12 pairs of stars take on the "Puso ng Pasko: Artista Challenge"

"Puso ng Pasko Artista Challenge" will be replacing Survivor Philippines Celebrity Showdown which will air its grand finale on December 3, 2010.

Starting December 6 on GMA Telebabad, 12 pairs of celebrities will take on the challenge in "Puso ng Pasko", the 1st ever reality Krismaserye on Philippine TV.

They will all compete in various challenges and win for the 12 families and communities (1 for each pair). Over 5 million worth of prizes are at stake in the competition.

Original hosts of "Puso ng Pasko" were reportedly real-life lovers Dingdong Dantes-Marian Rivera and Drew Arellano-Iya Villania.

But we all know what happened to Iya right? She stayed with ABS-CBN, leaving Drew as host in the show.

Richard Gutierrez meanwhile was supposed to be one of the 12 challengers with Solenn Heussaff as his partner. But Chard eventually backed out. Why? (For sure, you guys could guess the reason why!).

On Showbiz Central yesterday, it was announced that the official hosts of Puso ng Pasko Artista Challenge are Drew Arellano, Rhian Ramos, Vicky Morales and Richard Gutierrez.

Husband-and-wife Cesar Montano and Sunshine Cruz are last-minute addition as one of the 12 pairs, taking over the slot of Richard & Solenn.

Mykiru is FIRST to have the complete list of the 12 celebrity challengers. Meet them:

Rocco Nacno & Kris Bernal, Ynna Asistio & Mark Herras


Heart Evangelista and Ervic Vijandre


Bianca King and Aljur Abrenica


Rachelle Ann Go and Kris Lawrence


Bubbles Paraiso & Benjie Paras, Carla Abellana & Geoff Eigenmann, Sam Pinto & Paolo Contis, Mariz Umali & Raffy Tima

Not in Pictures: Cesar Montano & Sunshine Cruz, Gwenn Zamora & Fabio Ide, Aljur Abrenica & Bianca King and Jennica Garcia & Carl Guevarra


Photos courtesy of Ynna Asistio, @lucy_n_d_sky on Twitter and the Samistas

Kris Bernal as a BENCH fashionista at the Philippine Fashion Week

MYKIRU'S FIRST CATCH

Just like Coco Martin, Aljur Abrenica and Carla Abellana, Kris Bernal took part for the first time on a Bench fashion show.

Photos by Jory Rivera

Heart Evangelista is FAMAS Best Actress

MYKIRU'S FIRST CATCH

Heart Evangelista has won for herself her first ever Best Actress trophy during the 57th FAMAS Awards held last night, October 18, 2009, at the PAGCOR Grand Theatre.

She won for the indie film Ay, Ayeng beating other multi-awarded actresses such as Dawn Zulueta, Judy Ann Santos and Sharon Cuneta.

In the past, she already won an acting trophy from PMPC Star Awards, but it was a Most Promising Actress or Best New Movie Actress award for the movie Trip.

It's now Heart's 2nd acting award, but her first major "Best Actress" trophy.

For the 2009 Metro Manila Film Festival, Heart stars in the Regal Films' entry Mano Po 6: My Mother as Sharon Cuneta's daughter and depending on her portrayal, she might win another acting trophy.

The Best Actor trophy meanwhile was awarded to Allen Dizon who lately has proven himself as a serious actor after being previously identified as a bold actor.

He won for his self-produced movie "Paupahan" leaving nominees Aga Muhlach, Jericho Rosales, Polo Ravales, Richard Gutierrez and John Estrada behind.

It's already Allen's second FAMAS award. The first time was in 2007 when he won as Best Supporting Actor for "Twilight Dancers", which also gave him his 1st acting trophy during the PMPC Star Awards the same year.

"Paupahan" stars Snooky Serna and German Moreno were the night's Best Supporting Actress and Actor respectively.

It's Snooky's second Best Supporting Actress award this year for the same movie. She also won at the PMPC Star Awards.

As for FAMAS, it's already her third. She was previously honored as Best Actress in 1994 for "Koronang Itim" and as Best Child Actress in 1972 for "My Little Angel".

The year 2009 is also Kuya Germs' year as he scored his second Best Supporting Actor honor for "Paupahan". He also won the same award at the PMPC Star Awards.

It's interesting to note that FAMAS has a special award in honor of Kuya Germs' name, the German Moreno Youth Achievement Award which was handed out to the loveteams of Kim Chiu-Gerald Anderson and Aljur Abrenica-Kris Bernal.

Sarah Geronimo was actually the night's big winners with her two victories: as Golden Artist Awardee and another one for Best Movie Theme Song (Ngayon, Bukas at Kailanman) from the movie "Baler" which was declared Best Picture.

Jessica Mae Flores and Dominico Soriano, child stars from the movie "Ay, Ayeng", were Best Child Actress and Best Child Actor respectively.

Congrats to all the winners!

Carlo Aquino-Kris Bernal Kissing Scandal at Starbucks

Carlo Aquino and Kris Bernal are the subjects of a Starbucks scandal recently.

According to a tabloid report, Carlo and Kris were allegedly caught kissing in a dark corner of Starbucks Commonwealth at around 2:00 AM in the morning.

But just like most of the showbiz scandals, the said Starbucks scandal turned out to be a fake one.

Kris Bernal was interviewed by PEP and denied such kissing scandal but she admitted though she was once with Carlo at Starbucks.

She also stressed that it happened a long time ago, during the time they were working together for "Dapat Ka Bang Mahalin?" on GMA 7 but they never kissed.

On television, Kris is being paired up with Aljur and the two are currently in an MU stage.