Kristina Bernadette Cojuangco Aquino (born February 14, 1971), commonly known as Kris Aquino, is a Filipino television and movie personality who gained prominence from her talk shows, game shows, and numerous endorsements. Known as the Queen of All Media, and Philippines' Queen of Talk, she is the youngest daughter of former Philippine senator Benigno S. Aquino, Jr. and Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino, who served as the 11th President of the Philippines, and sister of Benigno S. Aquino, III, the current President of the Philippines.
Her first movie was Pido Dida, Sabay Tayo, which earned her a Box-office Queen title. Her 2004 films such as Feng Shui and So... Happy Together also gave her the Box-office Queen title again.[citation needed] In 2006, she regained the same Box Office title for her movie Sukob, which is the highest-grossing Filipino film of all time.[1] She is also the Executive Editor of her own bi-monthly magazine called K! The Kris Aquino Magazine. In December 2009, Aquino showcased her own Home Collection called K Everyday. In partnership with ABS-CBN Licensing, K Everyday features cooking collection, kitchen collection, plastic collection, and stationery collection.
She is currently part of ABS-CBN
She is currently residing at Makati City.
Aquino was born to Corazon Aquino and Benigno S. Aquino, Jr., senator during the Ferdinand Marcos regime. The youngest of five children, her siblings are Maria Elena "Ballsy" Aquino-Cruz, Aurora Corazon "Pinky" Aquino-Abellada, incumbent Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III, and Victoria Elisa "Viel" Aquino-Dee. She is the cousin of actress and equestrienne Mikee Cojuangco and the niece of Philippine Olympic Committee president Jose "Peping" Cojuangco, Jr.
In the 1978 parliamentary elections where her father was a candidate, the seven-year-old Aquino wowed the crowds as a stand-in for her imprisoned father at campaign rallies. The young campaigner was featured on the front page of New York Times and on Time Magazine. Aquino spent most of her elementary school days in the United States where the Aquino family was in exile. When she was 12 years old, her father was assassinated on the tarmac of the Manila International Airport. Kris Aquino returned to the Philippines and was a precocious presence in rallies against the Marcos regime.
After the 1986 revolution which removed Marcos from power, the teenager Aquino stepped into the limelight, starting with guesting stints on television dramas and comedies, as well as talk shows. Finally, she made her film debut with actor-comedian Rene Requiestas in the comedy Pido Dida. This movie was a blockbuster hit and made Aquino the box office queen for that year.
Aquino afterwards had a commercially steady, though critically panned career and managed to score an acting nomination for The Fatima Buen Story. She starred in a film based on a true-life murder, the Vizconde Massacre. Its financial success and successive crime films of the same vein in which she starred in gained her the nickname "Massacre Queen" by newspaper critics.[citation needed]
Aquino finished her elementary school education at the Poveda Learning Center in Mandaluyong City, high school at the Colegio San Agustin-Makati where she was classmates with Pinky Webb and Karen Davila. She graduated college from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature.
In 1986, Aquino, at 14, made her first TV appearance on Inday Badiday's See-Tru on GMA-7. She was the star of the short-lived comedy show ABS-CBN Luv Ko Si Kris.
With her movie career slowing, Aquino shifted her sights on a television career as a talk show host launched through Kris produced by Viva Television on Channel 4 (at that time named PTV, this was transferred to GMA Network which has partnership with Viva and after Viva's contract with PTV ended). It was in GMA Network showbiz oriented talk show Startalk where she co-hosted with Boy Abunda and Lolit Solis that her hosting capabilities were noticed.
