From an exclusive interview by The Sunday Times Magazine Editor Tessa Mauricio-Arriola from this section’s online program “The Manila Times
CSI: Celebrity, Style, Inspiration,” available on The Manila Times official website, YouTube and Daily Motion channels and Facebook Page.
John Arcilla
With an illustrious career spanning more than three decades, multi-awarded acting genius John Arcilla still considers himself a late bloomer in mainstream entertainment.
The actor portrays the title role in ‘Suarez: The Healing Priest,’ an
entry to the upcoming 2020 Metro Manila Film Festival. PHOTOS COURTESY OF FACEBOOK/HENERAL LUNA , INSTAGRA M/JOHNARCILLA AND SARANGG OLA MEDIA PRODUCTIONS
He is not ashamed to say this though, and nor should he be, since the time it took for him to land his most memorable movie role thus far and a box office hit was extremely well spent, honing him into a legend of sorts in among his peers and the public eye.
In just a few days, the world will be celebrating Christmas in very different ways. Here in the Philippines for one the country known for having the longest holiday celebration the contrast from Christmases past is truly very stark.
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Unlike before, cities and homes hardly glitter with holiday décor; malls aren’t crowded with the happy buzz of shoppers; and the usual parties and reunions aren’t allowed, when all these sights and feels should have been afoot as soon as the ber-months began. Sadly, the global crisis that is the Coronavirus Pandemic has not let up in the last nine months, with the newly approved vaccine only being given to volunteers this past week.
Rita Ora flees the country for the rest of the year amid lockdown- flouting shame. after beating herself up about 30th birthday fiasco
The singer is said to have invited around 30 people to a party at Casa Cruz in London at the end of November to mark turning 30
She was caught with her guests leaving the event - which was in direct breach of the coronavirus lockdown rules in place in England at the time
She issued a grovelling apology and paid a £10k fine
The Mail On Sunday then revealed she had flown to Egypt a week prior to this to perform at an event for a six-figure sum
Actress Kate Robbins had revealed she used to scare her daughter Emily with a puppet of Rev Ian Paisley used on Spitting Image, the 80s satirical comedy TV show she worked on.
Kate, a former pop singer and Eurovision Song contest performer, voiced many high-profile figures of the times for Spitting Image, including the late Conservative Prime Minster Margaret Thatcher and the Queen.
Speaking to the Sunday Times Magazine, Kate (62) revealed how she used the DUP leader s caricature to terrify her sometimes unruly daughter. The one thing to stop her laughing was the hideous latex puppet of Ian Paisley I used to bring home.