Sarah Geronimo as Laida Magtalas (Photo Star Cinema)
Star Cinema has clarified the issue regarding Sarah Geronimo’s talent fee for the movies “A Very Special Love” and “You Changed My Life.” In a statement, Star Cinema said that it is Viva Films who decides the actress-singer’s talent fee and Star Cinema has nothing to do with it.
“Star Cinema would like to clarify the issue on the talent fee received by Sarah Geronimo for the movies, “A Very Special Love” and “You Changed My Life”.
“Sarah is a Contractual Talent of Viva Films, a co-producer for the aforementioned Star Cinema projects. Her professional arrangement is similar to that of Anne Curtis for her “When Love Begins” and “Wag Kang Lilingon” projects. Sarah’s [sic] and Anne’s talent fees for their individual movies were upon the recommendation of Viva Films. In Sarah’s case, Star Cinema simply adhered to and implemented her contractual agreement with Viva Films.”
“We honor Sarah Geronimo and Viva Films’ Talent-Manager relationship. Viva takes care of her talent fees and Star Cinema has nothing to do with it,” said Star Cinema in a statement posted on ABS-CBN’s official website.
The issue regarding Sarah Geronimo’s talent started when Summit Media’s “Yes! Magazine” published a list of “Most Powerful People in Showbiz for their April 2009 issue where they included the actress-singer’s talent fee. Sarah Geronimo is No. 15 in the said list.
The magazine said, “A well-placed industry player puts the Viva Films contract star’s earnings from her latest blockbuster at a measly P200,000. Even with a P1 million bonus—Star Cinema’s standard bonus for certified hits—the new box-office princess still pretty much looks like Cinderella.”
Viva Films also issued a statement to prove false the reports that Sarah Geronimo only received P200,000 as talent fee for the Star Cinema movies. “Boss Vic, who is Sarah’s manager, explained that the P200,000 and P300,000 was [sic] the only approved amount by Star Cinema, which co-produced the two monster grossers with Viva Entertainment. Viva took care of paying the rest of Sarah’s talent fee that Viva thought due her,’ the Viva Films head said in a statement.
The singer-actress hasn’t reacted on the issue for she is currently in the US for a series of concerts.
