Trivia: From the ‘50s to ‘80s several child stars achieved fame also in their grown up years. In 1950, foremost of all was Tessie Agana, considered the child superstar. Her mom was the famous Sampaguita Pictures actress Linda Estrella. The outfit big boss Dr. Jose Perez convinced Linda to allow Tessie to be a child actress. In her… Read More »
Trivia: This month of February brings to my mind my friendship with famous celebrities starting in the’50s. When Geoff, Ryan and Gabby Eigenmann guested in the Bawal Judgemental segment of TV show Eat Bulaga, all the more made me recall February born actor-singer Eddie Mesa, Eduardo Eigenmann off-cameras. His son Michael de Mesa is Geoff and Ryan’s dad.… Read More »
Trivia: Did you know that the first Filipino movie director that shaped up local films to world class was Manuel Conde? His flick the classic Genghis Khan was the initial local stuff that gained recognition in the 1952 Venice Film Festival. As an aftermath, several countries had screen version of the said pic that spearheaded Philippines to an… Read More »
Trivia: With the 84th birthday of ex Comedy Queen Nida Blanca on Jan.6, 2021 and the recent observance of her death anniversary last Nov. 7, 2001 countless people have felt anew her heartbreaking still unsolved murder. Albeit the main suspects Phillip Medel and Nida’s husband Rod Strunk were charged up to their death (Phillip died in jail and… Read More »
Trivia: Ex Movie Queen Gloria Romero holds the distinction of Philippine Cinema’s oldest actress who remains active to this date. She was born on Dec. 16, 1933. Remarkably, she currently enacts the title role of the TV series under GMA-7 Daig Kayo ng Lola Ko, an unmatched accomplishment among her colleagues. To begin with, Gloria grew up in… Read More »
Trivia: Veteran showbiz celebrities were reunited to observe the 87th birthday of the late German Moreno, known as Master Showman. These included the hosts of his most popular TV variety show That’s Entertainment. Among them were Piolo Pascual, Lea Salonga, Jestoni Alarcon, Sheryl Cruz, Billy Crawford, Romnick Sarmenta, Lotlot de Leon, Ramon Christopher, Kristina Paner and Lovely Rivero.… Read More »
Trivia:With the intriguing resurface of ex-veteran actor Mel Francisco, the supposedly death father of ex-actorJohn Regala from the famous Padilla clan, controversy did burst anew. He showed a garish proof thathe’s still alive, didn’t pass away as reported decades back. After staying abroad, he opted to quietly livein Laguna and away from showbiz.However, Mel who’s Adolfo Padilla off… Read More »
Trivia: In this era, perhaps only a handful of Pinoys are familiar with ex-veteran actress Gloria Sevilla or know a little about her showbiz background. But her accomplishments attest the fact of a deserving tribute to her. Did you know before she enplaned to Manila from Cebu where she resided, she was tagged queen of the Visayan movies?… Read More »
Trivia:The unexpected recent demise of showbiz figure Marichu Vera Perez Maceda made this writer to recount my closeness to her family, especially her late father Dr. Jose Perez. He was the top showbiz movie producer from the ‘50s up to ‘70s via the Sampaguita Pictures. Dr. Perez was not only discoverer of top actresses but the recognized movie… Read More »
Did you know our local cinema’s original award giving body was established in 1950? Called Maria Clara awards taken from Jose Rizal’s Noli me Tangere character, it was initiated by Manila Times Publishing Inc. under Dr. Alejandro Roces. National Artist for Scripter Guillermo Tolentino did the trophy, with actress Rosa Rosal as model. However, a year later seven… Read More »