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QUEZON CITY, Philippines—Critically acclaimed veteran film and television actress Cherie Gil has built for herself a sparkling repertoire, playing women...
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.
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.
In her forays into theater, film and TV, Cherie Gil has mesmerized audiences with her performance as the legendary diva Maria Callas in “Master Class,” stood toe-to-toe with theater stalwarts as the bitchy Baroness in “The Sound of Music,” and deteriorated with dignity as the impoverished heiress in “Arbol de Fuego.”
Don’t be you’re nothing but a second rate trying hard copycat” goes the message on a T-shirt, posted on Twitter...
The Philippine Educational Theater Association’s (Peta) “Rak of Aegis,” a musical-comedy production about a fictional urban-poor community coping with...
QUEZON CITY, Philippines—After the chart-topping success of the Philippine Educational Theater Association’s (Peta) OPM comedy musical “Rak of Aegis,” Peta...
Enough bounty to fill a Top 10 list and more–and here we try
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.
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.
