Why Iana Bernardez cherishes her first kontrabida role
Actress Iana Bernardez really enjoyed her first time playing a mean character in the TV series “Marry Me, Marry You.”
January 9, 2022
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Actress Iana Bernardez really enjoyed her first time playing a mean character in the TV series “Marry Me, Marry You.”
Cinematheque Centre Manila is rescreening Lav Diaz’s “Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis” this month.
Welcome October! If September was busy with birthday celebrations, then October ups the “hecticness meter” a notch with even more festive affairs as we enter the ball season.
French-Filipino international luxury brand Jewelmer Joaillerie kicks off its 35th anniversary celebration by welcoming luminaries, media, and friends to its annual gala, “The Miracle of the Golden Pearl,” on Sept. 23, at the Philippine International Convention Center Reception Hall.
Angel used to be only a boy’s name (pronounced “Anghel”). Girls who wanted to be one were Angela, Angelina, Angelica or Angeles (like the town). Now it is pronounced the English way, and the flavor of the season. Everywhere you turn there is an Angel—my grandson’s girlfriend is an Angel, the neighbor’s child is an Angel, there is an Angel Aquino and an Angel Locsin.
This month’s issue of Rogue Magazine includes a feature on cover girl Angel Aquino. Having starred in some of the most acclaimed films of the last two decades, Aquino has shuffled from small independent features to sprawling teleserye, consuming each role with the same thirst and passion for storytelling.
Critics, theater aficionados and those who loved the movie version are one in praising Red Turnip Theater’s maiden production, the staging of Patrick Marber’s acclaimed play “Closer.”
It’s been a year of firsts for Angel Aquino. A few months ago, she started making her own water kefir—sugar water or juice that has been fermented with grains that contain bacteria and yeasts. “I started out with four tablespoons of kefir grains and now I have five jugs of kefir water,” she says.
Heartbreak is the theme of the stage play “Closer,” written by English playwright Patrick Marber. Some aspects of it seem close to home to actor-director Ana Abad Santos.
I’m not going to host with these two, mga Inglisera ’no (they’re English-speaking)—no way!” Model-turned-actress Angel Aquino was reported to have said this as she was being cast on the lifestyle TV show, “F.”
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