Limelight

Rarely does internationally acclaimed Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz (“Ebolusyon ng Isang Pamilyang Pilipino,” “Ang Babaeng Humayo,” “Panahon ng Halimaw,” “Norte, Hangganan ng Kasaysayan,” “Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis,” “Mula sa Kung Ano ang Noon” etc.) give interviews especially on cam particularly in online shows as his closest and trusted friend and talent Hazel Orencio said, “mahirap pong umoo ito sa (he is …

After her debacle in a gubernatorial bid in Camarines Sur in 2001 Superstar Nora Aunor has mustered another will to plunge into politics once more.

My knowledge and interest about the late Bienvenido Lumbera had stemmed from my reading his literary works like poetry and essays from magazines and newspapers back in my college days at the Faculty of Arts and Letters of UST when I was in third and fourth years majoring in Literature. 

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.