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It’s curtain call for famed impersonator and comedian Willie Nepomuceno. Willie, also known as WillieNep, died early morning of July 26, 2023 of still undisclosed cause. According to his son, Willie Wilsson Nepomuceno, the announcement of his dad’s demise was with deep sadness and with a heavy heart. Still, Willie Wilsson bid his father adieu with fond memories. “Farewell, Tatay …

Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival is no stranger to Dennis Marasigan, Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Vice President and Artistic Director. Dennis has been a Cinemalaya alumnus having directed two films in the previous editions of the fest—“Sa North Diversion” (2005) and “Vox Populi” (2010). But during the press conference for the annual event jointly mounted by CCP and …

For more than four decades, veteran entertainment broadcaster Mario V. Dumaual had not only dismantled and showed to the public the hidden secrets and true personal colors of entertainment stars but objectively reported their diverse thoughts and actions as well. Sadly, the table has been turned around when Mario is now the one being reported when he recently passed on. …

Bucheon City, South Korea – It has been a yearly harvests of Filipino film artists at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) in this city. After several wins of Philippine directors in the previous years and Nikolas Red’s victory at the 26th BIFAN last year for “Posthouse,” it”s time for another Filipino director to win the Asian Discovery Award …

Bucheon City, South Korea–Love knows no bounderies. It goes transnational. Look at the romance of gay couple Ice Seguerra and Liza Dino-Seguerra. After years of marriage, the two are still painting their bond colorfully and globetrotting to proclaim their love for each other to the whole world. At the moment, Liza and Ice are in this city not only to …

Bucheon City, South Korea—Despite the rains and dark clouds, the prestigious annual Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) rolled in on the big grounds of the Bucheon City Hall Lawn last Thursday night. Formerly and also known as Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan), this year’s BIFAn was marked with the participation of Filipino or Filipino-bred contingents in various sections. …

BiFan is the acronym of Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival in Bucheon City, South Korea. In the early 2010s, it used to be called Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival or PiFan, Puchon being another name for Bucheon in the Korean historical, geographical and territorial layout. I first heard of PiFan from my Korean mentor Cho Pock-rey, arts ambassador, film professor, …

Remember Patrick Guzman, a 1990s heartthrob and popular leading among famous actresses? Patrick died instantly at their house in Ontario, Canada. According to Rey Lanada, Ogie Alcasid’s handler, Patrick fell off the floor while cleaning. Lanada noted in his social media spaces that Guzman just dropped dead despite his sixteen-year-old son Aeden’s calling 911. “Bigla na lang siyang natumba. Tumawag …

Although still untitled, the new noontime show of Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto and Joey de Leon will be aired in TV5. Mediaquest Group, headed by Jane Basas recently announced the transfer of Tito, Vic and Joey (TVJ) and the rest of their co-hosts, collectively known as Dabarkads, to a new home after their departure from Television and Production Exponents (TAPE), …

After years of battling physical and emotional pains, award-winning actor John Regala has passed to the next life. John died of organ failures due to complications in his kidney and liver diseases. Regala, John Paul Guido Boucher Scherrer in real life, was hospitalized a lot times since he was diagnosed with cirrhosis. During the height of the pandemic, John was …