2017 Manila Film Festival Winners

Winners of the 2017 Metro Manila Film Festival pose for media during the awards night at the Kia Theatre, Quezon City on Wednesday. “Ang Larawan” was named Best Picture, while acting trophies were given to Joanna Ampil (best actress, Derek Ramsay (best actor), Jasmin Curtis Smith (best supporting actress) and Edgar Allan Guzman (best supporting actor).

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Kris Aquino breaks silence about Derek Ramsay

MANILA -- Is Kris Aquino dating former Kapamilya actor Derek Ramsay?

That is the question on the minds of netizens after the host-actress posted a quote about having a second chance in love on her official Instagram account on Tuesday and then thanked Ramsay for always being there for her.

The quote read: "For every girl with a broken heart, there's always a boy with glue gun."





"It was a hard day for both of us, you had your personal issues & so did I... But you were there for me & I was grateful you gave me the chance to be there for you... I said it before, super cute na may coffee pa. And now we can add chocolate marble & French Fries to that list," Aquino wrote in the caption.

"THANK YOU because God must love me to give me someone like you to lean on & count on. Bahala na kayo sa interpretation but @ramsayderek11 deserves a shout out. THANK YOU! (love, love, love)," Aquino said.

On Instagram, Ramsay replied to Aquino and thanked the actress for being a good friend but the message has since been deleted.

Before her post about Ramsay, Aquino also posted something about having all the things in perfect time.




In her succeeding posts, Aquino also uploaded videos of an old TV commercial with Ramsay shot in 2005.

"9 years after @ramsayderek11 & I have become REAL FRIENDS. (love, love, love)," she wrote in the caption.




"This was my 1st big endorsement campaign & San Miguel Beer will always remain VERY SPECIAL to me because they opened the door for so many more products, services & companies to believe in me... I have had a tumultuous past, a lot of it due to my own wrong choices, but I am very proud of all I have survived & ultimately the lessons I have learned. I am the person I am today because I fought hard to become the ME my sons & siblings & friends & co-workers & viewers & followers can be proud of... I am living proof that you can move forward & create a much better life, w/ God's grace & the love of people who never gave up on me. (love, love, love)" Aquino added.






Rumors of a blossoming romance between Aquino and Ramsay started in late March after Ramsay posted a photo of him with Aquino on his Instagram account. The photo, which has since been deleted, showed the two having drinks one night. Ramsay, in the caption, called Aquino "the funniest."

Then days later, Aquino explained -- also on Instagram -- that she was offered to star in an independent movie with Ramsay but had to back out because of her hectic schedule.

The showbiz world has been speculating on Aquino's love life ever since she admitted of being in love again. For a while, talk has centered on former actor and now Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista until Aquino posted about Ramsay.

Ramsay, who moved to the No. 3 network TV 5, had a short-lived relationship with sexy star Cristine Reyes last year after his break up with long-time girlfriend Angelica Panganiban.

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Cristine opens up about split with Derek

Cristine clears Ynna Asistio's name

MANILA – For the first time, Cristine Reyes addressed questions pertaining to her month-long relationship with Derek Ramsay following the confirmation of their breakup early October.

Speaking to the entertainment media on Wednesday, Reyes said it is true that she and Ramsay have gone back to their status as best friends.

Asked how it happened, Reyes said: “Sa Hawaii nagkaroon kami ng bonding time tapos magkasama kami doon, hindi naman buong trip, pero after the show, nag-bonding na kami.”

“Masaya ako dahil back to normal kami kasi ganun naman talaga kami ni Derek. Ever since nagkatrabaho kami sa 'No Other Woman,' naging magkaibigan kami. Wala namang nagbago,” she added.

According to Reyes, she has no regrets over what happened because what’s more important is they have maintained their friendship even after their relationship.

“Wala akong regrets, wala naman. At least triny namin kasi alam mo 'yung lahat na lang ng tao pine-pressure kami na bakit hindi na lang kami. Magkaibigan nga kami, magkaibigan kami. Parang 'yung mga tao ayaw maniwala na magkaibigan kami. Triny namin, oh anong nangyari? Magkaibigan lang kasi talaga kami,” she said.

But Reyes is not closing her doors as to what could happen in the future.

“As of now, siguro [may chance pa]. Ayaw ko magsalita ng tapos. Ayaw ko sabihin na wala na talaga. Ayaw ko sabihin na mayroon. Hindi ko alam,” she said.

The “Bukas Na Lang Kita Mamahalin” actress also stressed that their breakup was a mutual decision, thus they harbor no bad feelings toward each other.

At the same time, Reyes also cleared actress Ynna Asistio, who has been tagged as the alleged reason behind their split.

