Superstar and National Artist for Film and Broadcast Arts Nora Aunor has been a veteran fighter in legal battles since her phenomenal rise to stardom. Many libel cases she had filed against those who seemed to tarnish not only her name as a human person and her professional life as well, many of which she won. Although there were also …
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Asia’s Timeless Diva Dulce was very impressed by the concept of celebrating the 174th birth year of the Filipino freedom fighter Marcelo H. del Pilar, one of the pioneering spirits of freedom of the press during the oppressive colonial rule of Spain over the Philippines in the 18th century. But Dulce couldn’t make it because she would be in Cebu …
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Distance makes the heart grows fonder. Such situation is true to the actress and 1982 Binibining Pilipinas-Universe Maris Isabel Lopez. Maria Isabel has been going in and out of the United States of America since she got married to American lawyer Jonathan Melrod. Lopez by all means has managed to go home to the Philippines when she has movie, television …
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On August 10, 3pm, it will definitely be a night of nostalgia as Japanese conductor Yoshinao Osawa returns to the Philippine stage and once again conducts the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra in a special concert, titled Nostalgia: Music from MOVIE MUSICALS and More! This special concert at the Aliw Theater is FREE and open to the public. With a program that …
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by Boy Villasanta Call it natural, it was Llly Y. Monteverde–better known in the local entertainment industry as Mother Lily–who posted on her Instagram the sad news that her husband, Leonardo Monteverde, also known aa Father Remy died. According to the obituary card posted by Mother Lily in July 30, 2024, the Monteverde patriarch died on July 29, 2024. The …
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By Boy Villasanta BUCHEON CITY, SOUTH KOREA—It was a moment of victory for Filipino filmmaker Kenneth Dagatan when he won, not just one but two, significant awards at the recently concluded Network of Asian Fantastic Films (NAFF) of the 28th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) in this city. During the awarding rites held at the Webtoon Convergence Hall, Kenneth …
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By Boy Villasanta There is a singing contest in Japan which is named after the famous Grammy Music Awards. Its title is Kitashinchi Grammy Singer Contest and Filipino singer Mika Lorie won second prize among several contestants. Mike sang the iconic song “My Way” in her own interpretation that got the nod of the judges. According to Lorie, she should …
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By Boy Villasanta In her more than two decades in show business, Maria Rivera feels she has to embark on a new journey. The avenue that she takes at the moment is doing a Cinemalaya film. “Excited na excited po ako (I am very excited) to do a Cinemalaya film,” exclaimed Marian in our interview with her right after the press conference of the …
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Now it can be told? After four years of no true and clear-cut picture of what really transpired in the celebrated split between Carla Abellana and Tom Rodriguez, the jigsaw-puzzle is still unanswered. What is clear as the blue sky of the civil status of married couple Carla and Tom was the decision of a foreign court as far as …
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To beat the deadline for the submission to the selection of the 2025 Order of National Artist (ONA) or the National Artist Award on June 30, 2024 being a Saturday, a weekend non-working day, Dingdong Dantes’ Aktor PH hastily filed a recommendation or nomination for Vilma Santos (mostly addressed as Vilma Santos-Recto as an official society if not formally acquired …
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