Toni Gonzaga: A Loyal Kapamilya!

During the press conference of her concert series for ASAP XV Live, Toni Gonzaga revealed that she was among the group of celebrities who received a lucrative offer from TV5. Although her sister, Alex Gonzaga, is already part of TV5’s talent roster, Toni Gonzaga turned down the offer.

Toni said: “I’m happy with my work [in ABS CBN]…besides we still have a few more seasons with PBB ['Pinoy Big Brother'], it would be quite rueful to leave it behind.”

King of Comedy Dolphy and Diamond Star Maricel Soriano, two of ABS-CBN’s biggest stars, have recently signed non-exclusive agreements with network TV5.

“I’m very, very happy as a Kapamilya. I’ve been a Kapamilya for five years now and so far I have no regrets,” said Toni Gonzaga.

Aside from her regular hosting stint for PBB, Gonzaga appears on various ABS-CBN television programs including the musical variety show “ASAP XV.”

Currently, Toni Gonzaga is preparing for a two-night concert to be held at the Music Museum.

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Toni Gonzaga and Luis Manzano back together onscreen on “Your Song Presents: My Last Romance”

After the ABS-CBN television series, “Crazy For You,” the onscreen team-up of Toni Gonzaga and Luis Manzano also known as “Luini” is back on the airwaves. Your Song Presents: My Last Romance, part of the 11th season of Your Song, is a weekly series every Sunday aired at ABS-CBN.

The series’ current theme song is “Please Be Careful With My Heart”, performed by Christian Bautista and Sarah Geronimo.

The series premiered last January 3, 2010.

Synopsis: Nico (Luis Manzano) is a son of a painter, his mother died giving him birth. He & His grandmother dream that he will follow his mother’s footsteps as a painter. He have been “artist block” resulting to no artworks for years ’til he found, Sarah (Toni Gonzaga), a mysterious woman who hides her image because her secret might be revealed, she will be Nico’s inspiration to paint again. Somehow, Nico’s grandmother (Gloria Romero) feels a somewhat connection with Sarah in the past and disagrees with his love to her. Another conflict was his longtime friend Katrina (Alessandra de Rossi) has a secret love to Nico but she has a boyfriend Vince (Marvin Raymundo),who owns the gallery. Katrina’s jealous to Nico’s affair with Sarah will provoke her to do anything to get rid of Sarah, leading her to unveil the mystery in Sarah’s personality.

The series is directed by Tots Mariscal.

Ang Tanging Pamilya starring Toni Gonzaga showing November 11

The much awaited film of the season, Star Cinema’s “Ang Tanging Pamilya” starring Toni Gonzaga, Sam Milby, Ai ai delas Alas, Joseph Estrada, and Dionisia Pacquaio is finally showing in Philippine theaters starting Wednesday, November 11, 2009.

Synopsis — After their two-year long distance relationship, Charlie (Toni Gonzaga) gets the surprise of her life with a visit from the US-based Prince (Sam Milby), who proposes marriage. This prompts the excitement of Charlie’s mother, Sunshine (AiAi delas Alas), who is also expecting her own church wedding, a promise given to her by husband Dindo (Joseph Estrada) for their 25th wedding anniversary. But Dindo vehemently disapproves both weddings to take place, so Charlie and the ever-supportive Sunshine help Prince win the acceptance of Dindo. Getting Dindo’s approval is not the only issue, this young, naive couple has to face. The wedding preparations are not going smoothly, as fueled by the arrival of Prince nouveau riche mother, Marlene (Dionisia Pacquiao), who wants things done her way.

This would be Toni Gonzaga and Sam Milby’s reunion movie after the blockbuster hit movies “You Are The One,” “You Got Me,” and “My Big Love.”

The film is directed by Wenn V. Deramas and also starring Candy Pangilinan, DJ Durano, K Brosas, Miguel Fastmann, Janus del Prado, AJ Perez, Thou Reyes, Empoy Marquez, Igi Boy Flores, Carla Humphries, Tessie Moreno, Carl Camo, Miguelito de Guzman and with the special participation of Jinggoy Estrada.

