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FPJ: Home before Christmas
The feeling of relief was vaguely overpowering.That chilly early evening of Dec. 13, 2004, during a media conference at 9501 Restaurant of the ELJ Communications Center, Manay Ethel Ramos inquired if I...
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Something in the way Carla moves
“... Attracts me like no other lover,” sings George Harrison in “Something,” widely regarded as his best composition with the Beatles. These songwords instantaneously played in my head when Carla...
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Vic Sotto evolves to peak at the top
JACK JONES TO HOLD A DINNER SHOW AT NOVOTEL HOTEL! The legendary Jack Jones, the singer of such ‘60s iconic songs as “Impossible Dream,” “Lorelei,” “The Shadow of Your Smile” and “Wives and Lovers,”...
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Particularly Pilarsky!
With the fascination of young Filipino fashion designers to mimic global designers such as Zuhair Murad, Yohji Yamamoto and John Gulliano, Germany-based Filipina artist-designer Joyce Peñas Pilarsky...
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Quintessentially Jack
BUZZBLAST! Willie Revillame starts his daily game show (except Saturday and Sunday) on GMA7 on Feb. 15, 2016 before the Saksi newscast!... It looks like the 2015 Metro Manila Film Festival will break...
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Sharon to unload Calabasas manse for $2.2M
Known for its wealthy residents and gated neighborhoods, Calabasas in Southern California is home of superhot mega-entertainers from Justin Bieber to the Kardashians, to been-there mega-entertainers...
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Deciphering BenCab
It has evolved so that the artist’s signature is the authentication of his/her artwork’s soul. And there is something about the signature of National Artist for visual arts Benedicto “BenCab” Cabrera...
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Honor thy jurors
It is disturbing the way the Metro Manila Film Festival Executive Committee (MMFF ExeCom), headed by new Metro Manila Development Authority chair Emerson Carlos, gently handled the complaint on the...
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TUP hoists flag again
NEW MULTIMEDIA ARTS BOOK NOW AVAILABLE. Technological University of the Philippines (TUP) Prof. Raffy Ignacio recently finished a book, Interdisciplinary Multimedia Arts, unpublished but copyrighted...
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Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach comes home
After the dramatic coronation of the 2015 Miss Universe and PLDT Home DSL ambassadress Pia Wurtzbach in Las Vegas, the whole nation is, indeed, very excited about the homecoming of the most talked...
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Eve, Monique to lead Manila’s ‘One Billion Rising’ on Feb. 14
Monique Wilson announced that Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues and founder of One Billion Rising who will arrive and stay in the country for two weeks, will lead this year’s strikes all over...
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Double the romance with ‘#LoveThrowback’ on Feb. 13
This Heart Season’s much-anticipated show, “#LoveThrowback,” blends two uber hot catchphrases — throwback and hugot lines — to come up with twice the romance you seek at the PICC Plenary Hall on Feb....
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‘A Sensual World,’ a mastery of metatalk
On the cover of Beatriz M. Robles’ new book, A Sensual World: What Do You See?, is an image that appears as an innocent question mark — the contours of a woman’s torso or a complex blend of both. The...
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No ‘get back’ for Paul and Ringo
INSIGHT 1! It now appears that the reason Luis Manzano’s Deal or No Deal that airs from Monday to Friday at 5 p.m. over ABS-CBN went Barangay Edition is to pre-empt the introduction of the weekdays...
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Fondant cakes for the heart
Love ‘em or just like ‘em. Fondant cakes tantalize and mesmerize us with their sight, smell and savor. A three-tier round butter rum sponge cake in turquoise fondant decorated with cascading,...
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Fourth-generation Platters in Love Playlist
Valentine’s Day celebrations have turned so elaborate they are extending the romance beyond Feb. 14.LOVE PLAYLIST OF CARPENTERS AND PLATTERS. “We are not a tribute group, but the fourth generation of...
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Dylan swings to heavy metal
ART LEADS. Marlin Lopez, ARTlead Best Artist 2015, joins the “2016 Panagbenga Artshow: A Tribute to Nature” at the Baguio Museum located at Governor Road, Baguio City, from Feb. 16 to 29. He exhibits...
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Ati tribes say hello to Instagram
Unlike last year when one tribe dominated the Dinagyang Ati competition, 2016 proved to be a mixed year for every competing tribe, according LEAD multimedia artist Elvert Banares, a true-blooded...
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Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach comes home
After the dramatic coronation of the 2015 Miss Universe and PLDT Home DSL ambassadress Pia Wurtzbach in Las Vegas, the whole nation is, indeed, very excited about the homecoming of the most talked...
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Eve, Monique to lead Manila’s ‘One Billion Rising’ on Feb. 14
Monique Wilson announced that Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues and founder of One Billion Rising who will arrive and stay in the country for two weeks, will lead this year’s strikes all over...
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