With his recent best actor trophy handed during the 55th Asia-Pacific Film Festival for Bwakaw, Eddie Garcia gleams with hope this New Year, 2013. He anticipates accolades to come in Europe filmfests for the same film. And Eddie yearns for another victory. Bwakaw vies for Oscar’s best foreign movie come Oscar’s awards night by February. “If I’d be… Read More »
The Asian TV awards will be held this year in Singapore on Dec. 6, 2012. The committee has released all the nominees for all categories. The Philippine shows garner 12 nominations. GMA-7 and TV5 have three each and the Kapamilya station gets 6. Among the contenders for Kapamilya network are Coco Martin-best actor in a single performance (Kamao,… Read More »
Here’s a latest report on the ongoing romance between Andi Eigenmann and Jake Ejercito, the son of ex-Pres. Joseph Estrada and ex-actress Laarni Enriquez. Allegedly, Andi’s mom Jaclyn Jose gets hurt over Erap, Laarni’s comment of their dislike for Andi, with some negative criticisms on Andi. “I honestly feel bad. Any mom would feel the same way. I’d… Read More »
Recently, TV producer (Tape Inc.) Tony Tuviera was the recipient of the Award Galing Pinoy Franchise Excellence Award. His boob tube show Eat Bulaga, the first ever TV show with a franchise abroad, Eat bulaga Indonesia is now number one there after three months of airing. It beats the previous leading programs in Indonesia, as reported by the… Read More »
Did you know that the landing on the moon of Apollo 11, July 1969 coincided with the finals of the Miss Universe tilt held in the United States? Thus, the first query thrown by the late astronaut Neil Armstrong while in his spaceship was what’s the latest on earth? The reply was, “for the first time a Filipina… Read More »
If plans don’t miscarry Nora Aunor and Lovi Poe will grace the Toronto Film Festival this month after attending the Venice Film Festival. The two are the stars of the official Philippine entry Thy womb. Its helmer, the internationally acclaimed director Brilliante Mendoza, definitely would grace the said film fests too.. The movie’s plot wobbles on the ethnic… Read More »
Cebuanos have been disappointed in the non-appearance of Jennylyn Mercado in Cebu to participate in the publicized Ironman 70.3 Triathlon Philippine Race. She didn’t show despite her alleged pre-arranged trip there, stay at the 5-star-hotel there. But Jen divulged to the movie press that she’s the victim of fraud. Jen explained that she entrusted P300,000 to a friend… Read More »
With the recent mournful death of Comedy King Dolphy, this writer can’t help but recollect the lasting impressions he left on me in our long years of friendship. We were brought together for I had worked with three of his closest showbiz chums then Amalia Fuentes, the late Fernando Poe Jr. and Nida Blanca as their publicist. During… Read More »
As of this writing, Erich Gonzales enplaned back from Thailand where she filmed the romantic film Suddenly It’s Magic, opposite Thai idol Mario Maurer. One of the persistent talks has it that allegedly Erich swept off Mario off his feet which makes his Thai GF jealous of her. A colleague relayed to me what Erich confided. While it’s… Read More »
This early, most anybody predicts that in the Metro Manila Film Festival 2012 this December, the movies of Vic Sotto and Kris Aquino will pit for number one spot at the tills. Last filmfest Vic’s Enteng Ka ng Ina Mo was the Top grosser, while Kris’ starrer Segunda Mano placed second. This time, Vic’s entry Si Agimat, Si… Read More »