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Like a Phoenix, Jose Llana returns with a new album and a regal lead role in ‘King and I’
By Randy Gener Did you know? Jose Llana — the alluring dynamo who recently wowed Broadway audiences as the King of Siam in Lincoln Center Theater’s Tony Award-winning best-musical revival of “The King and I” — turns 40 years old this month. So far, it looks like a royal turning point of a birthday year […]
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3 Philippine films make the cut in the New York Asian Film Festival
The New York Asian Film Festival – from June 22 to July 9 – gave first glimpse of this year’s lineup featuring cutting-edge themes and a cast of Asia’s hottest stars. From the Philippines come three genre-defying films that explore fatherhood, and what it means to be an adult: Erik Matti’s religious crime drama “Honor […]
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‘Elvis & Nixon:’ It’s all about the badge!
By Cristina DC Pastor Sometime in the Seventies, U.S. politics and pop culture intersected, resulting in one goofy moment in history: President Richard Nixon and Elvis Presley meeting at the White House. This encounter between the 37th president and the King of Rock and Roll was supposed to be a mere five minutes (because even […]
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Never too late, baby, to return to Carole King’s music many decades later
By Rene Pastor & Cristina DC Pastor The line snaked around the Stephen Sondheim Theatre consisting mostly of people of a certain age. We saw some young ones, and they were with what looked like their parents, aunts and uncles. But the vast majority of “Beautiful” watchers belonged to a generation which came of age […]
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The People’s Prince
The death of pop artist Prince opened up a flood of memories of coming of age, watching concerts and listening to music that was fearless as it was artful. Grieving FilAms remember the man and what his music meant to them.
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Film on Typhoon Haiyan recovery: Triumph over trauma
The film ‘Fields of Hope’ will screen on April 23 as part of the Manhattan Film Festival in New York City. It follows three boys, Jarred, Julius, and Kenneth, who endured the worst of Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) when it devastated Leyte in 2013. Through their participation in the Mission Tacloban grassroots football (soccer) program, […]
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In this ‘Pamanhikan,’ parents of the groom and groom meet, come to blows
By Lindy Rosales ‘Pamanhikan’ is a Filipino tradition where the parents of the bride and the groom meet for the first time. In this unique ritual involving families getting to know the other, there is a lot that can happen, which may prevent the wedding from taking place. Such is the plotline of comic satire […]
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Allan Palacios Chan to sing at Pacquiao fight: ‘I chose not to judge’
By Maricar CP Hampton Amid the messy controversy of Manny Pacquiao’s comment calling “gays worse than animals,” one singer has agreed to perform the Philippine National Anthem at the Pacquiao-Bradley fight in Las Vegas on April 9. “I choose not to judge,” tenor Allan Palacios Chan said when interviewed by The FilAm Metro D.C. “Should […]
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Storybook tale of the Neuschwanstein Castle which inspired the Disney logo
By Wendell Gaa It is truly an exciting time to be a Disney fan. Since the early 20th century, the Disney name has been the very definition of what family entertainment is all about, and its global reach is now apparent including in the Philippines where President Benigno Aquino recently met with top Disney corporate […]