December 02, 2007 07:36 PM Sunday

By: Nel Alejandrino

TATTLE

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DID you know na three years old pa lamang si Aiza when Vic, along with fellow Eat Bulaga hosts Joey and former Senator Tito Sotto, handpicked her from among the batang contestants for Miss Little Philippines to become one of their youngest co-hosts?

Kaya masasabing, Aiza practically grew up with them.

Nakita namin kung paanong ’di na siya lumaki,” nagbibirong saad ni Vic during the presscon for EK4. “At maniwala kayo o hindi, noon pa man, alam na naming ’di siya mapapaiba sa amin ni Joey when it comes to gender preference. Mas may eye siya for girls than boys.”

In fairness kay Aiza, hindi niya inililihim ang kanyang kasarian. Kaya, if you want her to be your friend, you might as well take her for what she is.

And take her sa kanyang pagkatao is what her following do. Her current teleserye, Ysabella, on ABS-CBN, is doing well in the ratings game not just because of Judy Ann Santos, Ryan Agoncillo and Derek Ramsey, but also because of her.

In EK4, Aiza’s role, though, is not full length. In between shooting of the movie, she had to tape not just for Ysabella, kung hindi marami pa siyang personal appearances to attend to.

“I just had to do Enteng …,” ani Aiza. “Otherwise, ’di ko mapi-feel na complete ang Christmas ko this year.”

People's Tonight

http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2007-12-02&sec=3&aid=41028

“Manta-kin mo, anak niyang babae si Aiza at asawa niya ang rumored girlfriend ni Oyo sa tunay na buhay (referring to Kristine Hermosa).”

Mismatched pairing in ‘Enteng’

When Vic Sotto, Joey de Leon and former Senator Tito Sotto first saw then three-year-old Aiza Seguerra as a contestant in "Miss Little Philippines" in their long-time running noontime show, "Eat Bulaga," they knew already that she was destined to be a star.

http://www.malaya.com.ph/dec03/ente_1.htm

ABOUT SHOWBIZ Ni Nitz Miralles
Monday, December 3, 2007

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Inamin ni Aiza Seguerra na conflict ng kanyang schedule ang rason kung bakit nabawasan ang mga eksena niya sa Enteng Kabisote 4 (The Beginning of A Legend).  Bukod sa nagti-taping siya ng Ysabella, may stage play pa siya, kaya hindi magtagpo ang schedule nila ni G Toengi na kasama niya dapat sa mga eksena sa pelikula.

Hindi siya mahintay ni G dahil kailangan na nitong mag-shooting bago pa lumaki ang tiyan (nanganak na). Wala siyang maibigay na araw sa shooting at thankful na isinama pa rin siya sa pelikula. Hindi isyu sa kanyang nabawasan ang kanyang mga eksena.

Ang ganda nang sinabi ni Vic Sotto patungkol kay Aiza sa prescon nang nasabing pelikula. Three years pa lang daw ito, nakita na niyang magaling ng artista dahil kahit natutulog, ‘pag ginising para mag-take, nagagawa ng tama ang eksena. ‘Yun nga lang, binuking nitong sa ganu’ng ding edad nila nakumpirmang *** ito.

http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Showbiz&p=50&type=2&sec=58&aid=20071202132

Vic Sotto, alam nang magiging tomboy si Aiza
December 03, 2007  

Bata pa ay alam na ni Vic Sotto na magiging tomboy si Aiza Seguerra

Ayon kay Vic, kapag tinatanong daw kasi nilang tatlo nina joey at Tito Sotto si Aiza kung sino ang mga crush nito ay puro babae raw ang sinasabi nito.

Dahil dito kung kaya’t hindi na raw naging isyu sa kanya nang malaman niyang nakipagrelasyon na ito sa kanyang kapwa babae.

Idinagdag pa ni Vic na okey naman sa kanya si Aiza at maging ang karelasyon nito.

Sana lamang umano ay tuparin nito ang pangako sa mga magulang na magkaroon ng anak kahit na ito ay isang tomboy dahil nag-iisa lamang itong anak.

http://rmn.com.ph/

The truth has set Aiza free
By Maridol Rañoa-Bismark
Monday, December 10, 2007

Everybody loves a winner. The winner is adored, glorified, praised to high heavens. The non-winner is shunned, forgotten, ignored.

