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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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How basketball defines the essence of being Filipino
By Daniel de la Rosa He was supposed to stay in the Philippines for only one year, but New Yorker Rafe Bartholomew wound up going for three. That sounds like a line from a basketball game. Why go for a point on the free throw line when you could chuck it up for 3 points […]
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• Multicultural women’s art exhibit opens • UP’s Gabriel Esteban is new Seton Hall president
The exhibit by 12 multicultural women artists will continue to hang at the Project Reach 4th Floor Gallery, 39 Eldridge Street until March 31. The event is part of the feminist organization AF3IRM‘s commemoration of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month. “Arrivals/Departures: Women’s Experience of Migration Under Globalization,” curated by Leilani Montes, a Guatemalan-Mexican, […]
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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, […]
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Marichu Baoanan’s trial in 3 to 6 months
By Maricar CP Hampton Non-profit lawyer Ivy Suriyopas gives an update on the shocking case of the nanny who accused a powerful Philippine ambassador of abuse, and what to expect at trial. TF: How is Marichu Baoanan doing? IS: She is doing okay. She is looking forward to seeking justice in this case. She is […]
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‘A mistake for progressive candidates to join party of Marcos’
By Cristina DC Pastor In between speaking tours and writing his memoir, former Bayan leader Baltazar Pinguel ponders Philippine politics 20 years after he left the country. TF: Tell me about your journey from the Philippines to the U.S., specifically Philly where you now live. BP: I have lived here these past 19 years. Next […]
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‘Anyone with a mike, a computer and an idea can podcast’
By Cristina DC Pastor; TF photo New York Times freelance podcast producer Jocelyn Gonzales touts the charm of podcasting and why potentially 60 million listeners is a market too huge to ignore. TF: Do you see a lot of Filipino podcasts? JG: I’d look sometimes. My parents refused to let us speak Tagalog so I […]
