Well, things are heating up in Philippine Showbiz! After that alleged Kris Aquino and Charlene Gonzales confrontation, Ruffa Gutierrez is miffed at Riza Santos, her co-star in I Love Betty La Fea. Riza Santos earned the ire of Ruffa Gutierrez after she kept the entire cast and crew of ABS-CBN’s  I Love Betty La Fea waiting for hours on one of its recent tapings. I Love Betty La Fea is premiering tonight! Riza Santos aside from being late did not even bother to offer an explanation for her tardiness or at least greet the people present at the set, Ruffa Gutierrez recalled.

“Ayoko na sanang palakihin ‘to pero ang sa ‘kin lang naman, you know, sana just say ‘hi’ naman to your co-stars, say ‘hi’ to your director, mga kasamahan mo. Kasi ‘yon ang itinuro sa akin ng mga magulang ko, e, na kailangan lahat ng mga senior stars, lahat ng mga kasamahan mo sa showbiz, kailangan batiin mo para pakikisama,” Ruffa Gutierrez revealed yesterday, with The Buzz during a sit-down interview.

Based on what she heard and knew at the time, Ruffa said that Riza’s call time was seven o’ clock in the evening but she showed up at around 11 p.m.

“Last eksena ko na ‘yon. So, gusto ko na talagang umuwi kasi I wasn’t feeling that well, at saka siyempre gusto ko naman makasama si Lorin at saka si Venice kaya parang excited din ako umuwi kasi kokonti lang ‘yong mga eksena ko for that day,” explained Ruffa.

For a supposed quick take, Riza’s absence consequently forced Ruffa and the staff to stay and linger around the set until near midnight. What irked Ruffa is the apparent lack of courtesy of Riza Santos the moment she arrived.

“Ang sa akin lang, kung ‘yong mga bida na si Bea Alonzo at si John Lloyd Cruz laging maaga sa set, on time, lahat po binabati mula sa mga crew hanggang sa director nila, napakabait po nila kahit mga superstar sila.

“You know, frustrated lang ako kasi minsan sa mga baguhan na wala silang parang respeto sa mga nakakatanda sa kanila, na sana bumati naman sila.”

Meanwhile, from the camp of Riza Santos, a source said Riza Santos was not aware of her taping schedule that day, thus making the entire incident a case of miscommunication between the production team and Riza’s group.

Ruffa argued that Riza could have at least issued an apology, particularly to the director, for all the hassle she had caused.

“At that point lang, whether she was stuck in traffic or whether she had a big problem, you know, ang sa amin lang sana she could have said sorry man lang to the director because all of us were just waiting for her.”

“So parang one hour nang natapos ‘yong scene or 30 minutes, wala pa din po siyang sinasabi. Kumbaga parang, wala lang. So, when I stood up, I said, ‘Okay, bye everyone, bye!’”

Turning her attention to Riza, Ruffa said, “‘You know, Riza, next time don’t make anyone wait,’ sabi kong ganun. ‘If you wanna make it in this business, be professional,’ and I just left but still she didn’t say anything after that.”

An alleged confrontation between Kris Aquino and Charlene Gonzales happened at the Metro fashion show by Randy Ortiz. Randy Ortiz allegedly made a gown for Kris Aquino, Charlene Gonzales and Lucy Torres-Gomez for the Metro Fashion event. Randy Ortiz is suppose to make three different creations/designs but of the same color. When Charlene Gonzales arrived, Kris Aquino was surprised that Charlene Gonzales was wearing a Randy Ortiz creation but of a different color than was conceptualized. Kris Aquino allegedly said something like, “Ay, gusto mo’ng magpa-star no?

To which Charlene Gonzales allegedly replied, “Bakit, pangit ba?

“No, maganda naman. Hindi mo lang sinunod ‘yung motiff, ” Kris allegedly replied.

Apparently, this did not sit well with Charlene Gonzales but waited until after the fashion show, and confronted Kris allegedly saying, “Kris, do you have a problem with me?

Kristeta allegedly replied, “No, it was was just a joke!”

To which, Charlene allegedly said, “Hindi e! I think you really have a problem with me!”. Tetay allegedly just kept quiet. (More than unlikely!)

And after which, Charlene allegedly told her husband Aga Muhlach about the incident and Aga Muhlach was reportedly fuming mad at Kris and allegedly said, “Kris, you don’t know me when i’m angry!” to Charlene.

And the said Kris Aquino and Charlene Gonzales confrontation was reportedly witnessed by Ruffa Gutierrez, Claudine Barretto, Bea Alonzo and Phoemela Baranda.

My take. I don’t think so. Nice try. Charlene Gonzales and Aga Muhlach are much nicer than that and would definitely not react like that and especially to Kris Aquino. Kris Aquino may have been dissed for allegedly saying so many tactless things but i highly doubt this incident. If ever it took place, some things said may have been exaggerated.

Update:

Kris in a text message sent to TV Patrol World said that her mistake was that she cracked a joke at someone who is not close to her. Also, the Kapamilya, Deal or No Deal host recalled the issue between her and Charlene about the cancellation of the latter’s weekend program.

“Di ba nga when her show in ABS was cancelled, ako’ng napagbintangan na dahilan and I already answered na di naman ako nagkaroon ng weekend show. Obviously, she doesn’t like me and my mistake was I gave her another reason to dislike me. Iniintindi ko na lang. I joked with the wrong person, so I apologized right away.”

