Star Powerhouse

To be honest, I don't know until now, how to start this review. Since I have encountered the same situation in the past. Falling in love with a thespian, model, news anchor, someone famous what have you, name it; it is really hard at this point to believe that people within the same industry would not hurt you the same way as the people from the pass did. That was the doubt that Anna Elizabeth Villegas (played by Jessy Mediola) used to have in the movie.

A story of an ordinary lady who will fall in love with a celebrity and the whole story will revolve on how they met one night and the scandal that surrounds it.

Superbods Jessy Mendiola and Elmo Magalona, two of the country’s hottest young stars,  will be joining the 26 Superbods finalists in the Century Tuna Superbods Nation 2016 Pre-Finals Weekend happening on  April 2 and 3, 2016, at the BGC Ampitheater, Bonifacio Global City. The  event, which is staged in the run up to the Century Tuna Superbods Nation 2016 finals night, aims to reach out and engage with consumers to encourage them to be fab and fit men and women—just like the Superbods!

“Maria Mercedes” star Jessy Mendiola flew to Korea last night to meet with the Korean Tourism Organization (KTO) for her ceremonial appointment as Honorary Ambassador for Korean Tourism. Jessy will immediately attend to her duties as ambassador in her five-day trip as she is slated to meet with KTO Chairman Charm Lee and go around the country’s famous tourist spots to promote Korea’s tourism to Philippines. “I am very honored and thankful that the KTO chose me as ambassador. The Koreans are very nice to me when I visited their country and they instantly became dear to my heart,” said Jessy. The newest primetime princess is no stranger to Korea since she’s been there for several times to do the KBS show “World Date with Shinee” and to do some photo shoots for a magazine. She was also chosen by a Korean mobile messaging application as endorser. Jessy currently sizzles the television screens as “Maria Mercedes” every weeknights on primetime. The story continues to heat up eve...

Fame didn’t even cross the mind of then 14-year-old Jessy Mendiola when she joined Star Magic’s workshop back in 2007 together with her older sister. But it seems it was her destiny to become Philippine television’s next big star because out of the many aspiring, young talents in her batch, she was the only one who caught the eye of star maker Mr. Johnny Manahan. “I can still remember Mr. M asking me ‘Gusto mo bang mag-artista?’ The clueless me back then answered, ‘Is it okay if pag-isipan ko po muna? Can you give me three days?’” Jessy recounted. She did think about it for three days and after discussing the matter with her mom and siblings, Jessy signed up with Star Magic, the country’s most prestigious artist management arm. But she did not say “yes” to Mr. M’s offer because she wanted to be an actress, but rather because she felt the need to be the family’s breadwinner. “Life wasn’t easy for us especially before I entered showbiz. I grew up without a dad and it’s only my mom who’s...