Amanda Griffin - Photo's on Rogue Magazine, August 2008

Filipina model and TV personality Amanda Griffin grace the August issue of Rogue Magazine.

The frontpage looks so daring and luscious, never mention the honey or caramel (not sure, haven't taste the crap) that makes her body wet and reveal her nipples cover by thin white dress.


Biography

Nicknamed “Amands” by her close friends, Amanda Griffin is one of the most versatile of the television personalities in the Philippine spotlight. Despite her busy schedule in modeling and TV show business, Griffin has been able to earn two university degrees, help promote Greenpeace, and start her own swim fashion retail store.

Amanda Claire Griffin was born in Windsor, Engl

and. Her father, Tony Griffin, is a businessman from Britain; Susana Ricardo is her mother, and a flight attendant from Cebu Island in the Philippines. Griffin has two younger siblings, and they were raised in England, the United States, and the Philippines. She went to high school in Manila, and began a part time modeling career. Although she has been in front of a camera since her early teens and loves the job, Griffin attended College in Australia and earned her bachelor’s degree in both business and communications.

Career

Amanda Griffin began her career as a young model at age 14, after being discovered at a mall, while attending the International School in Manila. It wasn’t until after she finished college at Bond University in Australia that she pushed her career forward and became a full time model . However, it didn’t stop magazines and fashion designers from tapping her immediately for photo shoots and live ramp fashion modeling. Commercials and product endorsements were soon to follow. Her first commercial? Rejoice Shampoo.

However, being an international model apparently was not enough variety for Amanda Griffin. After developing her career on camera and the ramp, Griffin took on two more major projects—opening a fashion boutique to carry the Tabu line of swimwear, and the ABS-CBN television fashion magazine, “F,” as a food and travel reporter. After “F” fizzled out, she began co-hosting “Team Explorer,” a travel show on station 23.

And Amanda Griffin makes time to help Greenpeace as well. Very concerned about the damage to the ocean and coral reefs, she can be found gathering signatures for Greenpeace and often wears Greenpeace shirts on her shows. When Amanda gets time to sleep is anyone’s guess, but Earth’s coral reefs will be better off for her efforts.

Amanda Griffin


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Ramiele Malubay - After American Idol !!!

After her days on American Idol, the 20-year-old Filipina is on a pursuit of a new start for her. Standing not even 5 feet tall, she bubbles with energy.

"I'm a kid at heart," Ramiele Malubay tells the Celebrity News Service. "Seriously, it's kinda sad - I'm 20, almost 21, and my TV's all Disney channel."

The stylish Filipino American sat down with CNS before the Ft. Lauderdale show at the BankAtlantic Center. The show is part of the "American Idols LIVE! Tour 2008," which brings together this year's top 10 "Idol" finalists on stage. Ramiele Malubay was excited to be so close to home for the show.

"I graduated in Bank Atlantic in '05," she tells CNS exclusively. She adds, "I got to see my mom yesterday, and I surprised her at work. I called her in the morning and she was like, 'Where are you?'And I'm like, 'Yeah, I'm in Georgia. I won't get to see you until tomorrow.' So I went to her work, and she was like, 'Oh my gosh,' and she just started freaking out and crying."

Ramiele Malubay has been away from home since being on tour since July 1st. She says the coolest thing about touring is just meeting the people they get to meet like there's some celebrities that come to the show.

"I liked LA because I got to talk to and meet Randy Jackson. It wasn't like, pre-nerves. He was just normal, like we were sitting and having a conversation."

Ramiele Malubay says the tour has also allowed her to bond with the other "Idol" finalists.

"I knew everybody "before", but I didn't get to really know them until the tour. This is like, living close quarters in a bus," she says, adding, "They're really cool. I have no regrets. We don't fight. We're like a group of sisters. The guys - I don't really hang out with them."

With the "Idol" tour wrapping up Sept. 13, Malubay has been looking to the future. "Three weeks left. Two and half. Girl, like a couple days," she tells CNS, laughing. "I just want to go home! I just want to go home and see my dog."

