Willie Revillame Profile

Willie Revillame was born Wilfredo Buendia Revillame on January 27, 1961, He is a lead Filipino variety show host, singer and comedian. He was hailed "highest-paid" and "most bankable" star in the Philippines from early 2007 to date. He had his biggest break in Philippine TV as host of noontime block ratings leader, Wowowee.

He earned a living as a professional drummer. He met his mentor, entertainer Randy Santiago, in 1986 while performing in a high school play, "Tikboy: Alyas boy Dragon", where he starred as the main actor "Tikboy". Santiago eventually hired Willie as his sidekick in the now-defunct GMA Network noontime show Lunch Date where Willie stayed for three months and was signed by Regal Films to star alongside Joey Marquez in the movie Bobocop (from Tagalog word 'bobo', meaning 'dumb'), a spoof of the hit Hollywood movie Robocop. Willie was then on cast in movies playing sidekick to other movie personalities like Philip Salvador, Rudy Fernandez, Edu Manzano, Cesar Montano, Aga Muhlach, Dolphy, Vic Sotto, and Joey de Leon. He married Princess Punzalan, daughter of broadcasters Helen Vela and Orly Punzalan.

Willie was married again to former beauty queen Liz Almoro in civil rites at Lipa, Batangas on March 2005 officiated by film star and town Mayor, Vilma Santos. This was followed shortly by a lavish church wedding in June 2005 that was sponsored by commercial entities and most probably ABS-CBN network. The wedding was adjudged by readers of YES Magazine as "Wedding of the Year" for 2005. He and his wife Liz now have a son, Juan Emmanuel (Juamee).

Despite the hoopla and extravaganza of Willie's wedding and on-air vows of love and devotion to his wife, it was finally confirmed that Willie's marriage is undergoing the process of annulment upon the instigation of Liz Almoro.

On July 16, 2007, he was charged before a Quezon City court (Criminal Case No. Q-07-147787) for allegedly abusing his estranged wife, Floralice "Liz" Almoro. Prosecutor Gibson Araulla Jr. recommended P 12,000 bail after he found that Revillame violated Section 5, RA 9262, or the Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act. Almoro alleged that Willie Revillame a) humiliated and shouted words of encouragement at her while he was holding their baby boy, b) that sometime May 2006, he allegedly tried to file her face off with a nail file and that c) he had "dirty sexual affairs'" with different men and women. In his counter-affidavit, Willie denied the charges claiming that he had difficulty performing his duty as husband allegedly because of Almoro’s explosive moods and hurtful tirades.

Willie Revillame has three daughters from previous relationships. One of his daughters, Meryl Soriano, is an actress. He is currently building his first real estate business Wil Theater Mall and will soon rise near ABS-CBN Eugenio Lopez Drive in Quezon City, Philippines.

He was named and voted upon as Top Most Powerful man in Philippine Showbiz by Yes! magazine Philippines' in 2008. The Yes Magazine April issue about 50 Most Powerful People in Showbiz were Willie Revillame tops is the most talked item in Philippine Entertainment Industry, many commented well about this controversy in blogs,forums and on online Pinoy Entertainment Portals. The news magazine also reveals that Willie Revillame earns 1 million pesos (Philippine Peso) a day.

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