great passion and showed excellent recording quality. The album also includes old standards well-loved by people the world over llike "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" and "Let It Be Me," making them fitting vocal memorabilia.

As one of the memorable symbols of the late 20th Century Asia, Teresa Teng's last album is certainly worth listening to. *

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