“Si Ynna Asistio, malapit ako sa kanya and sa pamilya niya although hindi ko sila madalas makausap. Pero masasabi ko na close ako sa kanila. Malapit din si Derek sa pamilya nila and kay Ynna. Hindi po siya ang dahilan. Hindi siya third party,” she said.

“Kawawa naman si Ynna. Ngayon ko lang siya actually klinaro kasi hindi naman ako nagpapa-interview, ngayon lang,” she added.

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Derek denies rekindling romance with Cristine in Hawaii

MANILA – Actor Derek Ramsay denied rumors that he and actress Cristine Reyes have rekindled their romance after they spent time together in Hawaii for a series of shows.

In an interview with the entertainment website Pep.ph, Ramsay said it is not true that they have gotten back together, adding that he believes that they are better off as friends.

“No, it’s not true. We’re friends, we're better off that way. Nakita ko nga sa Instagram na parang sinasabing boses ni Derek 'yun... hindi ako yun,” he said.

Despite their breakup, Ramsay said she and Reyes have managed to go back to how they used to be when they were just close friends.

“Yeah, we were like what we used to be. Kaibigan niya rin 'yung best friend ko from Australia. Parang nagsama kami, apat kami noon. 'Yung ex-boss ng best friend ko was with us. And there were few days na we did something together,” he explained.

While they stayed in the same hotel in Hawaii, Ramsay clarified that they weren’t together the entire time.

“Cristine and I, we’re in the same hotel, we were able to talk, so wala kaming problema. But she moved to… she had a show pa in the States, mainland. She went off to the mainland. Ako, bumalik na ako dito,” he said.

Ramsay added: “There, she had her own thing, her own itinerary. Pero there was one time na we did all go out, and we had a lot of fun. Clean fun.”

By Ramsay's admission, he and Reyes became a couple last August 28, after being close friends since 2011 when they co-starred in the romance-drama film "No Other Woman."

It was on October 7 when Ramsay admitted that his one-month romance with the actress was the “shortest longest relationship” he ever had.

“Shortest [because] it’s a month. Longest, because I have a friend for life. And I’m gonna be her friend for life,” he said in a report published on philstar.com.

While he refused to give details about his breakup with Reyes, Ramsay said, “It’s just a decision that was made.”

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After one month, Derek, Cristine break up?

MANILA – Derek Ramsay and Cristine Reyes are both mum on rumors that they have already called it quits after just a little over a month into their relationship.

Speculations about the breakup began circulating online after Ramsay changed his Instagram username from “kingderekramsay” to “kidlatramsay11.”

Meanwhile, from the username @QueenCKRamsay, Reyes is now using the Twitter name @AwesomeQueenCk.

While Ramsay has now kept his image-sharing account private, Reyes, for her part, has not posted any picture with the actor in the past few days.

Reyes and Ramsay became a couple last August 28.

Prior to their relationship, the two first were tapped to play a married couple in the romance-drama film "No Other Woman" in 2011. At the time, Reyes and Ramsay were still with their respective partners.

It was only only in January 2013 that Reyes and actor-dancer Rayver Cruz made a televised announcement of their separation, which happened the previous year.

Ramsay and actress Angelica Panganiban, on the other hand, broke up in February 2012.

Since Reyes' separation from Cruz, the actress and Ramsay have been romantically linked. While the two admitted that they frequently go out, they maintained they were only friends.

The two said becoming a couple came unexpectedly for them as they had intended to be only good friends.

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Cristine is now 'QueenCKRamsay' on Twitter

MANILA -- After admitting her relationship with actor Derek Ramsay last month, actress Cristine Reyes changed her username on the microblogging site Twitter.

From the username @mscristinereyes, Reyes changed it to @QueenCKRamsay on Wednesday night.

"my new username --> https://twitter.com/QueenCKRamsay http://fb.me/166X6ilv3," she said in a Twitter post to her more than two million followers.

Last month, Ramsay admitted that Reyes is now his girlfriend.

Ramsay even posted a picture of him and Reyes kissing with the caption: “This is forever!”

Reyes, for her part, posted a photo of herself with the caption: “Not just your girl. I am your everything.”

Ramsay and Reyes were good friends before they became a couple.

They starred in the blockbuster hit "No Other Woman" and are now doing the film "My Trophy Wife."

Currently, Reyes is part of the ABS-CBN soap "Bukas Na Lang Kita Mamahalin" with Gerald Anderson and her former boyfriend, Rayver Cruz.

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Derek says relationship with Cristine 'forever'

MANILA – New celebrity couple Cristine Reyes and Derek Ramsay have become more open about their relationship following the actor’s admission late last week.

In his official Instagram account on Saturday, Ramsay posted a picture of him and Reyes kissing with the caption: “This is forever!”

Reyes, for her part, posted a photo of herself last Thursday with the caption: “Not just your girl. I am your everything.”

Reyes also spelled out the numbers 8, 28 and 2013 which seem to indicate the day when they became a couple.

