• Piolo, Sam file case vs Lolit  • Nora shows up at L.A. Awards

It’s final: Piolo Pascual and Sam Milby are filing a libel suit against Lolit Solis this morning at the Manila Regional Trial Court.

The case arose from an item Lolit wrote in her column Take It! Take It! in Pilipino STAR Ngayon (PSN) where she recalled having seen Piolo and Sam whispering into each other’s ears while having snacks at the poolside coffee shop of the Sofitel Philippine Plaza and then “scampering away” when they heard her coming.

Piolo and his “witnesses” claimed that he was “somewhere else” at that time, and so did Sam and his own “witnesses.” Insisting that they wanted the “truth” to come out, the two gave Lolit 10 days to make an apology and a retraction, otherwise they would file a case against her. Lolit stood pat on her story and said that, backed by her own “battle-scarred” lawyer, she is ready to fight it out in court in defense of her own “truth.”

Will the expected long-drawn court battle bring out more “truths” about Piolo and Sam? Will the feisty Lolit bend under pressure?

Stand by for juicier and meatier developments.

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Surprise, surprise!

The usually scarce Nora Aunor, finally free from the drug case filed in an L.A. court against her, showed up to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award given out last Sunday, Nov. 11, by the (19th) Reflections Awards at the Marriott Hotel in L.A.

Nora normally makes herself as hard to find as a needle in a haystack when sought for an interview but very conveniently surfaces like a California wildfire when she feels the need to “use” the media.

“There are only two ways to lure Nora out of her lungga (rat hole),” said a disgruntled Sacramento (California) lady from whom Nora owes more than just some dollars and a debt of gratitude. “Greenbacks and an award.”

A report by Oliver Carnay said that the night’s top award, Golden Reflections Award, was given to Eddie Gutierrez who was choked with emotions onstage as he recalled his “struggling” years in L.A. when he and his wife, Annabelle Rama (chosen Star of the Night), sold kalderos (pots and pans) for a living, “Something that I have never been ashamed of,” said Eddie.

According to Monet Lu, head of the Reflections Committee which is behind the annual awards, previous recipients of the honor include Lea Salonga, Tia Carrere, Lou Diamond Phillips, Billy Crawford, apl .de .ap and Jocelyn Enriquez.

Honored with a tribute during the event was director Elwood Perez.

Pinoy lead star in Miami Filmfest short film entry

Here’s good news from Funfare contributor Arturo Flores:

The Miami Short Film Festival will be held last week of this month. Scheduled to be shown on Nov. 27 is Dissonance which stars Rossano Flores who is pure Filipino born in Butuan City. He came to the US  when he was in Grade Three. Rossano graduated cum laude with a degree in Film and Video Production from a film school in Miami. He did a bit role as Officer Davis in the hit TV series E.R., co-starred in a Hallmark made-for-TV movie and has done several plays in L.A. He’s a member of Skitsations and has just competed in the Second Annual Comedy Competition at the Laugh Factory in L.A.

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