Liza Soberano on bringing Alexandra Trese to life
She may have had to turn her back on playing Darna in 2019. But in her first acting gig after the primetime run of the TV series “Make It With You” was unceremoniously cut short last year after only 45...
View ArticleOmar Sy on why ‘Lupin’ and its gentleman thief resonate with viewers
French actor Omar Sy is no stranger to rewriting the rules and breaching borders. After all, long before “Lupin,” the thrilling 10-episode series he topbills as an action hero who’s a cross between...
View ArticleShay Mitchell: ‘Trese’ brought me closer to my mom’s Filipino heritage
Shay Mitchell, the lovely Filipino-Canadian star of the drama series “Pretty Little Liars,” the psychological thriller “You” and the comedy series “Dollface,” said that something just clicked when she...
View Article‘Storm Rising’: How Reed Timmer’s plan to chase a typhoon in PH was foiled by...
Extreme weather conditions have been wreaking havoc in many places around the globe in recent years, reaching frightening new levels of intensity due to global warming. This is particularly more...
View Article‘Rise Again’ revisits century-old Tulsa massacre and its musings on racism,...
We thought a century could somehow shield us from the gut-wrenching impact of the massacre at the center of filmmaker Dawn Porter’s powerful documentary “Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer.” We were...
View ArticleIn the witching hour with Ashley Nicole Williams
For fans of the supernatural genre, Freeform’s “Motherland: Fort Salem” has a story whose concept is simply too tantalizing to resist. The series, whose 10-episode Season 2 launches (at 10 p.m. ET/PT)...
View ArticleRyan and Judy Ann on getting vaccinated: We can’t keep fighting this battle...
After some “false starts,” we finally got our first shot of COVID-19 vaccine last Monday at the vaccination program for movie industry workers organized by the Metro Manila Development Authority...
View Article‘Lupin’ creator George Kay on what to expect from Season 2
If you’re among the many viewers who enjoyed the mind-bending whodunit of Netflix’s “Criminal” or the edgy but breezy cat-and-mouse chases that fueled the early season of “Killing Eve,” we’re pretty...
View ArticleFinding ‘Luca’: Jacob Tremblay and Jack Dylan Grazer weigh in on...
It has all the crowd-pleasing elements guaranteed to find favor with moviegoers of all ages. But it’s the no-frills simplicity of “Luca,” Disney/Pixar’s latest animated film, that quickly swept us off...
View ArticleJessica Sutton on the ‘magic’ of acting and the consequences of sacrifice
We have another treat for fans of the TV series “Motherland: Fort Salem,” who made their strong presence felt on social media soon after our one-on-one interview with Ashley Nicole Williams, who plays...
View Article‘Triple threat’ Anthony Ramos turning his ‘sueñito’ into reality
Anthony Ramos is on a roll. After his star-making turn in Jon M. Chu’s big-screen adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway musical “In The Heights,” it seems that the 29-year-old “triple threat” is...
View ArticleJerome’s glass-half-full approach to pandemic woes
The long lockdowns and limited work opportunities they resulted in were as much a period of uncertainty as they were a time to rest and reflect for Jerome Ponce. “The pandemic made me question what...
View ArticleBob Ballard: Life lessons from the legendary explorer who found the sunken...
Bob Ballard is known in his line of work for his pioneering use of submersibles that laid the foundation for deep-sea archaeology. The legendary oceanographer, who turned 79 last Wednesday, has...
View ArticleHow Filipino-Italian model fueled Ronan Farrow’s Pulitzer-winning...
In 2018, The New York Times and The New Yorker shared the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, for “explosive, impactful journalism that exposed wealthy and influential sexual predators.” The series of...
View ArticlePiolo and Alessandra on their Netflix starrer’s ‘different take on love’
When we talked to Piolo Pascual and Alessandra de Rossi for this two-on-one exclusive interview on Zoom last week to discuss “My Amanda,” their hit-bound dramatic venture on Netflix that launches...
View ArticleDonna Cruz: Icelandic beauty queen and actress is ‘proudly Pinoy’ at heart
One memorable weekend early this year, when we sat down to watch some European countries’ official entries to the 93rd edition of the Oscars, we knew we’d find visually and thematically delectable...
View ArticleEvan Mock: Fil-Am hunk in brand-new iteration of ‘Gossip Girl’
Back when the original “Gossip Girl” series was launched in 2007, it would have been almost unthinkable to see lives unfurl beyond the Upper Eastside “whiteness” of its lead characters, led by...
View ArticleThomas Doherty on ‘Gossip Girl’s’ bolder take on sexuality
The sibling rivalry between half-sisters Julien Calloway (Jordan Alexander) and Zoya Lott (Whitney Peak) is fueling the tension that keeps “Gossip Girl” viewable and popular, as the ratings and social...
View ArticleAina Dumlao: ‘Grey’s Anatomy’s’ 1st PH nurse is a scene-stealer in ‘Unusual...
For US-based Filipino actress Aina Dumlao, getting cast as Gerlie Bernardo, a Filipino nurse suffering through the physical aftermath of COVID-19, the Season 17 finale of “Grey’s Anatomy” (“Someone...
View ArticleFil-Am illustrator-director talks about ‘Craig of the Creek,’ revisits Pinoy...
The animated TV series “Craig of the Creek,” which is aired on Cartoon Network and HBO Go, follows 9-year-old Craig Williams and his playmates Kelsey Pokoly, 8, and JP Mercer, 10, as they play games...
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