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LOS ANGELES - Latin pop star Ricky Martin on Monday announced he was gay in a blog posting, ending years of speculation.
"I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man," Martin wrote in a blog posting at www.rickymartinmusic.com.
"This is just what I need especially now that I am the father of two beautiful boys that are so full of light and who with their outlook teach me new things every day. To keep living as I did up until today would be to indirectly diminish the glow that my kids were born with," Martin wrote.
Martin, 38, became a father to twin sons via a surrogate in 2008 and at the time no details were given about the birth or the mother.
The Puerto Rican singer of hits such as "Livin' la Vida Loca," has long been the subject of speculation about his sexuality. In 2000, TV journalist Barbara Walters grilled him about whether he was gay, but he refused to disclose it.
In his posting on Monday, Martin said a few months ago he had decided to write a memoir and doing so brought him closer to what he called "an amazing turning point in my life."
"Writing this account of my life, I got very close to my truth. And this is something worth celebrating," he wrote.
The singer began his career with boy band Menudo and broke out as a solo artist and teen idol in the 1990s in Spanish-speaking countries.
He released his first, English-language album in 1999, the self-titled "Ricky Martin," which saw two major hits, "Livin' la Vida Loca" and "She's All I Ever Had." Since then, Martin has been a star in both North America and South America.
Jarrett Barrios, the president of the U.S.-based Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation , welcomed what he called Martin's "openness and honesty."
Source: Yahoo

Apart from being a rebellious teenager who partook in gang activities when he was younger, Taiwanese actor-singer Jerry Yan unknowingly dated a gang leader's girlfriend and ended up with a broken nose.
Jerry came clean about his wild and rebellious past in his latest photo book, 9314 Man and Boy. The 33-year-old artiste described his high school years as a colourful one where he "had two different identities for school and after school." He was a class monitor and goody-two-shoes in school, and became the underling of a gang after classes ended.
The strapping tall actor reckoned that growing up in a single-parent family has instilled "a fear of isolation" within him, and he wanted to "find a sense of belonging" somewhere.
A popular figure in school, Jerry recalled that one of the school belles had feelings for him but the good-looking one "did not read too much into it as I was busy doing odd jobs." One evening, he met that girl at the school gate and thought that she was the girl mentioned in the rumours. He eventually fell for her and the pair began meeting one another on the sly.
Drama ensued when Jerry discovered that he was dating a two-timing girl who had a gang leader boyfriend. He later suffered a broken nose after receiving a bashing from the gang leader's underlings.
Source: Yahoo

Before Jerry shot to stardom from his breakout role in Meteor Garden back in 2001, the 33-year-old actor shared that he had an impoverished childhood growing up in a single-parent family. Jerry's father passed away due to an illness when the actor was 12 years old, and his mother singlehandedly raised him and his sister up by doing tailoring work.
The suave and charming idol revealed that he started doing odd jobs when he was in Primary 5 to help with the household expenses. He said that the refrigerator at home was so old that it started to leak electricity, and that cement would sometimes drip from the ceiling at home.
Referring his mother as "the most important woman in my life", he shared that the deepest impression he had of her was "the view of her back."
"Mom would always be sitting down for long periods of time while tailoring the clothes and my elder sister and I would be at one corner doing household chores," he said.
Inspired to provide his mother with a better life, Jerry has no qualms working hard and spending his income on his mother. To shield her from the limelight, he will "reject all promotional events and advertorials that have requested for us to appear together."
He is the first Chinese star to be interviewed on the NHK program and the episode will be aired in Japan on the 27th this month. He was introduced as one of the "Top Stars" in the Chinese pop culture scene.
Source: Yahoo
















