Will Katherine join showbiz?

Curtain-raisers:

• The Funfare DPA from Pagsanjan, Laguna, reports that the taping for Tabing-Ilog has been packed up twice in a row because Desiree del Valle was a no-show (no advance notice, ni ha, ni ho?). A disgruntled member of the cast jokingly suggested that the character of Desiree either be "deported" to the US or, why not, be "killed" by pushing her into the ilog (river).

• The new boldie to be launched soon by Viva films is Andrea del Rosario in Lupe, comeback directorial job of long-dormant Elwood Perez, with Leandro Muñoz and Jordan Herrera as leading men.

• Could it be true that Powerboy Greg Martin will soon sign a contract as recording artist of Universal Records? Greg had some training along that line in the US.

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Funfare had a face-to-face encounter with Katherine Anne Manalo, 2002 Bb. Pilipinas World, Monday night at an appreciation dinner hosted by her aunt Nini Ramos-Licaros (herself a Bb. Pilipinas-International in 1968). Katherine did the country proud at the recent Miss World Pageant (won by Miss Turkey) in London where she placed among the Top 10.

Was Katherine (and the 90-plus other contestants) scared by the rioting that erupted in Nigeria where the contest was originally scheduled to be held?

"Not at all," said Katherine, "because the rioting was in another town."

Katherine’s roommate both in Nigeria and in London was Miss Hong Kong who failed to make it to the semi-finals (20, only four of them Asians, with the other three being Miss China Miss India and Miss Vietnam). Katherine said that her own favorite to win the title would change everytime (she didn’t like Miss Peru who finished third, though, not so much anyway).

"In the end," said Katherine, "I thought Miss Turkey would win and she did."

While her contract (good for one year) with the Bb. Pilipinas Charities, Inc. is good, Katherine can’t accept any movie or TV offers (but guestings are okay). For sure, Katherine will make a good actress what with her looks and her "latent" acting talent (Aunt Nini is, after all, showbiz na showbiz, having been the producer of the sitcom Eh, Kasi Babae).

If and when, according to Katherine, she’d rather be behind and not before the cameras.

"I want to produce documentaries, and maybe also act as the host."

Rolling Stones promo tilt

Here now is the third (and final) publication of the 40 questions in the Funfare-EMI Music Philippines tie-up promo for Forty Licks, the Rolling Stones’ latest album. In this Phase 1 of the contest, all you have to do is answer 40 trivia questions about the Roling Stones and send your answers to: EMI Philippines, Inc., 25th Floor, Atlanta Center, Annapolis St., Greenhills San Juan, Metro Manila. Or e-mail to: [email protected], with your name and address. Forty winners will be chosen (each one will receive a Forty Licks CD and a Forty Licks poster), to be announced early next year.

Phase 2 of the contest, also consisting of 40 (new) questions, will start early next year and the grand-prize winner will get a chance to watch the Rolling Stones concert slated tentatively in March, 2003, at a yet undisclosed venue in Asia (could it be Beijing?).

Game na ba kayo, bayan? Here we go:

1. With which song did the Rolling Stones first top the American charts?

2. What 1978 album produced the #1 hit Miss You?

3. What was the first single released on the Rolling Stones’ own label?

4. What Rolling Stones song was included in the movie Casino?

5. What Rolling Stones song was used as the theme song of the TV series Nam: Tour of Duty?

6. According to the Rolling Stones, what color is the door they want to paint in the hit song Paint It Black?

7. Who replaced Brian Jones in 1969?

8. In what 1968 movie did Mick Jagger appear as a lipstick-wearing retired rock star?

9. What famous artist designed the cover for the Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers in addition to the band’s famous lips and tongue logo?

10. What song of the Rolling Stones is also the name of Keith Richards’ daughter?

11. What drug was the subject of the song Jumpin’ Jack Flash?

12. In what album sleeve was the Rolling Stones’ tongue logo first used?

13. What song was used in a Whoopi Goldberg movie?

14. Name the Rolling Stones’ ironic but cheap joke about interracial sex aimed at restoring the band’s reputation for bad boy antics.

15. How many songs in the Forty Licks album were produced by The Glimmer Twins?

16. Upon release, which song got banned by the BBC immediately and then by radio stations everywhere?

17. Who played the sitar on Paint It Black?

18. What Buddy Holly song got the Stones noticed beyond England?

19. Bill Gates paid $20 million to use what song to promote Windows 95?

20. I met a gin-soaked barroom queen in Memphis is the opening line of what song?

21. What was the Rolling Stones last #1 single in the US?

22. Please allow me to introduce myself is the opening line of what song?

23. Speck of white so fair and pale have you seen a lady fairer is a line from what song?

24. Think the time is right for a Palace Revolution, but where I live the game to play is compromise solution is a line from what song?

25. I walk, smooth, ride in a mean, mean, machine is a line from what song?

26. He’s tellin’ me more and more about some useless information is a line from what song?

27. What Rolling Stones song was included in the movie Royal Tenenbaums which stars Ben Stiller, Gene Hackman and Gwyneth Paltrow?

28. How many songs from Rolling Stones Forty Licks album were written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards?

29. What is the latest single of the Rolling Stones that is included in Forty Licks?

30. Before leading the Rolling Stones, what band did Mick Jagger sing for?

31. What was the name of the Stones’ 1989 tour that began in Philadelphia?

32. What was the name of the Stones’ 1994 album and subsequent tour?

33. Name three precious stones that Mick Jagger had inserted in his upper right incisor.

34. What’s the name of the Rolling Stones’ private jet?

35. Which album got the Stones into a lot of legal trouble because it features photos of women celebrities in the album sleeve without permission?

36. Miss You, Harlem Shuffle, Fool to Cry and Tumbling Dice. All these songs were written by Jagger and Richards except which one?

37. The Bridges to Babylon tour started in what state?

38. Who wrote the single I Wanna be Your Man for the Stones and recorded it as well?

39. With what song did the Stones open their concerts during the VooDoo Lounge?

40. Prince, Tina Turner, Aerosmith and Counting Crows. Who of them has NOT opened for the Stones on tour?