Novice artists on the rise

By Nickie Wang
MBoys ‘09 and Not that kind of girl
If youR auditory nerves are tired of covers and renditions that only serve as additional rubbish in your playlist, then you need fresh sounds to soothe your ear. It’s only when young blood artists surface that we could experience totally different approaches in music. From the [...]

Brave Albums

By Nickie Wang
Mga Gitarista and Doobie Night

Various instrumental and compilation albums are out in the market but rare in the country that local artists collaborate to produce a material that would entice the listeners to play the CD. Let’s take the high-profile compilation Mga Gitarista, and Doobie Nights that has been out for quite [...]

Cinemalaya gears up for 2008 festival

By Nickie Wang
Contributor /Manila Standard Today
25 June 2008
“Anong kuwento mo? (What’s your story?)”
This question is the tagline of the advertising campaign created by Cinemalaya filmmakers to kick off this year’s Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival and Competition on July 11 until the 20th at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
From a total of 194 entries submitted [...]

Edu Manzano: From vitamins to mobile phones

By Nickie Wang
Contributor /Manila Standard Today
23 June 2008
Veteran actor and TV host Edu Manzano is endorsing a new line of mobile phone products from China’s leading television and mobile phone manufacturer Konka Group.
With more than 1.6 million units of mobile phone sold in China alone, the Konka Group gears up for international expansion by establishing [...]

French filmfest at the Shang

By Nickie Wang
Contributor /Manila Standard Today
23 June 2003
When talking about France, the first things that come to mind are: the Eiffel Tower, which has become a venue of marriage proposals (remember Tom Cruise’s marriage proposal to Katie Holmes?); street cafes, where lovely and fashionable couple are seen dining; and of course the famous French kiss [...]

Novice artists on the rise

By Nickie Wang / Manila Standard Today
19 June 2008
If youR auditory nerves are tired of covers and renditions that only serve as additional rubbish in your playlist, then you need fresh sounds to soothe your ear. It’s only when young blood artists surface that we could experience totally different approaches in music. From the traditional [...]

DAWN ZULUETA: On motherhood, beauty and politics

By Nickie Wang
Contributor /Manila Standard Today
17 June 2008
If a calla lily or honeysuckle would be a person, it would definitely be Dawn Zulueta.
Like these flowers, Dawn is admired, well-known for her blossoming and effervescent personality that appeals to people of all ages. She’s a mother who brings colors to the world of her child, and [...]

Artists celebrate national hero’s 147th birthday

By Nickie Wang
Contributor/Manila Standard Today
15 June 2008
Artists make new possibilities, and that’s the reason the commemoration of our national hero’s birth is being spearheaded by the Cultural Center of the Philippines with the mounting of Pepe Goes To Market: Sining Selebrasyon ng Birthday Ni Dr. Jose ‘Pepe’ Rizal, which features the country’s most celebrated artists [...]

Painting Araneta red

By Nickie Wang
Contributor / Manila Standard Today
10 June 2008
The futuristic theme of the PBB Teen Edition Plus at the Big Dome was an apt setting for its big night, especially when ex-housemates came together and welcomed promdi hottie, 18-year-old Ejay Falcon, as this edition’s Teen Big Winner.
Araneta Coliseum was nearly kaleidoscopic with colors as fans [...]

Movie industry in mourning

By Nickie Wang / Manila Standard Today
09 June 2008
Movies depict life, and not all movies finish off with happy endings. Rudy “Daboy” Fernandez’s script had ended after the sunrise of June 7. At the age of 56, he passed away at 6:15 in the morning. He was surrounded by his loving wife Lorna Tolentino and [...]

Boston pop quintet clicks with Pinoy teens

By Nickie Wang /Manila Standard Today
03 June 2008
“You get one shot, one song and that’s it. And you’re in a room full of screaming girls and we played acoustically and couldn’t hear ourselves.”
Ethan Mentzer, The Click Five’s bass player, was definitely right when he uttered this quote two years ago. Last Friday night, the Boston-based [...]