Trivia: Recently, at the TV show Magandang Buhay, cousins Aga and Nino Muhlach recollected their younger years to hosts Jolina Magdangal, Kara Estrada and Melai. Aga recounted that after their aunt Amalia Fuentes shone to the fullest, another Muhlach hugged the spotlight, none other than Cinema’s Child Wonder Nino. “Since we were kids Nino and I treated each… Read More »
Trivia: In the ‘40s and early ‘50s, did you know Yuletide ditties in English were the ones belted, heard over the air and be in programs, caroling , Christmas events all over the Philippines? The top foreign songs were Blue Christmas by Elvis Presley and Why Don’t You Give Love on Christmas Day, sang by a pre-teen singer… Read More »
Not a few young generation of Filipinos in Canada and the Philippines have queried me about my background of being a veteran writer and publicist of long time celebrities. If anything, this makes me reminisced my entrance in the field of movie industry. In my third year in journalism course at the MLQU, one of the professors the… Read More »
Trivia: In the observance of All Souls Day this November and the recent death of ex-movie queen Amalia Fuentes, it’s timely to recount her little known side. In the ‘50s we got acquainted but not attached to each other. So I was surprised when later in the ‘60s, Amalia hired me as the publicist of her movie outfit… Read More »
Trivia: The publicized drug case of ex-bold actress Deborah Sun and the first time together of Maja Salvador, Janella Salvador and Jobelle Salvador in the current TV drama-horror series Bride Killer put to the fore anew the famous Salvador clan in showbiz which started in the early ‘50s. Before the patriarch of the Salvadors the late Lou Salvador… Read More »
Trivia: The recent demise of veteran actor Lito Legaspi triggers the flashback of his friendship with co-Sampaguita Pictures stars in the ‘50s and ‘60s. At the wake and burial of Lito, a colleague recounted there was a reunion of ex-Sampaguita stars, led by Susan Roces, Liberty Ilagan and Eddie Gutierrez. In sadness all of them inculcated their memories… Read More »
Trivia: Did you know that the first landing in the moon by an American astronaut 50 years ago coincided with the crowning of the first Pinay beauty Queen in the Miss Universe tilt held in the United States? For the record Gloria Diaz also made a feat by being the first Pinay Miss Universe who eventually ended up… Read More »
Trivia: Just like the late Movie King Fernando Poe Jr., the one who consistently reigned as Comedy King for many decades was the deceased Dolphy. But before he shone in the mid -50s, other rib-ticklers were famous during the late ‘40s and early ‘50s, built up by three leading movie companies then. Under Sampaguita Pictures, the team of… Read More »
Trivia: Did you know from the late ‘40s, ‘50s, ‘60s to ‘80s, two outstanding actresses vied for the movie queen throne? Interestingly, both the arch rivals excelled not only in comedy but also in tear-jerking starrers. In the late ‘40s, the rivalry was initiated by Carmen Rosales and Rosa del Rosario. Built up by Sampaguita Pictures’ big boss… Read More »
Trivia: Did you know that after almost three decades in showbiz, veteran actor Raymond Bagatsing’s dream has been fulfilled recently? His starrer Quezon’s Game won 22 awards not only in the Philippines but in various international film fests. Raymond delineated the late President Manuel Quezon which focused on the time he allowed Jewish refugees to stay in the… Read More »