After her GMA and Viva no longer wanted her services, she went back to media conglomerate and GMA Network's rival ABS-CBN which noticed her undeniable hosting wit, offered her a contract and launched Today with Kris Aquino. In January 2003 to May 2004, she hosted the talk show Morning Girls with Kris and Korina, alongside popular broadcast journalist Korina Sanchez. It was intended for only two weeks but went on for 16 months. In 2007, she officially left The Buzz and Pilipinas, Game KNB? after giving birth to her second son, James. She was replaced by Edu Manzano in Pilipinas, Game KNB?. According to her, she had to give up her hosting stint on the said shows to give more time to her baby. It was also assumed that she does not want to go back to The Buzz because she no longer wants to work with former co-host Cristy Fermin.[2]
In the October 2008 issue of YES! Magazine, Aquino was considered top or the leading celebrity endorser, ranking number one among the twenty popular celebrity endorsers.[3]
Aquino is the executive editor of the K Magazine of ABS -CBN publishing. "Carrying Kris celebrity equity, "K" is about getting her style, her personality, her lifestyle and her appeal. The magazine reflects the key concerns of the target market presented by Kris herself: beauty, fashion, body, relationships, career, money and self."[4]
Aquino hosted the Philippine franchise of Deal or No Deal, which is part of ABS-CBN's primetime lineup. It ended its first season on February 23, 2007. The second season of the said game show started on June 11, 2007. On May 5, 2008, she appeared on the US version as part of a "Deal or No Deal around the world" event, where host Howie Mandel and an American contestant were taken to an international location, and played the game in that country, with the local models and host assisting Mandel. She also hosts Boy & Kris, a morning talk show that replaced Homeboy, together with Boy Abunda,[5] and Be Bench/, a model search show together with Piolo Pascual.[6][7] Nestor Torre, a known critic of the Philippine Entertainment industry, pointed out that Aquino took a lot of risks when she chose to give up her two former shows. The critic pointed out that giving up The Buzz and Pilipinas, Game KNB? deprived her of the major exposure that those two popular shows afforded her. Torre also noted that it is much more difficult to successfully launch new shows than to resume hosting programs that are already popular.[8]
She hosted another TV franchise Wheel of Fortune, which incidentally replaced Kapamilya, Deal or No Deal. She said in an interview[citation needed] that she was a huge fan of the U.S. version and was thrilled to bring the show back to her country. (Wheel of Fortune had already had one 2001-02 run in the Philippines, which was hosted by Rustom Padilla and Victoria Wonderheim.) She hosted Showbiz News Ngayon on its newest season. In October 2008 after former The Buzz co-host Cristy Fermin was suspended by ABS-CBN, the Kapamilya network asked Aquino to once again host the top-rated showbiz oriented talk show together with Boy Abunda and Ruffa Gutierrez. After much controversy, Aquino hosted The Buzz again starting on October 26, 2008.
Aquino officially left Showbiz News Ngayon on June 25, 2010[9] and The Buzz on June 27, 2010 after being an on and off main host of the show for ten years. The reason for her leaving the show is that she will be spending time with her family and for her not to cause any issues while her brother Benigno Aquino III is in office as President of the Philippines.[10][11] Despite her leave for her family, she hosted ABS-CBN's new noontime variety show called Pilipinas Win Na Win but left after two months upon the decision of the management.
Aquino got her start in film with the help of Regal Films, one of the oldest film outfits in the Philippines. Her early film includes the Pido Dida series, where she was paired with comedian Rene Requiestas and earned her first box-office queen award. She later shifted into other roles, notably with massacre films such as The Vizconde Massacre, Myrna Diones Story, Elsa Castillo-Ang Katotohanan, and Humanda Ka Mayor. Despite her being a big draw in the box office, her acting skills were considered stiff and mechanical. She was dubbed then as "massacre queen" because of her portrayals in massacre movies which was the vogue during the time.
She first drew praise for her acting when she earned a nomination from the Gawad Urian award-giving body, composed of film critics, for the film The Fatima Buen Story. She eventually won a supporting actress award for the film Mano Po (2002 Regal Films), where she portrayed a weak-willed and submissive scion of a wealthy Filipino-Chinese clan. This was her comeback movie after her long layoff from movie acting.
Aquino's most commercially-successful movies in her career are: Feng Shui, a Star Cinema production that featured Chinese influences and omen. Feng Shui, which was made during the wave of "Asian-style horror" flicks that spread throughout the continent after 2002's The Ring, made P137 million. It was the highest grossing Filipino movie of 2004 (and the second most successful movie overall that year next to Spider-Man 2 which made over P225 million). "Sukob," another horror thriller which she starred with Claudine Barretto in 2006, is the highest grossing Filipino film of all time surpassing Ang Tanging Ina, Anak & her own starrer, Feng Shui.
