Limelight

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 …

By Audie See For some years now, there has been a very decent and unique live entertainment extravaganza held every three months or so in Metro Manila, and then shown in a digital platform a mere few days after its live staging in venues such as the Mall of Asia Arena, Araneta Coliseum, The Theater @ Solaire or at the …

Dionela is unusual in so many ways. Despite the feminine name, the singer is actually a fierce-looking macho from the town of Guiginto in Bulacan. Dionela is actually his surname, and his first name is Tim. He used to record songs as Tim Dionela, but if no one has bothered to explain why he goes by a female single moniker …

By Boy Villasanta Led by Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chair Don Artes, the Selection Committee of the agency has chosen the last five official entries to the 2024 Metro Manila Film Festival held at the Podium Hall of The Podium Tuesday afternoon in Ortigas, Pasig City. Artes said that there were seventy submissions to the selection of the remaining …

By Boy Villasanta The Philippine Stagers Foundation (PSF) or Philstagers was caught flat-footed when members of the Department of Education (DepEd) came to the Skydome at the SM North EDSA Sunday afternoon where “Juan Luna Isang Sarsuela” was showing and tried to prohibit its playing. “DepEd came to stop our production,” exclaimed Vince Tanada, the producer, director, actor and writer …