Us Girls' August Awards 2011 nominees bared

Studio 23's "Us Girls" has revealed the nominees for its 3rd August Awards (2011) and among the nominees are controversial stars like Marian Rivera, Dingdong Dantes, Heart Evangelista and more.

You've heard the news about Heart Evangelista vs Marian Rivera over Dingdong Dantes, but for Us Girls' August Awards 2011 to be presented next month, they're not competing against each other, as all three of them are nominated in different categories.

Dingdong Dantes is nominated as Most Fashionable Male alongside John Lloyd Cruz, Gerald Anderson, Sam Milby, Jericho Rosales, Jake Cuenca and some other, while girlfriend Marian Rivera is nominated again as Face of the Year along with Bea Alonzo, Angelica Panganiban, Maja Salvador, Jennylyn Mercado and more.

It's already Marian's 2nd consecutive year to get nominated in the said category. During the 2010 August Awards, she got nominated as Face of the Year but lost to Kim Chiu and Kristine Hermosa who tied for the award.

Heart Evangelista meanwhile gets a nod as Most Fashionable Female. Also nominated are Kim Chiu, Rhian Ramos, Georgina Wilson, Isabelle Daza, etc.

Even Heart's boyfriend Daniel Matsunaga is also nominated, but in another category (Bodies of the Year).

Check out Us Girls August Awards 2011 nominees:

MOST FASHIONABLE (Male Category):
John Lloyd Cruz
Gerald Anderson
Vhong Navarro
Jericho Rosales
Dingdong Dantes
Sam Milby
Mikael Daez
Jake Cuenca
Hayden Kho
Borgy Manotoc

MOST FASHIONABLE (Female Category):
Kim Chiu
Georgina Wilson
Heart Evangelista
Rhian Ramos
Isabelle Daza
Maxene Magalona
Liz Uy
Bianca Gonzales
Rima Ostwani

BODIES OF THE YEAR (Male Category):
Phil Younghusband
Derek Ramsey
JC Intal
Neil Etheridge
Aljur Abrenica
Daniel Matsunaga
Matteo Guidicelli
Xian Lim
Coco Martin

BODIES OF THE YEAR (Female Category):
Cristine Reyes
Lovi Poe
Sam Pinto
Gretchen Fullido
Solenn Heussaf
Regine Angeles
Bangs Garcia
Bianca Manalo
Angelica "Angelicopter" Schmeing-Cruz

FACES OF THE YEAR:
Kylie Padilla
Bea Alonzo
Lauren Young
Maja Salvador
Marian Rivera
Jennylyn Mercado
Jessy Mendiola
Julia Montes
Angelica Panganiban

STYLIST OF THE YEAR:
Bang Pineda
Patty Yap
Geolette Esguerra
Franco Saycon
Bianca Cordero
Kim Yap
Boop Yap
Angela Alarcon
Ton Lau

The categories Most Fashionable (Male), Bodies of the Year (Male) and Bodies of the Year (Female) are new additions on Us Girls' August Awards for 2011, while two categories in 2010, "Prettiest Teener" and "Make-Up Artist of the Year", have been removed this year.

Who will be Us Girls' Icon of the Year? KC Concepcion and Angel Locsin won the award in 2009 and 2010 respectively. (I have a strong feeling Anne Curtis will get it this 2011.)

Previous years' winners:

US GIRLS AUGUST AWARDS 2010:
Icon Awardee - Angel Locsin
Faces of the Year - Kim Chiu and Kristine Hermosa
Prettiest Teeners - Andi Eigenmann and Erich Gonzales
Stylists of the Year - Alyanna Martinez, Angela Alarcon and Kat Cruz
Make-up Artist of the Year - Claire Diokno, Lourd Ramos and Mickey See

US GIRLS AUGUST AWARDS 2009:
Icon Awardee - KC Concepcion
Fashionable Women of the Year - Anne Curtis, Bea Soriano, Bianca Valerio, Divine Lee and Marie Lozano
Faces of the Year - Kim Chiu, Isabelle Daza and Tweety De Leon
Stylists of the Year - Liz Uy, Bianca Santiago, Pam Quiñones and Rey Ilagan
Make-up Artists of the Year - Jigs Mayuga, Bobby Carlos and Krist Bansuelo

Angel Locsin and John Lloyd Cruz in Head and Shoulders TVC

Angel Locsin's new leading man in her newest Head and Shoulders TVC is not Phil Younghusband, but it's her "Imortal" leading man John Lloyd Cruz.

