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Alfa Garcia: Indie musician in every way
Born in Mindanao, raised in New York and New Jersey, and now living in sunny SoCal, singer-songwriter Alfa Garcia has been creating music inspired by the constant shifts in her life. She has released three albums and several singles of original songs, some of which have been featured on film and television, including “Keeping Up […]
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‘Spider-Man’ is best Marvel movie: Emotionally rousing and inspiring
By Wendell Gaa “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film and third solo outing for English actor Tom Holland as Peter Parker, is the best film adaptation of what I would have to say is Marvel’s greatest superhero ever. Yes, there are countless other superheroes in the Marvel Comics storytelling vault, […]
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Albert Guerzon pens tribute song for his father who died from COVID-19
In April 2020, Broadway singer-songwriter Albert Guerzon (“The Visitor,” “Mamma Mia!”) lost his father, Robert Guerzon, to COVID-19. Along with thousands of New Yorkers, the Guerzon family was at the mercy of limited ventilators and hospital beds. In the end, Albert bid his father farewell through a telephone screen and a prayer. In the summer […]
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Leila Policarpio: Representing N.Y. State at the Macy’s marching band
By Cristina DC Pastor Every year since she was a kid, Leila Policarpio, her parents and elder sister would watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade, the world’s largest,on NBC. The morning tradition usually begins with the East Hills, New York family getting up for a special holiday breakfast and then turning on the TV for a […]
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Watsonville riots film provokes difficult questions about race then and today: director
By Cristina DC Pastor Somewhere in California in the 1930s, they had the Watsonville riots. Framed within the current wave of anti-Asian violence, this aggression against Filipino farm workers has been a long-forgotten episode of our painful past in this country. Filmmaker Randal Kamradt, a Filipino American who teaches video production in Fillmore High School […]
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Despite stellar casting, ‘Eternals’ is unfocused, unexciting
By Wendell Gaa As happy as I was for Chloe Zhao becoming the first Asian woman to win an Oscar for Best Director for this year’s Best Pic “Nomadland,” I personally was not a fan of that film given how sublimely morose and downbeat it was. Nonetheless I had high hopes that with her helming […]
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Cruising is back amid the pandemic
By Cristina DC Pastor It’s been a bumpy ride for the cruise industry but for New Jersey resident Jen Furer, her first cruise vacation since the pandemic has been one big thrill throughout. “It’s been wonderful,” gushed the fitness coach and Makilala TV co-host. This is not her first sailing trip. Jen’s family are cruise […]
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Nearly 3 decades-old FACINE is the longest-running FilAm film festival
By Joel David This year’s edition of the annual film festival of the Filipino Arts & Cinema International, or FACINE, promises a rewarding three-day treat for film connoisseurs from all over the world. And this time around, no one has to travel all the way to the admittedly pricey city of San Francisco in order […]
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FAHM opens in Queens with a block party
The Filipino community of Woodside, Queens gathered for a Little Manila Block Party on October 2 to mark the beginning of Filipino American History Month. The event took place at the corner of 70th Street and Roosevelt Avenue, where community organizers, leaders and artists held a community fair, a talent showcase, and community workshops and […]