Ask Aiza Seguerra. When she lay low in the biz after  she reached the awkward stage (translation: The tween years when you’re no longer a child but not yet an adult), the fans dwindled, the screaming voices fell silent. And she felt crushed. It was too big a blow to handle at first.

But slowly, Aiza came to terms with it. She learned that those shrieks, those fawning looks are only as good as her last movie or TV show. That’s when she took a long, hard look at the situation and made up her mind.

“I learned not to expect anything anymore. I learned not to feel hurt when the fans are not that many anymore. There will always be someone younger, even better than you are,” she muses.

More than that, Aiza learned how to value her family more than her work. Not that she won’t give her career her shot. She does. Aiza doesn’t mind accepting low-paying gigs as long as she can strum her guitar and sing her favorite tunes. Aiza loves music so much, talent fee has become secondary to the high she gets as performer.

It’s just that from now on, she’s  putting her work second, her family first. This way, Aiza won’t feel bitter about sacrificing family time for work when the time comes.

Maybe it’s best that Aiza learned that lesson on the fleeting ways of fame early on. It’s keeping her grounded, now that she’s enjoying an unexpected second wind in her career as a singer and stage performer.

Aiza plays real-life character Gary Coleman (Diff’rent Strokes) in Atlantis Productions’ restaging of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Avenue Q from  Dec. 14 to 23 at RCBC Plaza.

Like Coleman, Aiza is a former child star. And just like her character, Aiza did not lose her confidence when the screaming and shrieking grew fainter and fainter for a time. Unlike Coleman though, Aiza is happy with her family: Daddy ***, Mommy Caring and an adopted brother.

Her family has accepted her for what she is, warts and all. A worried Mommy Caring may have asked Aiza if she won’t end up lonely and forlorn someday because of her preference for someone of the  same ***. But when Aiza shook her head, the relieved mother said no more.

“I’m open to my parents,” Aiza relates. Their acceptance has emboldened Aiza to be herself even in public, to pull down the veil that has been hiding her true self. Of course, she had her initial fears. What if people won’t understand? What if they withdraw their support?

But Aiza told herself, “If my parents accepted me, why can’t the others?” The truth finally set her free when she agreed to pose on the cover of Icon Magazine with her girlfriend. No words needed to be said. Aiza let her actions speak for themselves. And luckily, the world didn’t start caving in on her career.

Mothers and grandmothers come up to Aiza and tell her how much they idolize her and that they have a child or granddaughter who acts just like her. Televiewers still continue to watch her show and listen to her songs (e.g. Para Lang Sa ‘Yo, theme song of the ABS-CBN soap Ysabella). Lovers of theater still watch her plays for Repertory Philippines.

The career debacle Aiza feared never came. Relieved, Aiza can never be more grateful.

“Today’s audience can divorce a performer’s personality from his job. Talent, for them, comes first.  Personality comes second,” says Aiza. Such maturity, she adds, is laudable.

Today, she can go to the mall with her girlfriend without being afraid people will stare and jeer. Aiza has even become a counselor of sorts for closet lesbians afraid to come out for fear of censure.

“Try to have your own keep,” she advises them.  “This way, you can stand on your own if your family fails to understand.”

The truth has set Aiza free. And the public appreciates her honesty and transparency. Perhaps this is why she’s still very much around, long after her contemporaries have settled down to a non-showbiz life.

http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Entertainment&p=49&type=2&sec=31&aid=2007120966

December 09, 2007 02:32 PM Sunday

Albert Martinez, Aiza Seguerra, Jose Mari Chan at Diether Ocampo magpapatayo ng simbahan

Ni Louie Guarin

NAGING panauhing pandangal ang premyadong actor na si Albert Martinez sa groundbreaking ceremony ng Saint Anthony de Padua Church sa Tabon-tabon, Leyte noong Oktubre 28. Panauhin din sina Tabontabon Municipal Mayor Rustico S. Balderian, Tabontabon Municipal Vice Mayor Derlina Aguillon at Leyte Vice Gov. Mimietta S. Bagulaya.

