Sunday, August 15, 2010
Saturday, August 7, 2010
From the Manila Bulletin : Giselle Sanchez on Sex and the City 2
After five years, Liz Almoro still traumatized over her marriage with Willie Revillame
I did not expect to be seated beside the ex-wife of Willie Revillame, Liz Almoro in the premiere of “Sex and the City 2” sponsored by Grace Chua of Mercedes Benz nor did I recognize the stunning beauty. She was humble and unassuming despite her statuesque beauty. She introduced herself to me. This is how our conversation went.
Liz: Hi Giselle! We’re Facebook friends! I’m Liz Almoro. I’m your fan.
Giselle: You do like comedians hehe. I’m so sorry I did not recognize you. I wrote about you in my column last week and for the propriety of fair comment, I need to get your side. I interviewed Victor Aliwalas to get a comment if you’re indeed dating and he gave me such a showbiz answer of “I’d appreciate it if you would not write about me and Liz because we are really just friends.” Then he banged the phone on me. How rude can he get! He has an attitude. I don’t like him! You tell him that! You don’t deserve him. You’re so nice and pretty. He’s rough and has no p.r. at all. What’s eating him anyway?
Liz: In fairness to Victor, I think he just doesn’t want to drag my name in showbiz because some people think he’s using me to get publicity.
Giselle: So are you really dating?
Liz: We’re hanging out. If you must know I’m dating a few men and no one exclusively. Na-trauma na kasi ako dati. Alam mo na. Di pa rin naalis.
Too bad the movie started so I couldn’t really fish the details on why was she so traumatized over her marriage with Willie. Oh and I stand corrected, Liz isn’t a cougar, she’s only 32. I wrote that she was 42. My bad.
In defense of ‘Sex and the City 2’
It was a delight to watch the four cougars of “Sex and the City 2” work their hormones and their men. Although many critics have reviewed the four as bubbleheads and the movie “idiotic,” I beg to disagree.
The movie had very witty dialog. I laughed for minutes when Charlotte saw Samantha’s 42 menopause pills and asked her, “Can you swallow all of that?” Then Samantha answers her without batting an eyelash – “Have we met?” Hahaha!
Of course, I was the only one in the movie house that laughed at Samantha’s “Lawrence of my Labia!.” So to all the critics of “Sex and the City 2,” can you just please allow us women to delight in the celebration of vacuousness for feel-goods sake! Let’s not take it as a serious film coz it’s not! It’s an escapist’s delight. The movie probing on women being able to live through narrow-minded cultures, aging, marriage and motherhood makes me proud to be a woman! For Liza Minelli’s “Single Ladies” number, the movie is a must-watch.
Sorry kid, it’s your Momma-Cougar I like, not you!
“It’s really hard to be a mother” was another memorable quote by Miranda in ‘Sex and the City 2.’ But it’s more difficult if this Mother-Cougar-Telenovela-Actress (MCTA) cannot date this popular young actor (PYA) because of the fact that her daughter-actress (DA) has a big high school crush on PYA.
MCTA would often invite PYA to “inuman” sessions in her home and PYA would oblige because PYA has this thing for older women. But after noticing that MCTA would always bring her daughter-actress to their drinking sessions and tease the two of them, PYA realized that he does not have a chance with MCTA.
Mommy also stopped inviting PYA to her house for drinking socials because daughter-actress is sensing that PYA does not have the hots for her but for Mommy Dear. So they all decided to quit the rigodon before a real telenovela happens in their lives should MCTA decide to go for PYA who is really so hot he’s a cure for headaches!
Muscat with Jed Madela
While watching “Sex and the City 2,” I was having a déjà vu of my trip several days ago with Jed Madela in Muscat,Oman. Upon arriving at the airport, the humidity of 54 degrees slapped me in the face and I was about to remove my jacket when our producer from Western Union stopped and reminded me that I should not show skin. “Kukuyugin ka nila,” with eyes wide open she told me.
“I thought this was an open city? This is the new Middle East, right? Just like Abu Dhabi in ‘Sex and the City 2.’ She told me it was indeed an open city but I still had to respect their culture. So out of respect, I let my armpits sweat and get “baktol” all over the sleeves of my jacket in fear of my visa being revoked. Thank God I was having a show with Jed Madela. In between my hot flushes (and I’m not even freakin’ menopausing), he would fan me, carry my bag and put the a.c. directly where I am.
