Entertainment

Despite Vilma Santos’ admission that she plans to stop making movies, she still has the time and energy to grace public appearances. Vilma was last seen in person during the screening at the Metropolitan Theater last week of a retrospective of her film “Ekstra,” a collaboration between Quantum Films and Cinemalaya in 2013. “Ekstra,” directed by maverick filmmaker Jeffrey Jeturian …

What’s a Gen Z crooner doing, singing covers of Greatest Generation’s Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin’s hits? And then sharing them to Baby Boomers and Gen X in the crowd who get to their feet and dance to the mood of him either interpreting Michael Buble or Martin’s “Sway.” To think this is only a part of the …

There are not a few myths or false beliefs that show business (or even in daily quotidian) has made up and concoct that have passed on from generation to the next that have influenced the thinking of many people, in and out of the industry. Are they boon or bane? To do or undo? Take note of these: Nega as …

“Acting is my passion,” said Russell Siayngco, a Filipino living in New Zealand. “God knows my heart,” he quipped. When Russell was still in the Philippines, he had a local showbiz stint particularly on television. Together with one-time actor Marlon Mance, Russell was part of the stable of talents of the late TV and movie director Rusty Sangalang. Because of …

After a series of shows at the Iloilo Gateway Hotel and Suites Bridges Bistro, Amazing Diva Armida Zuniega will sing for the class reunion of the 1974 Lopez Provincial High School (LPHS) Class on Saturday, March 21, 2026 at the Dolor Amphitheater in the premises of the Lopez National Comprehensive High School in Lopez, Quezon. “I am quite excited to …

by Boy Villasanta Soroptimist International (SI), an international women’s organization designed to empower and to equip women with accelerated skills and mental faculties, has just bestowed honors to outstanding officers, members and veterans nationwide at the Ayala Alabang Country Club in Barangay Alabang, Muntinlupa City recently. One of the distinctive awardees was Florivic Relles Lizano of SI Lopez, Quezon. Relles …

Actor Dante Balboa (“Temtasyon,” “Kasiping,” “Karelasyon” etc.) has embarked on a new journey—film directing. Dante has just wrapped the post-production phase of his directorial debut, “Graduation Day” and has started marketing it, initially in the form of a premiere night. Balboa invited me to watch the first public screening recently of his masterpiece at Trinoma Cinema 6. As the film …

by Boy Villasanta Alongside Anne Curtis’ retaliation and self-defense stance against Quezon City Fourth District Congressman Jesus “Bong” Suntay’s use on her person to illustrate the premise of “imagination” in defense of Vice President Sara Duterte’s charges of sedition, insurrection and political destabilization to warrant a new impeachment case as an analogy on his sexual fantasies over the actress, women’s …

by Boy Villasanta Now it can be told. Actor and multimedia host Edu Manzano has a new romance after separation from actress Cherry Pie Picache. Edu readily announced recently that he has found a new love whom he described as his “life partner.” The woman Manzano has replaced Cherry Pie in his heart with is technocrat Ann Cuisia, founder and …

by Boy Villasanta Finally, a public announcement was made on the forthcoming wedding of actress Bea Alonzo with businessman Ferdinand Vincent P. Co. Through an art card, the marriage banns of Bea and Vincent were flashed during a Facebook Live Sunday mass recently at St. Peter the Apostle Church in Paco, Manila.  Marriage banns is a document being announced three …