Aquino had her share of box-office bombs. Her 2003 movie with actor Robin Padilla, You and Me Against the World, flopped at the box-office right from the start. Made for P25,000,000 and released immediately after Aquino won acting awards (for her performance in 2002's Mano Po), You and Me Against the World made only P4,389,005. The film's producers lost an estimated P23,000,000, even with home videos accounted. Because You and Me Against the World failed to attract an audience, several movie theaters pulled the film out and replaced it with another film. Some theaters were reported to have done this on the movie's second day of play.
Aquino had a live-in relationship with married actor Phillip Salvador with whom she has a son named Joshua.[12]
She was married to Philippine Basketball Association professional player James Yap of the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants. They had a civil marriage on July 10, 2005. The following year, she announced on The Buzz that she was pregnant.[13] In April, 2007, Aquino gave birth to her first son by Yap in Makati City.[14] Her son with Yap was named James "Bimby" Aquino Yap. In 2006, a former medical clinic receptionist stated that James Yap had an extra-marital affair with her.[15]
Aquino suffered a miscarriage with collapsed gestational sac and blighted ovum on March 25, 2008, a day after she announced that her mother was diagnosed with colon cancer.[12]
On June 27, 2010, Kris Aquino announced that she had separated from Yap, citing personal reasons and stated she is seeking an annulment of their marriage.[16] Aquino and Yap vowed to become good friends after their annulment.
| Ancestors of Kris Aquino |
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16. Braulio Aquino |
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8. Servillano Aquino |
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17. Petrona Aguilar |
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4. Benigno Aquino, Sr. |
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18. Pablo Quiambao |
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9. Guadalupe Quiambao |
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19. Lorenza Tañedo |
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2. Benigno Aquino, Jr. |
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20. M. Aquino |
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10. Agapito Aquino |
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21. ----- Santos |
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5. Aurora Aquino |
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1. Kris Aquino |
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24. Co Yu-hwan
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12. Melecio Cojuangco |
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25. Antera Estrella |
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6. Jose Cojuangco |
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26. Juan Chichioco |
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13. Tecla Chichioco |
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27. Valentina Valenzuela |
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3. Corazon Cojuangco |
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28. Policarpio Sumulong |
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14. Juan Sumulong |
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29. Arcadia Marquez |
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Being successful in her TV and movie career, Aquino ventured into several businesses. She owns Lena Restaurant and Sencillo, a Mexican restaurant in partnership with several celebrities, and Roberto Antonio, an upscale flower shop in partnership with Boy Abunda.[17] She established a boutique and agency in partnership with Boy Abunda but also including Nonon del Carmen and Agnes Maranan, and have decided to call it MAD (an acronym for their surnames, Maranan Abunda Aquino del Carmen).[18] She and Abunda with other partners own Sierra Madre Water, which is promoted as a miracle water for life.[19]
| Year |
Title |
Role |
Notes |
| 1986 |
GMA Supershow |
herself |
Co-host |
| 1988-1989 |
Eat Bulaga! |
herself |
Co-host |
| 1989 |
Kris at 18 |
Herself |
TV special of Aquino's 18th Birthday Celebration |
| Luv Ko Si Kris |
Herself |
Main role |
| 1992 |
Hoy Gising! |
Herself |
Segment host |
| Actually, 'Yun Na! |
Herself |
Host |
| 1994 |
Kris |
Herself |
Host |
| 1995 |
'Sang Linggo nAPO Sila |
Herself |
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| 1995–1996 |
Startalk |
Herself |
Host |
| 1996–2001 |
Today with Kris Aquino |
Herself |
Host |
| 1999-2010, 2011–present |
The Buzz |
Herself |
Host |
| 2000 |
Puwedeng-puwede |
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| 2001–2007 |
Game KNB? |
Herself |
Host
- Replacing titles:
Smart KNB?
Million Million na! Game KNB?
Next Level Na! Game KNB?
Pilipinas, Game KNB?
