by Nickee V. De Leon/AJPress
Now celebrating its 29th year, Eat Bulaga! (EB) is the longest-running noon-time show on Philippine television. It is, without a shadow of doubt, the epitome of Pinoy pop culture.
The name Eat Bulaga! (bulaga is the equivalent of peek-a-boo in Tagalog) was coined by Joey de Leon himself. In a Q&A session [...]
by Rene Villaroman/AJPress
In 1991, on the eve of his historic concert at the Universal Amphitheater, I met Gary Valenciano while he was doing one of those promotional appearances at the couture shop of fashion designer Boy Lizaso. Lizaso’s shop was then located on Vermont St., in a strip mall that was also the location of [...]
by by Gale Gatchalian/AJPress
Something beautiful lit up the glorious stage of the Walt Disney Concert Hall last Friday night. Kicking off a series of new shows called ‘Global Pop at the Music Center’, Lea Salonga, the multi-award winning Broadway star now with a platinum album under her belt, truly lived up to the concert’s tagline: [...]
by Joseph Pimentel/AJPress
“This Lea concert as great as it was, we don’t see a lot [mainstream] concerts featuring Pinoy or Pinays,” said Winston Emano, a public relations executive, who was hired by the Disney Concert officials to oversee the Salonga performance. “Lea is a pioneer. She’s the first Filipino to headline at the Disney Concert [...]
by Carmie O. Carpio/AJPress
The Apo Hiking Society is considered as one of the pillars of Original Pilipino Music (OPM), having popularized a great number of outstanding Filipino songs. Composed of the remarkable trio of Danny Javier, Jim Paredes and Boboy Garrovillo, this legendary musical group has etched life, creativity and wit to the Filipino entertainment [...]
by Rene Villaroman/AJPress
LOS ANGELES – Although I have not watched her perform in acoustically proper venues like a concert hall or an auditorium, I have been fortunate enough to watch her perform twice in the entertainment portions of two trade expositions, once at the Los Angeles Convention Center, and again at the Del Mar Fair [...]
by Malou Liwanag-Aguilar/AJPress
Pope Benedict XVI rekindles ‘the Light’ at the World Youth Day in Australia
With all that’s happening to the world today,holding on to our faith takes a little more effort, especially for the youth. At present, there are too many things that distract our young people that we wonder about their future and how [...]
by Momar Visaya/AJPress
NEW YORK – “My eyes became blurry from crying every night. It was like I did not have hope to escape or to continue to live. I thought about committing suicide because I was so depressed,” Marichu Baoanan said in between sobs, as she narrated what transpired during the winter of 2006.
After keeping [...]
by Joseph Pimentel/AJPress
LOS ANGELES – Dressed in a blue shirt and jeans, holding up a sign reading “Service Workers on Strike: Taking Back UC” Rodolfo Aquino was one of many Filipino University of Calfornia service workers employees on the picket line marching in front of the UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical center for fair wages.
“We are [...]
