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Tuesday, May 20, 2008 Negrenses 'go
gaga over Gabby
GABBY Concepcion's 'magic' good looks remain alive among his fans in Bacolod and Negros
Occidental as thousands went '***' over him during his mall tour at SM City-Bacolod Saturday afternoon.
"It's unbelievable that more than 1,500 shoppers from all walks of life trooped
to the Event Center (of SM City) just to see Gabby Concepcion," said Lorena Quizan-Martinez, SM public relations officer.
Compared to other showbiz personalities who visited SM City-Bacolod since last year, Martinez said Gabby drew the
crowds. Aside from around 1,500 who crowded the Event Center, Martinez said: "These don't include yet the crowd along
the streets and even at the airport in Silay who mobbed the actor."
Concepcion's tour at SM City Bacolod was the
fifth in his Visayas-Mindanao (VisMin) tour for SM Supermalls nationwide, aimed at promoting his return to show business,
including his soon-to-be shown teleserye with ABS-CBN together with Claudine Barreto, Diether Ocampo, Susan Roces and Jaime
Fabregas, among others.
With his down-to-earth attitude, Concepcion didn't fail his fans in Bacolod during his one-hour
performance on stage, singing three of his favorite songs, including 'Tanging Ikaw', 'Paminsan-Minsan Lang' and 'Endless Love'.
While on stage, Concepcion also breached protocol by allowing some of his lady fans to climb on stage, hug, kiss,
and do a duet with him.
Others also brought old photographs and posters of the actor while many of Concepcion's avid
fans kneeled on the floor just to get a picture of him.
"It's good to be back here in the country after 13 years of
staying in the States and it's also good to note that Bacolod and Negros still welcome me with open arms," the actor said
on stage, adding: "Thank you, thank you for your warm welcome."
Concepcion told local media in a press conference
that he couldn't really believe the turnout in Bacolod, which gathered a multitude of people. "For me, it's a gratifying moment
that people not only here in Bacolod but also in other parts of the country still accept me."
He, however, clarified
that his comeback in the country was not meant for him to also return to showbiz. "I went home because my dad is sick. And
it's a mortal sin for me if he dies later and I am not on his side."
But Concepcion admitted his well-publicized comeback
also led him to showbiz again with ABS-CBN and its sister company Star Cinema offering him an exclusive contract for movies
and teleseryes.
Concepcion, though, clarified he can still make a movie with GMA Films together with Jolina Magdangal
because it already has a signed contract prior to his comeback. "ABS-CBN knew it and they also gave me a go signal to consummate
that contract with GMA 7, so there's no problem anymore."
The actor asked his Negrense and Bacoleņo fans to support
his teleseryes and upcoming movies.
Formerly dubbed as a "womanizer" in showbiz, Concepcion was a former husband of
Megastar Sharon Cuneta-Pangilinan and the father of model-turned-actress KC (Kristina Cassandra) Concepcion.
His romance
with businesswoman Grace Ibuna, model Jenny Sequia, beauty queens Anjannette Abayari and Dindi Gallardo, among others, also
made Concepcion "more hotter" in the Philippine showbiz during the early 90s
"I thank all my ex-girls for still being
receptive of me and for being friendly with me also," quipped Concepcion. "Now, I promised to spend more time with my family
and probably do some apostolic or charitable works for children, including the conduct of some medical missions anywhere in
the country."
Asked if there's a possibility that he could also make a movie with Cuneta or with his daughter KC,
Concepcion said: "If everything goes well, why not?"
On doing sexy movies in the future, the actor said: "Well, it
depends on the movie. But if it's really too sexy, I'll just consult my daughters first."
He added that he maintained
his good looks and physique despite him being 45 years old "by simply having a big heart for everybody and by just eating
a lot of vegetables and fish and staying away from rice and beef, among other carbohydrate-rich foods." (Erwin Ambo Delilan)
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac...ver.gabby.html
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"Iisa Pa Lamang" is Gabby's first TV series
By REYMA BUAN-DEVEZA
abs-cbnNEWS.com
After his controversial comeback, actor Gabby Concepcion is starting
his life and new career in local showbiz. He is now preparing for his first television series on ABS-CBN entitled "Iisa Pa
Lamang."
The confirmation of the project was made by his newest talent manager
Rose Flaminiano.
"Oo, kumpirmado na iyong television series at sa May 2, Friday ang
first taping day namin at siguro mga last week of June ang airing ng series," Flaminiano told abs-cbnNEWS.com.
