Philippine News

MANILA, Philippines – Even the biggest rainbow is no match to how colorful and crazy show business has been in 2011. From gruesome and appalling deaths, to confounding revelations and debatable controversies, everything was chronicled in that it seemed the public knew more about these things than the celebrities themselves. With all the stories and [...]

Year 2011 has been a whirlwind of events for most of our local celebrities. Be it the veterans or the neophytes, everyone had their share in the rollercoaster ride of fame for the past 12 months. Here are the top showbiz news that shocked, entertained, and touched the hearts of Pinoy fans this 2011. Remarkable [...]

MANILA, Philippines – Pooh is grateful that he is getting the support of his Banana Split co-stars for his birthday show tomorrow at the Metro Comedy Bar, beginning 8 p.m. The host-comedian said that John Prats, Jason Gainza and Zanjoe Marudo will be among his guest performers and that “they’re even appearing for free.” He [...]

Film review: My Househusband: Ikaw Na! MANILA, Philippines – It has happened before in two earlier Metro Manila Film Festivals, and it may happen again in the current one; that is, a “mere light romantic-domestic comedy”would generate buzz, reap the major festival awards and be the overall box-office champion, beating out previously unshakeable action-fantasy-comedy spectacles. [...]

Just a thought: Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go. – Brooks Atkinson MANILA, Philippines — Gain Back Metro Filmfest: A recent caucus, highly informal as it were, among movie industry personnel held at the office of [...]

by Sherwin Lao 2011 has been quite an intriguing year for our country in every sense especially this last quarter. We had all the mix: the political tension between the supreme court and the present PNoy administration, former president Arroyo’s airport hold departure scene and hospital arrest, the Philippine’s worst finish in the 26th Southeast [...]

Former Disney artist Anna Maria Perez de Tagle has a lot to be thankful for. She’s the latest Filipino talent to conquer the world stage, cast in the Broadway Godspell where she gets to sing Day By Day, the most popular song from the musical. The daughter of Artie Perez de Tagle and granddaughter of [...]

Just when hope for a Christmas Rally was waning, Santa Claus suddenly arrived. US and European stock indices rose ~3 percent last Tuesday on the back of a successful Spanish bond auction and strong economic data from US and Germany. The Santa Claus Rally that we are experiencing is a surge in stock prices that [...]