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Why Pia Wurtzbach turned down 'Big Brother' offer

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Miss Universe 2015 Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach has revealed that she got an offer to be one of the housemates for the popular American reality show "Celebrity Big Brother." But Wurtzbach had to turn it down because of showbiz commitments here. “I was offered to do ‘Big Brother’ also but it was around the time that we were doing ‘My Perfect You’ so this was my priority,” said Wurtzbach in an interview on ABS-CBN. Should Wurtzbach accept the offer, she would appear opposite Miss Colombia 2015 Ariadna Gutierrez who won 1st runner-up in the Miss Universe contest. It would be recalled that Gutierrez was initially declared as winner of the 2015 Miss Universe pageant. But host Steve Harvey admitted that there was a mix-up and Wurtzbach was the real winner. Wurtzbach, 28, stars in the movie "My Perfect You" opposite Gerald Anderson. It's her first lead role since she started acting at the age four. The Filipino-German beauty queen said that her boyfriend ...

Sir Roger Moore, James Bond actor, dies of cancer

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Sir Roger Moore, known for playing James Bond, has passed away in Switzerland following a short battle with cancer, his family announced on social media today, May 23. He was 89. The full statement from his three children Deborah, Geoffrey and Christian Moore: “It is with a heavy heart that we must announce our loving father, Sir Roger Moore, has passed away today in Switzerland after a short but brave battle with cancer. The love with which he was surrounded in his final days was so great it cannot be quantified in words alone;" “We know our own love and admiration will be magnified many times over, across the world, by people who knew him for his films, his television shows and his passionate work for UNICEF which he considered to be his greatest achievement;" “The affection our father felt whenever he walked onto a stage or in front of a camera buoyed him hugely and kept him busy working into his 90th year, through to his last appearance in November 2016 on ...