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Kapamilyas return home
The return of former Kapamilya actors to the network has been trendspotted.After making the rounds of the Kapatid and Kapuso networks, Mother’s Day brought Nora Aunor back to her much-awaited special...
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13 Answers: Ulysses Duterte Jr.
(Buzzstation celebrates a Duterte in this issue as it starts a series of interviews with Filipino visual artists entitled 13 Answers using the question-and-answer format. An invited artist is e-mailed...
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Jaclyn and Andi, 2016 Cannes’ biggest winners
BUZZBLAST! ABS-CBN had introduced the Tatlong Bibe song-and dance routine even before The Running Man challenge dominated the Internet. The former was inspired by a scene in Be My Lady with actors...
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Going gourmet about banana-cue
When friends led by Baby K. Jimenez and Mercy Lejarde visited Nora Aunor at the shoot of her Mother’s Day special presentation for the drama anthology Maalaala Mo Kaya, now celebrating its 25th year,...
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Composer-interpreters at PhilPop 2016
An evolution that is bound to happen is taking place this year. “It is now even more difficult to find interpreters,” revealed PhilPop head Maestro Ryan Cayabyab at the launch of the 2016 digital...
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2016 MMFF turning into indie filmfest?
The buzz is that the 2016 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) faces some serious problems due to sweeping changes the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has made to its mechanics starting this...
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13 Answers: Abe Luna Orobia
Depicted as a fully accessorized bare-breasted Igorota maiden with a Ferris wheel as halo to symbolize commercialization of Cordillera culture, Abe Luna Orobia’s 48” x 24” oil on canvas, “Ang Birhen ng...
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Health drink brand Javita supports Filipino pop music
With founder Stan Cherelstein as guest speaker, Javita Philippines celebrates Original Pilipino Music Week with a special show featuring Filpino pop songs by Filpino pop hits wonder Gretchen on June...
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The eyes of Ryza Cenon
Eyes are the leitmotif of Ryza Cenon’s art. The GMA Network actress, who is also a dancer, model and now visual artist, calls her debut art exhibit “Independencia: Ang Panimula By Ryza Cenon.” The...
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Against commercializing PWD cruelty
STATUS UPDATE. Boy George and Culture Club know that people who are going to the highly-anticipated, one-night concert, Culture Club Featuring Boy George Live In Manila, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum...
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Gfoxx tops it all!
You know a company is leading when its direction is clear and it has time to celebrate its triumphs.Gfoxx International Inc., which was officially launched in June 2015 from the alliance and synergy of...
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Smart changes and big moves
ARTBLAST! Benedicto Cabrera’s Isadora in Motion (1998) hammered for P37.5 million (with gallery premium), the highest seller at Leon Gallery’s The Spectacular Mid-Year Auction 2016 last Saturday....
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Andres Barrioquinto, new auction superstar?
In Leon Gallery’s Spectacular Mid-Year Auction 2016, Andres Barrioquinto’s The Kiss (2016) hammered for P9.1 million (with premium), making it the highest seller in the contemporary art sale. Ronald...
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Pilarsky wins LA accessories competition
The Los Angeles-based International Design Awards (IDA) awarded Joyce Peñas Pilarsky of Philippines the Third Prize in Accessory Competition for the Joyce Penas Pilarsky Fashion Jewelry Project. Visual...
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Run for your life The Beatles timeline in Manila
Alvin Tofler, in his 1970 bestseller, Future Shock, posits that individuals and entire societies may suffer from certain psychological states such as a shock from “too much change in too short a period...
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2016 MMFF shifts to international standards
Even with President Rodrigo Duterte’s revolution of change yet to take effect officially, the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) had started its cinematic lead with the 2016 Metro Manila Film...
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Ira in Alice’s dreamscape
Effortlessly beautiful Ira J. Santos, only daughter of Alexis G. Santos and Concepcion Cortez, will be escorted by her four-year-old brother Manco when the grandiose Garden Ballroom of Edsa Shangri-La...
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Crackdown on the drug trade to bring back film piracy?
The signs are film piracy may be on the upswing. With President Rodrigo Duterte’s intense crackdown on the illegal drugs trade, it looks like film piracy may be back sooner than we think. Not that it...
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Nico Antonio enters ‘Beautiful List’ of 2016
“He has earned our respect,” Yes! magazine explained its choice of Nico Antonio as one of its 100 Beautiful List of 2016. “Our staff was talking about him yesterday,” explained one of the magazine’s...
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Freddie Aguilar’s ‘cultural revolution’
Showbiz personalities who provided free entertainment during the political campaign of President Rodrigo Duterte are getting, quite naturally, the spoils of victory: Freddie Aguilar is said to be the...
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