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Willie Revillame
Willie Revillame

Real Name: Wilfredo Buendia Revillame
Nickname: Willy
Date of Birth: January 27, 1961
Country: Philippines
Place of Birth: Philippines
Spouse: Liz Almoro (separated) and Princess Punzalan (separated).
<ul><li>Parents: Myrna Buendia and Engineer Onorio Revillame.</li></ul>
<ul><li>Daughter: Meryll Soriano</li><li>Ex-wife: Princess Punzalan</li></ul>
Trvia: <ul><li>A professional drummer; he provided drum beats to Philippines Master Rapper &#39;Francis Magalona&#39; during the rap explosion in the Philippines.</li><li>Entered show biz in 1987 as a member of Randy Santiago&#39;s Hawi Boys, along with Chinkee Tan, Dennis Padilla and Jong Cuenco. Randy was then at the peak of his popularity and he needed bodyguards and protectors from fans and mobs.</li><li>Among his siblings are Naomi Revillame, Angelo Buendia, Grace, Noemi. He spend the schooling of his younger half-sisters and half-brothers.</li><li>Considered himself as &quot;Eat Bulaga&quot; (1979) baby despite the show has been his rival for years. Four of his noon-time shows, including the latest &quot;Wowowee&quot; (2005), were direct competition to Eat Bulaga. He looks at eat Bulaga host Vic Sotto and Joey de Leon as his idols. Early in his career, he appeared in Sotto-De Leon movies.</li><li>Discovered Kiray, who he gave a spot while guesting in his noontime game show &quot;Wowowee&quot; (2005).</li><li>Took up dentistry at CEU. He dropped after his second year. He shifted to music but also dropped out since he could hardly read notes.</li><li>Has five siblings on her mother side and seven on father side.</li><li>Grow up in Cabanatuan City, Philippines.</li><li>Sought help from friends like Aga Muhlach, Dolphy, Sharon Cuneta and &#39;Ramon &#39;Bong&#39; Revilla Jr.&#39; to broker a talk with big shots of ABS-CBN when he returned in 2002. Willie ended up meeting with ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs executive Arlene de Castro (wife of Vice President Noli de Castro) who offered him a public service show with a touch of humor. The show turned out to be &quot;Willingly Yours&quot;.</li><li>Has daughters from previous relationships and one son, Juan Emmanuel (Juamee), with second wife Liz.</li><li>After he was fired from &quot;Magandang tanghali bayan MTB&quot; (1998), Willie went on a sabbatical to the United States for a couple of months. He was contemplating on retiring from showbiz and live a quiet life there. But his plans change after getting a positive reaction from the Filipino-Americans who mingled with him during his stay.</li><li>Also engaged in buying and selling cars.</li><li>His first album was produced by rapper Andrew E. The album, &quot;Parental Guidance&quot;, reached platinum status, but did not enjoy immense airplay at some radio stations because some songs in the album like &quot;Ang Cute ng Pok&eacute;mon&quot; (&quot;What a Cute Pok&eacute;mon&quot;) and &quot;&#39;Wag Mong Pigilan&quot; (&quot;Don&#39;t Stop&quot;) had double-meaning lyrics.</li><li>He rose to fame in the late &#39;90s as sidekick to big-named movie stars (like Philip Salvador, Edu Manzano, Cesar Montano, Aga Muhlach, Vic Sotto and Joey de Leon) before making his own mark in the business as a TV host for ABS-CBN&#39;s now defunct noontime variety show, &quot;Magandang tanghali bayan MTB&quot; (1998).</li><li>A Filipino game show host, singer and comedian.</li></ul>
Date added: 2007-06-26 18:16:55    Hits: 75
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