Like a rock star, F. Sionil José entered the room wearing his black Freeway polo, black pants, black beret, and...
The actress who delivered a razor-sharp and deeply felt performance in Peque Gallaga’s latest film, “Sonata,” is back in theater’s fold. Cherie Gil is preparing for the role of the iconic fashion figure Diana Vreeland in the one-woman play “Full Gallop,” which will run in March 2014 under Bart Guingona’s direction.
Don’t be you’re nothing but a second rate trying hard copycat” goes the message on a T-shirt, posted on Twitter...
Cherie Gil is “scared sh*tless.” The frank admission was spurred by the realization that Diana Vreeland, the wildly eccentric and audacious fashion visionary, was more than the sum of all the years that the seasoned actress has devoted to her career.
Actress Cherie Gil will wear these Bulgari Serpenti watches and neckpieces in the March 22 fashion night of “Full Gallop” at Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza, sponsored by Bulgari and Hermés and Inquirer Lifestyle.
Actors are tasked to be chameleons; their success lies in disappearing within the roles. If the actor is not a good performer and fails to deliver, the audience easily picks up the lack of authenticity, and the bond and rapport between them is broken. Soon enough, you hear stifled yawns from the seats.
Many, if not all of us, allow an accumulation of clutter in our drawers, cabinets, closets and wherever our favorite dumping places may be.
As soap operas go, “Ikaw Lamang” has all the elements of a classic: rich girl meets poor boy; class wars; palatial homes; secret and forbidden love affairs; and enough confrontation scenes and cliffhangers to keep audiences glued every night.
Lately we’ve been finding ourselves, instead of in bed reading, out for some nocturnal enjoyment. One such spell started with an invitation from Ingrid Sala Santamaria for a concert of hers with the Manila Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Arturo Molina.
When she was a fashion editor at Harper’s Bazaar and editor in chief of Vogue, a period spanning some four decades (1936-1971), Diana Vreeland had such a fascination with the serpent form that the reptile would be a recurring theme of her fashion spreads.