In February, Angel Locsin already announced that someone will join her in a new Head and Shoulders TVC.

"may bagong kapamilya ang Head & Shoulders!☺ abangan!♥" Angel Locsin (@143redangel) posted on Twitter last February 26.

Two names came out as the possible new endorser of Head and Shoulders Anti-Drandruff Shampoo: John Lloyd Cruz, who's paired with Angel in "Imortal", and Phil Younghusband, who was being reported then as Angel's new admirer.

And just last night, it has been officially revealed. It's no other than John Lloyd Cruz, who's making a big shift, from endorsing Clear Anti-Dandruff Shampoo for 2 years, he's now endorsing its rival brand.

If you can still remember, there was an issue before between John Lloyd Cruz and Clear with regard to the Clear TVC in 2009 which supposedly starred John Lloyd with Piolo Pascual and Dingdong Dantes.

John Lloyd reportedly backed out because he was unhappy with the exposure that Clear was supposed to give to him in the new commercial. Jericho Rosales replaced him in the said TVC.

In all fairness to John Lloyd, he accepted Head and Shoulders offer to be its new endorser, more than a year since his contract with Clear expired in Dec. 2009.

Watch Angel Locsin and John Lloyd Cruz in the new Head and Shoulders TVC:

The new Head & Shoulders TVC of Lloydie and Gel came out 2 weeks after their show "Imortal" aired its successful finale last April 29.

Do you think the release of the new TVC is kinda late? It just shows that the two's successful loveteam still continues even if Imortal is over already.

Perhaps, a movie for them could be next.

Video upload courtesy of the kookiberks

Erich Gonzales - Enchong Dee, Kim Chiu - Gerald Anderson at Star Magic US Tour 2011

The loveteams of Erich Gonzales - Enchong Dee and Kim Chiu - Gerald Anderson performed together at the recent Star Magic Tour in the US.

And both loveteams did the "nose-to-nose" thing, which made the crowd screamed so loud. Can't blame the audience. It was really "kiligness" to the highest level.

Watch video:

More videos from the Star Magic US Tour 2011:

This one's so cute (and hot) featuring Kapamilya leading men Sam Milby, Gerald Anderson, Enchong Dee, Rafael Rosell and Zanjoe Marudo in New York City.


while this is the video of the opening number featuring various Star Magic artists in San Jose, California.


John Lloyd Cruz now a certified concert performer. He performs solo here, singing Rivermaya's "Umaaraw, Umuulan". (I love JL's pants! It's bulging!)


Sam Milby sings "I'm Yours"


Video uploads courtesy of trishcullen8632, mizdancequeen, kgamira

Imortal finale nears, only 4 weeks away!

Imortal, which stars Angel Locsin and John Lloyd Cruz, is now down to its last 16 episodes.

As early as March, it was already being talked about that Imortal is going to end this April.

And now it's indeed happening as it's set to end on April 29, that's 4 weeks from now.

That's kinda sad.

Imortal reportedly is going off air because of declining viewership.

There may be truth to that, but 7 months on air? That's quite an achievement already.

Let's remember that Imortal was the one which paved the way for ABS-CBN to re-claim primetime supremacy in Mega Manila.

Since "Agua Bendita" ended in mid-September 2010, ABS-CBN's primetime line-up became weak and GMA had a much stronger line-up of shows led by Survivor Philippines Celebrity Showdown.

