"Futbolilits" Coming This July

With the booming popularity of football here in the Philippines comes a fantasy-drama series that would make it even more popular. Said to replace Magic Palayok which is ending soon, GMA-7 teams up Raymart Santiago and Jennylyn Mercado for Fubolilits.

The series also stars Nova Villa, Paolo Contis, Angelika dela Cruz, Daniel Matsunaga, Benjie Paras and Mosang, with Yogo Singh, Renz Valerio, Isabel Frial, Julian Trono, Iking Magundayao, JM Reyes, Gabriel Roxas.

Coming this July 2011, this Mike Tuviera-directed series is written by Aloy Adlawan, Kit Villanueva-Langit, AA Nadela, and Maribel Ilag.

Watch the teaser of Futbolilits after the jump.

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Heart Evangelista vs Marian Rivera?

Marian Rivera and Heart Evangelista are reportedly not in good terms as of late. There are speculations, though, that this rumor was just made up to make people talk more about Temptation Island which is showing July 6th.

But the speculations that it was just a publicity stunt were somehow proved wrong when Heart's mother reportedly shouted angrily at Marian at the Manila airport while the actresses were on their way home from a shooting in Ilocos Norte last June 13th. Cecile Ongpauco, Heart's mother, allegedly even brought bodyguards for Heart, and when the Kapuso Primetime Queen tried to approach Heart to say goodbye, the mother angrily shouted, "Stay away from my daughter!" not knowing that the Temptation Island actresses have patched things up even before they left Ilocos Norte.

Mrs. Ongpauco allegedly threw more angry words at Marian which caused the pretty actress to cry.

There are many versions as to what caused the feud. Some say it started when Heart's boyfriend, Daniel Matsunaga, expressed his interest in working with Marian Rivera. It allegedly continued to Heart talking about how she couldn't wait to work with Marian's boyfriend, Dingdong Dantes, while Marian was within earshot.

It sounds like a petty little quarrel blown up by write-ups that is typical of a promotional stunt. But if the airport incident is really true, I think this issue would hurt Heart Evangelista the most, especially if the other version of the story was true.

The other version
The feud allegedly really started when Heart saw Marian talking with their co-star Lovi Poe and suspected that the two were talking maliciously about her. Heart allegedly called her mother about it and that's the reason why Mrs. Ongpauco was so mad at the airport. Little did she know that her daughter and Marian had already patched things up even before leaving Ilocos Norte.

If the last "version of the story" is true, I think it's Heart Evangelista's fault not to "notify" her mother as soon as possible that she and Marian were already okay. Had she told her mom about it sooner, no airport scene would have been created.