Flaminiano added that Concepcion will be working with the brightest
stars of the Kapamilya network like Claudine Barretto, Diether Ocampo, Angelica Panganiban and the "Queen of Philippine Movies",
Susan Roces.
Flaminiano said Concepcion is very pleased with his new project. "He
was amazed and this is his first television series. Nagkaroon na kami ng pag-uusap and he likes it very much. Maganda siya,
maganda ang istorya."
She said the series is an original story and not a remake of the 1992
movie starring Richard Gomez and Dawn Zulueta.
"Parang si Gabby ay mag-isang pag-ibig lang at may ibang may gusto
sa kanya, doon iinog ang istorya. Yung song ay yun pa ding "Iisa Pa Lamang" na kinanta ni Joey Albert pero yung story ay hindi
remake o base doon sa pelikula ni direk Jose Javier Reyes," she said.
Flamiano said that for the series, Concepcion will be attending acting
workshops and from May 2 onwards, the actor will be spending his Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays taping the series.
"Sa May 2 din ang airing ng kanyang "Maalaala Mo Kaya" at same day
naman ay yung first taping nya for the television series... ang kakanta ng theme song ng series ay si Lani Misalucha," she
said.
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Gabby Concepcion’s second wind CHANNEL SURFING By Althea Lauren
Ricardo Tuesday, April 8, 2008 - Philstar.com
One of the prodigal sons of Philippine showbiz, Gabby Concepcion,
is back home and receiving some sort of wild reception that surprises even him. It surely helps that he's still looking every
bit of the matinee idol that he was in the 1980's. And he couldn't have come at a better time, though. KC Concepcion, his
daughter with ex-wife Sharon Cuneta, is currently hot showbiz property.
One really late night a couple of weeks ago,
I caught Music & Lyrics on cable TV. This movie, which put Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore together in a love team for the
first time, follows the post-fame life of 1980's pop star Alex Fletcher (Grant) as he attempts to revive his career by writing
a hit song for a new teen sensation. Desperate, he elicits the support of Sophie Fisher (Barrymore), a former creative writing
student and current insecure writer who, in a meet cute, comes to his apartment to water his plants. Alex is on his second
wind.
In one of their exchanges, Alex tells Sophie about his comeback. He describes how, after his group disbanded,
he tried to establish his own career as a solo artist. It didn't go well, and he coasted along, until one day years later,
he was invited to perform in a small party. He said some of his fans, now considerably older, received him very well, and
from then on, at least when it came to smaller venues, it was as if he was never gone.
It was this exchange that came
to my mind when I read in the newspaper that one of the prodigal sons of Philippine showbiz, Gabby Concepcion, is back home
and receiving some sort of wild reception that surprises even him. His main reason for being here, he says, is to be here
for his ailing father's birthday. But it surely helps that he's still looking every bit of the matinee idol that he was in
the 1980's.
I caught him for the first time on Rated K over the weekend. In his interview with Korina Sanchez, he talked
about how his first phone call with KC went and he was a little bit teary-eyed. It hit me how handsome he really is, with
his baby face and red cheeks and all. In fact, I think he can give Aga Muhlach, who's one of the very few active ‘80s
stars left and is currently being paired with today's hottest young stars who'd otherwise use po and opo with him, a run for
his money.
It's also apparent that Gabby's on the mend. The years away become him, and maybe we can see added depth
into his art. He was a fine actor. He could be even better now that he's experience a lot in his life. I hope it's all uphill
from hereon.
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Gabby Concepcion sparks
'Gabbymania!' at ABS-CBN; will do teleserye, films for Star Cinema
By RAMIL DIGAL GULLE abs-cbnNEWS.com
Are we seeing just the beginning of Gabbymania?
Less than 24 hours since actor Gabby Concepcion set foot in the Philippines on Sunday--for the first time in 13 years --he already
sent fans and production staff a-screaming when he came to ABS-CBN.
He sparked a mini-stampede at the studio where
The Buzz was airing live, and even the usually grimly serious staff at the ABS-CBN central news desk--women and men--were
reduced to a frenzy of giggles and digicam-and-cellphone cam-flashing when he dropped by the news room.
Concepcion confirmed in his interview over The Buzz on Sunday that he already spoke to Malou Santos, managing
director of Star Cinema (the film production outfit of ABS-CBN) and he was already offered two film projects.