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| 2001 |
Balitang Kris |
Herself |
Host |
| Kris and Tell |
Herself |
Host |
| Maalaala Mo Kaya: "Lapida" |
Annie |
with Phillip Salvador |
| 2002–2004 |
Morning Girls |
Herself |
Host
- Replacing title:
Morning Girls with Kris and Korina
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| 2003 |
Meteor Fever in Manila |
Herself |
Host
TV special |
| 2004 |
Good Morning, Kris |
Herself |
Host |
| 2004–2005 |
Hiram |
Diana Benipayo |
Main role, Her first teleserye |
| 2006–2009 |
Kapamilya, Deal or No Deal |
Herself |
Host
In 2007, the Philippine version was one of a few international versions of the Endemol franchise to appear in the United States version in "Deal or No Deal Around the World," where American contestants were flown to various international versions to play on the local sets, with the local models and host, assisted by US version host Howie Mandel, playing with US rules. |
| 2007–2009 |
Boy & Kris |
Herself |
Host |
| 2007 |
Be Bench/ The Model Search |
Herself |
Host |
| 2008 |
Sineserye Presents: Patayin sa Sindak si Barbara |
Barbara |
Main role |
| Wheel of Fortune |
Herself |
Host |
| 2009–2010 |
SNN: Showbiz News Ngayon |
Herself |
Anchor |
| 2009 |
Pinoy Bingo Night |
Herself |
Host |
| Salamat President Cory |
Herself |
The ABS-CBN TV specials on the Kapamilya vigil, funeral, legacy and burial of late president Corazon Aquino |
| Laban Ni Cory |
Herself |
| Salamat President Cory: Huling Paalam |
Herself |
| Salamat President Cory: A People's Farewell |
Herself |
| Salamat President Cory: A People's Farewell |
Herself |
| Last Journey of Ninoy Documentary Special |
Herself |
TV special |
| 2010 |
Kung Tayo'y Magkakalayo |
Celine J. Crisanto |
Main role, Her third teleserye |
| Maalaala Mo Kaya: "Kalapati" |
Herself |
Love story of Corazon Aquino and Ninoy Aquino |
| Pilipinas Got Talent |
Herself |
Judge |
| Pilipinas Win Na Win |
Herself |
Host |
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Herself |
Judge |
| 2011 |
The Price Is Right (Philippine game show) |
Host |
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| Kris TV |
Herself |
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| Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw |
Roxanne Manrique |
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| Kris TV |
Herself |
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Her two game shows (Pilipinas) Game KNB? and Kapamilya, Deal or No Deal were replaced by father-and-son actors Edu and Luis Manzano respectively as host.
- 1990 Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Foundation Awards - Box Office Queen
- 1998 PMPC Star Awards for TV - Best Talk Show (Today with Kris Aquino)
- 2002 PMPC Star Awards for TV - Best Game Show (Game KNB?)
- 2002 PMPC Star Awards for TV - Best Game Show Host (Game KNB?)
- 28th Metro Manila Film Festival - Best Supporting Actress (Mano Po) 2002
- 2003 PMPC Star Awards for TV - Best Talk Show (Morning Girls with Kris and Korina)
- 2003 PMPC Star Awards for TV - Best Talk Show Host (Kris Aquino & Korina Sanchez)
- 2003 PMPC Star Awards for TV - Best Showbiz Oriented Talk Show (The Buzz)
- 2003 PMPC Star Awards for TV - Best Showbiz Oriented Talk Show Host, Female (The Buzz)
- 2003 5th PASADO Awards - PinakaPASADOng Katuwang ng Aktres, Best Supporting Actress (Mano Po)
- 2003 19th PMPC Star Awards for Movies - Supporting Actress of the Year (Mano Po)
- 2003 51st Famas Awards - Best Supporting Actress (Mano Po)
- 2003 KAPPT Awards - Best Supporting Actress (Mano Po)
- 2004 PMPC Star Awards for TV - Best Talk Show (Morning Girls with Kris and Korina)
- 2004 PMPC Star Awards for TV - Best Talk Show Host (Kris Aquino & Korina Sanchez)
- 2004 Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Foundation Awards - Box Office Queen
- 2005 PMPC Star Awards for TV - Best Game Show (Pilipinas! Game KNB?)
- 2005 PMPC Star Awards for TV - Best Game Show Host (Pilipinas! Game KNB?)
- 2006 Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Foundation Awards - Box Office Queen
- 2006 PMPC Star Awards for TV - Best Game Show (Pilipinas! Game KNB?)