Toni Gonzaga: the Ultimate Multimedia Star

Toni Gonzaga is indeed the Ultimate Multimedia Star—conquering the music, TV and film industry all at the same time. Her afternoon television series “Precious Hearts Romances Presents: Ang Lalaking Nagmahal Sa Akin” with hunk Derek Ramsay is doing pretty well in the ratings game. She is also busy filming for her upcoming movie with Ai-ai delas Alas, Joseph Estrada, Dionisia Pacquiao and Sam Milby entitled “Ang Tanging Pamilya” under Star Cinema. Moreover, she also doing a provincial concert tour “Toni Gonzaga… Level Up” that started last August 21 and would last until this month. Her album with onscreen partner Sam Milby “Love Duets” is still selling like hotcakes in record bars.

Alongside with all these projects, Toni Gonzaga is also preparing for the big Philippine TV comeback of the ABS-CBN reality TV show, Pinoy Big Brother, expected to air starting October 2009. Toni Gonzaga will host Pinoy Big Brother Double Up together with Mariel Rodriguez and Bianca Gonzales.

“That’s what I’m really, really excited about. We really cannot divulge any details yet, ‘Sa takdang panahon’ sabi nga ni Kuya (Big Brother). As of now we’re just really preparing and we’re really excited dahil exciting itong season na ito dahil medyo matagal tagal na napahinga ang Pinoy Big Brother,” Toni told ABS-CBN Interactive.

Toni is really grateful that she’s still the host of the said reality show for three seasons now (including the upcoming season). She also said that she considers her Pinoy Big Brother hosting stint as the highlight of her career.

“Masaya every season. Kinakabahan kami baka mamaya they would want someone new, baka kumuha na sila ng bago. Thank God kami pa rin naman ang kinukuha ni Kuya, gusto pa rin niya ang serbisyo namin,” she said.

(via ABS-CBN Official Website)

“Toni Gonzaga… Level Up (The Provincial Tour” kicks off on August 21

The Multimedia Star Toni Gonzaga is set to stage a concert in key cities in the Philippines for her national concert tour entitled “Level Up.” The said concert tour is directed by GB Sampedro, who also directed Toni Gonzaga’s previous concerts at the Aliw Theater.

“Paul is not directing my shows here because GB and I already worked before— for my concert at Aliw Theater. With him around, we save time on rehearsals because he already knows how things will go. Everything has been set. We’re also tapping the same dancers— the Hotlegs— again,” Toni Gonzaga told The Philippine Star.

” Toni Gonzaga … Level Up! (The Provincial Tour)” will be seen in the following cities: Cagayan de Oro (Limketai Atrium) on Friday, August 21, 2009, Bacolod City (La Salle Coliseum) on Saturday, September 18, 2009, Manila (Venue to be announced) on Friday, October 2, 2009, Davao City (Holy Cross) on Friday, October 16, 2009, and finally Cebu City (Cebu Coliseum) on Friday, October 30, 2009.

The said concert tour is Toni Gonzaga’s way of giving back to her fans for their undying love and support for the actress’ showbiz career. Erik Santos, Rayver Cruz and Jericho Rosales would also be part of the said concert tour.

Aside from preparing from preparing for her upcoming concert tour, which will start this Friday, Toni Gonzaga is also busy filming her upcoming Star Cinema movie with Former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada and comedienne Ai ai de las Alas. Moreover, Toni Gonzaga will also return as host of the ABS-CBN top-rating reality TV show “Pinoy Big Brother”

Sam Milby thrilled with reunion movie project with Toni Gonzaga

After the blockbuster hit movies “You Are The One,” “You Got Me,” and “My Big Love,” Toni Gonzaga and Sam Milby are back together on the big screen! Sam Milby and Toni Gonzaga are currently busy filming their new Star Cinema movie with Ai-ai delas Alas, Former President Erap Estrada and Mommy Dionisia Pacquiao that will hit Philippine cinemas soon!

In fact, actor Sam Milby has expressed his excitement over his upcoming reunion project with actress/singer/TV Host Toni Gonzaga.

