Kabayan Noli moving to GMA 7?

Curtain-raisers:

• So who says that Rosanna Roces has been slapped with a one-year suspension by the KBP (Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas) from co-hosting GMA’s Startalk? After a brief absence (during which she reportedly took a vacation in Europe), Rosanna resurfaced on Startalk last Saturday. O, yan ba ang suspended?

• Could it be true that Arnold Clavio is jumping ober da bakod from GMA to ABS-CBN? Is that why he was spotted in a serious talk with ABS-CBN News & Public Affairs head Dong Puno?

• Now, can you guess who "Mr. M" is in Korina Sanchez’s lovelife? Could he be 1) an actor, 2) a businessman, 3)a lawyer, or 4) a politician? None of the above, sorry. "Mr. M" is very visible and very audible these days, informing the public about the country’s economy. Oops! That’s all the clue Funfare can give you so far. Besides, the guy’s beng eligible and yes, wealthy/prominent.

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Remember Funfare’s "curtain-raiser" item a few issues ago about a "power struggle" in ABS-CBN’s News & Public Affairs Department?

Funfare’s roving Bohol Avenue DPA has just filed the latest development in that well-kept "secret" which, unfortunately, can’t be kept secret for long. Well, you see, you can’t cover a fire with a piece of paper, can you?

Involved in that "power struggle" are NPA (I mean, News and Public Affairs, of course!) head Dong Puno and Arlene de Castro, his executive vice-president. The rift started when ABS-CBN hired Dong to head the NPA, much to the disappointment of Arlene, who felt that she was bypassed even if she thought that she was highly-qualified for that position.

Anyway, caught in the quiet "crossfire" are Arlene’s husband, Sen. Noli "Kabayan" de Castro (who continues to host the Saturday evening show Magandang Gabi, Bayan) and the couple’s daughter, newscaster Catherine de Castro.

The latest word, according to the Funfare DPA, is that Arlene, who has been on leave for weeks now, might opt to retire with a P20-million retirement fee. The bigger news is that, in sympathy with his wife, Kabayan Noli is reportedly moving to rival station GMA 7. Things are still being ironed out, so I ask you to stand by, stay tuned, for further developments in this power play.

Okay, Bohol Avenue DPA, you may sign off now.

The 100 greatest movies of all time

Funfare is thanking readers Marlon Cortes, Policarpio Abary, Romeo Muñoz, Ramon Carballo, Manuel Cantos, Robert Hanan, Jay Espinosa, Lilia Cruz, Ronali dela Cruz, PR Luz, prydgin, Nancy Dizon and Nonilon Mendoza for reacting to our feature on Hollywood’s 100 Greatest Films of All Time.

One reader, who preferred not to be identified, said that the list (culled from the US magazine Entertainment Weekly), wasn’t reliable. The official list is the one drawn up at the American Film Institute (AFI). Here it is:

1. Citizen Kane (1941)

2. Casablanca (1942)

3. The Godfather (1972)

4. Gone With The Wind (1939)

5. Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)

6. The Wizard Of Oz (1939)

7. The Graduate (1967)

8. On The Waterfront (1954)

9. Schindler’s List (1993)

10. Singin’ In The Rain (1952)

11. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)

12. Sunset Boulevard (1950)

13. The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)

14. Some Like It Hot (1959)

15. Star Wars (1977)

16. All About Eve (1950)

17. The African Queen (1951)

18. Psycho (1960)

19. Chinatown (1974)

20. One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)

21. The Grapes Of Wrath (1940)

22. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

23. The Maltese Falcon (1941)

24. Raging Bull (1980)

25. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

26. Dr. Strangelove (1964)

27. Bonnie And Clyde (1967)

28. Apocalypse Now (1979)

29. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)

30. The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (1948)

31. Annie Hall (1977)

32. The Godfather Part II (1974)

33. High Noon (1952)

34. To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)

35. It Happened One Night (1934)

36. Midnight Cowboy (1969)

37. The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946)

38. Double Indemnity (1944)

39. Doctor Zhivago (1965)

40. North By Northwest (1959)

41. West Side Story (1961)

42. Rear Window (1954)

43. King Kong (1933)

44. The Birth Of A Nation (1915)

45. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

46. A Clockwork Orange (1971)

47. Taxi Driver (1976)

48. Jaws (1975)

49. Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (1937)

50. Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (1969)

51. The Philadelphia Story (1940)

52. From Here To Eternity (1953)

53. Amadeus (1984)

54. All Quiet On The Western Front (1930)

55. The Sound Of Music (1965)

56. M*A*S*H (1970)

57. The Third Man (1949)

58. Fantasia (1940)

59. Rebel Without A Cause (1955)

60. Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)

61. Vertigo (1958)

62. Tootsie (1982)

63. Stagecoach (1939)

64. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977)

65. The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)

66. Network (1976)

67. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

68. An American In Paris (1951)

69. Shane (1953)

70. The French Connection (1971)

71. Forrest Gump (1994)

72. Ben-Hur (1959)

73. Wuthering Heights (1939)

74. The Gold Rush (1925)

75. Dances With Wolves (1990)

76. City Lights (1931)

77. American Graffiti (1973)

78. Rocky (1976)

79. The Deer Hunter (1978)

80. The Wild Bunch (1969)

81. Modern Times (1936)

82. Giant (1956)

83. Platoon (1986)

84. Fargo (1996)

85. Duck Soup (1933)

86. Mutiny On The Bounty (1935)

87. Frankenstein (1931)

88. Easy Rider (1969)

89. Patton (1970)

90. The Jazz Singer (1927)

91. My Fair Lady (1964)

92. A Place In The Sun (1951)

93. The Apartment (1960)

94. Goodfellas (1990)

95. Pulp Fiction (1994)

96. The Searchers (1956)

97. Bringing Up Baby (1938)

98. Unforgiven (1992)

99. Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner (1967)

100. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)