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Supreme zeitgeist

November 8, 2014 - 12:00am

In October’s Zeitgeist, the focus seems to be on Filipinos who have put the country in the global spotlight. Topping the charts of pop culture terms most searched for on Google is boxer Nonito Donaire who,...

Supreme

Great voices from the past

By Baby A. Gil | April 16, 2014 - 12:00am

It was April 1, a few weeks ago, the beginning of the second quarter of the year and I thought also the right time to listen...

Entertainment

An American classic turns 80

By Baby A. Gil | October 16, 2006 - 12:00am

Tony Bennett turned 80 last Aug. 3. That means he has now spent over 60 years of his life in the music business. That is quite a long time and Bennett has just the right length of hit list to go with it....

Entertainment

Top sans Freestyle & vice versa

By Baby A. Gil | July 7, 2006 - 12:00am

It was a painful break-up for Top Suzara and Freestyle. That was not at all surprising. Fifteen years together is a long time and in this case those were truly very important years. Freestyle was a young band from...

Entertainment

Pagpadayon ni Top

April 21, 2006 - 12:00am

Human siya nagpakahilom sa dihang mibiya siya sa banda nga Freestyle pipila na ka buwan ang milabay, siya mibalik ug subling mihimo og kasikas isip solo performer. Hangopa, abibahi ug duyogi ang pagbalik ni Top...

Banat Kalingawan

Why Top Suzara left Freestyle

By Ricky Lo | March 21, 2006 - 12:00am

Up to now, it isn’t quite clear why vocalist Christopher "Top" Suzara left Freestyle in April last year, simply because Top has opted to keep mum about it – until now, that is. "I left Freestyle...

Entertainment

Mga lumang awitin sa Merk's

May 3, 2004 - 12:00am

Ito ang gabi ng pagbabalik-tanaw at awitin kasama ang mga bituin. Itatanghal ng Merk’s Bar Bistro ang Three For The Road: A Tribute To Davis, Jr., Bennet & Sinatra kasama sina Richard Merk, Robert Seña...

PSN Showbiz

The romantic sound of John Trones

By Baby A. Gil | October 8, 2003 - 12:00am

Blame Michael Bublé for the fact that young good looking men are now discovering jazz-flavored standards. Blame Josh Groban too for helping to make classical singing a part of the pop hit charts. Then perhaps...

Entertainment

Face-to-face with J. Lo

By Boy Abunda | March 5, 2003 - 12:00am

Around Thanksgiving last year, I was in New York to meet the Queen, her beautiful highness, J. Lo. Thank you to Columbia Pictures for that wonderful opportunity. When my friend Doris Torres of Columbia called to...

Entertainment