It's Showtime's main host Vice Ganda feels it was her best birthday gift ever.

What she's talking about is the landmark contract signing between top executives of GMA Network and ABS-CBN for It's Showtime to air on GMA's flagship channel starting 6 April.

"When we were thinking of my birthday episode, tatamaan kasi siya ng (will coincide with) Lenten season, Holy Week. Sabi ko, 'After na lang para makapagpahinga ako para mas fresh tayo. (I said, 'Let's do it after so we can rest and we'll be fresh.)," Vice said in an interview after the contract signing.

"Makakapagpahinga tayo 'tapos pagbalik natin, April 6, birthday episode ko na.' (We can rest, then when we come back, it's going to be my birthday episode.) Hindi naman namin alam na may mangyayari na ganito kalaki (We didn't know that something this big is going to happen), so April 6 is going to be a double celebration."

He then concluded, "Pinakamagandang regalo ito ngayong birthday ko." (This is the best gift I can receive on my birthday.)

Vice Ganda was born on 31 March 1976.

Rita Avila defends Marian Rivera

A visibly irked Rita Avila came to the defense of Marian Rivera after a post on social media surfaced that put Dingdong Dantes' wife in a bad light.

What Avila was so pissed about involved a report on Balitang Chika, which had this post: "MARIAN RIVERA NATAKOT HUMIGA SA KABAONG? INOKRAY NG NETIZENS!" (Marian Rivera got scared to lie down in a coffin? She was bashed by netizens!)"

The post added, "AAYUSIN na lamang umano ng produksyon ang isang eksena sa Kapuso show na 'My Guardian Alien' kung saan dapat ay hihiga si Marian sa loob ng kabaong, ngunit makikita na in-edit lang ang mukha ng bidang si Marian Rivera para palabasin na nakahiga ito sa loob ng kabaong (The production will just fix a scene in the Kapuso show 'My Guardian Alien,' in which Marian should be lying inside a coffin, but it was edited with just her face in it to make it appear she's in the coffin)."

Avila commented to the post: "Ang bibilis nyong manghusga at pumuna. Baka maunawaan nyo na kapag kayo na ang artista, director, writer, prod. staff, producer. Konting hinay lang po, nakikita naming lahat ang klase ng isip at pagkatao na meron kayo. Proud ka ba? (You're quick to judge and criticize. Maybe you'll understand if you're the actor, director, writer, production staff, producer. Just a little caution. We see all types of thinking and personality you all have. Are you proud?)

"Ang dumi na ng mundo dahil sa maduming pag-iisip at maduming opinyon.

NAPAKADALI mamintas, NAPAKAHIRAP mag-isip ng malalim. (The world is already dirty because of dirty thinking and dirty opinions. It's so easy to criticize, so hard to think deep.)

"Asan ka ngayon, sa madali o sa mahirap?

Nung ginawa ko ang 'Tatlo Magkasalo,' sinabi kong hindi ko kaya humiga sa kabaong. Ginawan ng paraan, PINAG ISIPAN. Walang PINTAS. Ganun din sa ibang soaps ko. (Where do you stand now? In the easy or the hard way? When I made 'Tatlo Magkasalo,' I said I can't lie down in a coffin. The production did something about it. They thought about it. No criticism. The same goes for all the soaps I did.

"GALIT kayo ksi naki-alam ako? Gamitin muna ang ISIP bago magalit. May ISIP kayo, wag kayong ano. May halaga kayo," she added. (You're mad that I'm prying into it. Use your thinking first before you get mad. Think, don't be whatever. You have a value.)

Not a few sided with Avila.

"Ang tawag jan mga inggit. Kahit ano pa ang sasabihin nila about Queen Marian, andito kami palagi sa kanya naka-support. Lalo nat ngayon magbabalik na sya. Thank you Po Ma'am Rita sa pagtanggol po sa Queen namin. We love you both po," one fan said. (That's called envy. Whatever they say against Queen Marian, we're always here to support her. Thank you Ma'am Rita for defending our Queen).

"Daming toxic na social media idol..lagi nalang pagkakamali sa iba inaatupag nila," one fan wailed. (There are so many toxic people in social media…they're always looking for the mistakes of other people).

Kapamilya shows accumulate over 168 million views

The action-packed, gigil and feel-good experiences of ABS-CBN's primetime shows continue to hook viewers as three of those accumulated a total of 168,944,336 views on Kapamilya Online Live for the month of February 2024.

The action-packed adventures of Tanggol (Coco Martin) in FPJ's Batang Quiapo get more intense as he prepares for his hearing, which could possibly set him free from prison. Now that Tanggol is more optimistic than ever, he vows to get justice for the death of Mokang (Lovi Poe) and he also promises to reunite with Bubbles (Ivana Alawi) in the outside world.

In Linlang: The Teleserye Version, Juliana's (Kim Chiu) scheming plans will reach greater heights after finding out that she is pregnant with Alex's (JM de Guzman) baby. Will the two be successful in hiding the truth from Juliana's husband, Victor (Paulo Avelino)?

An overload of kilig feels delight viewers of Can't Buy Me Love as Caroline (Belle Mariano) and Bingo (Donny Pangilinan) grow extremely fond of each other. As they inch closer to the truth about the mysterious death of Caroline's mother, will their relationship triumph or cause a wrench between their families?

Kapamilya Online Live offers livestreaming and on-demand viewing of the latest episodes of various ABS-CBN shows in the Philippines, Asia, Europe, Australia and New Zealand via the ABS-CBN Entertainment YouTube channel, the number one YouTube channel in Southeast Asia. It is also available for livestreaming on ABS-CBN Entertainment's Facebook page.

Don't miss an episode of FPJ's Batang Quiapo, Linlang: The Teleserye Version and Can't Buy Me Love by tuning in to Kapamilya Online Live on ABS-CBN Entertainment's YouTube channel and Facebook page.