Finally, the Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature Grand Winner in Full-Length Play, “Ang Bangkay” (2012) penned by Vince Tanada is now on the big screen. Aside from initial previews done two years ago, there was a limited special screening of the film held four days before Christmas Day last year at the Blackbox Theater of Philstagers Foundation in Calabash Road …
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Will Lyel Rhemeia L. Mahusay jump into the bold bandwagon at 14? “Naku, baka hindi po payagan ng kanyang mga magulang (Oh! Her parents might not allow),” said Mar Arvin Agcaoili Bago, Lyel’s mentor. Her photo shows the young girl’s temerity to don a sexy attire. That’s only in a photoshoot. Mahusay loves dancing, modeling and acting. (Boy Villasanta)
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by Boy Villasanta Like the iconic Beatles, Hollywood action star, martial artist and Hong Kong Prid6e Bruce Lee is immortalized in the annals of global popular culture history as the finest actor on the kiss-kiss, bang-bang genre. Fans were devastated when Bruce’s life ended tragically at the age of thirty two in 1973. But the world never stopped adoring Lee …
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Exactly two days before the opening day of the 2024 Metro Manila Film Festival, the tension is getting higher as the showing of the ten official entries to the festival in theaters nationwide is awaited. Although the preps up to the main derby have been going since the middle of the year, the most exciting stages of the annual movie …
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Like a frame of a movie, the local entertainment industry, generally, is apparently full—fun and laughter, parties and socials all over, projects in all stages, fame and fortune, actions, not necessarily victories but downfalls as well and everything in between. Unlike a movie, though, the social field of the show business community lacks if not falls short of a strong …
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by Rod Escobar Cantiveros WINNIPEG, CANADA—The air was electric as Sharon Cuneta and Gabby Concepcion shared the stage at Regent Event Centre, their chemistry palpable, and when Sharon gazed at Gabby, her voice trembling with emotion, the audience was transported back to their iconic romance in the 80s and 90s, as Sharon said in a quiet grace: “When I lost …
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The Drama Queen is back. Award-winning actress Hilda Koronel is home from the US to celebrate Christmas with her loved ones and to meet up with the production team of her comeback film. According to Joji Villanueva Alonso, producer of Quantum Films, she is excited to work with Hilda. “I was such a fan when I watched her perform in …
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by Boy Villasanta Veteran and award-winning actress Hilda Koronel is in town not only to spend the holidays but is set to face the movie cameras anew, this time, of Quantum Films’ “Sisa.” “Before the year ends, she starts to work on the film,” informed Joji Villanueva Alonso, the lawyer-producer of Hilda’s comeback film. In an interview with Boy Abunda, Koronel …
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by Boy Villasanta “I’ve been to one of the towns in Quezon Province to attend an event of a former classmate but I haven’t been to Lopez,” quipped action-drama star Levy Ignacio at the premiere showing recently of Water Plus Productions’ “Idol: The April Boy Regino Story” at the Grand Duchess Hotel along Quezon Avenue. “Ang layo pala no’ng bayan …
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by Boy Villasanta You might not be aware of it, but flip top—the modern if not the musical version of the traditional joust or Balagtasan (derived from the name of Francisco Balagtas, the Filipino poet known for his song “Florante at Laura—is taking the country by storm. Flip top is a genre, it is the underground spoken literary creation or …
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