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Let Charice Sing You Christmas Cheer. Grown-Up Christmas List EP (MP3) is now available for pre-order.

It’s that time of the year again – the time to be jolly and have a Merry Christmas. That means it is also that time of the year where you make your list and try to buy every person on it the perfect gift. On almost everyone’s list is that relative who needs nothing and limits you on your choices anyway because of their selectiveness. Who doesn’t like Christmas music and who wouldn’t enjoy listening to Charice’s angelic voice sing some of their favorite Christmas tunes? Charice’s Christmas songs would be the perfect gift for almost everyone on your list and they would think of you everytime they played a song. Charice’s Grown-Up Christmas List EP (MP3) is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com. Song tracks include Grown-Up Christmas List, Jingle Bell Rock and Happy Xmas (War is Over).

Charice sang “Grown-Up Christmas List” and “Jingle Bell Rock” at Citadel Outlets with Cody Simpson on November 20 ( read more here) and at LA Grove with David Archuleta on November 21, 2010 (read more here). Charice also covers John Lennon’s Happy Xmas (War is Over) which will be used as the theme song for J-WAVE radio’s winter campaign entitled “Love and Peace, Wishes Come True” (read more here). Are these three tunes not enough Charice? Do not despair. Charice has recorded two other Christmas songs. Both The Christmas Song and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas are available at Amazon and iTunes.

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Obviously, it’s not Sunshine Corazon who has never been kissed in Glee’s episode the other night. Numerous speculations on Glee’s episode six flooded the web a few weeks ago. Everything from Puck’s, Coach Beiste’s and Sunshine’s return to Kurt’s new love interest in the show were discussed in forums and blogs everywhere. And a lot of those “inside scoops” were proven to be plain old rumors last night.

The previous rumor of a spin-the-bottle drama was also not true. A kiss between Kurt and Blaine was also not in the episode six. And the most heartbreaking rumor that was proven wrong is Charice a.k.a. Sunshine Corazon’s comeback on the show. Even without Charice to belt out heartfelt ballads, Glee’s episode six of season two was definitely watchable. It was fun and warm but also socially-aware and delivered a strong message about physical appearance, bullying and sexuality.

A Quick Recap

Much of the episode focused on three storylines: that of Coach Beiste, Puck and Artie, and Kurt.

Coach Beiste is used by Sam as a way to cool down when making out with Quinn. He then told Mike and Tina about his method. Once, Sam blurted out Beiste’s name instead of Quinn’s while they were making out. And in another scene, Tina also blurts out Beiste’s name instead of Mike’s. Quinn got angry and confronted Sam publicly. Beiste manages to catch a part of the argument. She wonders why she’s involved in the students’ quarrel. Then Mike shouts at Beiste to stay away from his girl. Beiste is really puzzled and asks help from Will Schuster.

Kurt, on the other hand, seems to have reached the end of his tolerance for Dave’s bullying just because he’s gay; and add to that the fact that Will puts him on the boys’ team in the glee club’s annual boys versus girl challenge. He heads off to spy on Dalton Academy’s glee club, The Warblers. There he meets Blaine, a member of the Warblers, who brings him to watch their performance of Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream”. Kurt is surprised to find out that glee members here are considered rockstars and that out-of-the-closet gay people like Blaine are not bullied. Blaine advises Kurt to stand-up to whoever is bullying him. When Kurt returns to McKinley High, Dave slams him against some lockers. Kurt then follows Dave and confronts him inside the locker room. Instead of getting punched, Kurt gets kissed by Dave. He realizes that Dave is also going through some problems. He then asks for Blaine’s help in talking to Dave. But Dave just slams Blaine against the fence before storming off.

Puck is now back from juvenile detention and is instead, just doing community work. He tells Artie that his officer allowed him to help a cripple (Artie) as a substitute to picking up trash. The two then earns about three hundred dollars just from singing illegally “One Love” and “People Get Ready” outside the school cafeteria. Artie then steals a glimpse of Brittany which Puck notices. He tells him that they are going to Styx for a double-date with Santana and Brittany. Puck plans on doing his usual dine and dash routine, but Artie still pays for their dinner, which made Puck really angry. The next day, Puck gets called into the principal office. He is told that helping Artie is not counted as community service. He gets really angry and storms out of the office after shouting that nobody actually cares about him. After that, Artie tries to help Puck and tells him he’ll tutor him in geometry and accompany him when he’s picking up trash. It looks like it’s a start of a new friendship between the two.

Near the end of the episode, after the girls’ team wonderful performance of “Living on a Prayer” and “Start Me Up”; Will finds out that Coach Beiste has quit after he revealed the reason behind the students’ attitude towards her. Will then find Beaste packing her things and tries to convince her to stay. Beaste reveals that she was really hurt and that at age 40, she has never been kissed. Will gives her a friendly kiss on the lips and tells her that the boys have prepared a song number as a way to say sorry to her. In the New Direction’s classroom, the boys apologize to Coach Beiste and proceed to do an amazing number of “Stop in the Name of Love” and “Free Your Mind”. The episode ends with the boys group-hugging Coach Beiste.

