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Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival is no stranger to Dennis Marasigan, Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Vice President and Artistic Director. Dennis has been a Cinemalaya alumnus having directed two films in the previous editions of the fest—“Sa North Diversion” (2005) and “Vox Populi” (2010). But during the press conference for the annual event jointly mounted by CCP and …

For more than four decades, veteran entertainment broadcaster Mario V. Dumaual had not only dismantled and showed to the public the hidden secrets and true personal colors of entertainment stars but objectively reported their diverse thoughts and actions as well. Sadly, the table has been turned around when Mario is now the one being reported when he recently passed on. …

Bucheon City, South Korea – It has been a yearly harvests of Filipino film artists at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) in this city. After several wins of Philippine directors in the previous years and Nikolas Red’s victory at the 26th BIFAN last year for “Posthouse,” it”s time for another Filipino director to win the Asian Discovery Award …

Beauty and wellness reigned supreme at the culmination of the biggest health and beauty caravan in the country at the SM Mall of Asia on June 28 and 29, 2023.  Candidates showcase their modeling skills at the Health and Beauty Caravan in SM Mall of Asia. In partnership with the Philippine Hairdressers Association (PhilHair) and the Philippine Red Cross, this …

SM Aura recently opened the Prism Park, a shimmering and futuristic playpark, to launch its ‘Own Your Beautiful ‘ campaign. Just as a prism refracts light into a mesmerizing spectrum of colors and shapes, beauty is the same – in the myriad details, and altogether. The Prism Park features a dazzling dichroic structure filled with interactive color-changing foot pads, inflatable …

Bucheon City, South Korea–Love knows no bounderies. It goes transnational. Look at the romance of gay couple Ice Seguerra and Liza Dino-Seguerra. After years of marriage, the two are still painting their bond colorfully and globetrotting to proclaim their love for each other to the whole world. At the moment, Liza and Ice are in this city not only to …

Bucheon City, South Korea—Despite the rains and dark clouds, the prestigious annual Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) rolled in on the big grounds of the Bucheon City Hall Lawn last Thursday night. Formerly and also known as Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan), this year’s BIFAn was marked with the participation of Filipino or Filipino-bred contingents in various sections. …

BiFan is the acronym of Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival in Bucheon City, South Korea. In the early 2010s, it used to be called Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival or PiFan, Puchon being another name for Bucheon in the Korean historical, geographical and territorial layout. I first heard of PiFan from my Korean mentor Cho Pock-rey, arts ambassador, film professor, …

When Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto and Joey de Leon (also known as TVJ) with the rest of the legit Dabarkads finally, collectively resigned from TAPE (Television and Production Exponents), Inc., the content creator of the longest running noontime show on TV “Eat Bulaga,” the viewing-public didn’t mince words of regrets and immediately shown and thrown sympathy to the departing group. …

The first time I was in South Korea was in 2011 when the tremendous impact of K-pop was felt not only in Korea itself but all throughout the world. I was a film student of the Fantastic Film School (FFS) of the Network of Asian Fantastic Films (NAFF) of—by that time it was still called Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival …