“I don’t want us to lose our identity. We should love our country, our music, arts, and culture” In the June 3-9 issue of Market Monitor, we featured an excerpt from an interview with classical pianist Nick Nangit who will hold a concert tomorrow, June 29, 2024 at 2 pm at the Bulwagang Gat Antonio J. Villegas in Manila City …
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by Boy Villasanta Another work shopper in the first-ever free scriptwriting classes in 1982 of National Artist for Film Ricky Lee has written 30. Award-winning screenwriter, producer and director Armando Lao, also known as Bing Lao, died of heart failure on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. Colleague Jeffrey Jeturian, one of his best friends and classmates at Ricky’s seminar reported on …
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by Boy Villasanta It’s a mother’s pride and joy to see her child march onstage to finish an education. This is precisely what has been happening to Dulce when her daughter, Jedidah Keilah Abigail Llamedo Cruzata graduated recently from Junior High School of The Learning Tree School in Metro, Manila. Dulce, Maria Theresa Abellare Llamedo in real life, cannot contain …
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by Boy Villasanta She has been in the Korean film industry for two decades but Filipino K-pop idol Son Ye-jin of the now defunct “Crash Landing on You” will be treated with a tribute by a prestigious film festival in Korea. The 28th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) will fete Son with a retrospective of her films that lends …
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by Boy Villasanta Although he was not around during the 47th Gawad Urian of the prestigious Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino (MPP) when young star Charlie Dizon won Best Actress at the derby for the film “Third World Romance” from Black Sheep Productions, she distinctly thanked Carlo Aquino and all her loved ones in her acceptance speech. Still, during the press interview …
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It’s win for both first timers at the Gawad Urian of the prestigious Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino (MPP). Young star Charlie Dizon won Best Actress for “Third World Romance,” a Black Sheep Productions’ film project and veteran actor Romnick Sarmenta bagged the Best Actor plum for “About Us but Not About Us,” an IdeaFirst Company’s production at the 47th Gawa …
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by Boy Villasanta Sixteen months after their first wedding, Filipina actress Maja Salvador and young businessman Rambo Nunez were recently visited by a storck On May 31, 2024, Maja gave birth to a bouncing baby girl she and Rambo named her Maria. In her Instagram immediately after her delivery, Salvador posted such wonderful welcome tteat to their first born. “Our …
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FAMAS or the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences did it again. Therefore, the allegations of corruption are piling up year after year. This time, it might not be obviously a case of corruption but the details speak of it in more ways than one. We are talking here of the incident where veteran actress Eva Darren wasn’t able …
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2-in-1 UST Arlets ’75 socio-cultural gigs Visual artist, polymath, environmentalist, teacher and digital creator Bon Labora is indeed a genius. Imagine, he was able to simultaneously hold diverse activities in one sitting. As a professor of Arts and Design at Miriam College, he masterfully assigned his students to come up with cyber apps to contribute to the improvement or betterment …
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by Boy Villasanta Because of her black color and unique features, 2024 Miss Universe Philippines winner Chelsea Manalo of Bulacan Province is criticized and bashed, unfortunately not by outsiders and foreigners but her fellow Filipinos. She is being thrown with invectives of being “ugly” and asking if she could even stand the round one elimination in the international stage side-by-side …
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