Limelight

I was invited to the press preview of the film “Spirit Trap” under the direction of Mark Arvin Agacaoili Bago at the Sikat Studio adjacent to Popular Book Store in Tomas Morato Avenue where I met a young, congenial showbiz wannabe. Le’Louche Andrei Lerio, a fourteen-year-old Junior High School student at the Academia Primera School in Imus City in Cavite …

Pagsanjan, Laguna—His is a face that could launch a thousand, even million fans. Indeed, Dindo Arroyo commanded his throng of followers to swarm around him when he went to this town and paid his last respects to its former mayor, actress Maita Sanchez. It was a sight to behold when Dindo was mobbed by supporters in the middle of the …

While severe tropical storm Kristine, international name Trami, has left many regions in the country devastated, celebs from all persuasions pour their benevolent hearts out, reaching out to the hapless victims, another typhoon, this time, Leon, visited us and unleashed as well a flurry of gusty winds and rains, milder, though, in velocity and effects than the preceding cyclone. Still …

By Audie See The Filipino music scene is set for a heartwarming revival with “Idol: The April Boy Regino Story,” a biopic that captures the inspiring journey of one of the country’s most beloved music icons. Produced by Water Plus Productions and directed by the acclaimed Efren Reyes, Jr., this film celebrates the life of April Boy Regino, the man …

Most people in the biz in a huddle and press briefs address Water Plus Productions’ “Idol The April Boy Regino Story” biopic or filmbio. It is a docudrama as well. It is eponymously, posthumously a fictional narrative based on real events loosely weaved together unfolds as the life and times of one of Original Pilipino Music (OPM)’s icons of mushy …

If there is Jillian Ward, there is Gillian Francesca, a Junior High student at the Tondo High School. The only difference is the start of their first names. Although they have different personalities, both Jillian and Gillian are beautiful faces. We must distinguish one from the other. Anyway, I first met Gillian when she guested in our defunct online show, …

By Boy Villasanta November 3, 2024 will remain of one of the saddest parts of former Laguna Province governor E.R. Ejercito’s life. It is day that his beloved wife, actress, erstwhile mayor and vice-mayor of Pagsanjan, Laguna Maita Sanchez died of endometrial cancer at the St. Luke’s Medical Center (SLMDC) in Quezon City at 12:01 AM. In his Facebook wall, …

By Boy Villasanta Winning in a contest has other purposes aside from tenacity and survival. Actress Kim Chiu has shown and defined the dimension of victory after she and her team won the grand championship of the “Magpasikat 2024” game on television. After winning the grand championship, Kim, together with teammates Ogie Alcasid, Lassy and MC, managed to channel their …

I knew all the while that the announcement of the last five official entries to the 50th Metro Manila Film Festival would be on October 22, 2024 when Water Plus Productions’ Marynette Gamboa, producer of “Idol The April Boy Regino Story” posted on the Facebook wall of Marynette and Efren with 10-million strong, the invitation of the MMFF activity at the …

I was prepared for the decision of the Selection Committee of the 2024 Metro Manila Film Festival. If ever we wouldn’t make it, I had Plan B,” exclaimed Marynette Gamboa, producer of Water Plus Productions, the company that submitted the finished product of “Idol The April Boy Regino Story” to the MMFF possible inclusion in this year’s derby. Unfortunately, the …