Erich Gonzales will once again show her acting prowess as she will be the first in line of the stories to be given to us by MMK on its 18th year anniversary. Erich portrays the role of May Ann who was forced to stop schooling and took the responsibility of working as a maid. A tragedy will then change their whole lives in the story. See more of this heartwarming story this Saturday, after the Singing Bee.

A new gimik place is about to open tonight. The Hub Executive Lounge will have its grand opening tonight at 7pm. Jojo Alejar will host the said event. Guest Fashion models will also grace the affair, as well as personalities from government and showbiz industries. The HUB Executive Lounge is located at 1960 Mabini Street, Malate, Manila another place to set your mood in a relaxing way. Remember,its payday today!

It was indeed a very successful album this year for the Black Eyed Peas as their song remains no.1 in the Billboard Hot 100 charts. It is considered as the longest successive No. 1 chart run by a duo or group as the billboard chart remains in the music scene for 51 years.The group dominated the Hot 100 for almost 17 weeks now. “I Gotta Feeling” and ” Boom Boom Pow ” were the songs from their latest album “The E.N.D.”

The Commission on Higher Education or CHED wants to convert the Local Universities and Colleges into community colleges and polytechnic schools. According to Dr. Emmanuel “Manny” Angeles, CHED chairman, proliferation of LUC is affecting the quality of higher education level in the country as they were just duplicating the functions of state universities and colleges (SUC). CHEd would push for such conversion following the justice department’s ruling that the commission has supervision and control powers over LUCs despite the autonomy granted to local government units under Republic Act 7160 or the Local Government Code of 1991. LGUs provide the minimum standards and guidelines for compliance for LGU-run schools in accordance with the declared state policies on higher education as well as the policies, standards and thrusts of the CHEd under RA No. 7722.

Sony Music releases its new album for the American Idol Season 8 Finalists. Dubbed as ” American Idol: Season 8 Compilation Album “, it contains studio tracks of this year’s finalists rendition of the songs they performed during the contest. It also includes some of Michael Jackson songs as their tribute for the late King of Pop. Here are the contents of the album;

Michael Sarver -You Are Not Alone
Matt Giraud – Human Nature
Megan Joy – Walkin’ After Midnight
Scott MacIntyre’s – Just the Way You Are
Anoop Desai - Always On My Mind
Lil Rounds – I Surrender
Allison Iraheta- I Can’t Make You Love Me
Danny Gokey - Stand By Me
Adam Lambert - Mad World
Kris Allen – She Works Hard For the Money

The album also contains the Winning Piece ” No Boundaries ” but this time,we were about to hear Adam Lambert’s version. American Idol: Season 8 Compilation Album is now available at your favorite record bars nationwide, under Sony Music.

Korina Sanchez is now on her 3rd Month of leave in preparation for her upcoming wedding with Senator Mar Roxas. Every now and then, she is busy for her left and right wedding meetings. She also assured the public that she will announce the details of their wedding hopefully by next week. Korina also revealed that she spend most of her time going out for her weekend show Rated K, and it helps her to reach out for the less fortunate by giving slippers and computers to different schools nationwide.

KC Concepcion covers the August issue of Chalk Magazine. This also marks their anniversary as they choose young achievers to be featured on their Magazine. KC has been active in reaching out with the less fortunate children to stop hunger in the Philippines as an Ambassadress of UNICEF. She also admits that she has her fears when it comes to people’s expectations of her being an actress and an individual. We will about to see a different KC as she portrays the role of Vivian in the upcoming primetime series Lovers in Paris this September. See more of KC’s beauty and advocacy in this month’s issue of Chalk Magazine,Grab a Copy Now!

Our very own Bb. Pilipinas- Universe 2009 winner Pamela Bianca Manalo starts her journey to compete with 80 lovely ladies around the globe for this year’s Miss Universe Pageant. She already flew to Bahamas for a series of personality development and rehearsals for the Pageant’s production number. This would also be a challenge for her as she aims to end the ten years of our country’s ” drought ” to be in the semi finals round or even bag the Miss Universe title after Miriam Quiambao made it as 1st Runner-up in 1999. Meanwhile, “beauty experts” said that Bianca ranks No. 14 in the Internet Hot Picks of Missosology. Let’s see if Bianca will make it at this year’s pageant.

