Animation director revives ‘Mission: Impossible’ franchise
So why like Brad Bird to helm the latest “Mission: Impossible” (MI) franchise, “Ghost Protocol”?
December 11, 2011
So why like Brad Bird to helm the latest “Mission: Impossible” (MI) franchise, “Ghost Protocol”?
Inarguable the most important art exhibit in the country this year is by a foreigner. Ongoing until Jan. 7, 2012, in the Galeriya Bangko Sentral of the Metropolitan Museum of Manila at Roxas Boulevard is “Suite Vollard: Pablo Picasso 1930-1937,” 100 prints on vellum paper and laid Montval paper, organized by Fundación Mapfre, Fundación Santiago and the Met.
The second concert of the Samar International Music Festival lived up to its name, with some foreign nationals attending the concert of baritone Andrew Fernando, flutist Christopher Oracion and pianist Mary Anne Espina at Ciriaco Hotel in Calbayog City, Western Samar.
Local archivists and other record-keepers have committed to advance records management in the country while stressing the need to professionalize records-keeping by formal archives education in the country upon the conclusion of the 2nd National Archives Congress, Dec. 8-9, at the Colegio de San Agustin (CSA) in Bacolod City.
What do you get when you gather poets, playwrights, essayists and novelists in one room to tackle the issue of climate change?
We were the two youngest rookies, summer apprentices gathering life experiences at an architectural office.
Building on the successful formula—time-honored Filipino music cum dance—of its earlier “Harana,” the Philippine Opera Company (POC), led by soprano Karla Gutierrez, came up with “Ang Bagong Harana” (RCBC Plaza’s Carlos P. Romulo Theater), creatively written and directed by Floy Quintos.
A person is famous when his or her name is enough to become the title of a best-selling book. A person is iconic when his or her image looking out at the reader on the cover is considered both intimate and a work of art. This holds true for the late American genius Steve Jobs, founder of Apple and the subject of the exhaustive and exhausting authorized biography, “Steve Jobs” by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Shuster, New York, 2011, 630 pages).
An artist at heart, veteran photographer Tom Epperson makes his own images and shapes the world according to his vision.
The Silver Linings Breast Cancer convention in Davao, the Cancer Support Community Cancer Summit in Washington, DC, and the Carewell Fifth Anniversary Celebration in Manila. These three events are reminders and milestones that encourage me to remain committed to my work in supporting all persons affected by cancer.
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