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‘Metro Manila’ and ‘Transit:’ Ambitious, impressive (Part 2)
By Joel David Sean Ellis’s “Metro Manila” is made of more ambitious stuff, the same way that Danny Boyle presumed that he was in a position to envision the slums of Mumbai as an Oscar-worthy film in “Slumdog Millionaire.” Alas, just as “Slumdog Millionaire” could only hope to repackage a proletarian children’s fantasy via all […]
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The OFW finds well-deserved recognition in Hollywood (Part 1)
By Joel David The present year, 2013, will be memorable for Pinoys mainly for the succession of national traumas it proffered, from the usual showbiz decouplings and sex scandals to pork-barrel exposés, separatist-militia violence, and global-scale natural disasters. On the other hand, those who wish to remember whatever positive developments occurred will have enough to […]
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Exploring family-friendly Copenhagen
By Wendell Gaa The new Disney film “Frozen” is set to open in theaters on November 27. Based on the classic children’s fairy tale “The Snow Queen” by Hans Christian Andersen, “Frozen” is just one of a handful of Disney animated adaptations of stories by the famed Danish author, and its timely opening has me […]
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The hunt for Bigfoot continues in New York
By Wendell Gaa It was late summer 2011 when I spent a weekend traveling to northern Washington State to visit my cousins. Their residence in the tranquil town of Bellingham is blessed with the ideal natural backdrop settings of the Pacific Northwest: rugged mountains, thick forests, and greenery everywhere. Being an outdoor enthusiast, I had […]
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TOFA-NY: Honoring the community’s ‘brightest and most committed’
By Cristina DC Pastor The Outstanding Filipino Americans in New York (TOFA-NY) was a night of recreating, reenacting and reconnecting with Filipino roots, a fitting culmination to Filipino American Heritage Month. Judge Lorna Schofield of the Southern District of New York, who was a keynote speaker, recalled memories of her mother, Priscilla Tiongco, who as […]
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Consul-General lauds TOFA-NY for ‘dedicated and tireless’ efforts to search, give recognition to FilAm achievers
By Oliver Oliveros Consul General to New York Mario L. De Leon, Jr., U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York Lorna Schofield, and former chairman of the board for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Ruben Nepales will keynote the third annual The Outstanding Filipino Americans in New York (TOFA-NY) Awards on Saturday […]
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Miss World Megan Young in whirlwind New York visit
By Veronica Pulumbarit Filipino American beauty Megan Young will be in New York from October 22 to fulfill scheduled engagements as the newly-crowned Miss World. She will proceed to California later in the week. In New York, she will have a series of press interviews and social appearances in the company of Miss World Chairperson […]
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Comic Con 2013: Get me to the ‘geeks’
By Wendell Gaa Star Wars, Star Trek, Disney, Marvel & DC Comics, Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings, and even Super Mario Bros., what do all of these entertainment franchises have in common? For one weekend, they all united within one building, the Jacob Javits Convention Center during New York’s annual Comic Con this month […]
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Love sees no end in GMA Pinoy TV’s ‘Genesis’ series
This October, Kapuso Primetime King Dingdong Dantes topbills “Genesis,” an original, groundbreaking series that will take the audience on an emotional and inspiring journey towards a new beginning. It gives a glimpse of the triumph of the human spirit despite the looming destruction – that when hope falters, love is the greatest refuge. Dingdong portrays […]