Star Life Talk and Gossip

MANILA, Philippines — The Coen brothers Joel and Ethan have in recent years dominated contemporary cinema the way David Lynch did a generation ago. Remember “Blue Velvet” (1986) and how it spawned a slew of surrealistic psychosexual film noir? But more than the landscape of film, the Coens also reinvented the storytelling art, grabbing viewers [...]

MANILA, Philippines — Lea Salonga’s husband Robert Chien surprised his wife on Feb. 21 with a 40th birthday bash. Rob felt this milestone in Lea’s life needed to be celebrated in an extraordinary manner because his wife’s “life is just about to begin,” so to speak. The plan was simple: Lea was to have a [...]

MANILA, Philippines — With her reputation as a hard-hitting intellectual, TV host and UP professor Winnie Monsod may be someone credibly qualified to look down on stupid people. But think again. She finds televiewers, regardless of status, as essentially a reflection of herself: Not dumb and cannot be fooled. This, she insisted when a reporter [...]

MANILA, Philippines — Congratulations to Angeline Quinto of Manila who was named the first “Star Power” Female Pop Superstar. Angeline cried when her ultimate mentor megastar Sharon Cuneta made this historic announcement. Together with her family and hundreds of supporters, Angeline joyfully received her honors and the whopping prizes attached to it. Ynares Center in [...]

MANILA, Philippines — Millions of Filipinos got into People Power Fever Friday—this, including a number of celebrities, some of whom decided to join the humungous crowd gathered at the People Power Monument in EDSA for a big extravaganza meant to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the 1986 uprising. Seen at the festivities were Dingdong Dantes, [...]