Also, the singer plans to return to the Philippines in December for the Ramiele Philippine Homecoming Concert. She hopes that sassy "Idol" semi-finalist Danny Noriega will join her.

"I'm trying to get him to come with me," she says. "It's gonna be in the Philippines, so he has a lot of fans over there. He's like, 'I don't speak your language," and I'm like, 'You don't need to. They still love you.'" Noriega caught attention earlier this year on "Idol" when he repeatedly talked back to Simon. "That boy can have his own show, talk to himself, and still get ratings," says Ramiele Malubay.

Malubay is also interested in joining the likes of Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers on Disney.
"I'm trying to get in touch with Disney because I really wanted to work with them," she says. "It's just like singing and acting. I can do that, and I look really young. I would really love that. And they're really diverse on the Disney channel, culture-wise and everything, so I'd be really excited if they even called to pick me up."

Malubay adds that while she got attention for being on "Idol," it is still very difficult to break through in this business. "It sucks. I'm telling you, it sucks. It's hard. It's really hard. We'll see how far I get. Idol helps when you're on the show, but not really after."

Malubay says that if she does get a record deal, her album would be all about showing off her talent. "I'd probably do like, covers and try to write my own songs. But it'd be more like, showing off my voice, like belting and all that stuff. Something that'll showcase my voice."

In the meantime, Malubay says she may get the chance to do a duet with her own idol.
"It's supposedly in the works. I might get to do a duet with my idol in the Philippines, Regine Velasquez. She's like the reason I started singing. Her and the Spice Girls," she says. "Every girl loved the Spice Girls when she was younger. I still have those hits on my iPod.

Sammi Cheng - Just Wants Happiness

Sammi Cheng (鄭秀文) celebrated her 36th birthday yesterday evening. After converting to Christianity, it seems that she has ditched her reputation as a drunken party animal, opting instead for a more sedate dinner party at the Kiangsu And Chekiang Residents Association restaurant in Central, with some of her church friends.

Sammi Cheng emerged from the venue after the meal at around 10pm and happily answered questions from the waiting press. She was smiling and had obviously enjoyed her evening. Asked what her birthday wish was, she replied that she hoped to continue being happy. She added that she had received a lot of gifts from her friends, but was called away before she revealed what she had received.

When the reporters called out for her to have a happy birthday, she turned back and gave a polite thanks before saying goodbye.

Sammi Cheng Sau Man

Similar to "Heavenly King", Aaron Kwok, Sammi Cheng's career started with Capital Artists and later with Warner Music.

The lack of fast, upbeat songs by female singers in the early to mid-90's gave Sammi Cheng a chance to stardom, and she very well took advantage with some great dance hits, including "Lost Memory" and "Ding Dong".

Sammi cheng did just as well with romantic songs, with hits like "The Saddest Person", and the karaoke-favorite, "Somalia's Romeo And Juliet". A contractual dispute led to Sammi's departure from Capital to Warner, where she then had her first chance to break into the huge mandarin market. Her first mandarin album, "Worthwhile", was an instant success, selling more than 300,000 copies in Taiwan alone. Despite a talented group of new female singers emerging in Hong Kong, Sammi Cheng continues to stay at the top.



**recent news about andy hui : at night he brought some drink for sammi when sammi cheng was recording new canto album recently,he takes care of Sammi's health so much...some her fans caught it....hehhee...and when sammi cheng and andy were asked about it they smiled so sweetly hehehe... that's so sweet!!!andy hui is so sweet la......sammi and andy are really together!

George Lam will be Charlene Choi's father ???

Actor George Lam will be Charlene Choi's father in a new film

Hong Kong actor George Lam will perform as Charlene Choi's father in the upcoming film, "Sui Yue Qing."

George Lam's beard resembles that of Charlene Choi's actual father, which has led some people to jokingly ask whether Charlene Choi will mistake Lam as her father while shooting, ent.163.com reports.