“I’m excited kasi siyempre like Toni said maganda ang chemistry namin and fun lagi sa set,” Sam Milby told ABS-CBN News during the shooting of the movie.

The actor also dismissed rumors and speculations that he and Toni Gonzaga are not on good terms. “OK na OK kami,” he said.

The actor also said that they really enjoy working together especially with the presence of the film’s lead stars, Concert and Comedy Queen Ai-Ai delas Alas and the comebacking actor former president Joseph “Erap” Estrada.

Sam Milby plays the role of a son to newbie actress Dionisia Pacquiao, mother of boxing champion Manny Pacquaio.

Sam Milby will fall in love with the character played by Gonzaga, who is the only daughter of Ai-ai delas Alas and Joseph “Erap” Estrada.

Toni Gonzaga, Star Records and Red Cross tie up for a cause

The Philippine’s recording giant, Star Records and the premier humanitarian organization in the country, Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC), join hands in one special project that brings some of the best OPM singers in a single album entitled, “I Move, I Give, I Love.”

Conceptualized for the 150th anniversary of Red Cross, “I Move, I Give, I Love” shares the key principle of the said organization – to bring assistance without discrimination to people in need— through an inspiring list of tracks sure to move its listeners. First on the list is the theme song of Red Cross entitled “Bagong Umaga”, sung by the three versatile singers in the country, Toni Gonzaga, Erik Santos and Yeng Constantino. Other songs are : “A Hero Has Arrived” (Nyoy Volante), “Hawak Kamay” (Yeng Constantino), “I Believe I Can Fly” (Erik Santos), “Power of The Dream” (Toni Gonzaga), “Kasama” (Aiza Seguerra), “Free” (Rosella Nava with the Bukas Palad), “Today” (Raki Vega), “It Can Only Get Better” (Charice), “Tara-tena” (Kyla and Kaya with V3”, “Kaleidoscope World” (Akafellas), “Today I’ll See The Sun” (Karel Marquez) and “What A Wonderful World” (Charlie Green). Two bonus tracks are also included in the album: “Life Power” and “Always First, Always Ready, Always There”

The singers who took part in the project were carefully chosen. “Choosing the artists who will be part of this project was a tedious task,” Ms. Gwendolyn T. Pang shared, Secretary General of the Philippine National Red Cross. “We really have to consider artists with great sense of compassion.”

Their participation in this project was primarily out of their desire to encourage the listeners of the album to join and become involved in helping. Meaning, the artists offered their voices for gratis and did not expect anything in return.

The endeavor of Red Cross and Star Records to aid doesn’t stop with providing music alone. In fact, it extends up to the sales of the album for the proceeds of “I Move, I Give, I Love” will go to Red Cross also.
On June 24, the said album will be officially launched together with PNRC’s “Our World, Your Move” campaign, thought to alert the public about the recent pandemic, Influenza A (H1N1) Virus.

Save lives. Start by grabbing your own copy of “I Move, I Give, I Love”, distributed by Star Records.

Toni Gonzaga to star in “Precious Hearts Romances” with Derek Ramsay

“Precious Hearts Romances presents: Ang Lalaking Nagmahal sa Akin” would be Toni Gonzaga’s latest acting project for television after “Maging Sino Ka Man Book 2.” Actor Derek Ramsay would be Toni Gonzaga’s onscreen partner for this project.

“Nagpapasamat ako, lalo na kay Direk Lauren Dyogi na kumonsider sa akin sa proyektong ito. Si Inay Cathy [Garcia-Molina] at si Direk Lauren pa rin ang business unit head nito… I’m really, really thankful,” Toni said during the story conference of the upcoming television show.

People dubbed “Ang Lalaking Nagmahal sa Akin” to be the Pinoy version of the Jennifer Lopez film “Maid in Manhattan.”

“’Yon din ang naisip ko actually, ‘Maid in Manhattan’ Hollywood version pero this is the Pinoy version talaga at makaka-relate ‘yong may mga ganitong pinagdadaanan. Pang-Pinoy talaga,” Gonzaga said.

