Yellow Rose, the Filipino-American film starring Broadway stars Lea Salonga, Eva Noblezada, and Princess Punzalan, has won the 39th annual Hawai‘i International Film Festival (HIFF39) Audience Awards. The HIFF39 Audience Awards, presented by Hawaii News and announced on November 20, named the multi-award-winning indie film by writer-director Diane Paragas as one of the three winners […]
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Eva Noblezada-starrer Hadestown musical theater album earns Grammy nomination
Eva Noblezada picked up a 2020 Grammy Awards nomination along with the cast of Hadestown. The Tony-nominated Eva Noblezada plays the young dreamer Eurydice in the mythical tale of Hadestown whose Original Broadway Cast Recording scored the Best Musical Theater Album nomination in the 62nd Grammy Awards slated for January 2020. The Recording Academy named […]
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H.E.R. repeats 5 Grammy nominations, gets Record and Song of the Year nods
H.E.R. received five (5) new Grammy nominations from the Recording Academy in Hollywood, a repeat of her record number of nods at the 2018 Grammys. H.E.R.’s 5 nominations for the 62nd Grammy Awards scheduled in January 2020 puts the Filipino-African American R&B singer in competition for the three (3) major general music awards – Record […]
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Quezon City barangay collects computers, appliances e-waste for recycling
Barangay West Triangle in Quezon City is showing how communities can help the environment as it conducted a collection campaign for broken or discarded electrical and electronic equipment that can be sent off for recycling. The barangay asked residents to bring their TV sets with plastic casings and cathode ray tubes (CRTs), computers, laptops, appliances […]
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Eraserheads marks 25th year with release of Ultraelectromagneticpop! vinyl album
The iconic 90s band, Eraserheads, is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a remastered Ultraelectromagneticpop! debut album released in limited vinyl edition. The breakout first major-label album of the indie-pop band from the University of the Philippines (UP), composed of Ely Buendia, Raymund Marasigan, Buddy Zabala, and Marcus Adoro, was released in 1993 under BMG Records. […]
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Teen author Chloe Reynaldo tackles girl issues in empowering book “Be A Girl Champion”
Teen author and illustrator Chloe Seraspe Reynaldo has released her book, “Be A Girl Champion”, a compilation of stories about seven young girls who faced hardships in their lives but who came out stronger and wiser. The 19-year-old sophomore Biology student at the University of the Philippines Diliman worked for three years on the book […]
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Jacob Batalon, Filipino family star in Netflix Christmas movie “Let It Snow”
Filipino-American actor Jacob Batalon has shed his Spiderman buddy persona to take on a new role as a member of a Filipino family in the Netflix Christmas movie, “Let It Snow”. Jacob Batalon, best known for being the best friend of Tom Holland’s Peter Parker in the hit Spiderman movies, is starring in the new […]
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UP honors 1st Filipino White House executive chef Cristeta Comerford
The University of the Philippines (UP) has honored Cristeta Pasia Comerford, the first Filipino executive chef of the White House, with the conferment of a degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, in ceremonies held November in UP Diliman. Pasia-Comerford, a BS Food Technology major at the College of Home Economics in UP Diliman, […]
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Pinoy music icons Rico J, Pepe Smith, and Hotdog’s Rene Garcia honored in collectible stamps
Pinoy music icons Total Entertainer Rico J. Puno, rock icon Joey “Pepe” Smith, and Rene Garcia of the Hotdog band were honored in the newest collectible commemorative stamps issued by the Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost). PHLPost launched the “Pinoy Music Icons” commemorative stamps during celebrations of the 252nd Anniversary of the Philippine Postal Service and […]
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Yellow Rose scores Best Feature triumph in 2019 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival
Yellow Rose, the film by Diane Paragas starring Eva Noblezada, Princess Punzalan, and Lea Salonga, adds yet another recognition to its credit after having won Best Feature at the 2019 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival in Canada. Yellow Rose was the closing night gala film of the Toronto Reel Asian event. The award for […]
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UP Fighting Maroons’ inspiring story of unity gets world attention in soon-to-be released book
The incredible journey of how the University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons Men’s Basketball Team (UPMBT) rose from being a perennial bottom dweller to a championship contender is chronicled in a soon-to-be-released book published by the Nowhere To Go But UP Foundation. The upcoming release of “Nowhere To Go But UP (How a Basketball Team […]
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Miko Eala captures Hellenic Bank Masters Tennis Title in Cyprus
Rising Filipino tennis star Michael Francis “Miko” Eala won a thrilling final at the Hellenic Bank Masters tournament in Nicosia, Cyprus. The unseeded 17-year old Filipino, who trains at the Rafa Nadal Tennis Academy in Mallorca, Spain, beat Moldovia’s Ilya Snitari in an exciting three-setter 6-4 5-7 6-2. The tourney, held from November 11-16, is […]
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