Though Lam only plays a supporting role in the movie, Charlene Choi is still thrilled at the opportunity to work with her idol, whose songs and personality she admires.

Alan Luo will star alongside Charlene Choi as the lead actor in the film.

Charlene Choi Helps Kids 'Make A Wish'

Charlene Choi (蔡卓妍) has been busy filming back to back movies recently, but she has still taken time out to keep up her charity engagements. Today, she joined the celebrations for the tenth anniversary of the Make A Wish Foundation in Hong Kong.

As special ambassador for the charity that helps disabled children, Charlene Choi has also recorded a special theme song to mark the occasion. She revealed that the single will go on sale in mid-August and all proceeds will go towards making the children's dreams come true.

During the event, Charlene Choi met some of the children who are currently receiving treatment for or have recovered from their conditions. They were all very excited to see the star and chatted away with her like they were old friends who had just been reunited. The children were very appreciative, especially one little girl who shared her birthday cake with Charlene Choi. She said that this was her most memorable birthday, especially as Charlene Choi took time out to visit despite her busy schedule.

Charlene Choi had also taken time out earlier to film a music video for the "Make A Wish" song. She said that the seven disabled and sick children who had joined her on the shoot were all extremely brave and strong. She expressed her admiration for them and said that everyone had something to learn from these kids.

Zhang Ziyi - Shoots new pics ???

Chinese movie star Zhang Ziyi shoots new photos
for the fashion magazine Bazaar.

Actress Zhang Ziyi is on the cover of the September edition of Harper's Bazaar.
The star was invited to pose for a series of special
Olympic themed photos for the fashion magazine.

Forbidden love

Young girls' dream ... Memoirs Of A Geisha

MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

THIS lavish big-screen version of Arthur Golden’s best-selling novel will have adolescent girls falling over each other to grab a front-row seat.

For the uninitiated, this film tells the tale of Sayuri (Ziyi Zhang), the daughter of an impoverished fishing-village family, who is sold to a geisha house as a young girl.

There she is treated like a slave until her stunning looks attract the eye of Mameha (Michelle Yeoh) who transforms her into Japan’s most celebrated geisha.

Lavish ... Memoirs

Will this be enough to win the love and devotion of her adored Chairman (Ken Watanabe)?

Chicago director Rob Marshall uses stunning visuals, great acting and some cracking kimonos to make this story of forbidden love into a superb tale.

Yao Ming’s Wife - Ye Li

Houston Rockets’ brilliant centermost Yao Ming affiliated longtime adherent – and basketball amateur for the Chinese civic women’s aggregation – Ye Li at a chic auberge in his hometown of Shanghai on Monday, letters the Associated Press.

The commemoration and feast for the 7′6″ Yao, who is 26, and the 6′2″ Ye, 25, and their 70 guests were captivated at the Shangri-La Hotel, as about 100 reporters were staked alfresco – admitting the groom’s celerity that he would not comment.

But, according to reports, the bells brace did accelerate out accepted celebratory candy, as able-bodied as a deejay absolute flat bells photos.

Yao Ming and Yao Ming’s Wife’s pictures were taken aftermost anniversary adjoin a accomplishments of a breathtaking resort in eastern China. ( Yao Ming’s Wife, ye li, yao ming, yao ming and wife, nia long, yao ming wife ) . The brace had best up their official alliance affidavit aftermost Friday.

The two reportedly met eight years ago.

The AP quotes the Titan sports area as adage the bells brace will arch against Beijing on Tuesday to participate in anniversary appearance the one-year admission to the barrage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Yao Ming’s Wife

Gillian Chung - Becomes FIBA diamond ball ambassador ???

Gillian Chung (鍾欣桐) stops to sign an autograph for a fan at the final of the 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball For Women basketball tournament, 05 August 2008, Haining, China. This was Gillian's first public appearance after an absence of nearly six months.

