PRIME TIME

Clint Holton Potestas 12/23/2017

“I AM on the right age,” confirms Rachel Alejandro, 20 years later since she slipped into the character of Paula Marasigan—the tweetums, Jolina Magdangal of the pre-World War matandang dalagas—in the restage of a Nick Joaquin musical…

Objects of desire

Clint Holton Potestas 12/22/2017

THE BUSINESS of being the creative commander in the battalion whets our curiosity of how they really do it—as in really do it—in their dwelling places. These three, for example, have been under a generous fraction of…

Hello, world

Clint Holton Potestas 12/19/2017

Is Tangub the new center of the world? For now, yes. Dubai, Japan, France, Korea—just a stone’s throw away. “I want to bring the people closer to the world, especially those who cannot travel,” says Dr. Jennifer…

Star Wars

Clint Holton Potestas 12/18/2017

MANEUVERED by pulleys on both sides of the squared pillars, the drawbridges descend from their suspension belts. As the two equal halves of the structure reach the middle and conjoin into a full-length lane, three cars jostle…

JOSE MARI CHAN: Where the heart is

Clint Holton Potestas 12/16/2017

Even at 1 a.m., Jose Mari Chan is still cracking jokes with us. “What do you call a woman who knows exactly where her husband is at night?” the singer teases. “A widow.” We no longer know…

Sinanduloy celebrates silver with a grand show; promises Sinulog comeback 2019

Clint Holton Potestas 12/13/2017

Shrieks of purr pierce the silence. On this particular night, drums throb at the entrance of the gymnasium in Tangub City—a city walled by the long, jagged ranges of Mt. Malindang—in Misamis Occidental, north of Mindanao. And…

Piolo Pascual: ‘Time to move our tears away’

Clint Holton Potestas 12/11/2017

THE STAYING power of Piolo Pascual is in the shrills of the fans. “I love you too,” the singer-actor replied after a fan shouted an endearment that interrupted his performance during the “I Got Stung” mini concert at…

Regal Oliva the iconoclast

Clint Holton Potestas 11/25/2017

Almost like a cocktail setup at 9:20 a.m. opposite the transaction windows at the foyer—and instead of some chipped wooden benches—white Tiffany chairs are lined up against the cascades of crisp white see-through drapes that filter the…

Happily Ever After

Clint Holton Potestas 11/21/2017

I only heard stilettos trudging—click, clack, click, clack—on the wooden platform when I temporarily dislodged the headset in the middle of the show. You know, like watching a 3D movie, and then you remove the glasses for…

The talk of the town: Cebuano designers culminated the 2017 Manila Fashion Festival

Clint Holton Potestas 10/24/2017

So if you have plans of stealing it, I’m sorry to tell you that it’s locked up in a vault,” Protacio cracked a joke of guarding a particular purchase five years ago that has become his design…

The supreme beings

Clint Holton Potestas 10/10/2017

Photos by Van Sombito Ditas Rodriguez in the house? “Actually, I just arrived from Korea,” she beamed backstage —then gave me a long, tight hug after five years of not seeing each other. More so, in the case…

Katarina Rodriguez: Leap of Faith

Clint Holton Potestas 09/30/2017

WE’RE having what she’s having—a slab of beef, five barbecue twice  larger than   Larsian’s, and biriani rice. The closest we can get to becoming a beauty queen, in the meantime, is to mimic what Katarina Rodriguez ordered for…

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