Guy and Pip

At the peak of their popularity in the 1970s, they were able to make several movies with box-office successes, television shows, as well as radio programs, and their recordings were instant hits.

Meanwhile, Cruz was married to ramp model Lynn Ynchausti-Cruz on March 25, 1981; they had two sons, TJ and Bodie, and one daughter, Djanin.

[8] Being part of the Cruz clan, Tirso eventually joined show business and signed as a contract star of Sampaguita Pictures.

However, before they became award-winning actors, they started their careers making youth flicks and musical movies and eventually became a "love team".

They were also the most-travelled love team in Philippine cinema's history, travelling to places like Japan, Hawaii and mainland USA to shoot for their movies.

[16] She had her own TV shows, legions of fans called “Noranians”, several product endorsements, and released hundreds of singles and dozens of albums and a lot of movies, making her the most popular star of all time.

This was so phenomenal that Aunor's popularity rose to superstardom and the people gave her the moniker “Superstar,” for she was the only actor to have reached that status in the Philippine movie industry.

[17] She was also paired with several young dramatic actors in the following years, including Christopher de Leon, Bembol Roco, Phillip Salvador, Mat Ranillo III and even big stars like Fernando Poe Jr., Dolphy and now-former Philippine President Joseph Estrada.

Titled Till we Meet Again[19] it smashed the local box office of that year, making it one of the most successful reunion movies to date.

The film Bilangin ang mga Bituin sa Langit was both critically acclaimed and successful at the box office.

[22] A lot of people came to watch the premiere night and some of the fans even stayed overnight in theaters to see the love team in person.

This figure is pale in comparison with today's movie earnings that now reach up to P300 million, but if based on ticket inflation, Guy and Pip would pound-for-pound be the highest-grossing film ever in the Philippines.

If based on today's average ticket price of P165 (as of 2013, movie tickets in the Philippines ranged from P130 – P200), multiplied by 4 million, the number of people who watched the film Guy and Pip would have the movie gross-earning P660 million, making it the highest-grossing Filipino film adjusted for inflation ever.

[23] Maria Leonora Theresa is a 3-foot, ceramic faced doll that became very popular because it was considered by many as the "daughter" of Guy and Pip.

[26] During its popularity, frenetic fans of Guy and Pip really believed that the doll was alive and was the real daughter of the couple.

[27] The fanaticism of MLT's followers was even related in an excerpt from a paragraph of Wilfredo O. Pascual's Palanca-Award-winning essay, "Devotion".

MLT was so popular that everywhere she went, she got mobbed, At one time, to protect her from screaming fans, she was strategically placed on top of an armored truck.

When the relationship was not good or when Guy and Pip had a fight, MLT would be dressed in black, and sometimes with a sash printed with “Nasaan ka, Inay?” (Where are you, Mom?)

When the love team (and relationship) of Guy and Pip ended, Nora gave back MLT to Cruz.

In 2011, Aunor went back to the Philippines after eight years of hiatus;[30] she did a TV drama, Sa Ngalan ng Ina, the last directorial job of the late Mario O'Hara, and a movie with Brillante Mendoza entitled Thy Womb', which was an entry to the 2012 Venice International Film Festival.

She recently finished another indie movie, Ang Kwento Ni Mabuti, directed by award-winning director Mes De Guzman.

Several movies he appeared in include Alfredo Lim: The Untold Stories, Sisterakas, In My Life, When I Met U, Mano Po 5: Gua Ai Di, Pacquiao The Movie, Can This Be Love, Bahay Ni Lola, Hiling, Pag-Ibig Ko Sa Yo Totoo, and Ibulong Mo Sa Diyos.

Resigned to the fact that his chances of recovery are slim, he chooses to spend the little time he has left with Fely and his three children: Ricky (Marc Abaya), Nica (Nadine Samonte), and Louie (Felix Roco).