Could it be true that not all secrets in Francis Magalona’s life weren’t buried with him to his grave? Could it also be truer that a group of nosey movie press was ready to uncover him even when he was still alive after they found out that he had an illicit love affair but his wife Pia Arroyo-Magalona allegedly got …
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How could films of a National Artist for Film and Broadcast Arts be snubbed by the 2023 Metro Manila Film Festival? More than that, how could the so-called Queen of MMFF for her consistent box-office hits and ubiquitous presence in the past in the same fest be set aside by its current Selection Committee? To think that the producers of …
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Translating war onscreen, being an action adventure, is a film genre as well with all the mise-en-scene frame after frame. Meanwhile, war, on the ground in real time is a geo-political event of conflicts between or among nations or groups of people in a particular place, country or society. Illusion or reality, war movies or war in the real world …
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“I’ve been absent from the music scene for the longest time and suddenly I realized I have to do musical concerts again,” exclaimed Nick Nangit, lawyer, spirit questor, media man and musician. Nick has been very active in piano recitals especially during the pre-COVID-19 pandemic. He has done successful shows in Paco Park, National Museum of History etc. but Nick …
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The first four official entries to the 2023 Metro Manila Film Festival on December 25, 2023, Christmas day, have been announced and one of them, based on the merits of its script, is “Family of Two (Mother and Son Story)” being headlined by Sharon Cuneta and Alden Richards with Nuel Naval at the helm. Loyal fans of Nora Aunor, Vilma …
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GMA Network artist LJ Reyes exchanged “I dos” with her non-showbuz fiance Philip Evangelista in New York over the weekend. In a garden wedding at Bevin House in New York City, LJ was stunning in her wedding gown and Philip was elegant in his biege tuxedo. In May of this year, Reyes announced in her Instagram posts that Evangelista while …
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The Philippine Blockchain Week (PBW) which reels off tomorrow, Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at the Marriott Grand Ballroom of the Resorts World Manila might be an event on digital money but entertainment industry within its realm isn’t a farfetched idea. After all, movie as an enterprise is a economic vehicle as well. One of them is investment on a film …
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The death of Ethel Ramos, the Dean of Philippine Entertainment Journalism wasn’t in vain. It truly wasn’t especially the outpouring of sympathies from all sectors of the biz. During her three-night wake at the Funeraria Nacional in Araneta Avenue in Quezon City, stars of all magnitude descended from heaven to pay their last respects to the well-loved veteran movie journalism …
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Lecturing on Theater Arts at the Leon Guinto Memorial College in Atimonan, Quezon these past few months was a refresher course indeed. It was also time to give back to the community as far as Atimonan and Lopez and other Fourth District towns in the province for the kindness they had extended to me in my youth. It was rediscovering, …
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Take a look at the past presidents of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) since its inception and creation fifty four years ago: Jaime Zobel de Ayala, Lucresia Kasilag, Maria Theresa Escoda-Roxas, Francisco del Rosario, Jr., Baltazat Endriga, Armina Rufino, Nestor Jardin, Raul Sunico, Isabel Caro Wilson, Arsenio J. Lizaso and Margarita Moran Floirendo. During their appointments or elections, …
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