The original Pedro Penduko was a comic book character created by the posthumously awarded National Artist for Literature Francisco V. Coching. Serialized in Liwayway, the Filipino magazine of choice in the mid-‘50s to ‘70s, Coching’s…
“Linlang,” produced by ABS-CBN and Dreamscape, currently streams on Prime Video. To say that it is off to a good start is an understatement. It is not only arousing the curiosity of its target audiences…
Nina, hailed as the “Soul Siren,” has gifted Philippine music with pop anthems that have become theme songs of the romantic and the broken-hearted. Her mammoth achievement was the Diamond Award (10 times Platinum) she…
Seventy-five: More than it being the digits that scream seasoned and being on this planet for more than seven decades and five summers, this is the most opportune time to be grateful. This feeling stems…
The shows Euphoria, Elite and 13 Reasons Why offer depictions of the so-called Generation Z that baffle, shock and titillate their audiences. The young people in these shows succumb to the call of their sexual…
This is not a tribute piece to my favorite Annette Bening and Julianne Moore movie. But the movie title is the most appropriate description for all the Filipino child stars that have been amazing and…
Showbiz kibitzers and fanatics cannot hide their excitement and are all waiting with bated breath because of the possibility that movies starring the last four true movie queens of Philippine entertainment will make it as…
When it comes to the creation of stars who will either make it to Philippine Tinseltown or fall along the wayside, let us count the many expensive experiments and gambles that have been made with…
The mere mention of his showbiz moniker Vice Ganda immediately brings to mind this persona of a blabbermouth — a cross-dressing, larger-than-life gay man that is the creation of Jose Marie Viceral. As Vice Ganda,…