Limelight

by Boy Villasanta Heartthrob Joseph Marco had intimated in an interview that he has a crush on Rhen Escano, his leading lady in Viva One’s “My Husband is a Mafia Boss.” People in the industry have been saying that there’s nothing wrong with admiring someone as long as respect and care are given to the object of affection. It’s the …

by Boy Villasanta Is the heir issue of inheritance among the children of the late Nora Aunor getting serious or just a petty intrigue being blown out of proportions? Before the observance of the first death anniversary of Nora at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB) in Taguig City, there were talks that a conflicting memorial mass schedule in her …

Socializing, or better still, partying doesn’t only happen in high places among the rich and famous or the glitz and glam circle or in the company of debutantes, newly-weds or celebrations for board passers or honor students during graduations. It’s common as well in the barrios. What is it like attending a party in the countryside? I’ve had the privilege …

Unexpectedly, it’s an early dropping of one’s curtain on stage, television and movie actress Sue Prado when she suddenly kicked the bucket recently. According to her family, Sue, Marissa Sue M. Prado in real life, died of cardiac arrest. It was an untimely demise for Sue, sisters Guia Antonette and May Shereen said. “Sue brought light in anyone’s path throughout …

Not only is Jeffrey Jeturian’s films praised locally. At the recently concluded 2026 Moscow International Film Festival, Jeturian’s latest outing, “Unmarry” produced by Quantum Films and starred Angelica Panganiban and Zanjoe Marudo was lauded by critics and diverse audiences as well. “Had a near full house screening of ‘Unmarry’ at its Russian premiere at the 48th Moscow İnt’l Film Festival—mix …

It takes a live stage to gather an illustrious array of theater, television and multimedia artists to draw in crowds both here and abroad. It even takes a multiracial live production to announce to the whole world that Philippine theater is alive and well. The drama project is titled “The Moon and the Bakunawa,” a piece on the emotional pains …

(Clockwise from top) Bea Alonzo, Vincent Co, Beatriz Saw, Dimples Romana and Boyet Ahmee, Jr. (Photo Credit: Dimples Romana/Facebook); Vincent Co and Bea Alonzo (Photo Credit: Oskee Racabar/Facebook) Once is not enough. Two or more isn’t too much especially if it is an expression of love like getting married. A Filipino hyperbole “…pakakasalan sa lahat ng simbahan (…will marry in all …

These days have been seeing frenzied Filipinos over the continuous oil price hike that makes life harder to bear. There are panaceas, though, no matter how short-lived but still curative. Noticeably, each sector has a way of adapting to the current realities of an economic debacle to lighten up. The Catholic Church in its pastoral letter last Easter Sunday had …

If there’s a compelling issue that needs to be settled, count on art to mediate. Arts have the power to inspire people, decide and move them to action, after all. That is what the purpose of the Camp Aquino Station Hospital (CASH) in Camp Servillano Aquino in Tarlac City is all about when it launched the SGD-WPS art exhibit last …

Original Pilipino Music (OPM) stalwart and Organisasyon ng Pilipinong Mang-aawit (OPM) founder Celeste Legaspi did it again. It’s up her alley, indeed. It wasn’t only to stir the social consciousness of the public through music which is her cup of tea but to offer fun and entertainment as well. “Groovin’ OPM Greatest Hits” was a success at the Newport World …