Ang pamosong simba-han ay nakahimlay sa isang floor area na may sukat na 1,100 metro kuwadrado. Para matapos ang construction nito, na-ngangailangan ng P20 mil-yon. Nagsimula ang kons-truksyon nito noong Oktubre 28, 2007 at matatapos ito sa loob ng dalawang taon (Okt. 28, 2009).

“Isang karangalan para sa akin ang maging bahagi ng groundbreaking ceremony na ito at nangangako akong tutulong sa pagpapagawa ng simbahang ito,”sabi ni Albert na isang debo-tong Katoliko.

Kaibigan ni Albert si Rev.Fr. Beethoven ‘Bong’ Aranas Rosal na siyang kura paroko ng simbahan.         ”Nang kausapin ako ni Father Bong para tumulong sa pagpapagawa ng simba-hang ito, hindi naako nagdala-wang-isip pa. Isang kabutihan ang pagpapatayo nito na nagbibigay ng kaluwalhatian sa Panginoon,” sabi niya.

Angkasalukuyang simbahan ay luma at magigiba na. Ang bagong simbahan na ginagawa ay kalapit lang nito. Kapag natapos na ang paggawa sa bagong simbahan, ang lumang simbahan ay gagawing opisina ng parokya.

Hindi lang naman si Albert ang tutulong na  celebrities sa pagpapatayo ng simbahan. Sina Diether Ocampo, Aiza Seguerra at Jose Mari Chan ay gagawa rin ng paraan para makali-kom ng halagang pantulong.

Jose Mari Chan, one of the country’s top exponents in Philippine entertainment and showbiz singing icon will share his God-given golden voice to Tabontabonanons in a concert by May next year, to raise funds for the construction of the said church.

Si Fr. Bong ay dating Kura paroko ng San Lorenzo Ruiz Parish church sa Barangay Simangan sa Ormoc City, Leyte. Ipinatayo rin niya ang simbahang ito. Pitong taon siya ri-to hanggang sa mailipat siya sa Dulag, Leyte.

Ngayon, ang pinakamasidhi niyang pangarap ay ang maipatayo ang simbahan ng Saint Anthony de Padua sa ilalim ng pangangasiwa ni Most Rev. Jose S. Palma, Metropolitan Archbishop ng Dioceseng Palo (Leyte).

Nakuha ng Tabontabon ang kanyang panga-lan mula sa isang malaking punongkahoy na ‘ta-bon’ at isang malaking ibon na ‘tabon’ din ang panga-lan kung saan ito nangi-ngitlog sa paa ng punong tabon.

Help Fr. Bong build the Saint Anthony de Padua Church. Text or call him at 0927-837-5981 or at 0928-721-4199 for your cash donations.  Christmas is a time for giving and sharing. Give your share now.

People's Taliba

http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2007-12-09&sec=3&aid=41771

[:'(] I really wanna see aiza singing "SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW"... I hope someday soon, I'll see Aiza singing this song on YOUTUBE>>>>   pls... could it be possible??

Have you watched Connie Talbot of Britain's Got Talent on YOUTUBE?? its really wow!!!

and I know, Aiza will give another heartfalling song revival of this... I really crave to see AIZA sing this song... pls post it on youtube.... Thanks!!! 

Valentine Concert With Aiza Seguerra
By Titik Pilipino News Desk
February 10, 2008

Aiza Seguerra is a star, from the time she entered show business, she has captivated audiences with her wits and humour as a contestant of the 1987 Little Miss Philippines search at the noontime show Eat Bulaga. From then on she became a mainstay of the show. The she had Eh Kasi Bata, as one of her TV show.

With an awesome audience following, the child star began to venture in films where she began to win awards. She won the FAMAS Best Child Actress award three times, in 1989 for "Aso't Pusa," and again in 1991 and 1992 for "Okey Ka Fairy Ko" 1 and 2. Also in 1992 she won the Philippine Movie Press Club's Movie Child Performer of the Year award for "Aswang." Since then there was no looking back in her career, she did a total of 30 movies.

