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Singer-actress Vina Morales headlines Fiesta in America 2025
From her humble beginnings in Cebu to the spotlight of Broadway, Vina Morales brings her storied journey full circle as she takes center stage at Fiesta in America 2025. The opening ceremony will be on August 16 at 11:00 a.m. Vina will headline the main concert the next day on August 17 at American Dream […]
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ON GLOBAL FILIPINOS Sofronio Vasquez III: From the slums to the bright lights of Broadway
By Loida Nicolas Lewis A thunderous applause greeted Sofronio Vasquez III when he appeared at the historic Town Hall on Saturday, July 19, 2025 for his first-ever solo concert in the Great White Way. On December 10, 2024, he won the world-renowned NBC’s The Voice becoming the first Filipino — and first Asian — male vocalist to […]
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Lea Salonga: 1st Pinay on the Hollywood Walk of Fame — ‘Still quite stunned about it’
By Cristina DC Pastor In a career spanning decades and continents, Tony Award-winning performer Lea Salonga has made a home in the hearts of Filipino theatergoers in the Philippines and around the world. Two Filipina Americans describe what Lea meant to them growing up. “Since I was a little girl,” reminisced artist Ann Constantino Beck, […]
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Gregoria de Jesus: Madonna of the Revolution
By Joel David The biggest still-to-be-resolved controversy about the Philippines’s anticolonial revolution, the first in Asia, centers on the status of Andres Bonifacio, founder of its liberation army, the Katipunan. Most adequately schooled natives would be aware that recognition of his stature as head of the country’s liberated territories was wrested by a faction that […]
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Jeremy Rafal: A life transformed by family tragedy…and TV cartoons
As a young boy growing up in the Philippines Jeremy Rafal had few links to the wider world – until his dad bought a TV and he discovered cartoons. With no mobiles, home computers, Internet or social media, in a place with little in live entertainment and where even telephones were rare this was something […]
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Sol & Mary Ann Kapunan: Husband-and-wife tandem behind Albany’s Kalayaan 1521
By Cristina DC Pastor June 2021 was an auspicious time for a celebration, at least in Albany. Two reasons were brought up: One, travel restrictions caused by the pandemic had been lifted. Two, the labor issue involving Albany nurses reached an impasse and subsequently led to a contract signing. Hence, on June 26, 2021 Albany’s […]
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Sofronio Vasquez headlines Town Hall concert July 19th
Sofronio Vasquez, winner of The Voice will headline two key shows in New York on July 19 and Los Angeles on October 11. He is the first Filipino, and first Asian, to walk away with the title in NBC’s reality TV singing competition. Vasquez stopped tracks and made history. He performed in two Philippine Independence […]
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NY Asian filmfest unleashes cinema’s Next Wave July 11-27
The New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) from July 11 to July 27 is North America’s leading festival of Asian cinema. It was called “the best film festival in New York” by The Village Voice and “arguably the world’s best-curated program of new and classic Asian cinema” by IndieWire. Launched in 2002, the festival showcases […]
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I LOVE MY JOB Intimacy coordinator Angelica Gomez: She makes sure sex scenes are realistic — and safe
By Catherine Espejo The Blake Lively vs Justin Baldoni controversy is one of the bizarre incidents involving an alleged case of sexual harassment in Hollywood. The case also put a spotlight on the role of an intimacy coordinator (IC) who was supposed to prevent exploitation of actors while filming romantic scenes. What is an intimacy coordinator and what is expected of them during the filming of sex scenes? Angelica Gomez, one […]