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The Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (Famas) has issued a public apology to veteran actress Eva Darren after an alleged misunderstanding happened during the awarding ceremong held at the Manila Hotel on Sunday, May 26.

WILL Lino Brocka’s film still make an impact on the students of cinemas at present? This was a question I have never asked before, convinced as I am of the power of the late director’s film. But generations change, aesthetics shift. Even theories about viewing and apprehending works of art…

Allen Dizon (Facebook) PASSERBY: Only a few weeks after stepping down as chair of Film Development Council of the Philippines, Liza Dino was spotted on the set of a new ABSCBN teleserye, Dirty Linen. The former Chair is back as an actress.  During a taping lull, she got teary-eyed when seve

The most coveted classic pieces from Batangas, Baliuag, and Bohol ArtSpeakRamon E.S. Lerma In the decades that followed the onset of Spanish colonization, houses made of bamboo and nipa palm were sparsely furnished. Usually, one would only expect to find a dulang, a low table used for eating w

It all started with a familiar face. Miles away from his home, Noel Layon Flores was taking up his post graduate studies in scenic New Zealand, a paradisiacal place akin to the wonderful world of the fictional Encantadia he helped build, when he took notice of Mikey Sutton’s social media…

SunStar + April 12, 2021 I SAW it on a Facebook wall written by a senior who is now in his twilight years. According to him, as an octogenarian, he experienced and witnessed too many calamities more than what he expected. He heard the bombs dropped by the Japanese invading army when they targeted Clark Air Force Base as World War 2 exploded following the bombing of Pearl Harbor December 8, 1941. As a young boy, he was delighted to watch the sky featuring the “dog fights” betwee...

SunStar January 02, 2021 THE oddest bedroom talk between newlyweds transpires between Noel Manalansan (acted by Jay Ilagan) and Milagros Carandang (Charo Santos) in Mike de Leon’s 1981 film, “Kisapmata”. Noel is in bed while Milagros writes in her journal. Though a warm-blooded male, Noel is interested in another form of intimacy. When will you let me read your diary? he addresses the ceiling. Milagros demurs that her thoughts are difficult to grasp. Noel retorts that it is p...

Published December 28, 2020, 1:00 AM Now that the outcome of the 46 th annual Metro Manila Film Festival is finally out of the bag, with last night’s staging of the virtual Gabi ng Parangal, showbiz insiders eagerly await the consequent reactions from various groups involved in this year’s competition.  For years, the MMFF awards night, has always been a rich source of intrigues, scandals and even lawsuits, which actually make the yearly tradition not just truly colorful but also somethin...

A FREE virtual concert, Hinahanap-Hanap Kita Manila, bannering the music of iconic band Hotdogs as performed by various OPM artists, will be released on Dec. 13. The concert, a project of the Department of Tourism’s Tourism Promotions Board (TPB), The Manila Heritage Trail, and Manila Heritage Alliance, is meant to promote the city’s various heritage sites. The concert will be headlined by Bras Pas Pas Pas Pas with Raymund Marasigan, Ebe Dancel, Armi Millare, Yeng Constantino, Blaster Silo...