After three years and still ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, actor and painter Dranreb Belleza, also known as Reb Belleza has finally opened Sunday afternoon his art exhibit billed “Reb Belleza It’s All Connected” at the Art Circuit Gallery of the UP Bahay ng Alumni in Diliman, Quezon City. “Reb Belleza It’s All Connected” is a collection of Reb’s current art works …
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Once again, the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival has proven that popularity and pertinence can very well mix in the glitz and glam field. At the opening of the 19th edition of Cinemalaya held at the lobby of the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City Friday night, bold and daring spiels, entries and personalities walked the red carpet …
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It’s not only the celebration of the National Language Month this August that inspired and motivated Dr. Arthur P. Casanova, Chairman of the Surian ng Wikang Filipino (SWF) to attend a lecture series on Theater Arts in Quezon Province but his desire to reinvigorate the multi-linguistic nature of the country as well. As the leader of the nation’s premier agency …
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While prizewinning TV, movie and theater actress Shamaine Centenera Buencamino, award-winning Director of Photography Neil Daza, independent director and visual artist Raya Martin. Busan International Film Festival programmer Park Sungho and Malaysian producer and film curator Lorna Tee compose the jury of the competition films—full-length features and shorts—of the 19th Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival, a lineup of distinguished board of …
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Since former matinee idol Mat Ranillo III migrated to the United States of America years ago, we seldom hear news about him? What is Matt busy with at the moment? Is he still doing films even when he’s abroad? What is he like now? Will he still come back to the Philippines? These questions surely nag one’s consciousness. To think that …
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Typhoon Egay was pummeling its winds and rains but despite the threatening bad weather, actress Alice Dixson’s birthday party went on very well. Alice turned fifty three last July 28, 2023 in the middle of a stormy day and her guests didn’t mind crossing flooded streets and being slapped by gusty winds just to get to the special bash the …
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Maja salvador and Rambo Nuñez (Photo Credit: Maja Salvador’s Instagram Photographer Pat Dy summed up the wedding between Maja Salvador and Rambo Nuñez as a dream wedding. “And they are one,” exclaimed Pat in his Instagram post after the matrimony. Maja and Rambo got married in a garden-like wedding in Bali, Indonesia on July 30, 2023. Before the momentous event, …
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It’s not everyday that one gets his or her biggest break in life. It’s more special and exciting if the opportunity comes at a very young age of a person. This recently came true to child star Franchesco Maafi who has been consistently doing a number of GMA Network’s television dramas. When RC Gomez Entertainment Productions was in need of …
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Engagement with a loved one must have been the happiest moment in a woman’s life. And actress Mara Lopez knows this too well. When Mara’s American boyfriend Chandler Booth finally proposed marriage to the Filipina actress, it was the most precious gift she could receive in her entire life. “Something special happened last week…We’re engaged!” announced Mara in her Instagram. …
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It’s curtain call for famed impersonator and comedian Willie Nepomuceno. Willie, also known as WillieNep, died early morning of July 26, 2023 of still undisclosed cause. According to his son, Willie Wilsson Nepomuceno, the announcement of his dad’s demise was with deep sadness and with a heavy heart. Still, Willie Wilsson bid his father adieu with fond memories. “Farewell, Tatay …
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