In the middle of the summer heat, Jed Madela was in fire when he performed. I never realized what put him in the star status level until I watched him perform. Boy was it a delight to watch him belt songs with Celine Dion and Whitney Houston pitches.
When I met Jed at the airport for the first time, I was trying to decipher what was it that placed him on star status level. He wasn’t really a looker nor a “hipon.” A “hipon” or shrimp is defined as a hunky muscled man without the looks to go with it.
When you eat a shrimp, you take out the head and eat the body. So that’s what a hipon is, “Tapon ulo, kain katawan.” But the world class talent Olympics champion blew me and his audience in Oman.
After my comedy performance, the energy level which was already high, went up five notches higher, any more would remove the roof of the Al Falaj stadium. Gary V. and Martin Nievera, watch out for this young man, you guys found yourselves a match!
Giselle Sanchez is a stand-up comedienne, singer and a TV/movie actress. Known as “Asia’s Funny Girl,” she will have a show in Macau on June 13, Resorts World Manila on June 16, Birmingham, UK on June 20, and Madrid on June 27.
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Friday, August 6, 2010
From the Manila Bulletin : Giselle Sanchez's Follow Up On Cougars
Guess which Cougar star?

It seems that my “Cougar Town-Manila Chapter” story appealed to many readers. I got several emails about interesting and shocking rumors regarding cougars in Philippine show business. To protect myself from any libel cases, I will hide their names. So let’s play, Guess which cougar star!
Queen Cougar pays P160,000 for a love potion
Colegiala1970 emailed me a shocking story about a very popular cougar who has been married for years to her prey but are having problems recently.
According to Colegiala1970, this cougar queen paid P160,000 to a very powerful witch to concoct a “gayuma” or love potion which worked on Queen Cougar’s prey but the potion is said to have an expiration date.
Oh no! No wonder Queen Cougar’s prey always looks dazed and confused whenever he is with Queen Cougar. I did a little research on love potions and they really do slowly wear off. No wonder Queen Cougar’s prey is always caught philandering with women younger than Queen Cougar.
The love potion is wearing off! I heard this same story from two ladies having hair treatments in Sir George Salon in Timog. That’s why I’m called gossip girl, I like to eavesdrop! This same cougar story by a friend of a friend of a friend who claims to be a witch. This friend of a friend of a friend knows the witch of Queen Cougar.
Cougar’s witch is known in their community as the mistress of all mistresses, meaning, she has amassed a lot of black magic power. If this story is indeed a fact and not fiction, then I would be very very disappointed with Queen Cougar who claims to be very religious.
Classic Madame Cougar has a young lover
Independentpartylister56 emailed me another cougar story of this classic cougar who is no longer grieving on her husband’s death because she allegedly has a young lover. I never thought that this cougar could still have a young lover because classic cougar is already a grandmother. Well, as they say, life begins at 60! Champion ka diyan, Tita!
Cougar replaces gladiator shoes with Brazilian models
Councilor Cristina Gonzales Romuladez and I celebrated our birthdays with a dinner with friends in Felix Greenbelt 5. The Sex in the City Barkada comprising of top shot contractor Alice Eduardo, Greenhills Learning Center’s Small Laude, and Governor Imee Marcos were all complete in our special day.
I asked Imee in front of her Singaporean partner Mark Chua if the rumors that she brought six handsome Brazilians models to a party were true.
“I didn’t have time to buy gladiator shoes to the party so I brought the six Brazilians as accessory,” she told us laughing.
I want those accessories! I want those accessories!
Cougars fight cancer
There is a day in a year that every cougar dreads – the mammogram day! The inevitable day where your breasts get crushed like pancakes being flattened by two flat irons! Cougars have to do this yearly because when you are 35 years old and older (cougar age), you are prone to breast cancer.
Now cougars can thank me because I just discovered the no-radiation and painless way to diagnose cancer through Medical Digital Infared Theromgraphic Imagery (MDITI). The MDITI machine takes a picture of your body and reads its heat levels.
