Alfie Lorenzo dies at age 78

Showbiz columnist and talent manager Alfie Lorenzo has passed away Tuesday morning at 2:14 am, due to heart failure, ABS-CBN entertainment reporter Mario Dumaual tweeted.

He was 78.

Lorenzo’s remains will lie at the Arlington Memorial Chapels in Quezon City tonight.

Actress Judy Ann Santos, Lorenzo’s former ward, will take charge of the talent manager’s funeral arrangements.

His family also confirmed that they will hold a wake in Pampanga.

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Watch: Bloody Crayons Teaser Trailer from Star Cinema

Star Cinema has released the much-awaited trailer of the suspense-thriller movie "Bloody Crayons" composed mostly of up and coming teen stars of ABS-CBN.

The movie tells the story of a group of young and thrill-seeking teenagers who went for an out-of-town trip. One night, they decided to play a game called bloody crayons.

The game uses five sets of colors with four crayons in each box - red, pink, blue, black, and white.

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For each crayon picked by a player, there's a consequence. If one wasn't able to do it, a punishment will be given.

Based from a popular Wattpad novel, the movie is directed by Topel Lee (Ouija, Shake, Rattle & Roll movies, Kabisera) and features fresh teen stars headed by Janella Salvador and Elmo Magalona, Sofia Andres, Diego Loyzaga, Maris Racal, Jane Oineza, and Ronnie Alonte.

The movie opens on July 12, 2017 in cinemas nationwide.

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Maja Salvador has an amazing reaction to Britney Spears' Manila Concert

Kapamilya actress Maja Salvador didn't let the chance pass not seeing and witnessing Britney Spears perform live in Manila.

In her Instagram posts, she revealed she has been a fan since the release of the Grammy-award winning artist's first single (Hit Me) Baby One More Time.

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Maja didn't post a photo of herself while in the concert but posted a video of someone else - a mash-up of a scene from her on-going ABS-CBN series Wildflower and Britney Spears entrance to the concert stage.

The result was awesome that it made her re-post the video.. She wrote in the caption,

"kung sino man gumawa nito WINNER KA!!!!!. 👊👊👊 tawang tawa ako bes! Hanep ka! U made my day! ❤❤❤ #BritneySpearsMNL #WildFlower"

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Tanya Garcia returns to ABS-CBN via La Luna Sangre

Actress Tanya Garcia is now back to ABS-CBN. The former kapamilya-turned-kapuso is now a kapamilya via the upcoming fantaserye La Luna Sangre which stars Daniel Padilla and Kathryn Bernardo

Read related story:.Watch: ABS-CBN's La Luna Sangre Full trailer starring Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla

A character poster for her was posted by Mico Del Rosario on his Instagram account. Her inclusion in the cast was quite a surprise since she was not part of the grand press conference for the series.

Garcia, a product of Star Circle Batch 5 of ABS-CBN was given supporting roles in the network until she moved to GMA7 in 2002 and landed a role in the latter part of Anna Karennina as Grace.

Since then, she has appeared in numerous leading lady roles in GMA7 and touted as the network's top female star. After getting married in a civil ceremony to actor-politician Mark Lapid, Tanya's acting career took a rest appearing every now and then in kapuso shows.

When ABS-CBN's top primetime series "FPJ's Ang Probinsyano" opened its new chapter, her husband Mark Lapid became part of the new cast. Could this be the reason why she chose to move to ABS-CBN? Just asking...

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Photos: Stars spotted at Britney Spears' Manila Concert

Britney Spears still has it. The pop music icon's first ever Manila concert sold out tickets ranging from PhP 2,625.00 to PhP 28,350.00.

WATCH: Britney performs her first hit, Baby One More Time #BritneySpearsMNL | @Joyceilas pic.twitter.com/U99clCz4hi

— CNN Philippines (@cnnphilippines) June 15, 2017

The concert was held at the Mall of Asia Arena Thursday night.

Crowd went wild before Britney Spears performed her last song.

WATCH: Crowd went wild before #BritneySpearsMNL performed her last song | @Joyceilas pic.twitter.com/u4yyUbiifo

— CNN Philippines (@cnnphilippines) June 15, 2017

The night also proved the Grammy-award winner is still winning the hearts of the Filipinos including celebrities.

Here are some of the celebrities spotted at the concert arena.

BiCol was there. Billy Crawford and Coleen Garcia

JaDine was there. James Reid and Nadine Lustre.

KC Concepcion and Kisses Delavin

Ang ganda ni Liza eh 🙌🏻💁🏻 #BritneySpearsMNL pic.twitter.com/94XMZhhJNW

— Melanie Dy (@melaydy) June 15, 2017

Darna herself Liza Soberano was spotted too.

A guy like Rocco Nacino.

#BRITNEYxBench @maria.elena.adarna @solenn @carla_humphries @dominicroque thank youuu @bcbench

A post shared by markednicdao (@markednicdao) on Jun 15, 2017 at 8:29am PDT

Solenn Heussaff, Carla Humphries, and Ellen Adarna.

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Photos: Daniel Padilla, Pia Wurtzbach, and Vice Ganda movie under Star Cinema

The story conference for Star Cinema's still untitled movie was held Thursday night, June 15. It features the team-up of two box office stars  - Phenomenal Box Office Star Vice Ganda and the new-crowned Box Office King (the youngest ever).

Former Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach joins the cast.

The movie will be directed by Bb. Joyce Bernal.

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Can We Still Be Friends makes P7 million on its opening day

Star Cinema's latest movie "Can We Still Be Friends" made P7 million on its opening day. The figure was revealed by Star Cinema AdProm executive Mico Del Rosario on his Instagram account..

"Congratulations team #CanWeStillBeFriends and maraming salamat po sa lahat ng sumuporta sa movie!! salamat po sa love! #TeamLablabIsBoxOffice"

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The Gerald Anderson-Arci Muñoz movie  is a follow-up to their first movie team-up "Always Be My Maybe" which had an unprecedented success. It opened with P8 million pesos and reached P100 million on its third week.

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