Saturday, August 30, 2008

First Catch: Cosmopolitan's 69 Bachelors 2008







Here's Cosmopolitan Philippines' 69 Bachelor Hunks for 2008, as featured in their September 2008 issue:(in alphabetical order)








Kurt Agbay, 21, student




Mark Alejandro, 20, actor/model




Victor 'Vic' Aliwalas, 24, actor/model




Raph Almeda, 20, student/model




Bryan Anastacio, 18, student




Edj Baker, 22, entrepreneurship student




Beau Ballinger, 24, director/writer/producer




Max Berces, 20




Dayal Chowdhary, 23, model/surfer




Jacob Cortes, 32, businessman




Jamie Craven, 18, model/student




Vin David, 18, student




Robert de Claro, 24, model




Matthew Encelan, 20, student




Miguel Escueta, 24, recording artist/musician




Rex Espineli, 21, student




Tim Espinosa of Star Magic Batch 15, 21, actor/dancer/model




Nikko Fabi, 27, hs/college professor




Ryan Garalde, 21, model




Ted George, 18, student/model




Kit Guerra, 20, student/professional rugby player




Gaz Holgate, 20, student/professional rugby player




Derick Hubalde, 25, athlete




Errol Iglesias, 23, nurse




JD Irizari, 18, student/model




Sean Jalaeiyan, 21, mechanical engineering student/model




Dart Kamboozia, 21, model




Aref Kiasati, 19, dentist/model




Pao Larosa, 23, model/fitness instructor




Jake Letts, 20, student/professional rugby player




Michael Letts, 25, financial advisor/professional rugby player




Xian Lim, 18, student/model




Champ Lui Pio of Hale, 26, musician




Ramy Martin, 30, graphic artist




Michael Mercado, 20, nurse




Luis Montalban, 19, student




Harry Morris, 23, intelligence officer/professional rugby player




Marc Nash, 19, student/model




Steven Near, 23, student




Sean Oh, 18, actor/model




Harold Oide, 20, student




Oliver Orlet, 20, hrm student/model




Jose Javier Ortoll, 29, masseur




Vivo Ouano of Starstruck, 18, actor




Pau Padayhag, 26, entrepreneur/model




Alexander Pelayo, 23, multimedia artist




Drey Penol, 19, model/student




Vinicius Pereira, 22, model




Mister Philippines 2007 Ian Porlayagan, 23, model




Enzo Quitiquit, 20, student




Tyrone Romero, 24, model/businessman




Raefel Roxas, 21. model




Emel Rowe, 21, student/athlete




Jason Saguinsin, 21, model/businessman




Ben Saunders, 18, student/professional rugby player




Oliver Saunders, 22, professional rugby player




Hugo Saurat, 20, student/model




Eric Soriano, 20, student




Karl Sutterlin, 18, student




Wilford Sy, 19, web developer/model




Eric Tai, 25, model/actor/host




KC Thadani, 23, model




Vincent Teotico, 21, business consultant




Quito Trenas, 23, model/student




Cesar Vargas, 22, model




Ervic Vijandre, 22, model/basketball player




Marve Villanueva, 27, businessman




Kenny Waymack of CloseUp2Fame, 25, performer




Trevor Williams, 18, financial management student/model
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Sunday, August 17, 2008

August 18th's Philippine Star Newspaper Article: The big girl & the heartthrob









Entertainment
The big girl & the heartthrob
DIRECTLINE By Boy Abunda
Monday, August 18, 2008



Atlantis Productions’ highly-anticipated production of the Tony award-winning musical Hairspray has found its two lead stars, Tim Espinosa and Madel Ching who will play the highly-coveted roles of Link Larkin and Tracy Turnblad.

Like most Tracy Turnblads before her, Madel will be making her professional stage debut in Hairspray. She is a junior at Ateneo de Manila majoring in AB Political Science. Having performed in school productions including High School Musical. Madel is thrilled to take on her first major role. She says, “Girls like me don’t get opportunities like this! Honestly, I feel like I’m the modern-day Filipina version of Tracy. A big girl with big dreams. It’s a little scary to take on a role this big, but I’m really looking forward to taking on the challenge of playing a character with this much spirit and energy!”

Madel fully understands the discipline needed to take on a role like Tracy, so she continues her regular voice classes with Cynthia Guico and will also be taking dance classes to build up stamina for the role.

Tim takes on the role of heartthrob Link Larkin, made famous in the film by Zach Efron. Tim has been seen on ABS-CBN as a singer, dancer and actor and will also be making his professional stage debut. Tim says, “I am thrilled about everything. Hairspray entails singing, acting and dancing. I can’t wait to do all three at the same time! I’m sure it will be fun from start to finish.”

Tim’s dreams for the future include making films and possibly a recording. He says, “I’d love to be in a movie someday, make my own music album one day, win an Oscar, own a home. Or if none of those happen, I want to take a ride in the dryer!”

Hairspray is about Tracy who wins a spot on the local TV dance program The Corny Collins Show. The big girl with big hair and big dreams becomes a teen celebrity overnight. Soon Tracy finds herself pitted against the show’s reigning princess for the title Miss Teenage Hairspray 1962. Based on the John Waters film, Hairspray is the winner of eight Tony awards including Best Musical. It was recently made into a hit film starring John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer and Queen Latifah.

Hairspray is directed by Bobby Garcia, choreography by Cecile Martinez, sets and costumes by Gino Gonzales, and lighting design by Shoko Matsumoto. It runs from Nov. 14 to Dec. 7 at the Star Theatre, CCP Complex. Tickets are on sale now by calling Atlantis Productions at 892-7078, 840-1187 or Ticketworld at 891-9999.
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