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                    [Title] => The difference is Yul
                    [Summary] => Yul Servo’s face seems forever frozen in a smile. He doesn’t talk much, the way you’d expect a showbiz guy like him to. But what he lacks in verbosity, he more than makes up for in the way he observes people with the clarity of a magnifying glass.

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John Lloyd has spent seven of those 21 years as member of the ABS-CBN Talent Center (he was 14 when he joined the Star Circle).
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"Hindi makapaniwala ang Nanay ko,"
smiled Yul, his eyes disappearing into mere slits (his trademark). "She was very happy."
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                    [Title] => The difference is Yul
                    [Summary] => Yul Servo’s face seems forever frozen in a smile. He doesn’t talk much, the way you’d expect a showbiz guy like him to. But what he lacks in verbosity, he more than makes up for in the way he observes people with the clarity of a magnifying glass.

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[DatePublished] => 2005-06-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1499961 [AuthorName] => Mario E. Bautista [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 281082 [Title] => Lights, camera, fashion [Summary] => People tend to call it the Philippine showbiz’s version of the Oscars, but the first Luna Awards, held at the Westin Harbor View Tent, is on a class of its own. With the women elegant in their designer best and the men simply dashing in their tuxes, coats and ties, the whole evening was a page taken straight out of the fabulous ‘50s. [DatePublished] => 2005-06-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133292 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1429811 [AuthorName] => JR Isaac [SectionName] => Young Star [SectionUrl] => young-star [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 255071 [Title] => It’s John’s day! [Summary] => If John Lloyd Cruz gets all wet today, feast of St. John The Baptist (avoid San Juan if you want to stay dry), he has a very valid reason: He’s turning 21 and he can celebrate by, that’s it, getting wet (maybe in his bathroom which is his favorite part of the house).

John Lloyd has spent seven of those 21 years as member of the ABS-CBN Talent Center (he was 14 when he joined the Star Circle).
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134227 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1697794 [AuthorName] => Ricky Lo [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 253993 [Title] => The Noranian in Yul Servo [Summary] => When Angora Films cast Nora Aunor opposite Yul Servo in its Manila Filmfest entry, Naglalayag (directed by Maryo J. delos Reyes from a story by Irma Dimaranan), the one who got more excited was Yul’s mom, Zeny Nieto, who’s a Noranian.

"Hindi makapaniwala ang Nanay ko,"
smiled Yul, his eyes disappearing into mere slits (his trademark). "She was very happy."
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