Sylvia Sanchez always counts her blessings
Considered as a late bloomer in the acting business, Sylvia Sanchez is one actor that literally worked her way up, earning the respect and admiration of the industry with every job assignment she takes on.
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Considered as a late bloomer in the acting business, Sylvia Sanchez is one actor that literally worked her way up, earning the respect and admiration of the industry with every job assignment she takes on.
It’s the happiest week of the year and everyone is on a celebratory mood. Schools are on their annual year-end break and most employees are taking it easy at this time of the year. Some companies have even opted to practice a “stop work week” for their staff to enjoy their respective holiday traditions, and to be with the most important people in their lives during this love-filled season.
Young, good-looking chef and hot social-media influencer Gerick Manalo loves the Christmas season. Not only is he busy preparing holiday menus for dear family members, close friends and select clients, but Manalo also starts planning for the year ahead.
When we learned about the release of a new album of world-class artist Lea Salonga and newly declared National Artist for Music Ryan Cayabyab, we immediately felt that this one will be a music collector’s item and surely destined to be a classic many years from now.
The Christmas season should be a happy time, but not every one shares the same excitement and joy that most people feel during this festive month.
AGELESS actress, brand ambassador and lifestyle authority Angel Aquino told us that she was pleasantly surprised by the buzz being generated by the independently produced movie, titled Glorious, for the iWant digital platform of ABS-CBN.
THE prominent Laurel family members will gather in full force for the 90th birth anniversary of their late patriarch, Dr. Salvador “Doy” Laurel, an esteemed politician and philanthropist who once served as vice president of the Philippines.
ARE comediennes Marietta Subong and Ai-Ai de las Alas headed for a face-off in next year’s acting award derbies?
ALL it takes is one project to change the life of an artist. If you are a singer, one song can catapult you to instant popularity. If you are an actor, one good role can jump-start an otherwise lackluster career.
THE Cinema One Originals Film Festival ended yesterday on a high note, and the QCinema International Film Festival opened with one of the best Japanese films in recent years, Shoplifters, written, edited and directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, who also megged memorable Japanese masterpieces, such as Like Father, Like Son; Still Walking and Nobody Knows.
THE Philippines was the “country of focus” at the recently concluded Busan International Film Festival (BIFF).
WELL-LOVED couple Franco and Ayen Laurel will headline a special concert, billed as Kitang Dalawa (You & I), at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) this Thursday, October 11.
IN JP Habac’s I’m Drunk, I Love You, Dominic Roco played the gay best friend of Maja Salvador, who called him by the term of endearment “Baks.” He imbued the role with delicacy and intelligence, never once resorting to caricature. Roco’s performance makes you wish you had a real-life buddy like his character in the movie.
ONE doesn’t go to see Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral expecting the fire and bull-headedness of the title character in the first of Jerrold Tarog’s hero trilogy, Heneral Luna.
WE are excited for the resurgence in the film career of one of our favorite actors, Carlo Aquino. Often described as underrated, Aquino is one man who is very secure with who he is as an artist.
The buzz is getting louder for A Lani Morisette Musical Journey, the upcoming concert of powerhouse singers Lani Misalucha and Morisette Amon.
Sometimes a small theater production turns out to be so memorably poignant that it acquires a kind of bigness of its own. Such is Gee-Gee at Waterina, the first original Filipino musical of Artist Playground, local theater’s newest company.
MADILIM ang Gabi (Dark is the Night) is filmmaker Adolfo Alix’s 30th full feature film and he’s grateful for all the lessons he has learned and the friendships he has made in just 12 years of being a filmmaker. We met Alix when he was writing screenplays for other directors, and we got to know him more when he mustered enough guts to shoot his debut feature film Donsol in 2006, the breakthrough movie of Sid Lucero who’s now an international award-winning actor.
THERE is this scene a good 30 minutes into Liway, an entry to this year’s Cinemalaya, when political prisoners Day (Glaiza de Castro) and Ric (Dominic Roco) tie a rope around a tree top in order to propel their inquisitive son Dakip (Kenken Nuyad) up the tree and allow the little boy to view scenes from the world outside for the first time. Up until that moment, Dakip has only seen the grounds within Camp Delgado, a detention facility for criminals and political prisoners alike during the time of martial law.
There’s no doubt that Tessie Tomas is living a happy, fulfilled life.
Erich Gonzales is wearing two hats for the soon-to-be-released hardcore action movie We Will Not Die Tonight. She is both lead actress and coproducer of the movie that’s part of the official selection of the 2018 Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino, an annual festival showcasing contemporary local films that have never been released in the Philippines.
DUBBED as a celebration of Philippine cinema, Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino (PPP) is on its second year and things are looking right.
Joem Bascon has become a more interesting actor. He doesn’t balk at challenges, a consequence of not being burdened with the task of keeping a certain kind of image. This allows
IN the last two years or so, Alden Richards has been so heavily identified with his love team with Maine Mendoza that some have asked if there is life after the phenomenal AlDub tandem for the winsome, good-looking star.
HISTORICAL films are hard and costly to make, which explains the very slim output. Heneral Luna easily comes to mind. Not only did it become the sleeper hit of some years back, but the TBA-produced epic also succeeded in coming up with a big-screen historical offering that was accessible and yet not without artistic merit.
WE always love it when underdogs are recognized.
MUCH has been written about rising male star Tony Labrusca being the love child of an actor and a former female band member that it doesn’t bear retelling.
THE world has long come out of the dark ages when homosexuality was considered taboo, when gay people were persecuted and being true to one’s real self was something to be ashamed of.
WHEN Anne Curtis entered the showbiz scene in the late-1990s, there was little about the Filipino-Australian newbie that could have hinted that a successful career would await her in the industry.
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