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“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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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