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Introducing the new Breakfast Barkada

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TV's coolest morning show gets a makeover beginning this August, as Breakfast celebrates its anniversary month with a revamped look, a back-to-basics lineup of features, and an awesome trio of new anchors. This all-new Breakfast debuts on August 7, 6-7:30 AM.

JC Cuadrado, Patty Laurel and Atom Araullo, already familiar faces to Breakfast fans, ascend to become the show's main Breakfast Threesome. This bright ka-barkada trio will also be joined by a weekly rotating series of special guest hosts, with each one joining the daily show for a week. For this very special guest slot, Breakfast will be scoping out young ka-barkadas from different fields, including entertainment, sports, music, politics, film and art.

Meet the hosts: Atom Araullo

A familiar face on Philippine TV since he was a child, Atom Araullo first became famous as a co-host of the award-winning kid-targeted magazine show "5 & Up" (ABC5 and GMA7). From there, Atom moved on to work on "Basta Sports" (ABS-CBN), a sports show for kids and Kabataan News Network (ABC5). He was later seen as a feature reporter on the sports beat for GMA7's "24 Oras." In 2004, Atom signed on to be one of the junior hosts for Studio 23's "Breakfast Supersize." He is now one of the show's main hosts. Atom's interests include sports, winning several competitions in taekwondo, soccer, tennis, swimming and the triathlon, where he is a junior champion for the National Team. Atom has also dabbled in acting, having appeared in several commercials, as well as in several plays with the Ateneo Children's Theatre and in UP. Hobbies and interests: ·

He's dabbling in digital photography now ·

He plays the flute ·

He loves computer games. Currently he is playing DOTA, an online computer game ·

He also likes to write. In college, he was editor-in-chief of Scientia, Official Student Publication of UP College of Science JC Cuadrado

JC Cuadrado first got his start as one of the hosts of RPN9's "Chikiting Patrol." He withdrew from the camera shortly after that, resurfacing in 2005 to win "Wazzup Wazzup's" very first Tadjock Quest.

Since then, JC has made his name in many productions for his home networks ABS-CBN and Studio 23, with such shows as "Wazzup Wazzup," "Breakfast Supersize," "Showbiz Number 1," "Star Dance," and "Y Speak," scoring an acting debut in the teleserye "Ikaw ang Lahat Sa Akin," opposite superstars Claudine Barretto, Piolo Pascual, John Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo among his credits.

Soon, JC will be seen as one of the hosts of ABS-CBN's hotly-anticipated reality show "Pinoy Dream Academy," alongside Bettina Carlos and Sitti. Hobbies and Interests: o

Wrestling fanatic o

He can be considered a morning-night person. You see him on "Breakfast" daily, but he actually loves the nightlife! o

Loves watching movies. He has watched various movies up to three times! Among his favorite movies are: "Star Wars," "Last Samurai," "Kingdom of Heaven," and "Grandma's Boy"! o

He watches gigs and has this dream of being a "future rock star." o

Loves playing computer games. Currently he plays Generals. o

Loves his Playstation. Among his favorite games are, Devil May Cry and Final Fantasy, and wants to be the ultimate World Cup player, although he has no interest in playing real soccer. Patty Laurel

Pretty, perky Patty Laurel started her career on Studio 23 when she was still in college, winning a slot as a UAAP Courtside reporter. In 2003, she went on to win the MTV VJ Hunt.

These days, you can also see Patty on TV ads and posters as an official endorser of Neutrogena, Rexona and Piandre Salons. One of her advocacies includes projects of the Klima Climate Change Center, an organization aimed at informing and educating the public sector about global warming, now regarded as "the greatest threat of the 21st century." Hobbies and Interests: o

Among her hobbies are: styling, interior decorating, and arts and crafts. o

Patty's also a movie buff - she sees to it that she is able to watch a movie every week.

ATENEO CHILDREN

ATOM ARAULLO

BREAKFAST

BREAKFAST SUPERSIZE

CUADRADO

HOBBIES AND INTERESTS

PATTY LAUREL

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