Limelight

The Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival continues to sail as it opens its doors for new entries for the Full-Length Film category of its 2026 edition. The deadline for submissions is on or before 6PM of JUNE 6, 2025 (Friday). The country’s biggest independent film festival continues its pursuit of innovative and excellent filmmaking as it celebrates 21 years of …

Para Kay Nanay…, a conceptual fashion collection, narrates the multi-faceted journey of motherhood – with each hand-stitched seam a manifestation of a son’s unconditional love and gratitude. Back in June 2023, fashion design student Lance Ernest Rubio visited his hometown in Isabela for a project. He was, however, surprised when his mother, Agnesa, met him at the bus station with …

Much has been said about movie, television and stage actors running and serving the government. Whether the comments are favorable to them or not, the most important thing is the way they would perform their duties and responsibilities to the public, to their constituents, if they win in the 2025 midterm polls. From the local council to the Senate, the …

by Boy Villasanta The deaths of actors Ricky Davao and Amay Bisaya have offered a discussion of how the two distinct showbiz personalities have affected and influenced the public consciousness and the entertainment industry. Two icons with two or more extreme attributes. Amay, Robert Gloria Reyes in real life, started his television, film and stage career as a production utility …

It is Maytime festivities once more. And one of the traditional and colorful events that is celebrated in the month of May is the Santacruzan, a religious festivity that observes and hails the discovery of the Holy Cross by Queen Helena accompanied by her son Constantine. In the Philippines, Biblical characters in the historical find of the Holy Cross, Santacruzan …

Music conductor Robert Delgado has been involved in the local Tin Pan Alley for almost four decades and his experiences in musical shows are invaluable especially in choral group singing. Robert had been a teamwork player and member of the Philippine Madrigal Singers, or simply Madz, where he composed, arranged and inspired a lot of songs by the group even …

Parañaque, Philippines — On May 3, 2025, Araw Hospitality Group, the emerging hospitality powerhouse, hosted Araw Rising, its first Media Premiere. Held at Palacio de Memoria, the event was attended by media, partners, and representatives from the Department of Tourism. The hospitality group set out to redefine travel by introducing three groundbreaking initiatives: its CSR program Araw Aruga, the loyalty program Araw …

Forget Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO)—the primer orchestra of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP)—for the moment and this time, let’s give way to another orchestra, the Manila Symphony Orchestra (MSO) which will look back this month on its nearly a century of music manufacturing from classics to pop. On May 24, 2025, MSO will kick off its “Music for …

Filipino theater, TV and movie actor Bong Cabrera is too excited for being part of internationally renowned filmmaker Lav Diaz’s “Magellan” to premiere in the prestigious 2025 Cannes International Film Festival this month. “Excited for my first Lav Diaz film. I was so nervous on my first day of filming for ‘Magalhāes’ (the Portuguese lexicon for Magellan),” admitted Bong. According …

By Boy Villasanta Controversial and fastidious filmmaker Jade Castro is back to the grind. After being indiscriminately accosted in a bucolic town somewhere in Quezon Province early last year for a crime he surely wasn’t even an accomplice, Jade and three of his companions suffered, endured and languished a jail term that lasted for months. Castro was hailed by his …