He added
that ABS-CBN has also offered him a teleserye.
It is undeniable proof of Concepcion's star power--his thirteen years away from show
business notwithstanding. Thirteen years away from show business seem to have done very little to diminish Concepcion's romantic leading man looks.
In fact, The Buzz host Boy Abunda's first question to the actor
at the interview was, "Bakit ang guwapo mo (Why are you so good-looking)?" Concepcion had to pause for a beat and mumbled something about genetics.
Indeed, the actor is several pounds heavier and
age is already evident on the face that was first discovered some two decades ago as a model for a toothpaste commercial.
But
his winning smile and finely-chiseled features remain. Whatever roughness that maturity and hardships have etched on his once
boyishly handsome features only seems to have heightened his appeal.
Comeback Concepcion left the country in 1995, several months after the 1994 Manila Film Festival scandal where he returned
his Best Actor trophy after it was found out that the real winner of the award was, in fact, Edu Manzano.
Concepcion was the one who blew the whistle on his then manager Lolit Solis, whom he tagged as the mastermind
behind an attempt to fraudulently proclaim him and then young actress Ruffa Gutierrez as the winners in the Best Actor and
Best Actress categories.
"Nung umalis ako nung '95, nilagay ko na yon sa likod ko (When I left in '95 I left everything
behind me. Yon, sabi ko I think I need to move on. Not everyone has the chance to succeed in show business. I felt I had my
time)," he told Abunda.
In the United States, Concepcion used whatever savings he had from his very successful Philippine showbiz career to study at Lincoln University. He finished two degrees simultaneously
then went into the real-estate business. He eventually became one of the top ten real estate brokers in the US state of California.
He said that for the longest time, he was dead set on never returning to the Philippines.
"Ayaw ko na sana bumalik. Maraming nangyari. Nasaktan ako. Hindi ko
na rin naisip na babalik akong Pilipinas," he told Abunda.
(I never wanted to come back. Too much had happened. I was
very hurt. I never thought of coming back to the Philippines)
Concepcion said that he felt compelled to return for
the sake of his father Rolly, who is suffering from a heart condition. It has become serious enough for his father to become
wheelchair-bound.
"Dumami ang dahilan kung bakit kailangan kong umuwi. Dahil sa ama ko. Maysakit na siya sa puso. Hindi
ko pwedeng sabihin sa sarili ko na well ganyan ang buhay. Idadasal ko na lang. Pag may nangyari sa kanya hindi ko mapapatawad
ang sarili ko," he said.
(The compelling reasons for me to come back piled up. My dad has heart disease. I can't just
tell myself that that's life and then pray about it. If anything happens to him I won't be able to forgive myself.)
Concepcion also clarified an issue of his supposed welching on a contract with GMA Films for a movie with Jolina
Magdangal. The actor said that he is still committed to the project, except that there's "slight conflict" that has to be
resolved.
The actor also admitted that part of the "slight conflict" is the emphasis that the movie would place on
him. He explained that since any film he would do with GMA would be his comeback movie, he would want such a film to have
greater focus on him.
"Maraming dahilan eh. Kung ito nga ay magiging comeback. it has to be a comeback kasi kung hindi
ko magiging comeback, bakit ko gagawin?" he said.
(There are several reasons. If this would be a comeback for me, it
has to really be a comeback. Because if it isn't, why would I bother doing it?)
The actor then said that he already
spoke with the GMA Films executives and clarified that he is still honoring his contract for the movie with Magdangal.
Movie
with KC and Sharon? Concepcion also expressed great interest in someday making a movie with his ex-wife Sharon Cuneta, his daughter
KC or a movie with all three of them together.
"Sharon has been part of my life. Of course I’d like to do a movie with her. I'd love to do a movie
with KC. She's my daughter after all. Sharon is the mother of my daughter; it would be nice
if we could do something together.
"Maraming intrigang papasok dyan. Katulad nga ng sabi ni Sharon paglalaruan lang. Pero kung maiiwasan natin yan why not, you know? Gumawa tayo, ipakita natin sa tao, tutal yon
ang gusto nila," he said.
(I know there would be a lot of intrigues. Like what Sharon
said, some people could just make a circus out of the whole thing. But if we could find a way to prevent that from happening,
why not? Let's make the movie because that's what people would love to see.)
Concepcion also said that he's very happy about his coming projects with ABS-CBN although there aren't any specifics as of yet.
