The University of Santo Tomas (UST), aside from being a pontifical university, is an inclusive school–apart from its coed enrollment–for all social stations of students. Being a bastion of education, what matters most is an equal opportunity in learning that also transcends gender, age, occupation, spiritual beliefs etc. In my college days at the Faculty of Arts and Letters (Artlets), …
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Martin Nievera remains grounded after 42 years in showbiz. The Concert King declared in a recent media conference: “If you really go with the stages that you go through, there’s only one thing in showbiz that is constant and true. And that’s there’s someone who will always replace you. Someone will always be better than you. Always.” Martin admits being …
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Look at their scenes in the movie “Maple Leaf Dreams,” especially the light romantic ones, and see for yourself the right chemistry these two people exudes. Lead actors LA Santos and Kira Balinger are students who eventually become lovers after they had an altercation solved by a light settlement of “batu-bato pik” in front of an eatery in a nearby …
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Quezon City, Philippines – September 5, 2024 – Just over a week before Ice Seguerra’s highly anticipated birthday concert, Videoke Hits: OPM Edition, on September 13, tickets have officially SOLD OUT! But fans who missed their chance to join the fun need not worry—a second show has been added on November 8, 2024, at the Music Museum. This third edition …
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by Boy Villasanta Chinoy artist Rebecca Chuaunsu and versatile thespian Ronnie Lazaro won Best Actress and Best Actor, respectively, at thd recently concluded 2024 Sinag Maynila Film Festival held at the Metropolitan Theater in Manila Sunday night. Chuaunsu bagged the prize for her role as the demented Chinese woman whose memory is restored with the aid of her locket necklace …
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What’s your simple pleasure? My friend, Dante, says that one of life’s surprising pleasures is taking coffee with semi-ripe mango and two thumbs of Butterfinger in the morning. My simple pleasure comes easier, given my rural upbringing, having grown up in a farm, way ahead of that controversial mayor. Give me fried (saba) bananas, one that’s semi-ripe, crunchy, with matching …
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The Quezon City Film Commission (QCFC) and QCinema International Film Festival are excited to announce the selected projects for the second edition of the QCinema Project Market (QPM). 20 outstanding projects were chosen from a competitive pool of 63 submissions from the Philippines and Southeast Asia. The selected projects from Southeast Asia include The Beer Girl in Yangon, directed by …
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In her debut at the Venice International Film Festival-one of the oldest and most prestigious events, in Italy-Filipino actress Janine Gutierrez was ecstatic of her appearance in the 81st edition of the Venizia. Janine’s starring movie role in “Phantosmia,” a masterpiece of internationally renowned Lav Diaz, was shown in the non-competition section of the festival. According to Hazel Orencio, one …
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World acclaimed director Brillante Ma. Mendoza’s “Bansa (Motherland)” will premiere at the 2024 Busan International Film Festival in Busan, South Korea. “Bansa (Motherland),” which is about the bloody and fierce encounter of the Special Action Force (SAF) against the rebels and stars Rocco Nacino and Mon Confiado, among others, is a sequel to Brillante’s “Moro” which streamed in Netflix. The …
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Meeting again recently my colleagues from ABS-CBN was a blast. It all started when I called up Myrna Castro-de la Torre, a fellow University of Santo Tomas (UST) Faculty of Arts and Letters (Artlets) alumni who graduated with a degree in Journalism in 1974 while I majored and finished Literature in 1975. Myrna began her media work with hard news …
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