Limelight

Since singing with the group The Minstrels (later renamed The New Minstrels) in the 1970s with first gen members Louie Reyes, Cesar de la Fuente, Eugene Villaluz, Annette Belen, Meiling Gozun Fuentes (who replaced Aida Balmaceda Surla who got married), Eileen Novak (nee Dolina) has been  wearing other hats like acting and product endorsing. Aside from role playing in Australia’s …

“Bayan Bayan:  Letters from Home” is a play about ordinary Filipinos exerting extraordinary means to cope with the realities of working overseas.   This classic play of Bienvenido Noriega Jr. is now a musical, co-produced by Cultural Center of the Philippines and the Erehwon Center for the Arts.  It is scheduled for show on July 15, 16 and 17, 2022, at …

It will be sad season for the local entertainment industry even if Susan Roces, film icon and Queen of Philippine Movies is laid to rest tomorrow, Thursday, May 26, 2022. The death of Susan lent a void in the vast space of the movie arts and sciences. Veteran actor and Roces’ fellow star in the ABS-CBN longest running action caper …

Instead of the usual Mother’s Day celebration with her mom, Kathryn Bernardo added a new get-together party with virtual moms of various persuasions and with boyfriend Daniel Padilla.  It’s an occasion Kathryn paid courtesy call industry elders and reminisced her humble beginnings in show business with the guidance of three great persons she addressed as “mothers,” namely film and television …

Is there a difference between an actress performing a role of a mother onscreen and an actress delineating a character of a mom off-screen?  In this day and age of cyber supremacy, there are many ways to look at or we can say how an actor—one that acts; doer—acts and reacts as ma in any piece of life.  For instance, …

 It’s ironic that Lorenzo Antonio Leviste has castigated her own mom Loren Legarda a couple of days before the celebration of Mother’s Day because of his parent’s politics.  In his open letter-cum-opinion piece published in the online site Rappler, Lorenzo said “I need everyone to know that Loren Legarda lost her son forever because of this. Paint her bright red …

In a heartfelt tribute to mothers on Mother’s Day yesterday, actor Dingdong Dantes declared that he would vote for one today, elections day. “Sa inyo po ang aking buong pagpupugay…ang aking paghanga, ang aking serbisyo, ang aking boto (My sincere salute to you…my admiration, my service, my vote,” Dingdong said in a video message where he expressed love and admiration …

A little less than 5 ‘o clock in the afternoon on the final day of filing for candidacy, Marissa Del Mar, founding chair and first nominee of No. 49 OFW Partylist, together with second nominee Jerry Alfante, was still hesitant whether or not to foray into the May 2022 elections. As they see time passing, with only a few minutes …

The scene between Bauan, Batangas policeman Marlon (Mark Anthony Fernandez) and his son watching a home video of ferocious animals preying at each other is a giveaway. The opening scene alone, the torture of actress Cataleya Surio in the hands of Marlon foreshadows the brutality of man to dominate humanity sans impunity. It says all about the theme of “Kaliwaan,” …

As early as now, engaged couple Rambo Nuñez and Maja Salvador are planning not only their wedding day but the place they will spend their entire lives together.  In her social media spaces, Maja posted her video preparing the house she and Rambo would settle in, obviously, courtesy of a construction firm.  In the vlog, Salvador would pick up a …