By Ma. Cristina C. Arayata / Philippines News Agency Do you remember My Husband’s Lover? This groundbreaking GMA-7 teleserye tackled several social issues, chief among these is gay rights. And there’s another GMA-7 teleserye being aired now—The Rich Man’s Daughter, which deals with lesbianism.
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By Alvin I. Dacanay By the time this piece sees print, the four Filipino finalists in the just-concluded first edition of Asia’s Got Talent—10-year-old pop singer Gwyneth Dorado of Antipolo City, Rizal province; dance crew Junior New System of Sampaloc, Manila; 24-year-old classical singer Gerphil-Geraldine Flores of Parañaque City; and the winner, shadow-play group El Gamma Penumbra of Tanauan City, …
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No other national pageant has proven that a beauty competition can act as an effective platform to push for significant reform in attitude and action. For the last 15 years, the Miss Philippines-Earth pageant has provided a stage where responsible beauty queens are crowned and the mission to promote a sustainable environment can be accomplished, even if one is wearing …
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Story and photos by Alvin I. Dacanay / Special to The Market Monitor website Today, Kung Paano Ako Naging Leading Lady: The Musical, the expanded version of ZsaZsa Zaturnnah graphic novelist Carlo Vergara’s one-act play that was first mounted, to much acclaim, at the ninth edition of the Virgin Labfest, begins its month-long run at the Peta (Philippine Educational Theater Association) Theater …
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Thirteen independent films from across Asia, including the top winners at various international film festivals and a Chinese film featuring a popular action star in an unusual role, will be screened at the Shangri-La Plaza mall this week as part of Asia on Screen 2015. The second edition of this premiere Asian film festival, to be held at the Shang …
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By Alvin I. Dacanay Taklub (Trap), the latest film of celebrated actress Nora Aunor that is helmed by her equally acclaimed Thy Womb director Brillante Ma. Mendoza, will have its world premiere at the 68th Cannes International Film Festival next month, it was announced late last week.
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By Arvin T. Ello / Correspondent Two years after it wowed audiences as a one-act play staged at the ninth edition of the Virgin Labfest, graphic novelist Carlo Vergara’s Kung Paano Ako Naging Leading Lady is set to return next month as a full-length musical produced by Manila’s newest theater company Dalanghita Productions, in cooperation with the Philippine Educational Theater …
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Thirty-five young men will vie for the four major titles at stake in the inaugural edition of the Mister United Continents Philippines pageant, which will be held at Tanghalang Pasigueño in Pasig City on April 14.
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Los Angeles—On the surface, Insurgent, with its dystopian setting and teenage heroine, might just seem like another by-the-numbers young adult tale. Look a little closer and it’s clear that this second installment isn’t merely capitalizing on a popular genre, but, with its half-dozen female leads and supporting characters, actually represents a subtle subversion of what audiences have been taught action …
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By Mark Kennedy / The Associated Press New York—Tony Award winner and The Voice of the Philippines coach Lea Salonga will join the cast of Star Trek actor George Takei’s musical Allegiance on Broadway, its producers announced last Thursday (last Friday in Manila).
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