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Review by Douglass K. Daniel / The Associated Press A theater up the street asks its employees to include the title of a favorite movie on their nametags. The choices of these teenagers and twentysomethings can be anything from Fast and Furious 5 or The Hunger Games to the occasional retro pick, like The Sound of Music.

By Alvin I. Dacanay This week theater lovers are expected to come to the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) to catch the dozen dramatic works that are set to debut at the Virgin Labfest, the annual laboratory festival of untried, untested and unstaged plays that is now on its 11th year.

Twenty-seven women from different parts of the City of Manila are set to compete in the Miss Manila 2015 pageant, with the grand coronation night to be held at the Philippine International Convention Center Plenary Hall at 7 p.m. on June 24.

Summer may be over, but the fun continues in Albay this June, and it’s all because of the festivals in the province that showcase its rich cultural legacy. This month’s merrymaking started with the just-concluded Pinangat Festival, inspired by the pride the inhabitants of Camalig town, Albay province, have for their cuisine. A signature Bikolano delicacy, pinangat is made up …

Story and photos by Alvin I. Dacanay Rak of Aegis, the hit Philippine Educational Theater Association (Peta) musical that uses the songs of pop-rock band Aegis to tell the story of a young woman who dreams of achieving YouTube stardom, and the problems facing her perpetually flooded village, swept the Seventh Gawad Buhay! awards, earning 11 trophies at a three-hour-plus …

Review by Jake Coyle / The Associated Press Along the scaly spine of the Tyrannosaurus Rex runs the evolution of Hollywood blockbusteringaz. Twenty-two years ago, Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park set the standard for the kind of movie the industry has, ever since, bred like test-tube dinos. Their genes are genetically modified for the requisite computer-generated effects, merchandising tie-ins and theme …

The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) has announced that it is now accepting entries to the 27th edition of the Gawad CCP Para sa Alternatibong Pelikula at Video (CCP Independent Film and Video Competition), or Gawad Alternatibo, which will be held in August.

By Alvin I. Dacanay Later this month the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), its resident theater company Tanghalang Pilipino and respected playwrights’ group Writer’s Bloc will open the 11th edition of the Virgin Labfest, a three-week laboratory theater festival of untried, untested, unstaged and unpublished plays by new and veteran dramatists.

From that first bicycle ride to that first trip to the countryside, fathers have always been the go-to guys for adventures. Under the care and protection they have provided, life’s journey became easier for their children.

Review by Jake Coyle / The Associated Press Ridiculous questions about the funniness and bankability of women have clouded exactly what’s going on here: Nobody is a better comedic actor right now than Melissa McCarthy. She’s a combustible ball of comic fury rolled up in Chaplinesque sweetness, equally capable of profanity-laced verbal virtuosity as perfectly timed pratfalls. In her latest, …