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Jodi, Marian vie for Asia’s
Iconic Actress of the Year
By Jan Milo seveRo Philstar.com
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CELEBRITIES Bea Alonzo, Jodi Sta. Maria and Marian Rivera will battle it out for Iconic Actress this year at the Asia’s Golden Icon Awards (AGIA).
Actors Ian Veneracion, Dingdong Dantes and Piolo Pascual will clash for Iconic actor while KathNiel (Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla), FiLay (Barbie Forteza and David Licauco) and DonBelle (Donny Pangilinan and Belle Mariano) will fight for Iconic Loveteam. Darren Espanto, Iñigo Pascual and Juan Karlos Labajo are nominated for Asia’s Iconic Male Singer while Sarah Geronimo, Morisette Amon and Julie Ann San Jose are nominated for Asia’s Female Singer. The AGIA will host an annual awards night that honors individuals and companies that have made a significant impact on the community or demonstrated excellence in their field.
Backed by a notable organization dedicated to fostering public relations excellence and nation building, the AGIA 2023 aims to recognize successful campaigns of organizations, government sectors as well as individuals that define Asia’s cutting edge of work as transformational inclusive leaders in the 21’st century.
Dr. Ronnel Ybañez, celebrity entrepreneur and chairman of the awarding body, said that the winners will be judged independently by a panel of senior experts from inside circles, including incognito professionals, to avoid narrowmindedness and unconscious bias.
The awardees are carefully selected by the jury to maintain the right balance of competence, experience and
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Back in January, Olivia gave Livies a sneak peek into the process of creating new music through a short clip that shows her with music producer Dan Nigro. The caption read, “Working on so many new songs I’m excited to show u. Thank u for everything.”
Olivia won her first Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album. The critically acclaimed ‘Sour’ album was famously known for singles such as “driver’s license,” “good 4 u,” “deja vu,” and
“traitor.” Some of the singles gained popularity on the short-video platform app TikTok. The new music and the new album might be out there anytime soon. But for now, we could say that it’s ‘good 4’ us to be happy and healthy while waiting for it to come.
