At the Public Information Office (PIO) of Quezon City under ex-mayor Herbert Bautista’s watch where I once paid a visit to his erstwhile publicist Aries Gutierrez, I noticed a tallboy newspaper filed on the rack with a green masthead Market Monitor. The paper has a distinct layout. I simply browsed over its pages and found out what it could offer …
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After a quick bite of fried chicken, spaghetti, mojos, pizza (the usual suspects in a combo platter) at Shakey’s Tomas Morato with news hen Luchie Aclan Arguelles, I headed to Grand Duchess Hotel, the former Great Eastern Hotel along Quezon Avenue. Yes, the eternal Aberdeen Court still stands beside the rechristened hotel. I powdered a little at the john of …
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For newcomer Samantha Magistrado, one of the leads in the film “Spirit Trap” directed by Mark Arvin Agcaoili Bago, show business is a challenge. “Pag may tiyaga, may nilaga (No pain, no gain) po, magtatagumpay ang isang tao (a person will succeed),” exclaimed Samantha, a 16-year-old model and dancer. According to Mark, Magistrado is very patient with her career. (Boy Villasanta)
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Sourgraping apparently has no place in Chelsea Manalo’s heart if we are to believe her silence but not her smiles. Chelsea’s confidence during the 2024 Miss Universe in Mexico City was contagious that every Filipino was proud and confident of her fight although she lost it. She was sure of herself, though, despite her color, atypical of a Filipina representing …
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It is written in the stars. The “Dear Heart” US tour concert of Megastar Sharon Cuneta and her estranged husband Gabby Concepcion. The couple as screen love team has started to conquer the select states of the United States to echo the Philippine success of the eponymous title of their first movie together. At the moment, Sharon and Gabby are …
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The other reel loveteam to catch once more the public’s interest is KathDen. Even before the KathNiel fallout, the screen team-up of Kathryn Bernardo and Alden Richards was a big hit via the movie “Hello, Love, Goodbye” which has remained one of the largest box-office earners in the history of Philippine cinema. For the second time, KathDen has shown its …
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I first met Jay Martin at the MHE (Media House Express) studio when he made an appearance with action star Vic Tito. Jay and Vic joined together in guesting in our defunct online show “The NET (National Entertainment Today)” with fellow entertainment journalist Art Tapalla. Easily, l was impressed with Martin who exuded a certain enigma despite his wearing black …
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by Boy Villasanta Who could be more excited in the wedding of a daughter than her mother? This is precisely the joy beauty queen-actress Maria Isabel Lopez feels when she and her family, close friends and future in-laws prpare for the wedding of her dsughter Mara Lopez set for tomorrow, November 25, 2024 at the Pangulasian Island in El Nido, …
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by Boy Villasanta Miss Universe Philippines Chelsea Manalo might have missed the 2024 Miss Universe crown but she has hit the other title of the contest, Miss Universe Asia. For the first time in the history of the Miss Universe competition, it’s only this year that a sort of consolation prize was given to the contestants outside the main jury. …
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by Boy Villasanta It was never too late for visual artist, polymath, naturalist, mentor, filmmaker, and environmentalist Bon Labora to take on and pursue the ideals and plans the late archivist Teddy Co had left off particularly in preservation of the Filipino film culture. In a rousing clamor of the audience at Sine Pop, a micro cinema in Cubao, during …
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