“MAALAALA MO Kaya?” fielded an especially topnotch and powerhouse cast of leads. Imagine having the great pleasure of watching Tetchie Agbayani, Noni Buencamino and Ricky Davao in full acting froth and flail in the same TV drama.
A NUMBER of action stars, led by Robin Padilla, Cesar Montano and Bong Revilla, have initiated separate moves to revive and revitalize local action movies, which have largely been in a state of suspended animation for almost a decade.
MOST MOVIE stars present themselves to viewers full-blown as young adults. But others launch their careers as juveniles, and literally grow up in front of the movie camera.
MOST FILIPINO stars are mestizos, but they’re Filipinos. From time to time, however, foreigners try their luck in local show biz, with varying levels of success.
When we first wrote about singer-composer Bruno Mars months ago and revealed that he was part Pinoy, a number of movie buffs told us that they were pleasantly surprised.
JESSICA SOHO’S tele-magazine show “Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho,” recently marked its anniversary with a special that included interviews with and features on pop-cultural icons like Manny Pacquiao, Dolphy and Regine Velasquez.
The TV screen is usually full of downbeat and negative images. So let’s celebrate the relatively few moments when goodness and optimism triumph over the usual doom-and-gloom scenarios.