When you have a “hot spot” in your body, it means that there is an inflammation and there is something wrong in that specific place. For example, in the my recent MDITI, Dr. Roderick Tan discovered that I had an inflammation in my teeth, so I went to the dentist, and true enough, there was a cavity that was about to develop which is why it was not yet painful.
He also discovered an inflammation on my digestive system so I had it checked and I was diagnosed by the doctors of having acid reflux. The same concept is used to detect cancer tumors in the entire body, particulary in the breast.
If you have a tumor in the breast, the breast tissues become inflamed and heat emits from the area. According to their website, www.med-detect.com,, “MDITI is the only one that can screen developing future breast cancer and it’s 83 percent accuracy is comparable to mammography in detecting cancers.” For more information about the MDITI Center, you can e-mail tan_roderick@hotmail.com.
This Cougar wants a shy guy
“I don’t want no fly guy, I just want a shy guy” was what Diana King belted to thousands of fans screaming and dancing to her hit song “Shy Guy” at the SM Mall of Asia last May 15. King was joined by famed U.S. artists such as JoJo, SWV, P.M. Dawn, Frankie J, Baby Bash, TQ, All-4-One and V Factory in the “Then And Now Massive Music Festival.” Fans who were raring to relive the best loved hits of the 90’s and 2000 like “I Swear” (All-4-One), “Outta Control” (Baby Bash), “Too Little Too Late” (JoJo), “Don’t Wanna Try” (Frankie J), “Weak” (SWV), and “Westside” (TQ) were overjoyed to hear their favorite songs and alternately screamed for their idols.
The Then And Now Massive Music Festival 2010 is made possible by: ABS-CBN, the official TV station; MYX, the official music channel; The Hotel Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila, the official residence; and SM Mall Of Asia, our concert venue; Official Radio Stations: Magic 89.9 and Mellow 94.7; Mossimo Music and Autohub, Inc. Powered By: Exile Mobile.
Sexy Cougars kiss and make up
Sexy cougars Aubrey Miles and Sheree are on speaking terms again as Gossip Girl caught them sharing Mommy stories in the dressing room of Resorts World for the FHM show. “Bati na kayo?,” I nonchalantly asked the two hot mommas.
“We decided to put the hate aside since we are happy with our families now,” Sheree said smiling. The two cougars had a catfight over a man before. But that’s history. Now that Aubrey is happy with Troy Montero and Sheree caught young prey Gian Magdangal, everything is water under the bridge.
I hope the same goes with Vice Ganda and Tado who kissed and made up on national television last week. When I sang in “Showtime” the day before the kiss and make-up scene, I caught Vice Ganda crying backstage. He told me that management reprimanded him for throwing mean comments to guest judge Tado. I asked him why he did that and he answered, “Sino bang bakla ang hindi masasaktan sa nakasulat sa T-shirt ni Tado,” the fast-rising comedian told me.
Tado is the owner of Offensive Shirts, which he personally creates and mass produces. That day Tado chose to wear a T-shirt that wrote, “Mas mabuti pa ang magnakaw kaysa mamakla” which caught the ire of Vice Ganda .
The gay comedian started throwing back comments that he did not like Tado’s shirt and that he does not wonder why Tado lost in the last elections in Marikina. Management reminded Vice Ganda that “Showtime” was created to make the Filipinos happy and throwing hurtful comments will not help the show.
The next day Vice Ganda tells his viewers, “Ang ‘Showtime’ po ay nilikha para magpasaya ng mga Pilipino. Kaya hindi magandang nakikita na hindi tayo nagkakaunawaan sa telebisyon. Inaamin ko po na may kasalanan ako, at mayroon po kaming natutunan sa pagkakamaling ito. Let us all work from this mistake, from this experience. Peace, peace, peace tayo, Tado. Love, love love.”
AWWWWWWWW!
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Thursday, August 5, 2010
Cougar Town-Manila chapter
From the Manila Bulletin column : Gossip Girl

The urban dictionary defines a cougar as a female, usually 35 years old and above, who enjoys the sexual company of younger men. Hollywood has a number of gorgeous cougars in the likes of Demi Moore, Madonna, Sharon Stone, and Elizabeth Hurley, who are all dating men 10 to 20 years younger than them.
