Limelight

People’s Television network (PTV-4) is gearing up for the digital broadcast revolution with a reorganization that will create an organizational structure capable of responding “to the changing realities and challenges in public communication and broadcasting,” a Malacañang official said recently.

By Lindsey Bahr / The Associated Press Los Angeles—The secret about overnight success in Hollywood is that it never actually happens that way.

Noted Boston-based Filipino artist Bert Antonio and his 12-year-old nephew Ethan Antonio are set to open their first exhibit together, titled NO_ matter_WHO_did_WHAT_&_WHY, at the West Gallery in Quezon City on July 8. Many of the more than 30 artworks featured in this one-of-a-kind show were produced over a two-week period in the summer of 2014 in Beverly Hills, Florida. …

By Alvin I. Dacanay Several Philippine entertainment personalities, including Tony-winning actress and The Voice of the Philippines coach Lea Salonga, have joined the growing chorus of international celebrities who are elated by the United States Supreme Court’s declaration last Friday that same-sex marriage is constitutional and, therefore, legal in all of that country’s 50 states.

Below is The Association Press’ collection of celebrity responses to the United States Supreme Court’s decision that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the country: “Love is bigger than anything we can say.”—Diana Ross, via Twitter. “What a great decision the Supreme Court came to today. It’s a wonderful day to celebrate. It’s extraordinary. I couldn’t be …

Tanghalang Pilipino, the resident theater company of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), will open its 29th season with Nicanor Tiongson’s Mabining Mandirigma, described by its creators as a “steampunk musical” that chronicles the last eventful years of Philippine revolutionary hero Apolinario Mabini’s life and features a young cast, led by an actress who plays the accomplished and brilliant …

The richness and wonders of Japanese cuisine are set to be celebrated at Eiga Sai 2015, the latest edition of the annual Japanese film festival organized by The Japan Foundation Manila that will be held from July 9 to 19 at Shangri-La Plaza’s Shang Cineplex in Mandaluyong City.

By Alvin I. Dacanay This week theater lovers are expected to come to the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) to catch the dozen dramatic works that are set to debut at the Virgin Labfest, the annual laboratory festival of untried, untested and unstaged plays that is now on its 11th year.

Twenty-seven women from different parts of the City of Manila are set to compete in the Miss Manila 2015 pageant, with the grand coronation night to be held at the Philippine International Convention Center Plenary Hall at 7 p.m. on June 24.

Story and photos by Alvin I. Dacanay Rak of Aegis, the hit Philippine Educational Theater Association (Peta) musical that uses the songs of pop-rock band Aegis to tell the story of a young woman who dreams of achieving YouTube stardom, and the problems facing her perpetually flooded village, swept the Seventh Gawad Buhay! awards, earning 11 trophies at a three-hour-plus …