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‘New York through my granddaughter’s eyes’
By Ludy A. Ongkeko, Ph.D Alina is L.A.-born, the oldest child of my oldest child, hence, my eldest grandchild; that’s how I became a ‘lola.’ And that’s what she started to call me the very first time she could utter a few words. A UC-Berkeley alum, where she espoused two majors –legal studies and social […]
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Hustled his way to hip hop journalism
By Andrea Stephanie McPherson Pharoh Martin, the online editor of Radio One, survived the economic downturn by quickly making the Giant leap from print to Internet. Major New York entertainment publications have been suffering the brunt of the economic decline and the transition in popularity from print to online media. Despite this downswing, writer Pharoh […]
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‘In U.S., golf is not a status symbol’
By Cristina DC Pastor Late-blooming golfer Jerry Pabalan is president of the Filipino American Golfers Association of NY/NJ/CT. TF: Do FilAms use golf to close business deals? JP: If they do, they don’t advertise, but I know of a few business relationships that have prospered with FAGA. We have a roster with such diverse membership […]
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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, […]