Manila has it’s share of cougars and preys, and most of them attended the opening of the Zen Institute Medical Spa in Hotel Sofitel. Eula Valdez leads the pack of cougars because, at age 42, she was still able to snag 29-year-old hunky actor Rocky Salumbides, who swears to the media that he is willing to take care of Eula’s two children.
Well, if I were Rocky, I would do the same because Eula actually looks better than some women in their twenties, thanks to Doctor Mary Jane Valdecanas. Eula’s body is fit with no flab courtesy of the Resonax machine that “potential” cougar Cory Quirino uses in Zen as well. I call Cory a “potential” cougar because she admits that, at her age, she still has suitors who “are in their twenties.” We’re talking about Cory Quirino here who is…ageless.
The cougar’s prey
I was able to talk to 24-year-old Victor Aliwalas who also attended the Zen Institute launch at Hotel Sofitel, and I felt that he was very elusive to my question if it was true that he was dating ex-wife of Willie Revillame, Liz Almoro, who is ten years older than him. Victor answered very awkwardly, “I would appreciate if you would not write anything about me and Liz because we are really just friends.”
Why so elusive, Victor? Are you ashamed of dating cougars? You should be proud of dating a cougar because true cougars are classy, beautiful creatures who have made their successes on their own, have real brains, usually with expensive cars and homes, and are real head turners. Younger men seek cougars who don’t have to sneak up and attack...they know their younger mates are eager to get an experienced woman who won’t ask if they’ll call them the next day. Being a cougar is a positive thing.
Almost a prey to Gossip Girl
If I was not happily married, I’d probably be a cougar as well. Little boys do boost your ego at times. I remember hosting a show for TFC (The Filipino Channel, the counterpart of ABS-CBN in other countries) and 22-year-old actor Tom Rodriguez approached me. Tom was discovered in Pinoy Big Brother and is now Angelika Panganiban’s leading man in “Here Comes the Bride,’’ which is still showing up to now.” This was the scenario:
Tom: So sorry to stare at you, Miss Giselle, but I’m just star-struck.
Giselle: (I’m looking at his rumored girlfriend Princess who was giving me and Tom the dagger look) I’m sorry. Have we met?
Tom: I’m Tom. I’m in Pinoy Big Brother. I used to watch you when I was a kid in your noontime show and your dating game show. You still look as young and beautiful as you did before.
Giselle: (To herself – “Hmmmm, possible prey if I was not married… pwede…”) So Tom, are you a fan of my comedy or did you become taller when you were a kid looking at my bikini posters?
Tom: Both, hehe. You really look good up to now.
Giselle: I think you should go back to Princess because if looks would kill, I’m dead by now. Besides, my gay friends are screaming “cougar” and it’s really quite embarrassing.
I had to review if I was already cougar quality. I’m still in the denial stage and this middle-age Gossip Girl still thinks she’s forever 21. Let me review my checklist on what it takes to be a cougar. Hollywood actor Neil Patrick Harris describes a cougar in his TV sitcom “How I Met Your Mother” in three key characteristics:
The hair – the cougar keeps up with the current hairstyles as a form of camouflage, the prey may not realize that he already engaged a cougar until he is already being dragged, helpless back to her lair; the blouse – the cougar displays maximum cleavage exposure to captivate their prey. If you’re watching them pounce, she’s about to pounce; the claws – to ward off rival females and open alimony checks.
AAAAAAAA! I am cougar quality!
Message to all cougars: Goodbye dentures!
To all cougars using dentures: Say goodbye to them because Dr. Lizette Rivas together with her partners Dr. Jun Mariano and Dr. Crysoine Marquez, Lorna Kalaw and Mike Dalumpines recently opened the Dental Implant Osseointegration Center in the De los Santos-STI Megaclinic at the 5th floor in Megamall. Your dentures and fix bridges can now be replaced with dental implants that are permanent. No more embarrassing moments when your 20-year-old boytoy finishes a glass of water and ends up puking because he finally sees your dentures inside his glass of water after drinking the last drop.
Dental implants provide the longest lasting solution to missing teeth. They are safe and give you natural looking teeth and confidence to eat and smile. And the best part, dental implants are safe, permanent and non-detachable much like a typical cougar’s breast implant, gore-tex nose implant and hair implants. The cougar and her implants are inseparable. You may email lizette_rivas@hotmail.com if you have more questions on dental implants.
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