Iza inulan ng suwerte!

It will be an ultra busy coming months for Iza Calzado, dahil aside form her upcoming series, Hawak Kamay, with Piolo Pascual and child stars Andrea Brilllantes and Zaijian Jaranilla, among others, she will start shooting a movie, too, Bonifacio, Gusto Mo Ba Siyang Makilala?

Bonifacio, Gusto… one of the eight Metro Ma­nila Film Festival (MMFF) entries named by MMFF chairperson, Francis Tolentino, co-stars Iza with Robin Padilla.

Robin if you recall, was last year’s winner of the Best Actor award for his 2013 MMFF entry, 10,000 Hours.

Iza describes Bonifacio as a bio epic. Kaya, excited daw siya. Although wala pa siyang idea exactly kung ano ang magiging papel niya sa pelikula.

‘‘‘Di lang dahil both projects are relevant at magaganda, kung hindi I have for my co-stars two of the best male talents in the industry kaya nae-excite ako.

‘‘Well, truly, some people are lucky. And, one of them is luckily — me,’’ dugtong pa niyang nakatawa.

But no doubt, 2014 has proven a good year for Iza. Although, sinimulan daw nilang gawin nina Piolo at Toni Gonzaga and Starting Over Again, which was a blockbuster last year, ngayong taon nga naman ito ipinalabas.

Naging successful din ang kanyang first hosting job for the reality show, The Biggest Loser Pinoy Editon: Doubles.

Where her lovelife is concerned naman, there’s no doubt na ideal ang kanyang relasyon with her British-Filipino boyfriend, Ben Wintle.

Wowie balik na uli sa pag-arte

Of people na masasabing busy, well, we also have one in widower Wowie de Guzman.

Wowie’s wife of a few years, died months back after giving birth to their first child, a girl, whom he named Alex Rafaelle, as per his late wife’s request. Ito raw ang naisip nilang ipangalan sa bata noong ipinagbubuntis pa ito ng asawa.

Well, Wowie, who has been absent from the movie scene, mula nang magpakasal sila ng dating asawa, is now doing Yagit for GMA 7.

Tulad din ni Iza, wala pang ideya si Wowie what his role will be, as he knows naman daw na madalas mga bata ang bida sa show na Yagit.

In any case, when asked kung papayagan niya ang anak, kapag nagka-isip na ito at sabihin nito sa kanyang she wants to follow his footsteps, ang maliksing sagot ni Wowie: ‘‘Allow me muna na palakihin siya nang nararapat.

‘‘I’m glad nga na I have my biyenang babae at lalaki to help me raise their apo the way na gugustuhin ng kanyang ina,’’ sabi pa ni Wowie.

Maricar Reyes ka-level na raw sa aktingan si Bea Alonzo

Take a bow, Maricar Reyes. No less than some critics are taking notice of your performance as kontrabida to Bea Alonzo, one of our finest actresses, in Sana Bukas pa ang Kahapon.

Waring ka-level mo na raw ang newly-proclaimed Movie Queen ng local showbiz, performance wise.

Kaya raw nagsa-suffer in comparison si Paulo Avelino, na madalas ka-eksena nila ni Bea.

Paulo, though the same critics said, is not yet a hopeless. Dahil bukod sa maganda ang kanyang registration sa small screen ay alam mong nag-i-exert ng effort to come up with a good performance.

Hintayin natin ang diumano’y magaganap na confrontation scene between him and Albert Martinez, once the secret of his (Paulo’s) pagkatao is revealed.

It’s one of the highlights of the series, anang isang insider from Dreamscape Television Entertainment, which ABS-CBN Business Unit Head, Deo Endrinal, heads.