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                    [Title] => Startalk turns sweet 16 (Second of two parts)
                    [Summary] => 

Startalk is exactly 16 years old today.

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Startalk turns sweet 16 this Saturday, Oct. 8.

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In the five years and a half I co-hosted Showbiz Lingo with Cristy Fermin, I don’t remember us having snacks — just the two of us — in some restaurant or coffee shop.

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Last Saturday, I gave a few suggestions on what reporters — whether those covering news and public affairs or entertainment — should do to get their stories. Below is the concluding portion.

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Decades before the bratty Angelina made life miserable for her hapless yaya, there was already Yaya Loring, the luckiest nanny in the whole wide world.

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Ted Failon’s older daughter, Kaye, summed it up very correctly: “They are treating our tragedy like a telenovela.”

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Even if we have no Cebuano roots, I have an affinity with Cebu since some family members decided to settle there and I get to fly to that Queen City of the South often.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135733 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1186451 [AuthorName] => Butch Francisco [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 30232 [Title] => What rates, what doesn’t [Summary] =>

(Second of two parts)

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(First of three parts)
Interviewing for print and TV are two different things (ask Ricky Lo because he does both – for this paper and Showbiz Stripped, which recently ranked No. 1 in the late-night slot).
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135733 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1186451 [AuthorName] => Butch Francisco [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 350388 [Title] => My 20 most memorable interviews for The STAR [Summary] =>
(Conclusion)
And so it finally happened – the 20th anniversary party of The Philippine STAR held last Friday at the Rizal Ballroom of the Makati Shangri-La Hotel. Although it took me two hours to get there from Greenhills, it was worth the trip because it was The Event – with everyone from this town showing up to party.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135733 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1186451 [AuthorName] => Butch Francisco [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Startalk turns sweet 16 (Second of two parts)
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Startalk is exactly 16 years old today.

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Startalk turns sweet 16 this Saturday, Oct. 8.

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In the five years and a half I co-hosted Showbiz Lingo with Cristy Fermin, I don’t remember us having snacks — just the two of us — in some restaurant or coffee shop.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135733 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1186451 [AuthorName] => Butch Francisco [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 547595 [Title] => Investigative Journalism: Tips on how to get a scoop [Summary] =>

Last Saturday, I gave a few suggestions on what reporters — whether those covering news and public affairs or entertainment — should do to get their stories. Below is the concluding portion.

[DatePublished] => 2010-02-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135733 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1186451 [AuthorName] => Butch Francisco [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 537858 [Title] => Remembering the Mega Yaya [Summary] =>

Decades before the bratty Angelina made life miserable for her hapless yaya, there was already Yaya Loring, the luckiest nanny in the whole wide world.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135733 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1186451 [AuthorName] => Butch Francisco [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 459321 [Title] => Like a telenovela [Summary] =>

Ted Failon’s older daughter, Kaye, summed it up very correctly: “They are treating our tragedy like a telenovela.”

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135733 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1186451 [AuthorName] => Butch Francisco [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 433852 [Title] => Daghang salamat! [Summary] =>

Even if we have no Cebuano roots, I have an affinity with Cebu since some family members decided to settle there and I get to fly to that Queen City of the South often.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135733 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1186451 [AuthorName] => Butch Francisco [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 30232 [Title] => What rates, what doesn’t [Summary] =>

(Second of two parts)

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(First of three parts)
Interviewing for print and TV are two different things (ask Ricky Lo because he does both – for this paper and Showbiz Stripped, which recently ranked No. 1 in the late-night slot).
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135733 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1186451 [AuthorName] => Butch Francisco [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 350388 [Title] => My 20 most memorable interviews for The STAR [Summary] =>
(Conclusion)
And so it finally happened – the 20th anniversary party of The Philippine STAR held last Friday at the Rizal Ballroom of the Makati Shangri-La Hotel. Although it took me two hours to get there from Greenhills, it was worth the trip because it was The Event – with everyone from this town showing up to party.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135733 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1186451 [AuthorName] => Butch Francisco [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) ) )
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