Johnny Manahan says Star Magic is not just the Kapamilya talent center
Director and former Chairman Emeritus of Star Magic Johnny Manahan, also known as Mr. M, revealed that there is also a shadow talent center in ABS-CBN.
Star Magic is knowns as the talent management firm of the Kapamilya network. Over the years, it has discovered and boosted the careers of showbiz newbies until they become successful in the entertainment industry.
After the shutting down of ABS-CBN, Mr. M resigned from handling talents of Star Magic but went to TV5 for a directorial offer. However, he stressed in an interview with PEP that the real reason for his decision to leave the Kapamilya network was the problem in Star Magic and the issue with the “shadow talent center”.
“There’s a shadow talent center in ABS-CBN, and they have their own managers and they manage their own stars,” Johnny Manahan revealed.
He said that before, those talents who are from Pinoy Big Brother would seek the help of the talent center for their showbiz career.
However, this has changed. “The people from the Pinoy Big Brother, we expected to manage these people after they come out of the house. No, they set up their own organization. It was like a counter organization,” Mr. M said.
With this, the “shadow talent center” would pick the talents that they lie and the “latak” would be left to Star Magic. Then, there was a talent search Star Hunt that did not seek a connection with the known official talent management firm of ABS-CBN.
Johnny Manahan said that people who were his subordinates in Star Magic complaint against this setup.
“I said, ‘Yeah, that’s not too nice. That makes us irrelevant.’ Maybe they’re trying to make us irrelevant,” the director said. He added that he tried to bring this matter to the higher management but nothing happened.
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