ELLEN DEGENERES, inaming sa season 16 ay naisip magpaalam pero na-convince na mag-stay hanggang season 19

KINUMPIRMA ni Ellen DeGeneres na magpapaalam na ang kanyang talkshow pagkatapos ng ika-19th season nito.

Humigit kumulang na 3,000 episodes ang nagawa ni Ellen.

“Ellen is ending when her contract is up at the end of the 2022 19th Season,” ayon sa isang source close to Ellen.

Kung matatandaan ay nasangkot sa kontrobersya si Ellen noong summer 2020 dahil sa diumano’y pag-create niya ng toxic workplace dahil sa kanyang “unkind” personality.

Nagkaroon man ng intriga between her and her staff, wala siyang pinatanggal sa trabaho.

Isang source naman: “The truth is there’s a lot of gratitude among her staff that she didn’t just quit after last summer, and has kept them all employed this season during a pandemic. And now, they all get to work for a whole other season next year.”

Ayon sa 63-year old talkshow host, hindi na raw siya natsa-challenge sa kanyang talkshow. Inamin niya na noong season 16 pa niyang naisip magpaalam pero na-convince siya ng producers na mag-stay for 3 more seasons.

“When you’re a creative person, you constantly need to be challenged – and as great as this show is, and as fun as it is, it’s just not a challenge anymore.”

Ang papalit daw sa timeslot ni Ellen ay ang talkshow ng singer na si Kelly Clarkson.

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LUMABAS na ang official portrait ng newly-crowned Miss Universe 2020 Andrea Meza of Mexico na kinunan ilang oras pagkatapos niyang makoronahan.

On Instagram, the Miss Universe Organization shared photos of Andrea Meza na suot ang red evening gown with the Diamond Crown sa kanyang ulo: “The official portrait of Miss Universe 2020 Andrea Meza.”

Sa final Q&A, ang question kay Meza ay: “If you were the leader of your country. How would you have handled COVID-19 pandemic?”

Heto ang kanyang sagot: “I believe there’s not a perfect way to handle this for situations, such as COVID-19. However, I believe that what I would have done was create a lockdown even before everything was that big. Because we lost so many lives and we cannot afford that. We have to take care of our people. That’s why I would have taken care of them since the beginning.”

Sa kanyang Final Word, heto ang ibinahagi ni Meza:

“Nowadays, beauty isn’t only the way we look. For me, beauty radiates not only in our spirit, but in our hearts and in the way that we conduct ourselves. Never permit someone to tell you that you’re not valuable. Thank you.”

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INIISIP na raw ng mag-asawang Chynna Ortaleza at Kean Cipriano na tumira na muna sa probinsya para maiwasan nila ang anxiety attack na dala ng pandemya.

Kapwa nag-iingat ang mag-asawa dahil may dalawa silang anak. Kaya hindi sila halos lumalabas ng bahay at hindi tumanggap ng trabaho.

Nang minsan daw magkaroon sila ng pagkakataon na makapag-beach, nakaramdam daw ng magaang feeling si Chynna at na-recharge sila sa mga naramdaman nilang stress.

Pero ilang araw lang matapos makabalik, nakaramdam na naman si Chynna ng takot lalo na nang magkasakit ang kanyang tiyuhin at kailangan ma-intubate.

“Pagbalik ng Maynila, pagdating ko dito after five days sinabi sa akin, my uncle was gonna be intubated. So boog! bagsak na naman. Parang anong nangyari? Bakit mai-intubate?

“Bumabalik na naman yung pakiramdam ko, hindi na naman ako makahinga. may mga ganito akong pakiramdam,” sey ni Chynna.

Doon na raw niya sinabi ni Chynna kay Kean na baka puwede siyang pagbigyan na mag-renta sila ng simpleng bahay probinsya kunsaan mas makakaramdam siya na safe silang buong pamilya habang may pandemya.

(RUEL J. MENDOZA)