The remaining 8 Contenders of the reality singing contest Are You the Next Big Star? will render songs from the 80’s. The competition gets even more tight as it will determine the Top 6 contenders vying for the Are You the Nex Big Star? title. This Saturday, there will be no elimination for the male contenders as Greggy Santos and Geoff Taylor remains to the competition after being in the bottom 2 last week. Meanwhile, Alexa Ortega and Camille Cortez will compete for the 3rd and final slot for the remaining ladies. Relive the old memories as they bring you the classic hits of the 80’s this Saturday, after Pinoy Records.

Comedian Jon Santos, together with The Company topbills on a Musical revue ” Quick Change ” to be held at the Star Theater in CCP Complex on July 31 and August 1 at 8pm. WCOPA Champion Raymond Sajor, FILHarmonika and Jez Salcedo will also join the show. For those who want to experience a heavy dose of comedy, humor and a relaxing pop-jazz music, you can buy your tickets at Ticketworld (891-9999) or at the Star Theater ( 502-4031). You can also visit Ticketworld online at www.ticketworld.com.ph. ” Quick Change ” is produced by Ambient Media Events under ALV Talent Circuit.

Garage Magazine celebrates their 1st year anniversary and as a treat, they will give us Piolo Pascual as its featured Coverboy for the month of August and September. The magazine features the top collections from the Fall/Winter 2009 shows in Paris and Milan.Tagged as the Modern Guys Guide to Style,it has a lot of fashion trends and ideas that fits your own style. Grab a copy of Garage Magazine, available nationwide.

During the meeting of President GMA and US President Barack Obama, he announced the appointment of the Philippines as chief coordinator between the United States and the ASEAN as he will be visiting Indonesia as part of his ASEAN trip this year. Meanwhile, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said, Obama gave no indication whether he will include the Philippines or not in his visit to Southeast Asia. Our President got praise from the world’s most powerful leader during their 30 minute meeting yesterday. Obama also gave some compliments to President GMA with regards to the peace process in Mindanao, in return, the President thanked the U.S for helping our country to fight those militant groups.

Former Police Superintendent Glenn Dumlao’s arraignment, who is facing double murder charges for the Dacer-Corbito case was rescheduled to August 26 due to his lawyer’s appeal to request more time to study the case. Presided over by Judge Myra Garcia Fernandez of the Manila RTC Branch 18, Dumlao arrived yesterday a in a light pink shirt and bulletproof vest, accompanied by his lawyers, Rogelio Agoot and Cesar Brillantes. Meanwhile, Agoot said he moved to defer Dumlao’s arraignment since he only found out last Wednesday that his client was again included among the accused in the Dacer- Corbito case. He also said that Dumlao cannot decline if the prosecution panel calls him to testify about the murders, Otherwise they would be cited for contempt.

New RNB Singer Myrus does the revival of the original Claire de la Fuente hit ” Sayang “. This time, he add up a little spice to the song that made it more beautiful. Being an RNB singer, he has some similarities with Chris Brown’s voice range. Meanwhile, there were reports that the original singer of the song, Ms. Claire de la Fuente got mad at Myrus, but later on, Ms. Claire talked to Myrus through the social network Facebook and praised his rendition of the song. They were also planning to launch the song together on TV. Myrus’s album is entitled Love Cycle, Repackaged under Sony BMG Music Entertainment Philippines.

After speculations that she will be back to her mother studio, GMA7, Cristine Reyes is scheduled to sign a new contract with ABS-CBN today. It will happen at the 14th floor of ELJ Building at the ABS-CBN Compound. She will be accompanied by her Manager Veronique del Rosario of Viva Artist Agency. Cristine will sign a one year contract including a Cristine Reyes Drama Special and a primetime series entitled Bedspacer. She will also start taping a series for Your Song Presents that airs every Sunday. Meanwhile, Cristine and her Manager will fly to Korea this September for the 2009 Seoul International Drama Awards after her series Eva Fonda was nominated including her as Best Actress.