But it seems the child star would not stay on her acting career. She began to venture into a new "gift", singing, and her intuition about it was just right. In 2001, she released her debut album "Pagdating Ng Panahon" in 2001, and instantly it became a phenomenal hit. Staying for seven weeks in the number one spot, and eventually the album was certified quintuple platinum and double platinum awardee for the outstanding sales of the album "Pinakamamahal" under the same company. She has released a total of eight albums all in all. Since then Aiza Seguerra became in demand with shows in the Philippines, as a guest or even her own acoustic show. Her success spread like a wild fire in the international scene, she did a concert in the US and in Canada.

Though she was raking the fortune for her new found love, Aiza Seguerra did not totally quit on her acting and because of this in 2002 she received the Asian TV Award for Best Dramatic Performance by an Actress, for her role in a Maalaala Mo Kaya episode entitled “Songbook.” Then she continuously appears on the Enteng Kabisote movies from 2004 up to present.

While doing all of this Aiza, continues to hone her skills in music, she has collaborated with award winning singers and composers. Huwag Ka Lang Mawawala," sung as a duet by Aiza and Ogie, became so popular that it was released as a single. The she did a revival of "What Matters Most" duet with Vic Sotto which was an instant hit. In 2004, Aiza ventured in a new business, she has teamed up with actor Andres de Real to buy the Naughty Strings Acoustic and Comedy in Quezon City.

Having said this, Dubai will have a night of treatment with the "gifted" acoustic star. She will serenade her kabayans and foreigner alike in an evening of love songs on Valentines Day.

http://www.titikpilipino.com/news/?aid=986

Ni Sanden Anadia
Monday, March 31, 2008

Bunyag sa anak ni Camille, family affair

Gibunyagan na niadtong Sabado, March 29 ang anak nila Camille Prats ug sa iyang non-showbiz husband nga si Anthony Linsangan. Ang bata ginganlan og Nathaniel Ceasar nga natawo niadtong January 24 sa Los Angeles, California ug gipili niya ang maong pangalan kay ang meaning niini kay ‘‘gift from God". Tsika pa sa source nga wala kaayo'y showbiz personalities nga mitambong sa maong seremonya ug ang igsuon lang ni Camille nga si John Prats maoy familiar face niadtong higayona. Gikasal na sila Camille ug Anthony sa U.S. niadtong January 5 ug plano nila sa iyang bana nga mag-church wedding karong Nobyembre. Si Malou Fagar sa Eat Bulaga mao karon ang naningkamot sa pagbanhaw og balik sa career ni Camille.

http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Showbiz&p=51&type=2&sec=144&aid=20080330203

Aiza, gagawa ng album sa Singapore!

(RUEL MENDOZA)

BAGO matapos ang taong ito ay baka sa Singapore muna tumira si Aiza Seguerra dahil may nag-alok sa kanya roon na maging isang recording artist doon.

Ayaw pang pag-usapan ni Aiza ang tungkol sa balitang ‘yan dahil kasalukuyang inaayos pa lang ang lahat, kasama na roon ang materyales ng magiging first album niya na ire-release sa Asian market.

"Hindi lang naman ako ang naiprisinta sa recording company sa Singapore.

Marami rin kami na sinubukang pakinggan. Pinadalhan sila ng mga CDs namin at hinintay ‘yung magiging sagot nila kung sino ang pumasa sa panlasa nila," sabi ni Aiza.

Nagulat nga si Aiza nang sabihin sa kanya na siya ang napili ng naturang recording company sa Singapore. Pinaghahanda na nga raw siya agad para sa recording ng album niya roon na may 13 songs ang laman.

"Mostly mga cover versions ang laman ng album. Nagustuhan daw nila ang boses ko at madali raw nila akong maima-market. ‘Yun naman ang habol ko. ‘Yung maka-penetrate sa Asian market ang album ko. So nakakatuwa dahil matutupad na rin ang isa sa mga pa­ngarap ko," say pa ni Aiza.

Nilinaw ni Aiza na wala siyang balak na tumira sa Singapore habangbuhay.