Gillian Chung Attends Basketball Game

Gillian Chung (鍾欣桐) made an appearance yesterday evening at the 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball For Women in Haining, where she was inaugurated as promotional ambassador and stayed to enjoy the basketball match between champions USA and Australia.

Returning to work after an absence of several months following her implication in the sex photos scandal in February, Gillian Chung proved that she still had some appeal as the audience called out her name and fans stopped by to ask for her autograph. Some of her fans had especially travelled to see her from as far away as Shanghai and Hangzhou and had spent thousands of dollars on touted tickets for the game.

Yumiko Cheng (鄭希怡) and Kenny Kwan (關智斌) also appeared at the event and made a guest performance. The three celebrities then posed for photographs with the China team, who had come third in the tournament and wished them good luck for the Olympics.

Gillian Chung exclaimed that this was the first time she had watched an international basketball game and she was honoured to meet the Chinese national team. She hoped that all of China's athletes will find good results at the Olympics.

Gillian Chung becomes FIBA diamond ball ambassador

Hong Kong singer and actress Gillian Chung hosts a jump ball
of the 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball for Women in Haining on Tuesday,

Hong Kong singer and actress Gillian Chung, half of the Hong Kong pop duo Twins, opened a match of the 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball for Women as a tournament ambassador in Haining, eastern China's Zhejiang Province, on Tuesday evening.

Web site hinews.cn reports that it is Chung's first appearance on the Chinese mainland after a nude photo scandal early this year.

Chung's agent said she attended the event for its positive cause, but it does not signal her return to the stage. Gillian Chung will formally resume work after the Olympics.

Meisa Kuroki - releases first song Like This ???

Earlier this summer in mid June, beautiful young JJ Magazine model and actress Meisa Kuroki 黒木メイサ made her Jpop singing debut in connection with the au Sportio/W62T mobile phones. The R&B dance song “Like This” is the first single under real name (she had sang in the 2007 film, Crows Zero クローズＺＥＲＯ singing under the name Ruka Kashiwagi). Meisa appears in TV commercials for both phones with different arrangements of the song used in each commercial.

Meisa continues her acting career having starred in last year’s Dear Father Haikei Chichiue-sama 拝啓、父上様, (as Naomi Karasawa) and this year’s One Pound Gosppel Ichi pondo no fukuin 1ポンドの福音, (as Angela).

Meisa Kuroki Videos

Like This

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Kuroki Meisa is something something

We’re going international. This is Kuroki Meisa. All I know about her is she’s a Japanese model and actress. I’ll let Wikipedia do the dirty work.

…born in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. She is represented by Sweet Power. Her father is half-American, and her mother is Japanese. She has appeared in a number of television dramas, commercials, films, and stage productions.

That was useless. Way to let me down Wikipedia. Anyway, a scientist once told me 90% of hapas are hot and that doctors are given specific orders to throw ugly ones into a pit of nails at birth. I thought that was weird. Not the pit of nails part, but the part where he put his hand on my knee while we were talking.

Serena Kozakura - Using big breasts as a defense ???

I just happened to see the news story about Serena Kozakura, a Japanese bikini model, who was accused of breaking into her boyfriend's apartment by squeezing through a hole in the door. You might have seen this news because it happened in March but I just saw it and thought it was kind of interesting and wanted to share it.

Her defense was that her breasts are too big for her to squeeze through the hole. When her defense attorney held up a photo of the hole in the door the judge took a careful look at Serena Kozakura, whom I sure was dressed appropriately for this phase of the trial, and agreed that there is no way that huge chest could squeeze through that small hole.

Serena Kozakura Is a Big Breasted Model

Meet Serena Kozakura, a Japanese bikini model whose large breasts got her acquitted. Find out more about her boob case, and see her photos.
Serena Kozakura was convicted of property destruction last year when her boyfriend claimed she kicked in a door in his home, and then crawled inside to find him cheating with another woman.

Serena Kozakura appealed this week, where she claimed the man made the hole himself. She also said that there is no way she could have crawled inside with her large, 44 inch breasts. To establish her case, her defense lawyer help up a plate the size of the hole, which proved that Serena’s large breasts would not fit through the hole.