Individual | Mean | DK % |
Rosa Rosal (actress and philanthropist) | 7.84 | 3% |
Lea Salonga (singer and actress) | 7.64 | 1% |
Jessica Soho (journalist and vice President of GMA News) | 7.51 | 2% |
Tony Meloto (philanthropist, founder of Gawad Kalinga) | 7.42 | 22% |
Beningo “Noynoy” Aquino III (senator) | 7.38 | 1% |
Rafael “Paeng” Nepumuceno (bowling champion) | 7.20 | 3% |
Howie G. Severino (documentary filmmaker) | 7.20 | 24% |
Randy David (newspaper columnist) | 7.17 | 7% |
Mel Tiangco (TV host and newscaster) | 7.16 | 1% |
Efren “Bata” Reyes (pool and billiard champion) | 6.98 | 1% |
Jaime August Zobel de Ayala (businessman and CEO of the Ayala Corporation) | 6.95 | 4% |
Cristeta Comerford (White House executive chef) | 6.93 | 31% |
Miguel Castro “Mike” Enriquez (TV and radio newscaster, senior vice-president of GMA news) | 6.89 | 2% |
Boots Anson-Roa (former actress, director of Mowelfound) | 6.86 | 3% |
Angel Alcala (marine scientist) | 6.86 | 51% |
Julius Babao (news anchor) | 6.83 | 2% |
Vilma Santos-Recto (actress and Governor of Batangas) | 6.81 | 1% |
Von Hernandez (executive director of Greenpeace, Southeast Asia) | 6.80 | 41% |
Archbishop Angel Lagdameo (president of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines) | 6.77 | 9% |
Michael V (comedian and TV host) | 6.70 | 3% |
Chin Chin Guiterrez (actress and environmental activist) | 6.70 | 4% |
Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz () | 6.68 | 13% |
Arnel Pineda (lead singer of Journey) | 6.57 | 8% |
Mar Roxaz (senator) | 6.50 | 1% |
Henry Sy (founder and chairman of SM) | 6.50 | 2% |
Sharon Cuneta (entertainer) | 6.50 | 1% |
Conrado de Quiros (newspaper columnist and author) | 6.47 | 23% |
Kidlat Tahimik (documentary filmmaker, writer) | 6.47 | 43% |
Antonio A. Oposa Junior (environmental lawyer) | 6.44 | 52% |
Bishop Efraim Tendero (national director, The Philippine Council for Evangelical Churches) | 6.43 | 31% |
Charice Pempengco (singer) | 6.42 | 6% |
Dr. Rey Melchor F. Santos (president of Philippine Medical Association) | 6.41 | 44% |
Monique Lhuillier (fashion designer) | 6.38 | 20% |
Gloria Diaz (actress former Miss Universe) | 6.36 | 2% |
Dr. Lilia H. Pagtakhan-Luna (obstetrician and gynecologist) | 6.34 | 63% |
Manny Pacquiao (boxer) | 6.33 | 1% |
Dr Eusebio Z. Dizon (archeologist) | 6.32 | 58% |
Dr. Ramon Santos (musical composer) | 6.29 | 56% |
Chris Tui (basketballer and TV co-host Pinoy Records) | 6.27 | 16% |
Reynato S. Puno (Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines) | 6.26 | 4% |
Alfredo S. Lim (Mayor of Manila) | 6.25 | 1% |
Kris Aquino (TV personality and actress) | 6.21 | 0% |
Lorenzo “Lory” Tan (Vice-Chairman WWF) | 6.16 | 49% |
KC Concepcion (actress) | 6.15 | 3% |
Jaime T. “Jimmy” Licauco (parapsychologist, author and founder of the Inner Mind Development Institute) | 6.14 | 22% |
Brillante Mendoza (filmmaker) | 6.08 | 39% |
Rodrigo Duterte (Mayor of Davao City) | 6.06 | 17% |
Senator Richard “Dick” Gordan (politician and chairman of The Philippine National Red Cross) | 6.06 | 1% |
Roberto del Rosario (businessman and inventor of the Karaoke Sing Along System) | 6.04 | 37% |
Francis G. Escudero (senator) | 6.01 | 1% |
Romeo Gacad (photo journalist) | 5.97 | 57% |
Joker Arroyo (politician and lawyer) | 5.89 | 1% |
Dr. Esperanza I. Cabral (secretary of Department of Social Welfare and Development) | 5.89 | 25% |
Napoleon L. Nazareno (and CEO of PLDT and SMART) | 5.85 | 26% |
Ernest L. Cu (director and CEO of Globe Telecom) | 5.78 | 32% |
Korina Sanchez (TV personality) | 5.75 | 1% |
Jon Santos (comedian, gay marriage activist) | 5.58 | 7% |
Billy Crawford (musician and actor) | 5.58 | 6% |
Alfonso T. Yuchengco (head of Yuchengco Group) | 5.56 | 18% |
Manuel “Manny” Villar (senator) | 5.39 | 1% |
Hon. Jesil A Lapus (Department of Education) | 5.37 | 14% |
Fidel V. Ramos (former President of the Philippines) | 5.35 | 0% |
Noli de Castro (Vice President of the Philippines) | 5.32 | 1% |
Lucio Tan (businessman) | 5.22 | 1% |
Gilberto Teodoro (secretary of National Defence) | 5.13 | 4% |
Lieutenant General Victor S Ibrado (chief of staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines) | 5.06 | 27% |
Marian Rivera (actress and model) | 4.96 | 4% |
Eduardo V. Manalo (deputy Executive Minister of Iglesia Ni Cristo) | 4.93 | 13% |
Carlos J. Caparas (cartoonist and filmmaker) | 4.85 | 4% |
Asi Taulava (Philippines National Basketball team captain) | 4.84 | 10% |
General Jesus A. Verzosa (Chief of Philippine National Police) | 4.73 | 13% |
Cristine Reyes (actress and FHM’s Sexiest Woman 2009) | 4.69 | 4% |
Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (politician) | 4.30 | 1% |
Imee Marcos (politician) | 4.25 | 1% |
Willie Revillame (TV host (Wowowee)) | 3.70 | 1% |
Katrina Halili (actress and model) | 3.60 | 2% |
Imelda Marcos (former First Lady of the Philippines) | 3.29 | - |
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (GMA) (President of the Philippines) | 3.27 | 0% |
Joseph “Erao” Estrada (former president of the Philippines) | 3.12 | 0% |
Hayden Kho Jr (doctor, actor and model) | 2.27 | 2% |

The cast and crew of Taiwanese romantic-comedy drama series, Down With Love, which includes the likes of Jerry Yan, Ella Chen, Xiao Xiao Bin, Kelly Huang, and Michael Zhang, trooped down to Kaohsiung and spent a memorable White Valentine's Day with fans in the area. Although the weather was scorching hot last Sunday, there was a surprising turnout of more than a thousand fans.
33-year-old Jerry was reminded of his sad past in Kaohsiung when he was still a marine soldier many years ago. His girlfriend left him and Jerry confessed that he had "a very painful time" and even wanted to "jump into the sea and commit suicide." The dashing actor wanted to win his girlfriend over with a proposal but faced rejection from her.
Putting his unhappy past behind him, Jerry said, "Today is supposed to be a happy day. Let's not talk about unhappy matters."
In one of the chapters from Jerry's upcoming photobook, 9314 Man and Boy, the heartthrob briefly mentioned about "her" and felt that he was "too childish, too in love" and decided to part ways with "her" as he wanted her to have better options.
The "her" mentioned in Jerry's book is speculated to be Taiwanese super model-actress, Lin Chi-ling. Jerry refuted the speculations saying, "I have never said that it was her."
And does he intend to pursue her?
"This is not fair for her. Her happiness is the most important; she might have a pretty good catch. Constantly talking about her will create troubles for her."
Source: Yahoo
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