Filipino Star - November 2010 Issue
Filipino Star - November 2010 Issue
Filipino Star - November 2010 Issue
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nOVEMBER <strong>2010</strong> The North American <strong>Filipino</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />
19<br />
Venus Raj rattled by<br />
opportunities coming her way<br />
Venus Raj<br />
After admitting that she has been<br />
receiving overtures from the country’s<br />
three biggest networks, Miss Universe<br />
<strong>2010</strong> fourth runner-up Venus Raj now<br />
claims she is a bit uncomfortable with<br />
the attention she’s been getting.<br />
During a recent press gathering<br />
for her newest product endorsement,<br />
the beauty queen shared, "Actually,<br />
ang dami-dami kong gustong gawin.<br />
Parang sa sobrang dami po, hindi ko<br />
na po alam kung ano uunahin ko."<br />
Raj said she is still undecided<br />
about a specific career path even as<br />
she disclosed that she still has to<br />
honor her year-long contract with<br />
Binibining Pilipinas Charities<br />
Incorporated.<br />
Then again, Raj eagerly declared<br />
that she’d probably start with hosting<br />
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and then venture into acting later on.<br />
“Well, ang hosting po kasi,<br />
maganda siya kasi light lang. Parang<br />
napapakita mo kung anong<br />
personality meron ka. Yung acting,<br />
something na challenging, e,” she<br />
explained.<br />
“Bibigyan ka ng role na hindi<br />
naman ikaw 'yon. Pero it's something<br />
challenging na kaya ko din palang<br />
maging ibang tao. Pero hindi ko alam<br />
kung kaya ko siya. Pero feeling ko,<br />
kakayanin ko siya!"<br />
Rumored to have been mulled<br />
over as a possible co-host on the hit<br />
primetime show of controversial<br />
comedian Willie Revillame on TV5, Raj<br />
said she already let go of the notion<br />
after seeing Valenzuela Councilor<br />
Shalani Soledad being introduced as<br />
a host on the show recently.<br />
“’Nung napanood ko, 'Ay, siguro<br />
yun na yung bagong host nila!' So,<br />
okay na din po ako. At least, may final<br />
decision na," said she.<br />
Raj is also aware of the pitfalls of<br />
showbiz.<br />
"Dati akala ko pag lumabas na<br />
news about sa isang artista, totoo. So,<br />
maniniwala ako. So, si ganito, ganito,<br />
ganyan.<br />
"Pero ngayon na alam ko na yung<br />
about show business—hindi pala<br />
lahat ng news na lumalabas totoo."<br />
But she is confident that she won’t<br />
succumb to any of it.<br />
"As long as alam mong hindi mo<br />
ginawa, or alam mo kung ano<br />
ginagawa mo talaga, hindi mo<br />
kailangang magpaapekto." a<br />
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No gag order yet vs Kris<br />
Kris Aquino<br />
The Makati Regional Trial Court<br />
Branch 140 on Friday morning did not<br />
issue a gag order against TV hostactress<br />
Kris Aquino after her husband,<br />
star cager James Yap, filed a motion to<br />
request the issuance of the same.<br />
Yap’s legal counsel, lawyer Lorna<br />
Kapunan, on Wednesday lamented that<br />
Aquino has been using the media to<br />
voice out her concerns with regard to<br />
Yap. She pointed out that this practice is<br />
unfair for her client since Yap doesn’t<br />
have the same access to media as<br />
Aquino.<br />
At the Friday hearing, Yap's lawyer,<br />
Atty. Lino Kapunan, admitted that the<br />
judge handling the petition pointed out<br />
that Aquino was not the only one giving<br />
her comments to the media about the<br />
annulment case.<br />
The judge also raised the issue<br />
wherein Atty. Lorna Kapunan also<br />
discussed the merits of the case during<br />
her interviews with TV networks GMA-7<br />
and TV-5.<br />
Aquino's lawyers were not present at<br />
the hearing but earlier advised the judge<br />
that they have a prior engagement.<br />
Aquino's camp also asked the court<br />
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Calling all Davaoenos<br />
for a 10-day extension to comment on<br />
the matter.<br />
According to Atty. Lino Kapunan, if a<br />
gag order is given, Aquino is banned<br />
from voicing out her concerns over the<br />
case in any form of media including<br />
social media like Facebook or Twitter.<br />
If a gag order is given, both parties<br />
are banned from speaking about the<br />
case. The media can report it but the<br />
parties are banned from commenting on<br />
anything about it.<br />
According to Legal-<br />
Explanations.com, a gag order is the<br />
order issued by a judge prohibiting the<br />
attorney and parties involved in a legal<br />
procedure to disclose or discuss the<br />
matter involved in the case to the public,<br />
when the judge is of the opinion that<br />
such an action may prejudice or<br />
influence the outcome of the trial.<br />
On Wednesday, when sought for<br />
comment about the gag order, the<br />
Queen of All Media countered: “Alam mo<br />
kasi mahirap awayin ang taong<br />
binabayaran ng ex mo. I mean, anything<br />
I say will be misinterpreted.”<br />
Aquino shared that she and Yap<br />
already had a conversation where they<br />
mutually agreed not to talk about each<br />
other in public anymore. She added that<br />
if the court issues a gag order, it will be<br />
their 3-year-old son, baby James, who<br />
will benefit from it.<br />
“Kung ano, ano naman ang ibinato<br />
na ng kampo ni James, wala akong<br />
magagawa. So ngayon kung feeling nila<br />
sila ang natatamaan, good. It’s a<br />
blessing for Bimby. Because ultimately<br />
ang kailangang protektahan ‘yong<br />
feelings ng anak ko,” Aquino said.’ a<br />
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