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‘Soho’s the new kid on the block for now’
By Cristina DC Pastor Film critic and journalist Luis Pedron is co-founder and president of the Soho International Film Festival now on its second year. TF: I didn’t know the Soho filmfest was founded by Filipinos. LP: Yeah, the SIFF NYC was founded by Filipinos all: Jorge Ballos, Noli Parumog and me. We decided to […]
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‘I couldn’t be Manny Pacquiao, so I joined a band’
By Anna Sian Last February, I was in the midst of editing a proposal for an engineering consulting firm, when the phone at my desk started ringing. I was called into the Human Resources office and promptly laid off. Well, not the worst thing in the world, I thought, it wasn’t really my thing anyway. […]
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When Manila manufactured its own Elizabeth Taylor
By Tony Joaquin The Philippines in the 1950s exuded arts and culture. Perhaps, it was because the country had just begun to slowly recover from a horrible world war barely five years before. In Manila there were stage presentations galore in schools as well as by private drama groups such as the Barangay Theatre Guild […]
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‘Spider-Man’ actress: Racism is the real villain
By Maricar CP Hampton An accident in “Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark” did not deter Teresa Victoria Carpio – nicknamed T.V. — from taking on the role of Queen meanie Arachne. TF: You suffered an injury in one of your performances. How are you doing now? TVC: I’m much better. Hopefully I’ll be going back […]
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• Community welcomes new ConGen • ‘Tamales’ and mangorind at NYT travel show • Condolence book for Japan
By Felix Manuel In an unusually freezing spring evening, community leaders, guests and members of the FilAm media welcomed Consul General Mario Lopez de Leon Jr. to a warm and lively reception organized by GMA Pinoy TV. De Leon, Jr. assumed his post March 1. As the new ConGen for New York, he has jurisdiction […]
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• Vanessa Hudgens as ‘badass’ Blondie • A book of masters’ paintings • Focus group looking for immigrants
Disney darling Vanessa Hudgens was in town March 8 for a series of media interviews to promote “Sucker Punch,” a fantasy action film. She plays Blondie, one of five young girls locked in a futuristic asylum and who plot to escape their captors. The other girls with Vanessa are Abbie Cornish, Emily Browning, Jena […]
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‘Jerry Seinfeld is OK but Charlie Sheen is awesome’
By Cristina DC Pastor Funnyman Air Tabigue says he ‘jokes about’ his family not ‘make fun’ of them, because ‘making fun’ is what a bully does. TF: Filipino standup comedians like you, Jo Koy, Alec Mapa, etc. love to make fun of family. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but is this humor common […]
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‘Dance, dance, dance till you can no longer move’
By Janet Susan R. Nepales The 1980s top Philippine model and one-time Balenciaga mannequin in Paris Bessie Badilla lives in the two best possible worlds: tranquil Connecticut and pulsating New York where all her gay friends are. Beauty-brains-body Bessie Badilla is one rare gem. She is one of the most humble and outgoing persons I […]
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• Arachne changes hands • Philippine life as seen through Hungarian eyes
From one FilAm actress to another. At least that’s how the role of Arachne in the mishap-plagued “Spider-man: Turn off the Dark” has passed the torch. The production is so troubled by rehearsal and soft launch accidents the grand opening has been delayed five times! The exit of FilAm actress Natalie Mendoza, citing health reasons, […]