by Boy Villasanta Who could be more excited in the wedding of a daughter than her mother? This is precisely the joy beauty queen-actress Maria Isabel Lopez feels when she and her family, close friends and future in-laws prpare for the wedding of her dsughter Mara Lopez set for tomorrow, November 25, 2024 at the Pangulasian Island in El Nido, …
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by Boy Villasanta Miss Universe Philippines Chelsea Manalo might have missed the 2024 Miss Universe crown but she has hit the other title of the contest, Miss Universe Asia. For the first time in the history of the Miss Universe competition, it’s only this year that a sort of consolation prize was given to the contestants outside the main jury. …
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by Boy Villasanta It was never too late for visual artist, polymath, naturalist, mentor, filmmaker, and environmentalist Bon Labora to take on and pursue the ideals and plans the late archivist Teddy Co had left off particularly in preservation of the Filipino film culture. In a rousing clamor of the audience at Sine Pop, a micro cinema in Cubao, during …
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By Boy Villasanta I had a chance meeting with drama and action star Phillip Salvador at the Senate early last week. It was a pleasant surprise on mutual grounds. I was in the company of beauty queen-actress Azenith Briones and colleagues in the writing beat Erlinda Rapadas T. and Obette Serrano. We haven’t seen Phillip for ages so we had …
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My association with actress and 1975 Mutya ng Pilipinas 2nd runner-up and Miss Photogenic Azenith Briones started a long time ago. Since Azenith was launched in the movie “Omeng Satanasia” as a love interest of Dolphy after she won the beauty contest, I was already running around with her. At the time, she was paired off with action stars but …
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Action superhero and Filipino Senator Lito Lapid will receive the American Asia International Awards in Hollywood, California on November 24, 2024. Lapid will be given the 2024 Most Loved Public Servant Enduring Filipino Actor of the Year for his invaluable contributions to nation-building back home. According to Alfred Yumul, Chief Executive officer (CEO) of AmerAsia International Awards, Sen. Lapid is …
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We rarely see women action stars in local films nowadays unlike in yesteryears when Celia Fuentes, Virginia, Liza Moreno, Nancy Roman, just to name a few, made waves in their kicking and gun-toting screen adventures. Although there are pretenders to the throne among the current crop of female stars who try hard to become action queens however in small scenes. …
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The Child’s World–A Growing Center Inc. (TCW) has been a second home for differently-abled individuals, like Ella, for over four decades. As her parents’ approach retirement, they’re concerned about her future. To address this, TCW is building a “Forever Home” in Cavite, a communal living space designed to support and nurture individuals with special needs long after their families are …
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by Boy Villasanta Christmas is just around the corner but the joy and happiness it brings comes earlier than expected. After six months of isolation, beauty-queen actress Azenith Briones has finally come out of the rehabilitation center she was forced to commit when her children allegedly collectively agreed to enter her into a reformatory facility due to drug addiction, an …
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It’s Donald Trump’s win at the White House but whether he won or lost, the screening of ABS-CBN Studios and GMA Films’ “Hello Love, Again” starring Kathryn Bernardo and Alden Richards pushes through in various theaters in the United States of America and Canada on November 15, 2024. In the home front, however, an earlier showing of the film is …
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