RomCom and More with Melizza Jimenez

Having good looks can only take you so far in the showbiz industry. It takes a lot of work, skill and talent to be able to get to where the biggest stars actually are. We got a chance to talk to Melizza Jimenez who’s a budding actress and is part of the current Star Magic Batch 2019. She’s very confident, and proudly says she can sing, act and dance. She’s been in several shows already prior to landing a spot in Star Magic and is currently doing much of her work in music.


Yes, she’s also a composer and has made much of her work concentrated on the type of songs millennials would appreciate. We heard her single and it was reminiscent of an Electo/Pop genre, a little dark too but danceable. If you closed your eyes and listened to it, you would liken it to Billy Eilish or artists of that nature. She’s very bubbly, albeit considers herself as an introvert especially when she was younger. She also quips her sister Maika Rivera of GirlTrends probably got the showbiz bug earlier because she was more outgoing than her.

She’s also appeared in several movies like Barcelona as the younger sister of Kathryn. She’s also in MMK, Wansapanataym and hit show Ang Probinsyano. She aspires to do more romcom projects as she is fond of making audiences feel a little romance, and swears she could do loveteams if it was required. Melizzza takes everything with a grain of salt and is glad she’s going headway in her career. She’s ready for more challenges, to see what is ahead of her. Here’s our interview with her over lunch the other week.

Congratulations Melizza! I hope you get your biggest breaks now that you are a part of the Star Magic Family!

Sarah Lahbati for Cetaphil

I kinda have a mixed skin type which means I have pretty oily stuff on my T zone and some dry parts on extremities like my feet and hands. I am no stranger to the care and relief that Cetaphil gives and I use it right after a shower when skin becomes dry and wrinkly, so I don’t look like a prune when I go out and cover events. 

Cetaphil has always been so gentle on skin and leaves none of those unpleasant fragrances other brands have. Cleansers, body soaps, creams, lotions and moisturizers, you think that’s enough for skin care, but no, they continued to research even more to come out with another product that would solve my very own problem, with the newest Cetaphil Ultra Gentle Body Wash that’s Fragrance Free! 

Celebrity Mom Sarah Lahbati shared her fondness with Cetaphil and says “I have always used Cetaphil and it is an integral part of my skin care routine. You can all have the best makeup but good skin is essential, it takes a few minutes to put on lotions, and an additional Cetaphil Gentle Body Wash when taking a bath means you’ll get better skin care scores, which will benefit you in the long run. In the morning, you have to cleanse, moisturize, put sunblock on. Then at night you must do everything sans sunblock. I have very sensitive skin, I get breakouts if something isn't good on my skin. Cetaphil does that.” 

Cetaphil rep says "We'd like to give Filipinos better lives with Cetaphil. Not neglecting skin health is important, this is a mission to address your problems and take care of it in the long run."

So for those who would want to maintain their type of skin, improve it, cleanse, moisturize and protect, make your choice Cetaphil. If it works on me, it will work on you! LOL 

No really. :) There will be more of this in other malls, I heard they'll be having a sale in Mall of Asia too. Cetaphil and discounts never sounded better. 

Andrea and Khalil Shares Scary Stories for The Ghosting

Andrea Brillantes and Khalil Ramos will be frightening you in a few days (August 28). They’ll be starring in The Ghosting under Reality Entertainment.

Andrea shares “I am Grace, a college student and got approached by a girl I didn’t know. Then they warned me about it, too late. I have personal experiences in Taytay and I don’t know if my Yaya was fooling me, but I have seen and felt it in an abandoned house in Rizal. Even in ABSCBN they will go with you on elevators. I feel they are just around us. This is in house, no outside shots, so we were confined and I had to resort watching films that have the same feel. It was different than my previous projects. You will get it when you watch the movie. Most of the crew told us the place is really haunted, but we didn’t get to see one so we were a little disappointed. I have both treated horror and drama difficult because it’s emotions, this one is physical. I got thinner because of this movie. I also like gore, crying stuff, I am happy doing it. I hope people see how I work hard acting in both my TV dramas and this project.”

Khalil says “Ken is lonely, he was he one who helped Grace after getting curses. I investigated it, and it wasn’t an urban legend. He is also weird, he has the sixth sense I guess. The peg was to be a horror flick like The Shining etc but you will understand why the title of the film is that way when you see it. The title was already like this prior to that issue with other celebrities. For me to see is to believe but last night I have had felt something, heard it, someone sweeping the floor at 3am. Things like that made me really scared sometimes. This is my first horror movie, I like how they shot this. Coming into the project I was really excited because it became collaborative. We worked together to do the scenes well, it was different in horror films because you have to breathe differently while rolling. I am in the process of making a horror film, I have plans but I don’t want to watch it. Of course, in the future. As an actor I have a lot of challenges because you have to have played on skills, to be scared organically, I had to think of the actual kid scary, apply real life experiences to it even if I am working with actors, I think it is effective.”

Both have promising careers, and it looks like they have to balance passion. Khalil adds “I have been troubled to write songs and it is difficult to juggle things and write a two to three minute compelling song. I will be doing a lot of these things for the rest of my life.”

Again, The Ghosting will be showing on August 28. If you’re a fan of Andrea and Khalil, you must watch it, if you’re a fan of the genre, you need to watch it too. Will it be frightening as they say? You have to find out. No, you cannot have that little girl behind you watch it with you.

LOL!

Ruru Madrid Outs Own Single “Nawawala”

Ruru Madrid, one of GMA’s finest actors has just hinted he’s launching a new music video this 3pm for a single he just released digitally called Nawawala. I’m not surprised because I’ve seen him sing several times when the phenomenal pairing with Gabbi Garcia was still a thing. Now that he’s taking strides on his own, Ruru is taking the leap and making this music career on the road and release his own kind of music. Will the public be as warm for his shot at recording?

Apparently yeah, because as we speak his single is being featured in Spotify’s New Album and Singles plus New Music Friday List. What does he think about this? He performed live for us at Ethan’s Cafe in Morato.

He says “I am a little shy about this (but he did good). I have a lot of things meant with this song coming from real life experiences, maybe not about me, maybe about you. I saw how good the composer made this song, he can do things on the spot. I might have to fix things on composing songs because I have some work from last year, and things are happening differently now. Every New Year I always host the show in Philippine Arena but I still get stage fright. A concert? Maybe, but I’d rather have a chill night in a bar and you never know, maybe someday in a bigger venue. I did songs for Toda but the first time I made a single was with GMA music when we did Let The Love Begin plus the one with other GMA artists, this is my comeback. Locally I love Hale, Parokya, Rivermaya, EHeads, December Avenue, Ben&Ben, maybe that’s why I like this style too. When I watch stuff, I don’t specifically look for a peg, I like a lot of bands. Autotunes are for more modern stuff, I can do rock ballads, I even recorded this in 20 minutes. The song only needs emotions, not necessarily love, we all go through that, I just had so much memories to pick out words from, it just came out naturally. When we shot the music video, I was just crying already, I am happy in what’s happening because this is a dream come true for me. When it comes to romance, or work, I am passionate about it. I hope soon, I’ll have an advocacy too that would become something like that. I hope a lot of people get to listen to it.”

So there you go folks! Now is your chance to take a look at Ruru Madrid in a different light. Go play for it on Spotify, download it on digital stores worldwide. He’s a happy chap, but let his music set your mood to recover from love lost.