Since the actress’ separation from Rayver Cruz, reports romantically linking the two, who starred in the blockbuster hit "No Other Woman," started to surface.

But while thy admitted frequently going out and being "in constant communication," Ramsay and Reyes maintained they were only friends.

Asked last Wednesday what specific qualities she likes about Ramsay, Reyes only said, "Pareho kaming baliw, pareho kaming outgoing. 'Yung pagiging family man, 'yun ang pinakagusto ko sa kanya."

The two are currently gearing up for their second big-screen project together, "Trophy Wife," under the production of Viva Films.

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Cristine Reyes, Derek Ramsay now a couple

MANILA -- After years of "going out as friends," Cristine Reyes and Derek Ramsay became a couple on August 28.

The 36-year-old actor confirmed the news, as quoted in a report published Thursday on entertainment news site Yahoo! OMG. Ramsay said he and Reyes agreed to admit the relationship if asked.

On micro-blogging site Twitter, Ramsay readily addressed a comment from a follower noting he earlier said he would no longer date a showbiz personality after his controversial break-up with former girlfriend, actress Angelica Panganiban.

"I did say that I'll never date someone from showbiz and that I'd never date Cristine [because] she is a friend. I eat my words," he said.




Reyes, however, was less forward in addressing similar questions when she spoke with reporters at the sidelines of a press conference held Wednesday for the upcoming ABS-CBN series "Bukas Na Lang Kita Mamahalin."

Asked on the status of her "love life," Reyes said, "Gano'n pa rin, single parin ako. I don't know... ano ba ang isasagot?"

She continued, laughing, "Nagsisinungaling lang ako... Pwede bang hindi magsalita? Hindi ko talaga alam kung paano 'yan sasagutin sa ngayon. I swear, hindi ko pa talaga alam!"

Close friends since 2011

At the time they co-starred as a married couple in the romance-drama film "No Other Woman" in 2011, Reyes and Ramsay were still with their respective former partners.

Reyes and actor-dancer Rayver Cruz in January made a televised announcement of their separation, which took place last year. Ramsay and Panganiban, on the other hand, broke up in February 2012, according to the actress.

Since Reyes' separation from Cruz, who is one of her co-stars in "Bukas Na Lang Kita Mamahalin," the actress and Ramsay have been romantically linked.

While the two admitted frequently going out and being "in constant communication," they maintained they were only friends.

Asked on Wednesday what specific qualities she likes about Ramsay, Reyes only said, "Pareho kaming baliw, pareho kaming outgoing. 'Yung pagiging family man, 'yun ang pinakagusto ko sa kanya."

The two are currently gearing up for their second big-screen project together, "Trophy Wife," under the production of Viva Films.

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Derek: I have a non-showbiz girlfriend

MANILA – More than a year after breaking up with actress Angelica Panganiban, actor Derek Ramsay revealed he has found love again.

In an interview with entertainment columnist Ricky Lo as published in The Philippine Star on Monday, Ramsay admitted that he is currently in a relationship but refused to divulge her identity.

“I have a girlfriend but she’s not from showbiz. I guess I have learned my lesson,” he said.

Ramsay reportedly told Lo that he does not want to have another relationship with anyone from show business ever again.

“It’s magulo,” he explained.

Ramsay and Panganiban decided to end their relationship in March 2012 -- two months before he confirmed it on the microblogging site Twitter.

“I think it was the right decision to make so that it wouldn’t end up horrible and an ugly mess of a breakup. So, I think we handled it well,” he said at the time.

Ramsay insisted that there was no third party in their separation.

According to the former Kapamilya actor, he and Panganiban broke up a month before Panganiban and actor John Lloyd Cruz flew to Vietnam to shoot their scenes for the upcoming Star Magic movie "24/7 in Love."

Panganiban has been with Cruz since July 2012.

Meanwhile, Ramsay’s recent admission about his new love also put an end to speculations linking him to several actresses including Nadine Samonte and Cristine Reyes.

Ramsay has repeatedly maintained that he is only friends with the two actresses, adding that they are just “barkadas” since they have all worked together.

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Did Derek Ramsay call Sam Milby gay?

MANILA – Actor Sam Milby said he believes Derek Ramsay, who denied calling the Kapamilya heartthrob “gay.”

In an interview with ABS-CBN News on Wednesday, Milby said he has known Ramsay for a long time and he knows the actor would never make a slur like that.

“Siya ang tumawag sa akin. When he was explaining to me, natuwa ako kasi I know he wouldn’t say anything like that. Derek, I’ve known him for a long time. He knows me, he knows what I am, he knows what I’m not so I know he wouldn’t say anything like that,” he said.

While dismissing the report as a non-issue, Milby said he nonetheless appreciates the fact that Ramsay immediately called him to clear the matter.

