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Claudine Chameleon
Source : Showbizpinoy
ON screen, Claudine Barretto is a chameleon. As Lena in "Kailangan Kita," she pleads guilty of falling in love with the man her elder sister is supposed to marry and we forgive her for doing so. In " Milan ," she shatters the traditional notions on loving and needing and we yearn to learn some more life-changing lessons from her. In Claudine's hands, what are otherwise stock characters transform into indelible celluloid feats for future generations of movie aficionados to go back to again and again.
Next on the actress' career itinerary is "Lihim," a suspense-drama from her home studio Star Cinema. Earmarked for an early 2005 playdate, Claudine reunites with her "Mula sa Puso" and " Marina " leading man Diether Ocampo and gets to work for the first time with Jericho Rosales.
"It's an exciting combination and the role of Pilar is very challenging. Although I must admit na nung una, I was a little apprehensive about our director (Cholo Laurel). He's from the advertising world kasi. Pero as the shooting progressed, I discovered that for someone who's directing his first feature film, he's really good," Claudine shares in her birthday lunch with the entertainment press in July (she turned 25).
After the groundbreaking fantaserye "Marina" bid farewell last November, everyone has naturally been anticipating the acknowledged Teleserye Queen's return to primetime drama. Amid reports that she is being tapped to do the small screen adaptation of an old Vilma Santos potboiler, "Kampanerang Kuba," Claudine says she'd rather take a much-deserved break first.
"Hindi ko na siguro gagawin yun (Kampanerang Kuba) kasi parang ang dami nang nakakaalam. So iba naman. We'll do another project."
Life these days, Claudine adds, has never been as breezy. In July, she became custodian to the now-six-month-old Sabina Natasha.
"When I found her on my doorstep, she was very, very thin. She had diaper rashes, didn't even know how to drink milk or suck from a bottle!" Claudine recounts in an exclusive story on StarStudio magazine's October 2004 issue.
"They say, 'ang suwerte naman ng batang yan,' not realizing that I'm the lucky one. This is my joy, my Sabina. She changed my life."
Sabina's arrival, for one, signaled the end of a two-year animosity between Claudine and the Yans, the family of her former boyfriend Rico who died in his sleep two Holy Weeks ago while vacationing on a Palawan resort.
"It's not really important who made the first move (between me and Geraldine Yan, one of Rico's two sisters). I appreciate the fact that finally, there's closure."
The rift, however, among the Barretto sisters (Gretchen Barretto on one end and the whole Barretto clan on the other) still awaits a similar closure. After Claudine aired her side of the story in July, with Gretchen answering back and their mother Inday Barretto pouring her heart out on the issue, the heat has relatively simmered down.
Perhaps time will serve as the ultimate healer. For now, Claudine is having the time of her life playing motherhood to the hilt ("The new rule in the house," she says, "is that at 7:30 in the evening, it's all lights out and only Mozart lullabies can be heard.").
And very soon, sometime in 2006, marital bliss will be all hers for the taking as she walks down the aisle with fiancé Raymart Santiago in what promises to be the wedding event to watch out for. At long last, the perennial bridesmaid in her friends' weddings (she caught the bouquet in Gladys Reyes' January 2004 wedding to Christopher Rojas) will be playing the most demanding role she could ever hope to have.
Source : Showbizpinoy
ON screen, Claudine Barretto is a chameleon. As Lena in "Kailangan Kita," she pleads guilty of falling in love with the man her elder sister is supposed to marry and we forgive her for doing so. In " Milan ," she shatters the traditional notions on loving and needing and we yearn to learn some more life-changing lessons from her. In Claudine's hands, what are otherwise stock characters transform into indelible celluloid feats for future generations of movie aficionados to go back to again and again.
Next on the actress' career itinerary is "Lihim," a suspense-drama from her home studio Star Cinema. Earmarked for an early 2005 playdate, Claudine reunites with her "Mula sa Puso" and " Marina " leading man Diether Ocampo and gets to work for the first time with Jericho Rosales.
"It's an exciting combination and the role of Pilar is very challenging. Although I must admit na nung una, I was a little apprehensive about our director (Cholo Laurel). He's from the advertising world kasi. Pero as the shooting progressed, I discovered that for someone who's directing his first feature film, he's really good," Claudine shares in her birthday lunch with the entertainment press in July (she turned 25).
After the groundbreaking fantaserye "Marina" bid farewell last November, everyone has naturally been anticipating the acknowledged Teleserye Queen's return to primetime drama. Amid reports that she is being tapped to do the small screen adaptation of an old Vilma Santos potboiler, "Kampanerang Kuba," Claudine says she'd rather take a much-deserved break first.
"Hindi ko na siguro gagawin yun (Kampanerang Kuba) kasi parang ang dami nang nakakaalam. So iba naman. We'll do another project."
Life these days, Claudine adds, has never been as breezy. In July, she became custodian to the now-six-month-old Sabina Natasha.
"When I found her on my doorstep, she was very, very thin. She had diaper rashes, didn't even know how to drink milk or suck from a bottle!" Claudine recounts in an exclusive story on StarStudio magazine's October 2004 issue.
"They say, 'ang suwerte naman ng batang yan,' not realizing that I'm the lucky one. This is my joy, my Sabina. She changed my life."
Sabina's arrival, for one, signaled the end of a two-year animosity between Claudine and the Yans, the family of her former boyfriend Rico who died in his sleep two Holy Weeks ago while vacationing on a Palawan resort.
"It's not really important who made the first move (between me and Geraldine Yan, one of Rico's two sisters). I appreciate the fact that finally, there's closure."
The rift, however, among the Barretto sisters (Gretchen Barretto on one end and the whole Barretto clan on the other) still awaits a similar closure. After Claudine aired her side of the story in July, with Gretchen answering back and their mother Inday Barretto pouring her heart out on the issue, the heat has relatively simmered down.
Perhaps time will serve as the ultimate healer. For now, Claudine is having the time of her life playing motherhood to the hilt ("The new rule in the house," she says, "is that at 7:30 in the evening, it's all lights out and only Mozart lullabies can be heard.").
And very soon, sometime in 2006, marital bliss will be all hers for the taking as she walks down the aisle with fiancé Raymart Santiago in what promises to be the wedding event to watch out for. At long last, the perennial bridesmaid in her friends' weddings (she caught the bouquet in Gladys Reyes' January 2004 wedding to Christopher Rojas) will be playing the most demanding role she could ever hope to have.
