Friday , 29 March 2024

Entertainment

“Sana Naman” singer plays Jesus Christ in passion play

By Boy Villasanta As a solemn promise to annually portray Jesus Christ in a passion play during Holy Week, singer and actor Roeder (now sporting his family name Camanag–Roeder Camanag as a full screen call–to distinguish identities of his directorial and managerial stints from his performance obligations) reboots his role this Lenten season. In “Daan ng Krus,” a musical passion …

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Three generations of excellence: How Mapúa continues to shape the lives of its graduates

In most Filipino households, education is perceived as the most valuable inheritance passed down from one generation to the next. It serves as a great social equalizer and a beacon of opportunity especially for parents who strive to pave the path to a brighter future for their children. For the Nicolas family, bearing witness to the transformative education at Mapúa …

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It’s a civil wedding for Ria Atayde and Zanjoe Marudo

By Boy Villasanta The pomposity of the recent Marudo-Atayde nuptials was witnessed not in the dreamy and flowers-laced aisle but in the grand and sublime thoughts and feelings of the groom and bride as they walked together inside the political kingdom of a Local Government Unit (LGU). Actress Ria Atayde and actor Zanjoe Marudo finally “I dos” not before a …

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Facebook is favorite online mass venue this Lent

Because the heat is intolerable especially in packed churches,  over 60 percent of devotees attend online masses on Facebook, where practically all church masses are streamed live. But for some people (like me) I have been attending daily online masses because I can hardly cope with the schedules and considering the traffic that I must suffer going to churches farther …

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It’s Showtime vs Eat Bulaga all over again

The perennial rivalry between ABS-CBN’s “It’s Showtime” and “Eat Bulaga” (whichever production it might be, this time under TVJ Productions) is on again when the Lopez media conglomerate signed up last week a collaboration with GMA Network for the airing of “It’s Showtime” in Channel 7, the free TV outfit of Kapuso Network. The two noontime shows (with “Eat Bulaga” …

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The happy, angry voices during National Artist Ricky Lee’s birthday

Jovial was the general mood and atmosphere during the 76th birthday bash of National Artist for Film and Broadcast Arts Ricardo Lee, better known in the four walls of the arts industry as Ricky Lee. Instead of holding it right in his house inside Xavierville in Loyola Heights which he had been doing all these years, Ricky decided to host …

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Lance Raymundo plays Jesus Christ in Lou Veloso’s Lent drama; Vince Tañada stages “Senakulo”

Being mortals portraying diverse characters of mortality except taking on supernatural delineations onscreen, movie, television and theater luminaries, they, as Christians take pauses and pay homage to Jesus Christ’s sacrifices to save mankind from damnation. One of them is playing Jesus Christ Himself onstage or on cam. On March 25, 2024 at 6 pm at the Kartilya ng Katipunan in …

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BARAPTASAN 2024: Bringing diverse voices in one stage

For a mambabalagtas, verbal joust and poetry are so much more than a way to express complex emotions and stories. While it was born as a form of entertainment during the bleak era of American colonialism, Balagtasan–a form of traditional verbal jousting–became a venue to discuss socio-political issues that besieged contemporary society. Through facts, rhymes, and clever lines, the mambabalagtas …

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Jaclyn Jose planned to consult doctor for heart ailment before death

By Boy Villasanta The adage “an ounce of prevention is a pound of cure” should have been applied to the health condition of award-winning actress Jaclyn Jose when she was still alive. Regrettably, it was too late. According to one of his bosom friends, Jaclyn, Mary Jane Santa Ana Guck in real life, couldn’t have died untimely if she had …

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Everyone hopes Sam Milby and Catriona Gray resolve their issues

The love affair between 2018 Miss Universe Catriona Gray and actor Sam Milby is the most ideal union there could be among celebrities and perhaps as ordinary mortals. Theirs is a perfect combination not only of beauty but intelligence as well. More than that, Catriona has been associated with socio-civic and nationalistic activities like promoting local products and fighting for …

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