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Roy Espinosa: Rising to the level of a lotus
A solitary, many-petaled pink lotus blooms majestically like the mountain range in the horizon with a sky anticipating rain as newly plowed earth awaits irrigation. A bud patiently pauses to open in a...
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Reb Belleza sends confidential letters to ‘Nong FPJ
Reb Bellaza’s spectacular oil on canvas Heaven (2016) is a moving mirrorball with small facets that reflect the story - though he has not seen heaven, he knows it is there. Like a Venetian mosaic, the...
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Romnick and Harlene’s ‘resi-taurant’
Wearing black chef uniforms with slacks, owners-spouses Rommick Sarmenta and Harlene Bautista hosted a dinner at their newest venture, Salu The Filipino Kitchen, Quezon City’s latest ‘50s-style...
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Graffiti in Abe Orobia’s mind
A wall, regardless of material or orientation, defines or divides space.In The Wall, the group exhibit at Altro Mondo Gallery in Greenbelt 5 from July 28 to Aug. 14, 2016, it becomes a substrate for...
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The lifestyle show, the new guilt-free star talk
The mellifluous voiceover of Startalk still rings in our consciousness. But with news from television, broadsheets and blogs turning out to be main sources of quasi-realtime entertainment buzzes, it...
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Art leads of July 2016
ARTlead cites five of the best artists who have been posting their current-year artworks in the art Facebook group on a monthly basis.Lead artworks for July 2016 are: Rainbowmaker by Marlin Lopez,...
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‘Becoming Filipino’ pilots at ANC this Sunday
“Just by working very hard jobs,” revealed 28-year-old Canadian Kyle “Kulas” Jennermann to Lead when asked for the secret of being able to travel to 28 countries when he’s not a millionaire’s son. This...
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Miss Universe 2017 in RP is ‘80 percent’ sure
When Margie Moran won the Miss Universe title in 1973, the following year, the world’s leading beauty pageant was held in the Philippines. Amparo Munoz of Spain won the title that year. If it pushes...
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Beyond whitening
MORE JOYFUL RETURNS. Jo Anna Liza Vocalan, the country’s leading floral artist and The Attic Gallery director, will celebrate her 34th birthday (on Aug. 23) on Aug. 26 at the Bahay Aruga, a halfway...
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Bravo, Robin and Rommel!
It was a hot high noon two Fridays ago when well-known ladies men Robin and Rommel Padilla were launched as image models of Bravo Food Supplement for Men.Hosted by Lourd De Veyra and Jun Sabayton, who...
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Honoring the best of Philippine tourism
Did you catch the awesome number on It’s Showtime last Saturday featuring a huge cast with the flamboyant masks of Bacolod’s Masskara Festival as motif? ABS-CBN launched the Choose Philippines Awards,...
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Liza Diño-Seguerra warmly welcomed by filmmakers
New chair of the Film Development Council of the Philippines Liza Diño-Seguerra visited Iloilo City to conduct a film forum and talk to filmmakers from all over Western Visayas. “For years, the Western...
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ARTlead levitates
Producing award-winning and auction-friendly artists such as Larry Carumba, Abe Orobia and Marlin Lopez with world-class members like Joyce Pilarsky, Joselito Altarejos and Elvert Bañares, ARTlead’s...
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Leon Gallery raises auction art to new level
MANY HAPPY RETURNS, JOYCE! Joyce Pilarsky, who is celebrating her birthday today, received the Golden Phoenix Award for Cultural Achievement last Saturday, September 3, at the J Marriott Hotel in...
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TOFARM’s ‘agri-culture’ stimulates farmers and farming
“There is a dearth of songs about farmers and farming like in the old days,” the gentle-mannered and smart dresser Dr. Milagros How, TOFARM chief advocate and executive vice president of Universal...
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Rhian Ramos goes full throttle!
Rhian has evolved into a fine actress giving justice to roles that would test the mettle of a true thespian by putting her heart in every character she portrays.Since her first assignment on GMA...
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Newbies dominate contemporary art of Magnificent auction
As classic art cannot be compared with contemporary art vis-à-vis auction prices, Lead decided to group them in these categories as they are usually grouped together at the Leon Gallery and Salcedo...
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Plagiarism is the new original
(Note: Prepared with Hermigildo Pineda, a guest lecturer at Holy Angel University on the subject of Humanities, Art Appreciation and Arts and Culture studies, and Abe Orobia, a Fine Arts instructor at...
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The curious case of the doppelganger paintings
The painting that visualizes this column is the 68 by 53 cm. (26 2/3 by 20 2/3 in.) oil with a dark turquoise background entitled Fillette au chapeau (Girl with Hat) by Belgian artist Leon Herbo...
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Joyce Pilarsky takes Hollywood
As hosted by the Master of Gab Johnny Litton, Joyce Pilarsky had a double celebration on Sept. 18, 2016. Hollywood Weekly featured Joyce as cover story in a 16-page spread featuring her major...
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