Toni Gonzaga expressed her excitement to be finally working with one of the most sought-after leading men of ABS-CBN, Derek Ramsay.

“This time makaka-partner ko na siya, walang expectation. I’m just really looking forward sa mga eksena namin at sa trabaho naming gagawin kasi feeling ko magiging maganda ‘yong kalalabasan niya at magdadala dito yung kwento mismo,” the actress said.

“Lagi kaming nagkikita sa compound ng ABS-CBN pero ano lang talaga kami ‘hi’ and ‘hello.’ Pinakamatagal na ‘yong one minute na magbatian kasi may kanya-kanya [kaming] trabaho, kanya-kanyang proyekto, so ‘hi’ and ‘hello’ lang,” the actress added.

The upcoming television series is to be shown during the afternoon on ABS-CBN’s Hapontastic but this doesn’t bother the actress.

“Okay lang kahit anong oras yan, kahit panghapon, tanghali o gabi okay sa akin basta may trabaho,” she said.

from Brink Notes Entertainment Daily

Toni Gonzaga is fine being support to Sarah Geronimo

In the upcoming Star Cinema film starring Sarah Geronimo and Rayver Cruz, it was reported that Toni Gonzaga would also be part of the film but as a supporting actress.

The news has shocked the fans of Toni Gonzaga saying that “bankability” and “popularity-wise” the actress shouldn’t be portraying support roles.

But when the singer-actress was asked to give his side on the issue, the actor said: “Wala po akong problema sa mga roles na ibinibigay sa akin kasi ang importatnte po sa akin eh magtrabaho kasi mahal ko naman yung ginagawa ko and wala pong problem. Sana wag nilang gawan ng isyu yun and maliit lang yung industriya na pinagtra-trabahuan namin.

“Yes kasi I’m very honored to work with anybody especially Sarah kasi napakabait niya, kasama ko siya sa ASAP and she deserves all the blessings and all the success. Masaya ako para sa kanya.

“Saka ako naman, ever since, wala akong naging problem sa billing, sa roles na ibinibigay sa akin. Kasi ang importante sa akin ay trabaho. Mahal ko ang ginagawa ko, so wala namang problema. Sana huwag nilang gawan ng isyu ‘yan. Maliit lang ang industriya na pinagtatrabahuan natin saka wala naman talaga kasing issue in the first place,” the actress added.

from Brink Notes Entertainment Daily

Toni Gonzaga talks about her collaboration project with Sam Milby

Followers of the Sam Milby and Toni Gonzaga team-up are anxiously waiting for the next movie team-up of the two after their successful team up in You Are The One, You Got Me and My Big Love. Although Sam and Toni won’t be seen together on the big screen in the near future, both are excited about their new project that they’re working currently working together.

In her interview with Philippine Entertainment Portal, Toni Gonzaga shared about this new project that she and Sam is currently working on.

“May gift naman kami ni Sam sa kanila, bagama’t hindi na kami nagsasama sa television or sa pelikula. We’ll be coming up with an album. The title of the album is Love Duets, the whole album is a duet and it’s under Star Records. Na-realize namin ang dami na naming nagawang movies, mga TV shows na magkasama kami. I think, this time, it’s about time to give it back to our fans by giving them an album.

“Actually, we recorded seven cover songs na duet talaga, tapos mayroon na kaming na-record na before like ‘If Ever You’re In My Arms Again,’ ‘You Are The One,’ isasama din yun. Last year pa nag-record si Sam; ako, this year ko nasimulan. Now, natapos na namin lahat ng kanta,” she shared.

Toni assured that people would like the said album for it has a different style and approach as compared to other albums. Love Duets is now available on leading record bars nationwide.

TRACK LISTING
1. Cruisin’
2. Suddenly
3. Against All Odds
4. Way Back Into Love
5. I’ve Had the Time of My Life
6. Sometimes When We Touch/After All (medley)
7. If Ever You’re In My Arms Again
8. In Love With You
9. You are the One

Via Philippine Entertainment Portal, Melba Llanera

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