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Charice, who plays Sunshine Corazon, the GLEE Filipina foreign exchange student, trended worldwide on twitter right after the first episode aired. Since then, everybody looked forward to the next episode in the hope of seeing yet another mind-blowing performance from “The Most Talented Girl in the World”. We waited another week and tuned in to the next episode…

…But she didn’t show up at all! Then came episodes three, four and five, and Charice still wasn’t there.

Where was she?!

While Gleeks and Chasters were tearing their hair out of agony and frustration, Charice was busy during the past few weeks because she performed as part of the David Foster and Friends Asian Tour. They had concerts in Tokyo, Manila, Bangkok, Jakarta and Singapore. After the Sushi Saga, Charice had a short break from work. As of press time, she has flown back to the US for holiday gigs and also to resume tapings for Glee.

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Its not surprising that Charice would have numbers of blog about her.   I managed to enlist some for the benefits of Charice’s fans.

http://www.charicemania.com/
http://forum.charicediva.com/
http://chariceworld.com/
http://www.chasters.us/buzz/ (Philippines)
http://diva.charicemusic.ca/ (Canada)
http://www.youtube.com/faisevoice
http://www.charicesuperdiva.com/
http://charice.ning.com/
http://www.charicediva.eu/ (Europe)
http://chariceonline.com/%20(Dubai)
http://charicepost.posterous.com/
http://chariceontheblock.blogspot.com/

There you go, that’s about 12 links that you can refer to when you want to see what’s going on with Charice.  Not to mention anythingvanessa.com, where I blog about Charice from time to time.

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Sunshine Corazon, aka Charice, made her first appearance as an exchange student on last week’s episode of “Glee.” Her throaty arrangements immediately served as foil to Rachel’s Broadway-ish song stylings –- and prompted a musical catfight that will no doubt extend the rest of the season (until, in true “Full House” style, Sunshine and Rachel make up, become best friends and battle evil with high notes). Charice, the 18-year-old belter who has earned comparisons to Whitney Houston and Celine Dion, was discovered on YouTube and then featured on “Ellen” and Oprah.” Speakeasy caught up with her to chat about Sunshine’s arc for the season.

The Wall Street Journal: How did you end up on the show?

Charice: I auditioned about three months ago. I said to my mom, “why don’t we try to audition for ‘Glee’?” We went to see [co-creators] Ryan [Murphy] and Brad [Falchuk] and I sang for them. After weeks, I found out that I was part of the show through Twitter. I didn’t believe it at first, but the next minute I got an email saying I got the role.

Are you featured in tonight’s episode? How much of Sunshine’s story line do you know already?

I’m not in the Britney episode, and I’m not in the Rocky Horror episode. I might be in episode four or five. They gave me the script for the first episode so far but they haven’t given me the rest.

Do you think Sunshine will be only Rachel’s rival? Or could she take on Mercedes as well?

Mercedes is really great – I could be her rival too.

If you got to choose Sunshine’s invariable love interest, would you pick Other Asian, Puck or Finn?

Actually, I kinda like Artie. Sunshine’s character is a bit nerdy, so I think they would be cute together.

You’ve covered Whitney Houston, Celine Dion and Jennifer Holliday. Are there any artists you’d like to cover on the show?

Sunshine would love to dance. I would love to try a Michael Jackson song. I also haven’t covered any Christina Aguilera, but I love her.

Tell Ryan Murphy to write you a pensive moment so you can sing “Reflection” from Mulan.

[Laughing] I’ll have to see how the story goes.

You’ve sung with Lea Salonga before. Do you get lots of comparisons to her?

We’ve worked together before in the Philippines, but no one can be her. She’s a professional and I’m just starting out. I’d sing with her again, but it would be a bit challenging because she’s more Broadway and I’m more of a pop singer.

How much of Sunshine’s wardrobe would we be able to find in your own closet?

Her wardrobe is exactly what I wear everyday. When I saw it, I said, “Oh my goodness, it’s Charice.”

Is it true you’ve never had voice lessons?

Just this year, I got my first ever voice lesson. But way back before I never had one.

John Stamos debuts as a love interest for Emma on tonight’s show. Are there any other actors or artists you’d love to see cameo?

I would love to see Justin Timberlake come on the show because he’s hot. I met him last year and I was right in front of him, but Jessica Biel was there so it was not my night.

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Kiss 98.5 Presents Kissmas Bash 2010 Featuring Charice, December 04

………a repost from http://www.charicemania.com

This article shows how Charice is being lined up along with big stars like Maroon 5 and Kelly Rowland

2010 Kissmas Bash will feature all these artist and more. Tickets starts at $10 to $75. The Kiss 98.5 Kissmas Bash 2010 is on December 4, 2010, 6 p.m. at the HSBC Arena, Buffalo, NY.

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