Limelight

It’s been centuries that the Philippine showbiz was blinded by the idea that entertainment isn’t political. 

Two of the most influential Filipino filmmakers of the current generation are leading the pack of native movies in the coming 34th Tokyo International Film Festival on October 30, 2021. 

As much as they wanted to grace the 2021 British Film Institute (BFI) London Film Festival, internationally acclaimed filmmaker Lav Diaz and actor John Lloyd Cruz decided not only because of the raging COVID-19 pandemic but more so, the health protocols in the Philippines and London that come with it.

The international entertainment stage is indeed peopled with a good number of Filipinos or those who have Filipino lineage and they are many.

It cannot be underestimated that one of the most promising and durable actresses this side of the Pacific is Maja Salvador.

It took nine long years before young actor Vince Rillon is given the right breaks in his career and once he is offered the opportunity, he makes good at it.

No less than international entertainment journalist Patrick Frater of variety.com who exclusively announced that Brillante Ma. Mendoza’s latest opus, “Gensan Punch” will be shown in HBO Asia Original anytime soon.

It was artist and fellow Lopenze (a native of Lopez town in Quezon Province) Gemma Suguitan who broke to me the news National Artist for Literature Bienvenido Lumbera died today, September 28, 2021.

In a virtual awarding ceremony, the 36th Star Awards for Movies of the Philippine Movie Press Club (PMPC) pulled through Sunday night with “Hello, Love, Goodbye” romping away with Best Picture while Alden Richards won Best Actor for the film produced by Star Cinema.

It’s been almost a year that the romance between Andrea Torres and Derek Ramsay has ended and they went their own separate ways.