Tokyo’s High Court presiding judge, Kunio Harada, agreed with the voluptuous model and threw out the guilty charges.

Needless to say Serena Kozakura was ecstatic. She says of her large boobs;

“I used to hate my body so much because I thought my bust was too big. But it was definitely my breasts that won for me today.”

Leah Dizon - second album Communication ???

Leah Dizon otaku fans can rejoice. The sexy Miss Dizon is releasing her second full length album Communication!!! on August 20 which will then be followed by her first Japan tour.

The album has 12 songs of which Leah Dizon wrote the lyrics for 10 of them. Two of the songs will feature her playing guitar, no doubt, from her lessons with Marty Friedman. The album also includes previously released singles “Love Paradox and” Vanilla,“. The limited edition has a bonus DVD with the music videos for “Love Paradox,” “Vanilla,” and “Under The Same Sky” plus footage of Leah Dizon’s musical activity during the first half of 2008 (including performances in Taiwan and Hong Kong).

Leah Dizon’s first Japan tour starts in October and will take her to 4 major cities. Can’t wait and want to see Leah Dizon on Japanese TV? See her on TV Tokyo’s Webtama (Co-Host) and on Fuji TV’s Sakigake Ongaku Banzuke Vegas (Host).

Leah Dizon Videos

Leah Dizon in HK mini concert

KC Concepcion - got irritated with Heart Evangelista?

Young talented Filipino actress KC Concepcion surprised by rumor that she got irritated with Heart Evangelista.

"Hindi naman po ako ganung tao. Saka ‘pag nagkikita kami, nagbabatian naman po kami kahit hindi ko pa siya (Heart) nakikilala," KC said with regards to this issue.

And about Richard Gutierrez, we all know that Ruffa likes KC Concepcion and she was nothing against if ever the two comes in a relationship, but the said host-actress recently have a little got feeling because Ruffa said she was betrayed by KC Concepcion.

Betrayed, because the said Filipina celebrities has an arrangement that KC Concepcion should update Ruffa what's happening between her and Ruffa's younger brother Richard, but the young actress failed to do it.

"Mahirap po kasi doon. Hindi ako makasagot ng call,"KC say.

Which the young actor also agree.



KC Concepcion says she is not irritated with Heart Evangelista

YOUNG actress KC Concepcion was shocked when asked on her reaction to rumors that she got irritated with Heart Evangelista.

KC Concepcion allegedly got annoyed when her partner in the movie "For The First Time" - Richard Gutierrez - received several texts from Heart Evangelista when the two were shooting some scenes for their movie in Greece.



"I have no idea about that," KC Concepcion said surprised by the intrigue between her and Heart Evangelista.

"I respect Heart Evangelista as an actress. I watched her films and TV shows. And although we haven't got a chance to meet each other I know that she is a nice person," the actress said during their first press conference last Thursday.

"I am not that type of person. Every time I see Heart, I greet her even if we don't personally know each other," she added.

Meanwhile, Richard Gutierrez defended KC Concepcion saying, "I know Heart is busy with Asero (TV series of Richard Gutierrez and Heart Evangelista)."

Richard Gutierrez and KC Concepcion also said they were so busy during their nine days stay in Greece and that they have no time to text or even call their loved ones here.

"While we are doing a romantic movie, would you like to answer a call?" Richard Gutierrez said in jest.

Merely observing their body language would tell that the two really had a time to bond and get to know each other during their short stay in Greece.

When pressed what is the real score between the two, Richard Gutierrez said: "We are at the point that we are so comfortable with each other. We share secrets and I have told her something that no one knows but me when we were in Santorini (an island in Greece)."

The handsome bachelor added that, "Our whole stay in Greece was the time for us to know each other. I got to know more about KC."

Richard Gutierrez even gave a 9.8 rating, 10 being the closest when asked about the level of his friendship with KC Concepcion.