By Ruben V. Nepales
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 18:06:00 07/29/2010

Filed Under: Entertainment (general)

LOS ANGELES — When we interviewed director Ryan Murphy in Cancun, Mexico about “Eat Pray Love,” his film with Julia Roberts, we grabbed the chance to ask him how he came to cast Charice Pempengco in his hit TV show “Glee.”

“I knew of Charice because she was on ‘Oprah,’” began Ryan, casual in an all-white outfit in a Ritz Carlton meeting room with a stunning view of the Yucatan Peninsula coastline. “I saw those clips of her singing. One of the producers had heard of her, too, and met with her. I had to meet her, myself. She came in — she’s so tiny and cute. I thought we were just going to be introduced. I’d heard her album. She said, ‘Do you want me to sing for you?’ I said, ‘Okay.’ She opened her laptop... she had a demo—she hit play and she sang. She was in my office for half an hour. When that girl opens her mouth, angels fly out.”

“I was just so taken by Charice,” enthused the director, who created the series about a high school glee club, which won the Golden Globe Best TV Series-Musical or Comedy early this year and earned 19 nominations in the coming Emmy Awards. “I loved her spirit. I loved the story of her and her mother. She was just so proud telling me that she had bought her mother a house. So it went from just being a meeting to, ‘Oh, I have to put that girl in that show somehow.’ So we’re writing her a really good role. She’s going to start in the first episode of the new season. I’m really happy. That’s one of those things where somebody walks in and you’re just so touched that you say, ‘I have to write something for you.’ So that’s how it happened.”

We asked Ryan, who also created the acclaimed FX drama series “Nip/Tuck”and directed the feature film “Running with Scissors,” to confirm if Charice’s character is a recurring one that we’ll see in coming seasons.He answered, “You never know with that show, but Charice’s role is the same size that Jonathan Groff’s character had this year—her character is not in every episode but she will be in a lot of episodes. She is the rival of Lea Michele’s character. That’s what Charice plays. I wanted to do a diva-off thing.”

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Meet the Special Guests Singing on Season Two of 'Glee'

Role: A Filipino foreign exchange student whose killer pipes challenge New Directions' brightest star, Rachel Berry (Lea Michele).

Résumé: This Filipino pop star — she placed third in the 2005 installment of the Philippines' equivalent of American Idoland has two albums under her belt — began making waves stateside lastyear. After playing President Obama's pre-inauguration festivities, the2009 Oscars and appearing in last year's Alvin and the Chipmunks movie, Charice got a big lift this May when she performed on Oprah a week after her U.S. debut hit stores....................read more on

        

        

MEET & GREET Pictures of Charice in Thailand!

        

David Foster, the man behind voices like Celine Dion, Whitney Houston and Michael Buble, says “it cannot NOT happen for her”. Dubbed as “The Voice” in the music industry, she has been featured at least five times in Oprah, and has traveled to Korea, to Italy, to Sweden, and more, just so those who are into music can have the opportunity to hear her sing live. Now, her newly released album, title “Charice”, debuts at number 8 on the Billboard charts! There’s simply no stopping this little lady with the powerful voice, whom Siam Pinoy names as the “Standing Ovation Little Diva” – Charice! SP: You sing so powerfully, and with so much emotion, and so your fans are wondering where do you get your inspiration from? Some people ask, have you ever been in love?

Charice: No. (Laughs) But, I’m getting inspiration, ofcourse, from my family. And from the very beginning, of course, God. Andthen, the people. They’re my inspiration.

SP: Do you now hope for the Grammy’s?

Charice:Of course! (Laughs) That’s one of my goals. I know it’s kind of hard.You have to take more challenges, and stuff. But of course, that’s oneof my dreams.

SP: Now that you have your own album,people really look forward to that, because they want to hear your ownoriginal music. And now that you are an undisputed star, what else doyou wish for, at such a young age?

Charice:I wish to do more things. I wanna be able to experience more thingslike, be number 1 in Billboard, share more songs with people, releasemore albums, collaborate with other artists… a lot of things, still.

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After her stunning performance at Siam Discovery (Thailand) provingherself to be “The Voice”. Warner Music Thailand has officiallyreleased the power ballad penned and produced by David Foster “In ThisSong” to radio stations! Thai Chasters start requesting to ALL stationsnow!!!! More official news to follow from Thailand!!!!

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หลังจากที่สะกดคนดูที่ งาน Charice “Dreams Come True Showcase” @ Siam Discovery ด้วยเสียงร้องที่พสูจน์ให้คนไทย ได้รู้ว่าทำไมเขาถึงได้ชื่อว่า “The Voice” คนใหม่ของวงการเพลง สาวน้อยมหัศจรรย์ Charice ก็พร้อมแล้วที่จะปล่อยซิงเกิ้ลที่สองกับเพลง “In This Song” ซึ่งเป็นเพลงที่ผลิตและแต่งโดย David Foster โดยเนื้อหาของเพลงนี้ Charice ได้พูดในรายการ Oprah Winfrey ว่าเป็นเพลงที่สะท้อน ถึงชีวิตของเธอซึ่งใช้เสียงเพลงเป็นกำลังใจในการฝ่าฟันอุปสรรค์ต่างๆในชีวิตของ เธอและแน่นอนเพลงนี้เป็นอีกเพลงหนึ่งที่เปิดโอกาสให้เธอได้โชว์พรสวรรค์ในการร้องเพลง

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from google translate
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Charice will be on the cover and the lead article for the August 2010 Reader's Digest edition.Reader's Digest features inspiring articles and Charice is perfect for the magazine as inspiration to others, as she almost gave up singing but persevered from her humble beginnings.

        

        

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"Other notable guest stars the second season Gleeinclude singing sensation Charice, who comes to McKinley as an exchangestudent and become a formidable rival, one of the stars of the club andjoy heartthrob John Stamos, who plays a dentist and a potential love interest to Emma Pillsbury (Jayma Mays )."

"The first episode was written by Aaron Croche (‘The Deep End’).Croche will serve as executive producer along with Doug Liman, GeneKlein and David Bartis."

"The new season of “Glee” will be presented toother new faces, including Charice and John Stamos, as well as episodesdevoted to Britney Spears and “Rocky Horror Picture Show”....read more on source : diggnewz.zom

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