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‘Make Your Marc’ finale features TOFA’s global Filipino honorees
“Make Your Marc” will close its third season on GMA Pinoy TV with an episode devoted to TOFA (The Outstanding Filipino Awards) 100 Most Influential Filipinos in the World celebration in Las Vegas. The season finale airs Sunday, May 17, at 4 p.m. Pacific on GMA Pinoy TV. Hosted by two-time Emmy Award-winning producer Marc […]
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Lawyer, children’s book author, now an actor? ‘Just doing the things that give me joy’
By Marissa Bañez I’m a lawyer, children’s book author, contributing writer for several publications, volunteer with at-risk and traumatized kids, and mom. And, because I clearly have so much free time, I recently decided to try acting. In my acting life, I’ve played a holier-than-thou conservative-minded juror, a 1940s-era “rich bitch” named Sugar who likes […]
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Student-created short film about the Filipino food culture to screen at UNLV May 14th
More than 60 students from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Cinematic Arts (UNLV CinArts) are gaining hands-on, real-world production experience through “Domino,” a short film about three Filipino cousins on a mission to find the stolen knife of the family patriarch, a chef, in order to receive their inheritance The film was […]
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‘The Pitt:’ Addictive TV drama where the nurses are portrayed by Filipino actors
By Wendell Gaa “The Pitt” is a supremely excellent and highly addictive TV medical drama. I find it to be one of the most innovative series in its genre in succession to its classic predecessors “St. Elsewhere” and “ER.” Just like the latter series, “The Pitt” stars “ER” alumnus Noah Wyle as Dr. Michael “Robby” […]
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Autumn Durald Arkapaw: First woman, 1st black and 1st Filipino Creole to win an Oscar for Cinematography
By LMarilyn Crawford She is of Filipino descent through her mother, Peggy Bautista, who hails from Pampanga, Philippines. Her maternal grandfather, Guillermo Pagan Bautista, was a resistance fighter during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines and a survivor of the Bataan Death March. Autumn Durald Arkapaw considers him “the most important man in my life” and has […]
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Calendar from April
April 8 Induction ceremony for Eve Cho Guillergan, Judge of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Queens County Ceremonial Courtroom, Room 101 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard Jamaica, NYC RSVP at ECGinduction@gmail.com April 10 Art & Activism symposium University Center The New School 63 Fifth Avenue NYC April 11 First FILCA (Filipino Catholic Apostolate) […]
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How director Joselito Altarejos sets himself apart as a Bernal protege
By Joel David Filmmakers aware of their development constantly set for themselves new challenges, in the hope that they’ll be able to meet these goals and possibly set new, more difficult ones. These stages could be detected in all the outstanding directors of the past, although with the advent of the age of digital production […]
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Remembering Lea Salonga’s wedding as she confirms split from Robert Chien
By Elton Lugay More than two decades ago, I counted myself among the fortunate few reporters invited to witness the wedding of Lea Salonga and Robert Chien. At the time, I had just relocated from Cebu to Daly City to reunite with my mother and had begun working as a correspondent for Philippine News. I […]
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Nostalgia entertainment in ‘Stranger Things’
By Wendell Gaa The end of 2025 and the beginning of 2026 mark the end of an era in TV history, namely Netflix’s globally popular series “Stranger Things.” After five seasons, this show just aired its final episode on New Year’s Eve, and it is one that I am truly going to sorely miss. Set […]