The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business
by Boy Villasanta
Love doesn’t seek any place to express it.
Anywhere in the world, one can show his or her love to a beloved in so many ways no matter the distance, near or far.
Love is transnational.
Look at the exportation of love among sweethearts Janine Gutierrez and Jericho Rosales and married couple Karylle and Yael Yuzon.
The couples brought their love to the US, in particular, in Hollywood.
Janine went to the 3rd Manila International Film Festival (MIFF) which was held in Los Angeles, California to receive the posthumous Lifetime Achievement Awards both for her grandmothers, the Philippine cinema legends, Nora Aunor and Pilita Corrales.
Likewise, Karylle and Jericho were there to promote and represent their film “Quezon” which was shown and nominated at the festival.
Still, even if Yael had no official representation to the affair except as a Filipino artist and a Filipino who is proud of Philippine cinema, he is an inspiration to his wife Karylle.
Before the awards night at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel at the unveiling of the Lea Salonga star at the prestigious Hollywood Walk of Fame, Karylle and Yael joined the former in photo-ops which also included Pops Fernandez.
Janine and Jericho only made it to the 2026 MIFF awards night.
Prior to the glitzy and glamorous ceremony, Janine and Jericho, Karylle and Yael were spotted in a jolly, loving, casual yet romantic foursome.
At the awards night, Rosales won the Best Actor plum for his stunning role in TBA Studios’ “Quezon,” a film where he played Manuel Luis Quezon, the first president of the Philippine Commonwealth, and shared a stellar role with Karylle who portrayed his reel wife Dona Aurora Quezon.
In the Feature Film category, “Manila’s Finest” won Best Picture, a movie project directed by Raymond Red who also romped away with the Best Cinematography award while Ashtine Olviga who essayed an important role in it as the daughter of Piolo Pascual brought home the Best Actress trophy in absentia. It was Raymond who received the award for her.
Meanwhile, “Kappa-tiran,” a film directed by Neal Tan on fraternity hazing, won the Shining-A-Light Award which was personally accepted by one of its stars, Sheryl Cruz.
In the Documentary Film section, “58th,” a GMA Pictures and GMA Public Affairs production won Best Documentary while its maker Carl Joseph Papa and Reynafe Castillo, the real-life daughter of photojournalist Reynaldo “Bebot” Momay, who is widely considered the missing 58th victim of the 2009 Maguindanao Massacre where the doc was inspired, took home the Shining-A-Light Award.
A Hollywood production, “Forgotten Island” which is co-written and co-directed by Januel Mercado and Joel Crawford was recognized as the Trailblazer Award.
Among the cast members of the film are Lea and Dolly de Leon who both attended its special screening as part of the 3rd MIFF.
After the showing of the animation film, Januel, Joel, Dolly and Lea treated the audiences to an engaging Q&A moderated by ABS-CBN entertainment broadcast journalist Yong Chavez.