Different embassies and cultural offices in the Philippines are partnering with Shangri-La Plaza once more to unreel nine silent films, two of which were made within the last five years, at the 11th International Silent Film Festival Manila at the mall’s Shang Cineplex in Mandaluyong City from August 31 to September 3, 2017.
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The stage is all set for the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) to hold its grand musical competition, called Pili-pinas (Piliin ang Pilipinas): A Pagcor Musical, at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater) in Pasay City on September 2, 2017.
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Story and photo by Hananeel Bordey / Special to The Market Monitor She’s best known to Filipinos as the former entertainment anchor of the ABS-CBN primetime news program TV Patrol, but model-television host Phoemela Baranda is set to add another job title to her extensive resumé—lean and mean car driver— as she represents the Philippines in the second season of History Asia …
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Story and photos by Alvin I. Dacanay The Philippine Educational Theater Association (Peta) is celebrating the power of storytelling and revisiting the memorable productions it mounted under its children’s theater program on its golden anniversary in its newest children’s musical, J-mee Katanyag’s Tagu-taguan Nasaan ang Buwan, which opened at the Peta Theater Center in Quezon City on Friday.
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The UP Playwrights’ Theatre (UPPT) will open its 26th theater season, which has “Honoring Defiance” as its theme, with Nick Joaquin’s Fathers and Sons and its Filipino translation—Mga Ama, Mga Anak—by National Artist for Literature Virgilio S. Almario and prize-winning poet-screenwriter Jose “Pete” F. Lacaba beginning September 6, 2017.
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Story and photos by Gia Catimbang / Special to The Market Monitor Coca-Cola opened a new chapter for Original Pilipino Music (OPM) creators by partnering with the TV5 network to launch Coke Studio PH, a television series that initiates collaborations between renowned and rookie Filipino musicians, at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City on July 29, 2017. The show’s …
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Ballet Philippines (BP) will revive choreographic gems with Filipino stars from various international dance companies in the first production of its 48th season, titled A Gala Celebration, at the Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (Main Theater) of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) from August 18 to 20, 2017.
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Film fans have a lot to celebrate this August, thanks to two festivals—one, on its 13th year; the other, on its very first—that not only highlight the variety of the participating movies, but also the unshakable commitment of the filmmakers to tell their stories with little or no compromise or regard for commercial concerns.
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By Alvin I. Dacanay Die Beautiful, Jun Robles Lana’s acclaimed dramedy about a transgender beauty queen who’s dolled up as a different celebrity on each night of her wake, earned a race-leading 10 nominations at the 35th Luna Awards, which also recognized a mother-daughter acting pair and left out top performer Nora Aunor and Ang Babaeng Humayo from its list …
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The 43rd Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) may be less than six months away, but it has already found itself embroiled in yet another controversy. As of this writing, it appears there is little chance of it dying down anytime soon.
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