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Vibrant theater scene gives rise to second-generation actors

Jan 07, 2011 11:13 AM

APART from its three leading symphony orchestras and three ballet companies, Manila is potpourri of stage talents with its vibrant theater companies offering assorted theater fare year in and year out.
Interestingly, some of the country’s finest artists have passed on their acting genes to their children.

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Dolphy makes history in recent filmfest

Dec 29, 2010 10:32 AM

ACTOR-COMEDIAN Dolphy made history by winning two awards from two different film entries in the ongoing Metro Manila Film Festival. He won Best Actor for “Jejemon” and Best Supporting Actor for “Rosario,” which only got the second best picture citation although winning the Antonio Villegas Cultural Award.

dolphy

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Pangalay: Neglected dance form experiences exciting revival

Dec 27, 2010 9:30 AM

SO exciting is this rediscovered dance form pangalay, which translates to “a gift offering,” that it is being performed to songs interpreted by Josh Groban, Jacqui Magno, the inimitable Sylvia la Torre, among others.

pangalay

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Tears and joys of overseas life in OFW blogs

Dec 19, 2010 4:51 PM

BLOGGER Danilo Garcia Jacob had lived the most part of his growing up years without a mother who had to leave them when he was young to work abroad as caregiver. The cycle is being repeated today: He works in Kuwait, his younger sister in Dubai and his elder brother in Saudi Arabia.

OFW

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ASEAN kids call on governments to uphold child’s rights

Dec 17, 2010 1:10 AM

ALL that gloom and rain for days at Fontana Leisure Park in Clark, Pampanga did not dampen the enthusiasm of child representatives from 10 countries who participated at the recent first Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Children’s Forum.

child rights

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Ella del Rosario is home to sing once more

Dec 10, 2010 1:48 AM

“IF you have a dream, go after it…wrestle with destiny to make it happen.”

This advice came from Ella del Rosario who, at the height of her singing career as Manila sound diva of the 1980s, left the country 22 years ago to reinvent herself and pursue the American dream.

Ella del Rosario, Hotdog

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Young Filipino baritone makes great strides

Dec 06, 2010 4:20 PM

MUSIC lovers will have a bonus treat at the concert of Swiss-based tenor Arthur Espiritu with soprano Rachelle Gerodias and the Manila Symphony Orchestra at the Philamlife theater on Dec. 14. They will have U.S.-based baritone Andrew Fernando as special guest.

Arthur Espiritu

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Cartoon characters profile photos in FB heighten child abuse awareness

Dec 04, 2010 5:25 PM

IF you open your Facebook account and start seeing thumbnail photos of Dragon Ball, Garfield, cartoon characters from Disney or anime as your friends’ profile pictures instead of their actual portraits, do not fret. It’s the latest Internet meme that has swept the popular social networking site.

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Swiss-based tenor misses Filipino Christmas

Nov 28, 2010 9:04 PM

INSPIRED by the success of his first homecoming concert last August, Switzerland-based Filipino tenor Arthur Espiritu will be home before Christmas for a special engagement at the Philamlife Theater with soprano Rachelle Gerodias and the Manila Symphony Orchestra on Dec. 14.

Arthur Espiritu

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The ‘Obamas’ join Ingrid Santamaria’s Christmas village

Nov 24, 2010 8:58 PM

THERE are new figures in pianist Ingrid Santamaria’s Christmas Village in her Binan. Laguna vacation house.

They are no less than United States President Barack Obama with wife Michelle and daughters Malia and Sasha.

Christmas, Ingrid Santamaria