Michael Yamson, Dionisia Pacquiao’s 38-year-old boyfriend, went public on a local TV station here Friday and declared he truly loved Manny Pacquiao’s mother, 27 years his senior, and was not after her money.
Serendipity. That and an unusually accurate sense of direction were what led us to an obscure warehouse in Marikina, where Paolo Valenciano was about to launch his solo album.
On paper it seemed like a good idea. Robin Williams returning to TV since “Mork and Mindy”! With Sarah Michelle Gellar as his sidekick! Laughs! Hijinks!
In September 2013, almost 11 months before he died, Robin Williams did an AMA on the website Reddit. That’s Ask Me Anything, a Q&A session with Reddit users that a number of personalities—from President Barack Obama and Bill Gates to Madonna and Snoop Dogg—have participated in. It’s a lot of fun and gives regular people the chance to throw questions at interesting personalities.
After the runaway success of the first “Rurouni Kenshin” film two years ago, some loyal fans started having mixed feelings about a sequel. Although it left us desperately wanting to see a live-action Shishio arc, there was also this niggling feeling of dread that a follow-up might not be able to measure up to the first movie. Thankfully, our fears were soon laid to rest, and for good reason.
There is much to praise in Red Turnip Theater’s “Rabbit Hole”—one of the trifecta of “beautifully depressing,” emotionally searing shows playing in Manila this month, the other two being the exquisitely mounted productions of Han Ong’s “Middle Finger” (by Tanghalang Ateneo) and Jason Robert Brown’s “The Last Five Years” (by 9 Works Theatrical).
“Middle Finger.” We’re not sure about the imagery and related context that Filipino-American playwright Han Ong had in mind when he made it the title of his stunning, disturbing work, but after viewing Tanghalang Ateneo’s (TA) interpretation of the play last weekend, we get the drift.
Sheila Francisco’s upcoming first solo concert, “Once in a Lifetime,” has been a long-time dream of hers. For years, the seasoned theater actress has been keeping a journal where she jots down songs for a possible line-up, in case she gets to have her own show.
Teatro Pilipino USA is staging a one-night-only performance of the musical “Noli Me Tangere” in Los Angeles this August, with the English supertitles provided by Palanca-award winner Chynna Roxas.
On my eighth year of teaching at De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (CSB) I got an e-mail saying that I have qualified for a pilgrimage tour of Europe.
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