Ready for Rock Candy? Rock Candy, which replaced VBar and Citrus Bar, is located at Glorietta 2, Makati City. In the picture is Rock Candy owner Jay-R with his long-time girlfriend, Myra Eliza Calove. Rock Candy will unload its daily dose of band music from R&B to rock alternative to acoustic to hip hop.

Ready to Party. Pauleen Luna was spotted by PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) at Rock Candy. Her life-size tarpauline poster was displayed outside the venue.

Ready to jam. KC Montero joins Jay-R on stage. KC used to host SOP with Jay-R.

The MTV VJ married singer-actress Geneva Cruz in 2004.

Ready for the big role. FHM cover girl Ehra Madrigal is a part of the upcoming GMA-7 series Lupin. She excitedly chats about her role, "Isa ako sa parang secret agent with ‘Chard—parang Charlie's Angels. More of action scenes parang James Bond..."

She considers it to be her biggest break so far, "Yeah, kaya sobrang pressure kasi one of the lead. Sobrang happy ako that I was given the project. May training kami, e, para sa mga action scenes. Gusto ko matutong magbike talaga, e. Big bike yung ginagamit nila, gusto ko i-try. Normally stuntman yung gagawa."

Ready for the changes? Aryanna used to be Jay-R's co-host in GMA-7's noontime show, SOP. When asked about about the reformatting of SOP, Jay-R says, "Okay naman. I got a lot more parts. I get to sing a lot more in SOP. Mahirap lang yung rehearsals. Andaming rehearsals ngayon—Fridays, Saturdays—dance rehearsals sa Saturday."

Ready for the Soul Diva. Jay-R's girlfriend Eliza warmly welcome Jaya, who arrived with her life partner Gary. Jaya and Jay-R are co-hosts for GMA-7's noontime show, SOP.

Ready to rave. Kris Lawrence with EB Babe Zida. The two were among the early birds during the opening night of Rock Candy. Kris bested other contenders in ABS-CBN's Star in a Million. Kris and Jay-R were schoolmates at the St. Genevieve High School in Panorama City, U.S.A.

 

 

Ready to sing. Gerald Santos showed up at the Rock Candy opening. Gerald won the second season of Pinoy Pop Superstar, besting Aicelle Santos.

Ready to transfer? Alessandra de Rossi plays with the camera of photographer Melo Balingit.

Alex (Alessandra's nickname) talks about the offer made by ABS-CBN, "Yes, nagkaroon na pero hindi na umabot sa akin, sa manager ko na lang yun. Medyo, ewan ko loyal ako e.

"Hindi ako exclusive pero out of respect, hindi naman nila ako pinabayaan, e. Never naman nila ako pinabayaan. Tama lang na humingi ako ng permission sa kanila kung mag-guest ako sa ibang show."

 

Ready to move on? Alessandra de Rossi is thankful for the opportunities given to her by GMA-7. She is currently co-hosting QTV 11's MMS with Jay-R. Her sweet gestures with Jay-R remains onscreen. As of now, Alex says that she's not yet ready to enter another relationship.

Ready for marriage? R&B Princess Kyla shares light moments with her cager-boyfriend Rich Alvarez. The couple don't have any plans of getting married soon.

Kyla is the host of QTV 11's Popstar Kids. Rich, on the other hand, is currently playing for Red Bull Barako.

Ready for mature roles? After her FHM magazine pictorial for the July 2006 issue, Valerie Concepcion is csyas she's ready to take on more mature and challenging roles.

Ready to party. Best buddies Luis Alandy and Paolo Paraiso are joined by cover girl Valerie Concepcion. The three arrived past midnight at the opening of Rock Candy.

Ready to become a beauty queen? Margaret Wilson joins the Bb. Pilipinas Pageant. Margaret shares in her previous interview with PEP, "Iba kasi when you compete in the Miss Universe. It's like the biggest beauty title ever. I'm praying for that talaga. But I will accept what God will give me. What's important is that I get to experience joining a national beauty contest and it will certainly boost my confidence even more."

Ready to strike a gorgeous pose. Heads turned when Cindy Kurleto entered the Rock Candy bar. Her giant-sized tarpaulin poster was displayed outside the venue that night. She is now part of the GMA-7 noontime show Eat Bulaga and the sitcom Daddy Di Do Du, where she plays the love interest of Vic Sotto.

Ready to focus on other activities. Now that his fantaserye Atlantika has already ended, Dingdong Dantes is taking things slow and easy. He tells PEP, "May niluluto silang show, nag-aantay lang ako. Siyempre nandun pa rin yung paniniwala ko at pag-asa na inaantay."

The actor-director also plans to take up short courses. "Focus muna sa extra-curricular activities. Siguro, I want to take up short courses. Mahasa kahit papaano yung skills ko. Still searching kung ano ang pwede."