DAILY INSIDER

"SPEAKING of conservativeness, wala na yatang tatalo sa bagong alaga ni Direk Wenn Deramas na si Joem Bascon.
 
Although two years na sa pangangalaga ni Direk Wenn si Joem real name Joseph Emmanuel  doing this and that na mostly ay small appearances, sa Saturday teen sitcom ng ABS CBN, ang Let’s Go kung saan introducing na siya as one of the major leads after Mikel Campos. So far, wala pa raw siyang leading lady sa nasabing sitcom, but there are plans na bibigyan na siya. This is good dahil wala pa naman daw girlfriend si Joem just like in real life.
 
Not only that ha, the nineteen-turning-twenty kid this August 29 whose family owns ‘one-third’ of the boondooks of Antipolo is still a virgin and has never done the usual hand job na ginagawa ng boys his age. Not once, sabi niya. Gustung-gusto nga naming hawakan ang palad niya just to be sure he he he.
 
Anyways, super conservative daw kasi ang family niya. His father na former businessman is a pastor at sabi sa kaniya, self-gratification is a sin so…
 
Kung totoo ito, napakasuwerte ng magiging next girlfriend ni Joem dahil ‘ne-ver been touched’ even by himself."

http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?page=news&id=6345&sid=6&urldate=2006-07-08

People's Taliba 7/8/2006 18:41 PM

Joem on All About Love

"JOHN Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo have proven that they can carry a film at the box office on their own with such hits as Now That I Have You and Close To You.
 
How come they accepted to be just one of the three pairs starring in Star Cinema’s 13th anniversary presentation All About Love?
 
“Ako, I trust Star Cinema,” says Bea. “Kahit trilogy, maganda naman talaga ang project and I really enjoyed my role. Also, pang-anniversary nga kasi ito.”
 
“I look at it as our chance to help other love-teams na kasama namin dito, Luis Manzano-Anne Curtis and Angelica Panganiban-Jason Abalos,” says John Lloyd. “It’s kind of payback time as other stars helped us when we were starting as a love-team.”
 
How come viewers continue to support their tandem even if they admit they have no romantic feelings for each other at all?
 
“I think it’s because wala kaming pretensions,” says John Lloyd. “We’re transparent at hindi namin sila niloloko na kunwari kami pero hindi pala. At dahil ‘di kami gumigimik, the viewers support us.”
 
“I think the main reason is they really have fantastic chemistry onscreen,” says Jerry Sineneng, who megged their episode, About Anna. “This is the first time I directed them and it was obvious from the start that they make a really good team. This movie shows them in their most mature roles so far. They even have a love scene here. Naiilang pa sila nu’ng una sa kissing scene nila, kaya na-Take 2 and I told them to open their lips a bit at ‘di parang napipilitan lang sila.
 
“Bea is also more daring here. We dressed her up in clothes that show her cleavage at sexy siya talaga lumabas. In the story, both of them are brokenhearted. John Lloyd’s fiancee suddenly died while Bea’s boyfriend (played by newcomer Joem Bascon) had to marry another girl he got preggy, so she became a manhater.”
 
Since the title of the film is All About Love, how do they feel when they’re in love?
 
“I’ve never really been that in love,” says Bea.
 
“Well, when you’re truly in love, para kang baliw, to the point that you even lose your self-respect for the one you love,” says John Lloyd.
 
Was that how he felt when he and Ciara Sotto broke up?
 
“Let’s not talk about that anymore. I’ve gotten over her. Tapos na ‘yun.”
 
Why doesn’t he just court Bea since they look good together? Is there something wrong with her?
 
“Nothing’s wrong with her. Walang kulang sa kanya. But like they say, hindi natuturuan ang puso. When our loveteam started on TV, we were not even friends. It was halfway through our second movie — that’s only when we became friends and we exchanged phone numbers. Right now, we’re the best of friends, who knows where we might go from there. Sabi, mas nagtatagal daw ang relationships that start as friends, ‘di ba?”

Source: http://www.insider.com.ph/index.php?page=news&id=2432&sid=6&urldate=2006-05-20
FREEHAND by : Mario E. Bautista
Peoples Journal
5/20/2006 19:35 PM