- 2006 PMPC Star Awards for TV - Best Showbiz Oriented Talk Show (The Buzz)
- 2006 PMPC Star Awards for TV - Best Showbiz Oriented Talk Show Host, Female (The Buzz)
- 2008 PMPC Star Awards for TV - Best Celebrity Talk Show (Boy and Kris)
- 2008 PMPC Star Awards for TV - Best Celebrity Talk Show Host (Kris Aquino)
- 2009 27th People's Choice Dangal ng Bayan Awards - Best Female Game Show Host
- 2009 Anak TV Seal Awards - Most Admired Female TV Personality
- ^ "Claudine Barretto, Kris Aquino share Box Office Queen throne". Pep.ph. April 27, 2007. http://www.pep.ph/guide/557/Claudine-Barretto,-Kris-Aquino-share-Box-Office-Queen-throne.
- ^ "The Buzz: Kris out, Ruffa in!". Philippine Star. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=80212.
- ^ "PEP EXCLUSIVE: Kris Aquino reveals where most of her endorsement fees this year went". Philippine Entertainment Portal. September 29, 2008. http://www.pep.ph/news/19335/PEP-EXCLUSIVE:-Kris-Aquino-reveals-where-most-of-her-endorsement-fees-this-year-went/3.
- ^ http://www.red-carpet-fashion.co.uk/2009/04/07/fashionable-and-unfashionable-magazine/
- ^ "Boy Abunda confirms new show with Kris Aquino". Philippine Entertainment Portal. June 14, 2007. http://www.pep.ph/news/13626/Boy-Abunda-confirms-new-show-with-Kris-Aquino.
- ^ "Bench launches reality TV model search". Manila Bulletin. July 21, 2007. http://www.mb.com.ph/archive_pages.php?url=http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2007/07/21/ENTR2007072198238.html.
- ^ "Kris Aquino and Piolo Pascual team up in "Be Bench"". Philippine Entertainment Portal. July 29, 2007. http://www.pep.ph/articles/13263/Kris-Aquino-and-Piolo-Pascual-team-up-in-%E2%80%9CBe-Bench%E2%80%9D.
- ^ "New hosting options for Kris, who’s making a comeback". Philippine Daily Inquirer. June 21, 2007. http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view_article.php?article_id=72434.
- ^ "Kris bows out in June from ‘Buzz,’ ‘SNN’". Inquirer.net. May 20, 2010. http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view/20100520-271122/Kris-bows-out-in-June-from-Buzz-SNN.
- ^ "Kris Aquino says goodbye to The Buzz". Philippine Entertainment Portal. June 28, 2010. http://www.pep.ph/news/26023/Kris-Aquino-says-goodbye-to--The-Buzz-.
- ^ "Kris Aquino bids goodbye to The Buzz". abs-cbnNEWS.com. June 28, 2010. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/06/27/10/kris-aquino-bids-goodbye-buzz.
- ^ a b ABS-CBN Interactive, Kris Aquino suffers miscarriage
- ^ "Fermin: Kris is pregnant". ABS-CBN News. September 17, 2006. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=50434.
- ^ "Kris Aquino delivers baby James prematurely". Philippine Entertainment Portal. April 19, 2007. http://pep.ph/news/12922/Kris-Aquino-delivers-baby-James-prematurely.
- ^ "Hope speaks out, says James Yap courted her". GMANews.TV. February 24, 2007. http://www.gmanews.tv/story/31960/Hope-speaks-out-says-James-Yap-courted-her.
- ^ . abscbnnews.com. June 28, 2010. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/06/27/10/kris-aquino-says-marriage-james-over.
- ^ "Esquerra Avenue’s taste and pleasure universe". The Daily Tribune. December 2, 2006. http://www.tribune.net.ph/life/20061202lif1.html.
- ^ "Kris Aquino & Boy Abunda Go Mad; Open Ad Agency". Adobo Magazine. http://adobomagazine.com/index/index.php?p=464&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1.
- ^ http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2006/10/19/news/sierra.madre.produces.miracle.water.for.life.html
- ^ http://popculturepinas.blogspot.com/#!/2012/02/nandito-ako-1994-movie.html
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