‘Lovi will not only get to display her dramatic chops but also her talent in doing solid action sequences.’
Lovi Poe is proving to all that she’s her father’s, Fernando Poe, Jr., daughter.
In “FPJ’s Batang Quiapo,” the Kapamilya primetime series inspired by her dad’s blockbuster film with Maricel Soriano, Lovi will not only get to display her dramatic chops but also her talent in doing solid action sequences.
“FPJ’s Batang Quiapo” just premiered on Kapamilya Channel and TV5 last Monday.
Did she get emotional when she found out she will be part of the “Batang Quiapo” cast?
“Of course,” she said before the show’s grand press con.
She added she is very excited to be working with the whole cast, especially her leading man Coco Martin, who is also co-director and line producer of the series. Coco has been continuing her dad’s legacy, after leading the successful “FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano.”
We tease her about her international career. Lovi is part of the cast of the movie, “Chelsea Cowboy,” filmed in the UK. Lovi is assigned the role of British blues singer Dana Gillespie.
The film has yet to be released, but we are already sure that it won’t be her last. What will she do if an international career comes a-knocking? And of course, Lovi frequently rendezvous abroad with her beau, British producer Montgomery Blencowe. Perhaps her character in “Batang Quiapo,” Mokang, will be seen going to the province to take a break or will be taken hostaged or kidnapped so she can attend to her engagements abroad.
“Pwede,” she quipped.
Well, going by the track record of Deo Endrinal’s Dreamscape Entertainment and Coco, “FPJ’s Batang Quiapo” will again get viewers hooked for many years.
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ABS-CBN welcomes their new head of news, Mary Anne Francis Total, succeeding Ging Reyes, who stepped down last year, December 31.
Prior to her appointment, Francis served as ABS-CBN’s News Production head and was instrumental in the successful 2022 Halalan marathon coverage. She also led ABS-CBN News’ DocuCentral group that produced several award-winning documentaries, including “Di Ka Pasisiil,” a documentary on the Marawi siege that won a Gold World Medal in the New York Festivals — World’s Best TV & Films in 2018.
During her tenure as ABS-CBN head of Breaking News and Live Events, Francis was also responsible for the special coverage of the Visit of Pope Francis to the Philippines in 2015 and “PILIPINAS 2016,” the Presidential Town Hall Debate held in Pangasinan.
Francis is a 25-year veteran of ABS-CBN News. She rose from the ranks and produced various programs including “The World Tonight” with Angelo Castro Jr. and Tina Monzon Palma, “Talkback” with Tina Monzon Palma, and “Beyond Politics” with Lynda Jumilla.
She is a magna cum laude graduate of Broadcast Communication from UP in 1998. In 2009, Francis was awarded the Benigno and Corazon Aquino Fellowship by the United States Embassy in Manila.
Meanwhile, Nadia Trinidad has been appointed as News Digital Media head, and will now be responsible for ABS-CBN News Online and its digital news properties. Nadia was previously the head of the ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC).
