Vhong kailangan na uling kumita, mga anak naghihintay ng sustento

As soon as Vhong Navarro gets the go signal from his personal doctor and lawyer na puwede na muli siyang magtrabaho, he’ll be busy with two projects na busy na siya with bago pa siya na-involve sa controversy na pinag-uusapan sa Pilipinas, if not buong mundo, sa kasalukuyan.

There’s, of course, the daily noontime prog­ram It’s Showtime which has managed to continue airing minus him. And his mo­vie, a horror-suspense, tentatively titled The Possessed, with Joyce Bernal at the helm.

Bagama’t wala pang tiyak na leading lady ang pelikula noon, nagsyu-shooting na sila.

“Kaya marami-rami na rin silang kinunan bago nangyari ang ’di sana dapat nangyari kay Vhong.

“Nakunan na, halimbawa, ang ilang eksena niya with John Lapus and Al Tantay, two of his co-stars.

“Kaya nahihiya si Vhong sa dalawa na dahil sa kanya ay bakante ang mga ito,” sabi ng isang malapit sa TV host-comedian.

It might interest Vhong to know that Al has a new project for GMA 7 as a replacement ng nasirang si Roy Alvarez.

Nang mamatay si Roy, he was doing a series for GMA 7. Al was requested to take over.

From Al’s camp, we heard that before accepting GMA 7’s offer, humi­ngi muna siya at ang kanyang talent manager na si June Rufino ng kaukulang permiso from the management of ABS-CBN.

Al is in the cast of Got to Believe, the top-rating series starring Ka­th­ryn Bernardo at Daniel Padilla at nataon lang na bago mag-off the air on March 7 ang programa ay nag-exit na rin ang role ng veteran actor.

Kaya he got ABS-CBN’s permission to do the GMA 7 project.

Vhong, his camp said, is raring to work again. Not because he misses facing both the movie and TV cameras but because he has to.

Natural din kasi na because ’di siya busy, pending din ang kanyang income. Common knowledge na Vhong is suppor­ting two sons who are both studying.

“Ni hindi nga rin niya nakikita ang mga bata, for security reasons,” the same source told us. “Miss na niya ang mga anak, in the same way na miss din siya ng mga ito.”

Dingdong handang-handa na sa kasal kay Marian

More than prepared na si Dingdong Dantes to be a family man, if he wants to. But marriage to girlfriend of a few years, Marian Rivera, will not happen yet, according to both, this year.

Aside from his film production outfit, do you know that Dingdong is also into real estate? He is also involved in the videobar business. As well as investing in a Hyundai car dealership.

No question of his status as an actor. He remains in demand both on TV and in movies.

He will play leading man to Maricel Soriano in the actress’ first project as a GMA 7 talent, Ang Dalawang Mrs. Real. Directed by Andoy Ranay, the series also stars Lovi Poe.

Viva Films is reportedly also preparing a project for him and Anne Curtis.

But what we would admire more in Dingdong is his involvement in several advocacies.

Currently, he is financing the construction of a schoolhouse in one of the places hit by typhoon Yolanda in the south.

More power, Dingdong!

Happy birthday June…

Greet natin, Salve A., si June Rufino, executive ng Viva Group of Companies at president ng PAMI (Professional Artists Managers, Inc.), an exclusive organization of talent managers, ng happy birthday.

June turns a year older today. But let’s not ask how old she is. (Maligayang kaarawan tita June. All the best. – SVA)