"I'm very excited about the projects kasi, I know kung paano gumawa ang Channel 2 (I know how good Channel 2 is at that sort
of thing)."
Peace with Lolit He also revealed that he is now on good terms with his former manager Lolit
Solis. He said that he and Solis patched things up in Las Vegas, when they both went there to watch Manny Pacquiao's
last fight.
"Wala na kaming tampuhan ni Lolit. In fact, nagkita kami sa Las Vegas. Nagulat nga ako na lumapit sya sa akin. Nag-usap kami na-settle namin yon on the spot. Sabi niya, "O sige bati
na tayo. Pahingi ng 100 dollars.' Buti meron akong 100 dollars. Kung hindi baka hindi pa kami nag-bati," he said, laughing.
(There's
no more bad blood between me and Lolit. If fact, we met in Las Vegas. I was surprised that she approached me. We talked
and settled everything on the spot. She said, "We're okay now. Now give me a hundred dollars. Good thing I had a hundred dollars
on me or else we wouldn't have patched things up.)
Abunda then asked if Concepcion is aware whether his ex-wife still has any gripes or grudge against him.
"Meron nga ba? Well, siguro sa mga
naririnig natin noon may galit siya sa akin. But that's all in the past. Kung ano man ang kasalanang nagawa ko sa kanya
o kahit kanino, nandito ako para humingi ng pagpapatawad. So let's put all the issues behind us now. I'm not here para mang-intriga.
Nandirito ako to start a new life," he replied.
(Does she really? Well, before I used to hear from others that she's
angry at me. But that's all in the past. Whatever mistakes I made, whomever I offended before whether it's Sharon or someone
else, I'm here to ask for forgiveness. I want to start a new life.)
Humbling lesson The actor told Abunda
that his experience of going from a showbiz superstar to hitting rock-bottom in the United States was a very humbling one.
"On my part, the United States is very humbling. Dun ako natutong wala kang alalay. Wala kang kasama ikaw gagawa lahat. Walang tutulong sa iyo maliban
ang sarili mo. Dun ko nakita na sadsad ka pero babangon ka rin dahil sa sarili mong gawa. Yun mapagpagaralan mo yon. Mangyayari
lang yon at mararamdaman mo lang yon pag napadpad ka don."
(It was in United States that I learned to live life without any assistants. Over there you have to do everything yourself. No one will help
you except yourself. I experienced what it's like to fall on your face and then get up again using your own hard work. You'll
learn that only when you go through it and feel it when you find yourself in that same place.)
He also thanked all
the Filipinos in the United States who helped him out when he was starting to build his
own life, away from the glamour, fame and comforts of a showbiz career.
"Mahaba ang 13 years. Unang-una gusto kong
magpasalamat sa kapwa Pilipino natin na nasa Amerika na nagtiwala sa akin nung ako'y pumasok sa real estate. Sila rin ang
tumatawag at sila rin ang napagbebentahan ko. At pinagkatiwalaan nila ako. Sino ba itong artista na ito na may nalalalaman
sa real estate? Pinagkatiwalaan nila ako," he said.
(Thirteen years is a long time. I give my thanks first to
all our fellow Filipinos in America who trusted me when I went into real estate. They were the ones who called on me and they were the
ones I sold property to. And they trusted me. I mean, it was good of them to give a chance to an actor who claimed to know
about real estate. They trusted me.)
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GOODBYE GABBY, HELLO GABRIEL TEXT
& INTERVIEWS BY JO-ANN Q. MAGLIPON YES MAGAZINE, OCTOBER 2004
Nine years after he left showbiz and the country, nothing seems to have
changed. Gabby Concepcion, all of 41 years on November 5, still looks every bit the matinee idol.
He has on a neatly pressed, solid-blue long-sleeved
shirt tucked flat into dark pants, its waistline marked by a slim belt. The whole look of him is crisp and clean and fresh.
His hair is slicked back, just right for the slightly thinning head of hair, besides providing the perfect frame for what
remains a movie-star profile.
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Source: www.prucalifornia.com/index.php/page/gabrielconcepcionachievesbrokerlicense
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5/14/07
The day Gabby & Ginbee got married
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FUNFARE
By RICARDO F. LO |
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It’s
an even more special day to Gabby Concepcion and Genevieve "Ginbee" Yatco Gonzalez because they are celebrating their
third wedding anniversary — quietly again, I suppose, just like their wedding three years ago in Stockton, California
_______________________________________________________________________
The Philippine Star
It’s a special day because some 45 million Filipinos are expected to troop to the polls to elect a new
set of senators, congressmen and local officials.