But the supremacy went back to ABS-CBN when Imortal premiered in October 4 and debuted on top spot.

AGB Mega Manila ratings, October 4, 2010:
1. Imortal (ABS-CBN) - 15.1%
2. Survivor Philippines Celebrity Showdown (GMA-7) - 13.5%
3. 24 Oras (GMA-7) - 13.3%
4. Noah (ABS-CBN) - 13.1%
5. Ilumina (GMA-7) - 12.7%

Even if a new show (Mara Clara) became part of ABS-CBN's Primetime Bida (starting in October 25), Imortal still continued to be on top.

AGB Mega Manila ratings, November 30, 2010:
1. Imortal (ABS-CBN) - 13.2%
2. 24 Oras (GMA-7) - 11.9%
3. Willing Willie (TV5) - 11.8%
4. Mara Clara (ABS-CBN) - 11.6%
5. Bantatay (GMA-7) - 11.3%

Mara Clara only dominated primetime race starting in February.

AGB Mega Manila ratings, February 1, 2010:
1. Mara Clara (ABS-CBN) - 14.8%
2. 24 Oras (GMA-7) - 12.1%
3. Imortal (ABS-CBN) - 11.7%
4. Bantatay (GMA-7) / Dwarfina (GMA-7) - 11.5%
5. The Baker King (GMA-7) - 11.1%

Figures courtesy of AGB Nielsen via Pep.ph / Video upload by bicbicmo3

John Lloyd Cruz dethroned as Box Office King

John Lloyd Cruz's 3-year streak as Box Office King has ended.

John Lloyd held the title beginning in 2007 for the movie "One More Chance", then the next year for "A Very Special Love" and again in 2009 for "You Changed My Life".

And for 2010, he almost retained the title with two box-office hits under Star Cinema: "Miss You Like Crazy" with Bea Alonzo and "My Amnesia Girl" with Toni Gonzaga.

But neither of the two films surpassed the earnings of the MMFF 2010 entries "Si Agimat at si Enteng Kabisote", which starred Sen. Bong Revilla Jr and Vic Sotto, under GMA-Regal Films and "Ang Tanging Ina Mo Last Na 'To", starred Ai-Ai delas Alas, produced by Star Cinema.

Guillermo Mendoza Scholarship Foundation has officially announced that the Box Office King title for 2010 will be awarded to Sen. Bong and Vic, while the Box Office Queen is Ai-Ai delas Alas.

It goes to show that they already changed the ruling now. Instead of the December 31 cut-off, they used January 7 as the cut-off in determining who will be crowned with the titles.

(I smell politics here.)

December 31 Cut-Off:
1. My Amnesia Girl P144.8M
2. Miss You Like Crazy P143M
3. Si Agimat At Si Enteng Kabisote P123M (estimated amount only)
4. Here Comes the Bride P116M
5. Petrang Kabayo P115.5M
6. Ang Tanging Ina Mo Last Na 'To P109M (estimated amount only)

January 7 Cut-Off:
1. Si Agimat At Si Enteng Kabisote P159M
2. Ang Tanging Ina Mo Last Na 'To P157M
3. My Amnesia Girl P144.8M
4. Miss You Like Crazy P143M
5. Here Comes the Bride P116M
6. Petrang Kabayo P115.4M P115.5M

This news saddens the fans of both John Lloyd and Toni 'coz the movie "My Amnesia Girl" was shown for a month only, from November 24 to December 24, and had to give way to the MMFF 2010 entries which opened on December 25.

"My Amnesia Girl" could have earned more than its final gross if it was extended for 1-2 weeks, just like John Lloyd's previous films which made him a Box Office King.

So maybe next time, if MMFF is coming in a month, don't release a new movie.

With the new ruling, it's most likely that the Box Office King and Queen titles for 2011 and the coming years will go to the stars whose movies were shown for the MMFF.

Shall we expect Ai-Ai, Bong and Vic getting the titles year after year?