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Sitdown with Lea Salonga: Teaching her daughter leadership, excited about Leni Robredo, a dream duet with Streisand (Part 2)
By Cristina DC Pastor & Elton Lugay Beyond “Allegiance,” Lea Salonga spoke to us on a wide range of topics that included Philippine politics, the social media vitriol, and the remote possibility of retirement. “I get annoyed when my words become twisted around,” she asserted. “And then I realized what’s the point? I just have […]
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Sitdown with Lea Salonga: ‘Allegiance’ is frighteningly relevant today (Part 1)
By Elton Lugay & Cristina DC Pastor After an absence of eight years, Tony Award Best Actress Lea Salonga is back on Broadway. She stars with George Takei and Telly Leung in “Allegiance,” a musical about an imprisoned Japanese American family during World War II. “Allegiance” is a story extracted from the personal experiences of […]
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Historical film depicts Antonio Luna’s fall and rise
By Joel David By now, any Filipino in any part of the world who has been extensively plugged into the social network of Facebook would have heard of “Heneral Luna,” the celebrated blockbuster on Antonio Luna. Among several ironies, Luna (1866-99) was reluctant to participate in the uprising against Spain but led the revolutionary army, […]
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Lani Misalucha makes Town Hall concert debut on Nov 22
Las Vegas headliner Lani Misalucha and Toms River, N.J. tenor Jared Martin will get to share a stage via a Town Hall concert on November 22. “Lani Misalucha Live In Concert” will feature the two musical artists who first met at a Carnegie Hall event but never got to sing together until now. Jared will […]
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Up close with Lea Salonga, young theater fan finds an inspiring role model
By Isabella Rivera This was not the first time I was meeting Lea Salonga. I first met her was when she had a concert in Hawaii; I was 8 years old then. From that time on, my mom saw how I followed her shows, watched some of them, and became a fan. However, seeing her […]
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Manny Pacquiao named one of 2015 Asia Game Changers
Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao will be honored as one of 2015 Asia Game Changers, for using sport and his star power as sources for good, the Asia Society announced in a statement. He will be following in the footsteps of Alibaba CEO Jack Ma, who took the honor in 2014. “The Asia Game Changer Awards […]
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Nostalgia in concert as GMA International celebrates 10th anniversary
By Lindy Rosales It was a humid summer day as I was getting ready for Kapusong Pinoy sa New York, a concert presented on September 5 by GMA Network Inc. to celebrate their 10th anniversary of broadcasting news and entertainment in the U.S. I’m not particularly a fan of television shows but it has always […]
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ABS-CBN’s Charo Santos-Concio to chair Nov. 23rd International Emmy Awards gala
ABS-CBN President & CEO Charo Santos-Concio will preside over the Gala for the 43rd International Emmy Awards, which will take place on November 23 at the New York Hilton Hotel. During the event, the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will recognize programming in 10 categories and present Special Awards to Julian Fellowes, creator […]
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Seeing Frank Sinatra ‘our way’
One of the beautiful things about New York City is how one can visit any of the public galleries even with very little money in your purse. One scorching day in August, my friend Marivir Montebon and I decided to go down to the New York Public Library’s Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center to […]