Limelight

by Boy Villasanta Is the heir issue of inheritance among the children of the late Nora Aunor getting serious or just a petty intrigue being blown out of proportions? Before the observance of the first death anniversary of Nora at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB) in Taguig City, there were talks that a conflicting memorial mass schedule in her …

Unexpectedly, it’s an early dropping of one’s curtain on stage, television and movie actress Sue Prado when she suddenly kicked the bucket recently. According to her family, Sue, Marissa Sue M. Prado in real life, died of cardiac arrest. It was an untimely demise for Sue, sisters Guia Antonette and May Shereen said. “Sue brought light in anyone’s path throughout …

Not only is Jeffrey Jeturian’s films praised locally. At the recently concluded 2026 Moscow International Film Festival, Jeturian’s latest outing, “Unmarry” produced by Quantum Films and starred Angelica Panganiban and Zanjoe Marudo was lauded by critics and diverse audiences as well. “Had a near full house screening of ‘Unmarry’ at its Russian premiere at the 48th Moscow İnt’l Film Festival—mix …

It takes a live stage to gather an illustrious array of theater, television and multimedia artists to draw in crowds both here and abroad. It even takes a multiracial live production to announce to the whole world that Philippine theater is alive and well. The drama project is titled “The Moon and the Bakunawa,” a piece on the emotional pains …

(Clockwise from top) Bea Alonzo, Vincent Co, Beatriz Saw, Dimples Romana and Boyet Ahmee, Jr. (Photo Credit: Dimples Romana/Facebook); Vincent Co and Bea Alonzo (Photo Credit: Oskee Racabar/Facebook) Once is not enough. Two or more isn’t too much especially if it is an expression of love like getting married. A Filipino hyperbole “…pakakasalan sa lahat ng simbahan (…will marry in all …

These days have been seeing frenzied Filipinos over the continuous oil price hike that makes life harder to bear. There are panaceas, though, no matter how short-lived but still curative. Noticeably, each sector has a way of adapting to the current realities of an economic debacle to lighten up. The Catholic Church in its pastoral letter last Easter Sunday had …

If there’s a compelling issue that needs to be settled, count on art to mediate. Arts have the power to inspire people, decide and move them to action, after all. That is what the purpose of the Camp Aquino Station Hospital (CASH) in Camp Servillano Aquino in Tarlac City is all about when it launched the SGD-WPS art exhibit last …

It’s the cord that binds body and soul between a mother and child. It is more than the love, affection and care of a son to his mom. Kristoffer Ian de Leon, simply called Ian, has been fond of his mother, the eternal Superstar, the National Artist for Film and Broadcast Nora Aunor now and beyond. On the observance of …

Far Eastern University through the FEU Center for the Arts presents the Pundaquit Virtuosi from Zambales in Haydn’s Seven Last Words of Jesus Christ with reflections in between in the FEU Chapel surrounded byThe Stations of the Cross, a National Cultural Treasure by National Artist Carlos “Botong” Francisco. The FEU Center for the Arts (FCA) continues its Tutti Concert Series …

Internationally acclaimed Filipino‑American tenor Arthur Espiritu takes center stage in his first-ever all‑kundiman concert, “Mga Awit ng Pag‑ibig at Kundiman,” a one‑night‑only performance set on May 14, 2026 at Gallery MiraNila in Quezon City. Joined by award-winning soprano Stefanie Quintin‑Avila and celebrated pianist Najib Ismail, the concert honors the legacy of Ambassador Tomas C. Benitez, a lover of kundiman, and …