Entertainment

Kingsford Hotel Manila extends its Pinoy Food Festival this July

Kingsford Hotel Manila acknowledged that food shaped the way how Filipinos live. Most of the famous local dishes are tied to the tradition and culture of the Philippines. Aside from that, Filipino food builds long-lasting and priceless memories when shared with loved ones. Last June, Kingsford Café launched its Pinoy Food Festival as part of its thematic weekend buffet every …

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“BOYS DON’T CRY,” BUT THEY DO, ACTUALLY

By GEM SUGUITAN Back in 1980, there was a song. Back in 1999, a movie. “Boys Don’t Cry” the movie, was not just a hit at the box office when it was shown, but critically acclaimed. After a decade, the film was preserved at the Library of Congress for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” This year, it was shown …

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Action star Derek Dee inspired to help Hepa C patients

While waiting for bigger breaks in the movies and television, action star Derek Dee is into an outreach program billed as HepCured, an online advocacy to help Hepatitis C patients recover through fast, easy, manageable treatment and reasonable and affordable prices of medicine. “This is my fight today after fighting hoodlums onscreen,” quipped Derek in an exclusive interview over the …

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Experience Museums and become better

By Gem Suguitan People are beginning to enjoy the new norm, going places and having fun after the previous lockdowns and community quarantines brought about by the pandemic. Where to go? Did you know that there are numerous museums in the provinces of Cavite-Laguna-Batangas-Rizal-Quezon, (CALABARZON) mostly free and easy to find? Why museum? It is one of the best places …

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Celebrate Diversity and Equality at Enchanted Kingdom!

Celebrate diversity and equality as we welcome everyone for an unforgettable PRIDE experience this month of June at Enchanted Kingdom, the country’s first and only world-class theme park!  Enjoy endless memories with our Magic of EKquality promo. Get one Regular Day Pass for only P850 bundled with a FREE glow stick. Book your tickets until July 3 and enjoy your …

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Nora Aunor stands up National Artist Awards conferment in Palace

Everyone was excited if not more than proud of Nora Aunor to have finally received this season her prestigious plum from the Order of National Artists Award which was denied to her not once but thrice. The recognition is for her enormous contributions to film and broadcast arts in the Philippines.  Not only her fellow artists from the film community but …

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Missing visual artists at the 2022 Order of National Artist

The visual arts community in the country is raising hoots about the conspicuous absence of the Order of National Artists for Visual Arts in 2022. Generally, there are painters, installation artists, artisans, etc. who are disappointed with the non-nomination and non-proclamation of any visual artist in the honor roll. Will their gripes just be relegated to the dustbin and backseat …

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Ice Seguerra appeals to Philippine Senate to speed up same-sex marriage law

Transman actor Ice Seguerra didn’t mince words when she spoke about the delay of the signing into law of same-sex marriage which is languishing in the four walls of the Philippine Senate. “At least in the House of Representatives, the bill is already passed. I don’t know about the senators. It seems that there are people who lobby against it,” …

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Online film “Secrets” as a moving picture postcard

Award-winning filmmaker Jose Javier Reyes’ latest screen work “Secrets,” a Viva Films’ project that has been streaming in Vivamax isn’t only a daring and thoughtful narrative about unleashing fantasies and criminal minds, it is also a series of feel-good visuals of beautiful sceneries shot in vibrant, lively imagery like picture postcards or paintings except they’re in motion. Director of Photography …

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Botolan’s Nanay now a voice at Congress

By Jonathan P. Gesmundo  Doris E. Maniquiz – known to the more than 67,000 residents of Botolan, Zambales as Nanay Bing – originally did not belong to a political family.  In 1987, she left her low-paying job as an Engineering Instructor at MAPUA Institute of Technology (earning P2,500 a month) to devote her time at the hardware owned by her …

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