Photos of the Randy Ortiz fashion show here.

Fans of the Bea Alonzo and John Lloyd Cruz loveteam need not fret over the mega success of the John Lloyd Cruz and Sarah Geronimo loveteam, the John Lloyd-Bea tandem is back every weekdays on primetime TV over at ABS-CBN. John Lloyd Cruz has been chosen to be “Armando” in I Love Betty La Fea, the Pinoy version of Ugly Betty. Betty La Fea is Bea Alonzo. John Lloyd Cruz was at first hesitant to star again opposite Bea Alonzo in primetime TV after he was promised that they are going to be paired off with others this year. But John Lloyd was glad of the opportunity when Piolo Pascual, Ryan Agoncillo, Gerald Anderson, Jake Cuenca, Sam Milby, and Derek Ramsey, among other big male stars were also considered for the role.

Special awards as usual, added glitter to the night and served as an incentive to celebrities who showed up for the 24th Star Awards For Movies last night. “Celebrity Fab of the Night” was Piolo Pascual and Maja Salvador; “Celebrity Mom of the Night” was Dawn Zulueta who also served as host of the 24th Star Awards for Movies; Faces of the Night was Piolo Pascual and Pops Fernandez; and Stars of the Night was John Lloyd Cruz and Eula Valdes.

Ai-Ai delas Alas, emotionally accepted her 2nd Best Actress award in Star Awards for Movies (The Star Awards calls it Movie Actress of the Year); this time for the movie Ang Cute Ng Ina Mo. AiAi brought the house down when she quipped that all her co-nominees video clips were shown with all of them crying while her clip was about her falling from the stairs. She then dedicated her Best Actress Award to her co-nominees: Maricel Soriano, Lorna Tolentino, Judy Ann Santos, Bea Alonzo, and Cherry Pie Picache. Ai Ai also acknowledged her part in the James Yap-Kris Aquino brouhaha, albeit indirectly, by thanking God for her Award, she said, “despite all the controversies” she went through recently, there is a reward (her award).

Paolo Contis won Movie Actor of the Year for the film Banal. Movie Supporting Actress of the Year is Eugene Domingo for the digital film, Pisay. Movie Supporting Actor of the Year is Emilio Garcia for Selda.

Nash Aguas won as Movie Child Performer of the Year for the film, Angels.  Lovi Poe won New Movie Actress of the Year for Shake, Rattle & Roll 9, while Matt Evans also won for the same movie, as New Movie Actor of the Year. These two awards btw, are considered “jinx” awards..lol..

Willie Urbino won Movie Production Designer of the Year for Ataul For Rent; Vanessa Valdez, Movie Original Screenplay for A Love Story; Raul Mitra, Movie Musical Scorer of the Year for Paano Kita Iibigin; Ditoy Aguila and Rudy Gonzales, Movie Sound Engineer for Ouija; and Ogie Alcasid, Movie Theme Song of the Year for his hit single, Paano Kita Iibigin. Ogie thanked partner Regine Velasquez in her acceptance speech for the inspiration.

Regine Velasquez bagged the Darling of the Press Award. The late Rudy Fernandez was awarded a pusthumous Ulirang Artista award.

One More Chance earned four awards including the plum, Movie of the Year, usually awarded to the movie’s producers, Star Cinema. Movie Cinematographer of the Year, Manuel Teehankee, Movie Editor of the Year, Marya Ignacio; and Cathy Garcia Molina, Movie Director of the Year. Cathy Garcia Molina recently cause some buzz when she categorically mentioned actor Richard Gomez as the actor she is not looking forward to work with anytime, being a difficult and “nagmamarunong” actor..

Out of the nine categories for digital films, Cinema One Originals winner Confessional garnered 5 awards. Confessional produced by Creative Programs, Inc thru Cinema One Originals and Oddfield Productions won Digital Film of the Year, Digital Movie Director for Jerrold Tarog and Ruel Antipuesto; Digital Movie Editor of the Year, Pats Ranyo; Digital Original Movie Screenplay, Ramon Ukit; and Digital Movie Sound Engineer for Ditoy Aguila and Rudy Gonzales.

Digital Film Original Theme Song is won by “Nandito Ako” from the film, Selda by Paolo Villaluna and Pike Ramirez. Digital Movie Scorer of the Year is Vince de Jesus and Jobin Ballesteros for Pisay; Digital Film Cinematographer is Rodolfo Aves Jr. for Kadin; and Digital Film Production Designer is Danny Red for Selda.

The 24th Star Awards for Movies was held, June 27, in the Henry Lee Irwin Theater, Ateneo de Manila University. The 24th Star Awards Night will be telecast on June 29, in ABS-CBN’s Sunday’s Gold.

The Philippines Pop Princess Sarah Geronimo is blooming. If you will see her HerBench billboard, you won’t recognize it as her. From the not so good looking lass who came from the masses and won Pinoy Pop Superstar then in IBC13 to a multimedia star now, certainly, Sarah Geronimo has gone places. In her latest pictorial for “A Very Special Love” she is once again transformed into some beauty rivaling Bea Alonzo, erstwhile film and television partner of John Lloyd Cruz, Sarah’s leading man in A Very Special Love.

Check out Sarah Geronimo and John Lloyd Cruz‘ pictorial photos below for A Very Special Love showing soon..