By ISABELLA E. CUARTERO By Isabella E. Cuartero Julie Anne San Jose has stepped up as the 34th Ginebra San Miguel Calendar Girl in a concert-like event on October 30 at the ballroom of Diamond Hotel in Manila. An avowed lover of gin and tonic, GMA’s ‘Maria Clara at Ibarra’ star admitted she was initially unbelieving when she saw images …
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Filipino Deaf youth will recount the pivotal stories that have shaped the community during the 30th Deaf Festival in celebration of Deaf Awareness Week. Themed 30 Years, Countless Stories, this year’s iteration aims to move forward with its mission to provide platforms for the Deaf to promote mindfulness and appreciation of their unique identity. The celebration was established in November …
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Grammy Award-winning cellist Sara Sant’Ambrogio hopes to change Pinoy perception on classical music as she takes the center stage for the Concert II: Triumph of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra on November 15, 7:30pm, at the Samsung Performing Arts Theater in Circuit Makati. The second offering of the PPO’s 40th concert season commences with Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol, op.34, …
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It’s Donald Trump’s win at the White House but whether he won or lost, the screening of ABS-CBN Studios and GMA Films’ “Hello Love, Again” starring Kathryn Bernardo and Alden Richards pushes through in various theaters in the United States of America and Canada on November 15, 2024. In the home front, however, an earlier showing of the film is …
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The medical condition of actress and politician Maita Sanchez (also known as Girlie Maita Javier-Ejercito, the former mayor and vice-mayor of Pagsanjan, Laguna), might not be publicized before her death but she was privately taken cared by her husband, ER Ejercito who knew the best way to keep her sane and prolonged her life. “Pero gano’n talaga. ‘Yon ang gusto …
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Jerico Ejercito, also known in his screen name as Jerico Estregan is the third child of the late actress and former Pagsanjan, Laguna Maita Sanchez and the province’s ex-governor and actor ER Ejercito. As a son, he was very close to her mom. “I love you so much, Mom,” exclaimed Jerico in his social media spaces. “I am very close …
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I was invited to the press preview of the film “Spirit Trap” under the direction of Mark Arvin Agacaoili Bago at the Sikat Studio adjacent to Popular Book Store in Tomas Morato Avenue where I met a young, congenial showbiz wannabe. Le’Louche Andrei Lerio, a fourteen-year-old Junior High School student at the Academia Primera School in Imus City in Cavite …
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Pagsanjan, Laguna—His is a face that could launch a thousand, even million fans. Indeed, Dindo Arroyo commanded his throng of followers to swarm around him when he went to this town and paid his last respects to its former mayor, actress Maita Sanchez. It was a sight to behold when Dindo was mobbed by supporters in the middle of the …
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Leading broadcast media company GMA Network won five awards at the 2024 National Council for Children’s Television Awards (NCCT) on October 18, 2024. The awarding ceremony was part of a series of activities celebrating NCCT’s 27th Anniversary. For its commitment to producing world-class and meaningful entertainment programs with values and purpose, GMA Network was conferred with NCCT’s Child-Friendly Content Standards …
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By ISABELLA E. CUARTERO An overwhelming number of multiple, inter-related film events await lovers, practitioners, and followers of cinema with the staging of the 12th Quezon City International Film Festival and its affiliated projects. On November 4 in a media conference, the QCinema International Film Festival (QCIFF) proudly announced the second year of the QCinema Project Market (QPM), scheduled to …
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