"Doon siguro ang magiging work base ko pero hindi ako titira roon. Mami-miss ko ang mga kaibigan ko rito lalo na ang pamilya ko. Ayokong malayo sa kanila. Kaya dito pa rin ako titira."

Wala ngang regular na TV show ngayon si Aiza dahil mas gusto raw nito ang mga live gigs at ang paglabas sa teatro. Ayaw na raw niya ‘yung maghintay sa set ng matagal.

"Time out muna ako sa mga TV shows. Maraming nasasayang na oras kapag matagal ang hintayan sa set. Mas gusto ko na itong mga live shows kasi after kang isalang, tapos na at uwian na," sabi na lang ni Aiza.

http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/may0508/ent_other01.htm

Entertainment, 5/8/2008 5:25 PM May 8, 2008
Aiza Seguerra wears gown for "That's My Doc"

By REYMA BUAN-DEVEZA

abs-cbnNEWS.com

It's not her usual style. But former child star and singer Aiza Seguerra underwent a makeover and wore a gown for her special television guesting on ABS-CBN's "That's My Doc."

"I really don’t mind since the role requires it. I am glad that I will be able to entertain the people, especially the kids who follow the show," Seguerra said.

For the special episode, Tita Ocs (Nova Villa) and Cita (Pokwang) headed Seguerra’s makeover for barangay Tabuneknek’s Santacruzan.

But Seguerra refused to do it. And to avoid being part of the event, she pretended to have chicken pox.

She used the idea of having chicken pox after hearing Doc Aga (Aga Muhlach) teaching the kids about chicken pox immunization at the "Care Mo, Care Ko" Barangay Center.

Seguerra started out as a contestant in "Eat Bulaga's" Little Miss Philippines in 1987, after which she became a child star. After a few years of being in showbiz, her career went through a slowdown.

She made a comeback as a singer years later with her single "Pagdating ng Panahon."

Catch one of Seguerra's rare looks in Aga Muhlach's "That's My Doc" on its earlier timeslot this Saturday, May 10 at 6 p.m., after "Cinema FPJ: Da King on ABS-CBN.

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=117618

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This Saturday’s episode of "That’s My Doc" (6 to 6:45 p.m.) is more exciting and interesting because of the opening of the Barangay Center called Care Mo, Care Ko.

This project has long been a dream of Doc Aga (Aga Muhlach), as, he believes, it will help him and Greta (Lara Quigaman, who plays a nurse) to teach the children of Tabuneknek about good health.

Major Ret (Roderick Paulate), however, wants to get credit for the center, as he claims he offered his former sports store to be the site for it.

The guest in this particular episode is Aiza Seguerra, who will play a Reyna Elena in a Santacruzan.

By the way, Aiza will soon record an album for a big recording company in Singapore.

The other members of the cast of "That’s My Doc," directed by Danni Caparas with Mark Gile as executive producer, are Bayani Agbayani, Pokwang, Nova Villa and child stars Celine Lim, Jairus Aquino, Sophia Barrs and Bronson

AIZA, NAG-GOWN

NAG-GOWN na noon si Aiza Seguerra sa isang concert niya sa Music Museum.
Hindi iyon ang bhuling pagkakataon.

Girl na girl uli ang dating ni Aiza nang mag-gown siya sa isang Santacruzan sa Quezon City.

Ang pagga-gown na iyon ni Aiza ay para sa guesting niya sa sitcom na That's My Doc, na mapapanood mamaya pagkatapos ng Cinema FPJ sa ABS-CBN.

"Kailangan siya du'n sa role and I really don't mind din naman since parte na talaga ‘yan ng trabaho. At least I get to entertain people, especially kids who are watching," sabi ni Aiza.

Ang papel ni Aiza ay boyish na dalagang si Alex na kabilang sa isang pamilya ng mga Reyna Elena sa Brgy. Tabuneknek.

Imemake-over nina Tita Ocs (Nova Villa) at Cita (Pokwang) si Alex para maging sagala sa Santacruzan ng barangay.

http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/may1008/entertainment_story3.htm