“Even if he didn’t call me and I heard about it first, I wouldn’t have believed na he will say something like that. I know Derek. I know Derek is one of those guys who will be there for me. He’s a good friend,” he said.

Asked where he thinks the reports came from, Milby said: “I have no idea. I can’t think of anybody who can say that. Ganun talaga sa showbiz. You have issues that come out. Some of these you just have to laugh at kasi ganun talaga sa showbiz.”

Milby had just arrived in the Philippines on Wednesday after attending the premiere of his movie “Death March” at the Cannes International Film Festival in France.

Reports about Ramsay's alleged gay slur surfaced over the weekend and became a topic on the radio show, "Mismo," hosted by Jobert Sucaldito and Ahwel Paz on DZMM.

According to Sucaldito, a source told him that Ramsay was trying to impress a young actress-singer. When he found out that the girl is close to Milby, Ramsay reportedly asked the girl, "Why Sam? He is gay."

Sucaldito said Ramsay personally texted him to deny the story.

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Angelica details breakup with Derek

MANILA, Philippines -- Angelica Panganiban's six-year relationship with Derek Ramsay ended over the phone.


In an interview in the April 2013 issue of entertainment magazine StarStudio, the 26-year-old Kapamilya actress recalled the day when the model-actor allegedly broke up with her after years of unresolved conflicts.

According to Panganiban, Ramsay was in Boracay for a professional commitment and vacation when they had an argument over the phone some time in February 2012.

The actress related that in the heat of their argument, Ramsay suddenly asked her: "Ano ba'ng nararamdaman mo?"

Panganiban recalled saying that she prefers addressing the question personally, once he gets back from vacation, but Ramsay pushed for an answer.

"Wala. Wala na 'kong nararamdaman," she responded.

Ramsay's only answer, according to Panganiban was: "Okay, it's over."

In the years leading up to their separation, the former celebrity couple had to grapple with several problems that later proved difficult to handle.

Among them, Panganiban related in detail to StarStudio, were three major conflicts -- Ramsay's being allegedly a controlling boyfriend, his supposed lack of support for the actress' mission to find her biological father, and his reported marriage to a certain Mary Christine Jolly in 2002.

On the set of the romantic-comedy movie "Every Breath U Take," which she was filming at the time of the breakup, Panganiban said she cried uncontrollably.

"Hindi ko alam kung naiiyak ako dahil nasabi ko siya. Yes, para talaga akong nakatakas, ganoon 'yung pakiramdam ko, pero at the same time, angsakit-sakit. Hindi ko alam kung tama, kung kaya ko panindigan," she said.

The following day, Panganiban recalled, she moved out her things from the house she had shared with Ramsay for five years, with the help of her mother Annabelle.

When Ramsay learned that the actress had already picked up her belongings from their shared home, the actor, Panganiban recalled, messaged her: "Let's fix this."

But for Panganiban, the breakup was a way of finally being set free. Refusing her former boyfriend's plea, she told herself: "Hindi, may way out ka na, nakalabas ka na. Huwag ka nang bumalik."

Ramsay confirmed his separation from Panganiban in May 2012.

In the April 2013 issue of StarStudio, out in newsstands now, Paganiban also retraces her beginnings as an actress after 20 years in the industry. She also recalls her romance with former boyfriend Carlo Aquino, and opens up on her relationship with current partner John Lloyd Cruz.

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Cristalle Heneras now being linked to Derek

MANILA, Philippines – Celebrity doctor Vicki Belo has no problem about actor Derek Ramsay being romantically linked to her daughter, Cristalle Henares.

But Belo maintained that Henares and Ramsay share nothing but a close friendship.

“They’re both very athletic so they hang out together. Pero wala namang yatang romance sa pagkakaalam ko. Baka may secret, hindi ko alam,” she said.

Henares also denied that she has a romantic relationship with the actor, saying she is just close to Ramsay’s family.

“As a matter of fact, nung new year pumunta kami sa Bukidnon together with his family, tapos nag-Palawan kami last month. Pero nothing more than a sister talaga,” she said.

Another reason they always see each other is because Ramsay is an endorser of the Belo Sun Expert, Henares pointed out.

“Derek and I have been working together also dahil siya din ang isang endorser namin. Baka naisip lang ng tao na baka may nangyayari kasi parati kaming nagkikita, pero wala talaga,” she said.

Asked for a message to those who see something more to their closeness, Henares said: “Hindi naman ako showbiz, hindi naman ako sanay dito. At least sa amin, between us, we know the truth. There’s nothing wrong being linked to each other, pareho naman kaming single, ‘di ba? Wala namang naapektuhan na iba.”

Henares used to be in a relationship with Azkals defender Jason Sabio. Ramsay, on the other hand, has been linked to actress Cristine Reyes after his break-up with actress Angelica Panganiban.

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