Incognito star Maris Racal impressed Italians during the Udine Far East Film Festival.

In her thanksgiving speech, Racal surprised everyone when she delivered her message in Italian. She thanked the organizer of Udine Far East Film Festival because she was able to return to Italy after taping for Incognito.

Racal’s movie, Sunshine, was shown at the said festival.

The audience boisterously applauded Racal’s Italian speech as she delivered it in a perfect Italian accent.

As Gabriella or Gab in Incognito, Racal and her co-stars Richard Gutierrez, Ian Veneracion, Kaila Estrada, Baron Geisler, Anthonny Jennings and Daniel Padilla taped in Italy for one month and Racal spoke the Italian language in a few scenes.

In a recent Incognito taping in Japan, Racal once again displayed her ability to speak a foreign language with fluency.

“I had to learn Nihongo. I was able to do scenes with Japanese stuntmen,” Racal recalled.

Was Enrique Gil a battered boyfriend?

There seems to be a seemingly endless aria about former couple Liza Soberano and Enrique Gil.

A certain Bea on X (formerly Twitter) keeps spilling the beans, the latest of which were her claims that Enrique has become Liza’s “emotional punching bag.”

“When Liza gets mad, Quen is called names (idi*t, stup!d, bo/bo) and cursed at... in front of fans, in front of the squad, in front of his family… even in front of his mom. He’s verbally abused. Liza has no shame,” Bea tweeted.

“Don’t even get me started on the physical abuse,” she seemingly threatened.

“Quen is Liza’s emotional punching bag,” Bea claimed. “When she’s frustrated or mad, he takes the hits... literally. She slaps him, kicks him, and hits his head. We once brushed it off as a cute behavior because she was so young, but it has become a disturbing pattern. Quen would often get bruises.”

We doubt Soberano is capable of inflicting physical pain on Gil. It’s not just in her nature.

But just the same, we want to hear Soberano’s take on this seemingly incredulous claim.

Jodi Sta. Maria explores Nueva Vizcaya

Jodi Sta. Maria’s YouTube channel’s Travel & Tours’ recent episode showed the actress exploring the many wonders of Nueva Vizcaya.

First, Sta. Maria visited the national treasure of Vizcaya, the St. Vincent Ferrer Church, the oldest church in the place.

Then, she explored Dampol Bridge, which connects the north and south parts of Nueva Vizcaya.

Sta. Maria also visited a souvenir shop, which uses carabao horn as necklaces.

A visit to Bumolo Integrated Farm, which is a coffee farm, enlightened Sta. Maria, how coffee is made. It has Arabica and Robusta coffee.

The actress also visited Kapetearya, which offers the best coffee and tea.

She also dropped by Gumorning, a concept space café, which offers a plethora of cold drinks.

Among those Sta. Maria also explored the Mun-Abol weaving, which showed various woven products; the Edralin Falls, a waterfall that is so cold; Nueva Vizcaya Paragliding, which offers exciting sporty adventures.

Sta. Maria also visited the Nueva Vizcaya Provincial Jail and interviewed some inmates. She also gave inmates some gifts.