This November, intrepid developer Jose E.B. Antonio will try to outdo himself—yet again. In 1996, he took a major gamble by building his first luxury condominium, Essensa East Forbes, at the then-undeveloped Bonifacio Global City. It was designed by the firm of architecture icon I.M. Pei.
Clad in a bespoke tuxedo, Donald “Don” Trump Jr., executive vice president of the Trump Organization, was a co-host of a charity dinner in New York. Walking down the red carpet, he was stopped by a reporter who asked his views on the charity cause.
Critics rationalize that Paris Hilton’s success is a by-product of an iconic name and inherited fortune, proclaiming her to be...