Terence Blanchard, the jazz trumpeter making opera history
Washington, United States | AFP | Saturday 12/7/2019 – 09:44 UTC+8 By: Maggy Donaldson A top-tier jazz trumpeter and Spike Lee’s go-to…
Among the perks of sitting on the Movie Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) is that you get to work with some really interesting and fascinating people. Legal luminaries, singer-activists, authors and journalists, film directors and scriptwriters and others who come from various disciplines and sectors of society comprise the current board.
Quite a large crowd of family, friends and admirers of the late Josefina Gaboya Magsaysay turned up one sunny afternoon for the launch of a book simply titled “Jo.” That’s the name by which she was fondly called by a legion of those close and dear as well as a horde of avid readers.
All through my growing-up years, I was often asked by my mom’s contemporaries and colleagues, “Kilala mo ba si Grace Poe?” Apparently, I was a dead ringer for FPJ’s only child. Although, he and my mother had worked together on several films, and was a close personal friend, the king’s daughter and I had never met.
Amazing grace. Poe-etic justice. These words have hogged the headlines the past week to describe the awesome victory that was given to now Senator-elect Grace Poe.
“It’s a puzzlement!” said the Thai monarch in the musicale “The King and I.” The amazing wins of two woman senators, both greenhorns, Grace Poe Llamanzares and Nancy Binay, beg for an explanation for the small, skeptical middle class, but not for the huge, mainstream masa voters who are street smart and whose wit is sharper.
“This is the sous vide tuna, ma’am, with caramelized onion and Piquillo pepper,” the waiter said as he served my Pintxos (pinchos), or “toasted bread” with savory toppings.
Don’t tell Madame Imelda Marcos, but there’s a family secret that Senators Grace Poe and Ferdinand “Bongbong Marcos, Jr. would rather keep from her, though half the country must have heard about it.
Happy Easter to all! It’s time to rejoice and celebrate life, especially for those who have gone through weeks of Lenten abstinence.
Senator Grace Poe got the most number of “thumbs-up” for being the most fashionable in an informal survey conducted by INQUIRER.net on Monday during President Benigno Aquino III’s 5th State of the Nation Address.
On the last day before the ’ber months, I promise to start early with my Christmas shopping. Well, with all the birthday celebrations this September, it might be difficult to start on my list this early into the season.
