Veteran and award-winning actress Angie Ferro believed that like a story, life has a beginning, middle and an end. That is exactly what life like a story had progressed in Angie’s material and temporal existence on earth. Ferro was born and had exerienced the chronological phases of life until her death Thursday night. Angie died of bodily complications after a …
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Filipino actor Allen Dizon won the Best Leading Actor Foreign Premo Humphrey Boggart Award at the recently concluded International Imago Film Festival di Civitella del Tronto held at Civitella del Tronto, Italy. Allen bagged the award for his film “AbeNida” written by Ralston Jover, directed by Louie Ignacio and produced by Baby F. Go of BG Productions International. Dennis Evangelista, …
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Is award-winning and controversial Filipino actress Dolly de Leon really teaming up with Hollywood star Nicole Kidman in a screen project? Was it only yesterday when the good news broke out that internationally renowned de Leon would star with Australian-bred Kidman in a movie that would explore a chemistry between them? In no time at all, the wonderful news fizzled …
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“Iti Mapukpukaw,” a story of a young boy who is stricken with grief and trauma on the death of his uncle won the Best Film award in the Full-Length Feature category at the 19th edition of the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival awarding ceremonies held at the lobby of the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City on Sunday night. …
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A real actor is also measured by his award-winning screen performances in world cinema. That’s precisely how Filipino actor John Lloyd Cruz is gauged in his total involvement in every acting masterpiece he essays. The recent showing of John Lloyd’s thespic talent was written once more in the history of international film art when he was proclaimed Best Actor at …
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Today, Saturday, August 12, 2023 is the last day of viewing on the remains of former undersecretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Martin Dino, also known as the father of actress Liza Dino-Seguerra, ex-chair of the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP). As such, the elder Dino’s kith and kin rush to Loyola Memorial …
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In his hectic schedules as arts manager in the premier state arts and culture agency, he once more unleashes selflessness as a virtue among artists by breathing in dramaturgy in the four walls of academe. Dennis Marasigan, Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Vice-President and Artistic Director is slated to share his theater acquired and self-formulated theories and practices with …
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As a film and television industry leader, Rez Cortez is optimistic the two organizations of actors, the Katipunan ng mga Artista ng Pelikulang Pilipino at Telebisyon (KAPPT) or Actors Guild of the Philippines groups and AKTOR or League of Filipino Actors. In the wake of the prep-up of the Film Commission of the Philippines of which Rez is an active …
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Gusto ko pong magkaroon ng sariling tatak (I want to have my own identity/trademark),” exclaimed standup comic Shoogar Bet. Shoogar Bet who? Not the Sugar Beet candy, definitely. But Shoogar Bet who became famous as one of Luis Manzano’s mainstay comedienne in ABS-CBN’s COVID-19 pandemic game show, “Minute to Win It.” “Mahal na mahal ko po si Kuya Lucky Manzano at mahal na …
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by Boy Villasanta It’s a bleak Tuesday for the country and the four corners of show business. Former undersecretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Martin Diño died early this morning. Martin, also known as the father of Liza Diño-Seguerra, erstwhile chair of the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), passed away quietly in a …
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