Limelight

by Boy Villasanta For the fourth time, 2015 Miss Universe and Filipina film and television star Pia Wurtzbach participated in the prestigious Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France not as an actress but as a model to prelude not the showing of a Filipino film but a European tentpole instead. Pia recently walked the red carpet of the 79th …

Being my first time in Boracay, it is a mix of excitement and blandness. Excited because, at last, among other things, I am able to step on the most-talked-about white sand of its beaches. Bland because I think Boracay is just as ordinary as any seascape. What adds to my excitement is the blending and the bonding with my cousins, …

Is the local film industry ready to embrace the idea of sourcing out renewable energy through solar power in the production of movies in the urban centers or in the remotest areas of the country where there are deficient electric supply? This is the question being posed to producers, moneyed or not, studio or independent ones. With the current fuel …

Remember Ed Finlan? Ed Finlan who? Ed Finlan, the Fil-Am matinee idol who rose to fame via Lea Productions’ teenybopper films “Haydee” and “Happy Hippie Holiday” and other pop movie hits in the 1970s. Ed, Eduardo Valdez in real life, recently passed on due to still undeclared cause. Finlan’s perennial leading lady Hilda Koronel was devastated when the bad news …

Flower girl models Joliena and Angelie Pagsinuhin with an Erick Valena bridal mannequin during the “Bridal Expo Tagaytay” (Photo Credit: Erick Valena) There are not a few established norms and traditions in our society that are already debunked and still being debunked by several harbingers or torch bearers of their advanced notions, beliefs and causes. At least, in the field …

This isn’t a throwback story. This is an on-going narrative. Or a back story for any season, for any reason. It is about the relationships that have been forged among Robin Padilla, Kiko Pangilinan, two of the twenty-four senators of the land and Megastar Sharon Cuneta. This formation has the flavor of a teleserye and a colorful tableau very attractive …

The millenial and Gen Z idols as well as their fans have spoken about the current bleak situation of Philippine politics that is dragging the country to the pit of decay. Enough is enough, they said. One of the things they are protesting is the shabby treatment the minority in the Senate has been getting from the majority members of …

by Boy Villasanta Although she’s still battling another serious malady apart from the many severe illnesses she has been dealing with for years, Queen of All Media Kris Aquino is slowly but surely recovering from her recent bout with COVID-19. “Di pa po (She’s not) totally recovered,” intimated one of Kris’ closest friends, writers and allies when asked about her condition …

For twenty-five years, beauty queen and actress Melanie Marquez has endured a union with American husband Adam Lawyer and how! For the longest time since she had short-lived relationships with men, Melanie has devoted her love and care for Adam since the day they were married. She indeed committed her marital vows that traditionally say “…to have and to hold …

Entertainment writers JC Nigado and Dindo Balares are rejoicing when the rains of May fall to cool the hot summer. “Ang tawag d’yan, Agua de Mayo (We call it Waters of May),” quipped JC when raindrops fell on our roofs in San Pedro, Laguna over the weekend. While in Bicolandia, Dindo thanks heavens for the rains dropped on his farm. “Agua …