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Lipa City Mayor Vilma Santos turns a year wiser today and as early as three weeks ago, her fans had been sending me text messages – asking me to write something about the Star For All Seasons on the occasion of her birthday. Since I’ve already written volumes about her, this is a rather difficult task for me to do. However, there will always be a way – especially if you’re doing it for a person you love and admire.
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Political unrest may be bad for the economy, but it brings out the creative juices among our film artists – not to mention their rebellious streak. It’s not surprising therefore that a sector of the movie industry has bravely come forward to demand the resignation of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
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With due respect to the State University, which is behind the Gawad Plaridel, I’d like to think that there was a strong Manunuri vote in the award UP is giving Vilma Santos because some members of the selection committee are also members of the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino.
But whatever the case may be, I agree wholeheartedly with the choice of Vilma Santos as this year’s winner of the Gawad Plaridel, the University of the Philippines’ highest award for outstanding media practitioner.
[DatePublished] => 2005-06-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135739 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1186451 [AuthorName] => Butch Francisco [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 187788 [Title] => Dekada ’70: Not a great film but an important one [Summary] =>
As per my impression and recollection, the ’70s was a decade of contrasting landscapes. Musically, there was the hustle, the salsa, el bimbo (which must be the tackiest in the history of dance), the bump and swing toward the end of the decade.
However, the ’70s was also the time when Barry Manilow and his music reigned in the airwaves and therefore considered by many as dull.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135733 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1186451 [AuthorName] => Butch Francisco [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) ) )
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135739 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1186451 [AuthorName] => Butch Francisco [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 304939 [Title] => My favorite Vilma Santos films [Summary] =>
Lipa City Mayor Vilma Santos turns a year wiser today and as early as three weeks ago, her fans had been sending me text messages – asking me to write something about the Star For All Seasons on the occasion of her birthday. Since I’ve already written volumes about her, this is a rather difficult task for me to do. However, there will always be a way – especially if you’re doing it for a person you love and admire.
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[Summary] => Political unrest may be bad for the economy, but it brings out the creative juices among our film artists – not to mention their rebellious streak. It’s not surprising therefore that a sector of the movie industry has bravely come forward to demand the resignation of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135733 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1186451 [AuthorName] => Butch Francisco [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 282290 [Title] => Why Vilma deserves the Gawad Plaridel [Summary] =>
With due respect to the State University, which is behind the Gawad Plaridel, I’d like to think that there was a strong Manunuri vote in the award UP is giving Vilma Santos because some members of the selection committee are also members of the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino.
But whatever the case may be, I agree wholeheartedly with the choice of Vilma Santos as this year’s winner of the Gawad Plaridel, the University of the Philippines’ highest award for outstanding media practitioner.
[DatePublished] => 2005-06-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135739 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1186451 [AuthorName] => Butch Francisco [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 187788 [Title] => Dekada ’70: Not a great film but an important one [Summary] =>
As per my impression and recollection, the ’70s was a decade of contrasting landscapes. Musically, there was the hustle, the salsa, el bimbo (which must be the tackiest in the history of dance), the bump and swing toward the end of the decade.
However, the ’70s was also the time when Barry Manilow and his music reigned in the airwaves and therefore considered by many as dull.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135733 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1186451 [AuthorName] => Butch Francisco [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) ) )
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