by Boy Villasanta The local entertainment industry is in mourning. It is because Asia’s Queen of Songs Pilita Corrales is gone. Pilita, Maria del Pilar Garrido Corrales, died this morning due to a still unknown cause. Corrales’ death was announced by her granddaughter Janine Gutierrez. “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of our beloved mami …
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by Boy Villasanta Once more, the ABS-CBN Ball has unleashed its glitzy and glamorous parade of multigenerational stars in their stunning outfits made exclusively for them by their equally talented fashion designers. Held at the Solaire Resort North over the weekend, the 2025 annual ABS-CBN Ball was teeming with a shimmering glow not just of the fashion stars wore but …
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by Boy Villasanta Fake news, of all shapes and sizes, is everywhere, in high and low places. In the glitz and glam world of show business, the latest victim is Megan Young, an actress and 2013 Miss World. It might not be an offensive and destructive false news but fake just the same. Megan and husband, actor and TV host …
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I am disappointed with former Senator Franklin Drilon discrediting movie, television, theater and multimedia celebrities in politics or running in public office. I thought Drilon is a well-rounded person and an independent-minded politician. To begin with, he is a lawyer and a legal luminary who supposedly understands governance but there’s more to government and public service than meets the eye. …
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What is an engineer doing in the broadcast realm as an announcer? To spread knowledge on inventions for human consumption and development, that is. Ask Engr. Ria Liza Centeno Canlas and she’ll tell you more about it. “I want to share to the world the skills and talents of Filipinos to sustain life,” Canlas shared in one of our conversations. …
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While artist Ihman Esturco is in the Philippines for a short vacation from his photography work and producing concerts in the US, he is able to get a meaty role in ABS-CBN’s “Batang Quiapo.” “Habang nasa Pilipinas po, puwede namang gumawa ng TV show o pelikula. Kahit siguro theater (While in the Philippines, it’s okay to do TV show or …
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by Boy Villasanta It’s party time for Kim Chiu and Paulo Avelino. The reason: Box-office success of their first team-up on the big screen. According to Star Cinema publicity machine, “My Love Will Make You Disappear” earned a whopping P12M at the tills during its opening day. At the moment, Kim and Paulo, better known in their portmanteau as KimPau, …
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I wonder how National Artist for Film Lino Brocka would react if he were alive today about the arrest of former president Rodrigo Roa Duterte. Lino who was an anti-fascist, first and foremost, as a person and secondly, as a citizen of the republic. Most of all, Brocka was a freedom fighter as an artist. Remember that during the fierce …
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Celebrating more than 20 years of championing Philippine independent filmmaking, the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and the Cinemalaya Foundation Inc. open the screens for submission to the Short Film Category of the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival 2025. The deadline for submissions is on or before May 16, 2025, until 6pm. The country’s biggest independent film competition is …
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In the middle of her presswork as Features Editor of Market Monitor, Gem Suguitan had to choose between journalism and caregiving for her folks. At the time, her dad was bedridden while her mom was withdrawn from the crowd. On top of that, the family had to move to Vintar, Ilocos Norte where the family of her father is rooted. …
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