Category: Glitz and Glamour

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Lani Mercado, the pork barrel, and Filipinos’ squatter mentality

August 16, 2013 benign0 171 Comments

This is what ‘actress-politician’ Lani Mercado, wife of actor-turned-senator Bong Revilla had to say about the idea of scrapping altogether the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or pork barrel: “Basta huwag lang manghihingi sa amin ang mga tao!” Source of quote: PEP.ph. And we wonder why the Philippines is renowned for its beggar culture. To…

Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Politics

Hindi Pwede Kami Magtagal Dito.My Impressions of Sean Ellis’ Metro Manila

August 16, 2013July 14, 2015 Gogs 24 Comments

And them South Side sisters sure look pretty The cripple on the corner cries out, “Nickels for your pity.” And them downtown boys sure talk gritty It’s so hard to be a saint in the city Bruce Springsteen “Hindi pwede kami magtagal dito. “- that is the Tagalog phrase as I…

Culture, Film Review, Glitz and Glamour

‘Metro Manila’ – (The Film): Anything but Cliché

August 15, 2013July 14, 2015 John Bay 17 Comments

To a jaded moviegoer who thinks he has seen it all, “Metro Manila” offers a compelling reason for viewers to revisit Philippine cinema. I was recently invited for the press screening of “Metro Manila” last Tuesday August 13, at “The Block” in SM North Edsa. “Metro Manila” was directed by the UK’s Academy Award nominee…

Culture, Film Review, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Society

Metro Manila: A Film Review

August 15, 2013July 14, 2015 ChinoF 6 Comments

I happen to be one of those lucky enough to make it to a screening of the movie “Metro Manila.” Starring Jake Macapagal and Althea Vega, it won the Audience Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. I’ll try to figure out why. Let me rehash the synopsis from Benign0’s preview. METRO MANILA centers around…

Film Review, Glitz and Glamour

Social media celeb John Ortiz Teope gets on the #GilasPilipinas racist bandwagon!

August 14, 2013 benign0 12 Comments

Tsk tsk. We continue wonder whether Pinoy-style basketball really brings out best the best in Filipinos if even “respected” social media personalities engage in low-brow racist sports fan rhetoric. Dr. Rodolfo “John” Ortiz Teope, PhD, EdD, DSD, DES is National President of the First Philippine Pro-Democracy Foundation, Inc and is host of the online video…

Glitz and Glamour, Media, Society

Hanging onto Gilas Pilipinas (and other famous Pinoys) will not uplift the country

August 12, 2013December 4, 2018 ChinoF 37 Comments

A slew of indignant comments raged over Gogs’ insightful article “Why A Smart Gilas Win Means Nothing To Me.” This is the same outrage fadism which flooded my own article “Why Pinoy Pride will not save the Philippines.” Instead of taking the lesson and doing better from it, or even just making some noteworthy and…

Glitz and Glamour

Why A Smart Gilas Win Means Nothing To Me

August 11, 2013August 11, 2013 Gogs 432 Comments

We got smilin’ politicians (It ain’t nothin’ to me) Got songs from rich musicians (It ain’t nothin’ to me) Called Tokyo long distance And the queen came for tea Might mean somethin’ to you (It ain’t nothin’ to me) Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers “It Ain’t Nothin’ To Me ” As you can…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Society

Did Chito Miranda’s Son Leak His Sex Video With Neri Naig?

August 8, 2013August 8, 2013 P. Farol 28 Comments

Over on Fashion Pulis, they’re asking if it was indeed Chito Miranda’s own son that leaked the sex video with Neri Naig. Various screen captures of Facebook updates reveal what seems to be signs of a festering conflict between father and son, among which the most telling one seems to be this: The…

Crime, Glitz and Glamour