It’s an even more special day to Gabby Concepcion and Genevieve "Ginbee" Yatco Gonzalez because they
are celebrating their third wedding anniversary — quietly again, I suppose, just like their wedding three years ago
in Stockton, California.
On this page and the next are photos of that memorable day, published for the first time, thanks to The STAR’s
L.A. correspondent Baby K. Jimenez (or simply BKJ) who happens to be a close friend of Ginbee’s mom Nini Yatco-Gonzalez
who, according to BKJ, "is the cousin of my first cousin Nina Jimenez-Almeda."
The girls belong to a barkada, all from Biņan, Laguna, together with character actress Tessie Batista-Villarama
(wife of Willie Villarama, former congressman of Bulacan).
"We used to roller-skate together at the Rizal Monument Plaza," recalled Baby in her note to Funfare, e-mailed
along with the photos of Gabby and Ginbee. "We grew up watching the handsome and dashing young doctor Jorge Garcia (father
of Iza Calzado’s boyfriend Gerry Garcia) play basketball. Jorge’s team even played against that of FPJ whom I
invited to Biņan for an exhibition. The combos that played at our parties in Biņan included the Hi-Jacks, Orly Ilacad and
The Ramrods and The Tiltdown Men (senatoriable Tito Sotto among the members)."
This recollection is relevant to how Funfare got the "exclusive" wedding photos. Last February, BKJ came home
purposely to watch the concerts of Paul Williams and Cliff Richard, and she and Nini saw each other again at a family reunion
held at BKJ’s late uncle Ambassador Privado Jimenez’s residence in Ayala Alabang.
"As promised," said BKJ, "Nini brought with her Gabby and Ginbee’s wedding album and I asked for a few
copies. Nini, who comes from a wealthy family, was widowed young and I didn’t know until much later that she’s
the mom of Gabby’s wife."
Ginbee attended grade school at Assumption and finished college at De La Salle University.
"According to Nini," BKJ said, "Gabby and Ginbee’s wedding was very private, with only family members
(mostly on Ginbee’s side) and very few close friends present. Walang taga-showbiz. It was held in the morning of May
14, 2004, at the Presentation Catholic Church in Stockton, California. The reception followed at Wine and Roses Hotel in Lodi,
also in California, 10 miles away from the church."
Gabby and Ginbee used to live in Daly City. They have moved to San Ramon, also in California, where they have
a huge plushy residence.
That, I presumed, must be the same house where KC Concepcion, Gabby’s daughter with ex-wife Sharon Cuneta,
stayed for one week when she and her dad were reunited after 10 long years. KC was quoted in interviews that she found her
stepmother (Ginbee, that is) amazing.
"When I got there," KC recounted in an interview with Marie Claire magazine, "he had pictures of me as a baby,
framed, or when I was five, framed. I’m surprised he has a lot of them. And that’s not something you can pull
out of nowhere just because I’m coming. He kept them all these years."
Gabby and Ginbee don’t have a child of their own. Early last year, Ginbee was reported to be "infanticipating"
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*BLOGGERS CORNER*
Gabby-licious!
can't help it... Papa Gabby again
Gabby Concepcion
Goin loca over Gabby Concepcion
OHMYGAWDKILLMENOW
pressCONCEPCION
GABRANDY MADNESS!!
The Legend Is Back
yes he's back
GABBY IS BACK IN THE LIME LIGHT!
WECOME BACK GABBY CONCEPCION!
Gabby Concepcion is back in the Philippines
DASAL KO KAY LORD RE GABBY CONCEPCION
I Love Gabby!
Gabby Concepcion Back Home
The Impact of Gabby Concepcion's Homecoming
Bagyong Gabby Concepcion
OH MY GABBY!
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KORINA TODAY - APRIL 7, 2008 (Download Veoh TV to watch the full version)
RATED K - April 6, 2008
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APRIL 1, 2008
ABS-CBN News Online: Gabby Concepcion signs up with ABS-CBN
ABS-CBN News Online: The real reason why Gabby Concepcion went home
Manila Bulletin : Gabby comes home a Kapamilya
Philippine Star: Gabby a welcome blast from the past
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