Christian, Karylle, and Joanna sing Leonard Bernstein’s classic hits

By Nickie Wang / Manila Standard Today
Think of putting top-notch actors, talented and creative people, and a moving love story in one stunning venue like the Meralco Theater. What you get is a world-class stage production.
One of the most highly anticipated productions in the local performing arts is the Manila re-staging of West Side Story [...]

Mister International Philippines: A classy male pageant

By Nickie Wang/ Manila Standard Today
The fashion and entertainment industries teem with beautiful women who often grace the television programs and advertisements, magazine covers and gigantic billboards. They have been heralded as the epitome of beauty.
Yet their male counterparts, once overlooked by the public, can now claim their share of ogling eyes from, don’t raise [...]

Jimmy Kimmel Live! in Asia

By Nickie Wang/ Manila Standard Today

“Do you know Jimmy?”
“Jimmy who?”
In the streets of Singapore, Star World has been doing an advertising campaign asking local people if they know Jimmy Kimmel. “Jimmy who?” would more often than not has been the answer.
Yet, that advertising campaign heralded the premiere of Jimmy Kimmel Live! in Asia.
Hosted by Emmy-winning [...]

Intramuros concert pays tribute to the Katipunan

By Nickie Wang/Manila Standard Today
In a candle-lit room, members of the Katipunan denounced the abuses of the Spanish government and swore to fight colonial oppression. The Katipunan or Kataas-taasang, Kagalang-galangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan (Supreme and Venerable Society of the Children of the Nation), one of the successor organizations of La Liga Filipina [...]

Rediscovering Boracay through Fairways and Bluewater

By Nickie Wang/ Manila Standard Today
What else could we enjoy in Boracay?
Touted as one of the 10 best beaches in the world by Yahoo Travel for its pristine blue water and blindingly white sand, Boracay has more than relaxation, clubbing, and beach activities to offer.
During the first Fairways and Bluewater Resort Golf and Country Club [...]

Model search ‘Face of the Year’ is back

By Nickie Wang /Manila Standard Today
Being discovered by a talent scout while strolling in a mall, or just sweeping the sidewalk perhaps, or serving a customer in a fast-food restaurant is a far too common an anecdote of models, movie/TV stars now basking in fame and fortune.
A modeling search is the one of the best [...]

Changing moods and shifting modes

By Nickie Wang/Manila Standard Today
How do you start your day?
Some people prefer to jump-start their day with loads of fun and laughter. Others devote their time focusing on the most important things need to be done. Amid the high rocketing prices of basic commodities, the only way to get by is to smile and throw [...]

Award-winning playwright stages production at CCP

Asian-American dramatist David Henry Hwang is here in Manila to present his story of a 19th century Chinese family coping with living in a life being shaped by a deluge of influences from the West.
“This production is a coming-home of many sorts. It’s a coming home of David and the coming home of an experience. [...]

Visual artist talks about environment, social imbalance

By Nickie Wang /Manila Standard Today
09 August 2008
Socio-realism is the term used by artists to depict their works that focus on the everyday life of the working class and the impoverished people.
It could be just an artistic style, but for local artist Gene de Loyola, it’s more than just an approach or a detailed form [...]

Transformation and musical journeys

By Nickie Wang
We always think that a new album coming from artists who had produced exceptional records and anthemic tracks would always equal their previous works. The pressure to maintain or at least live up to the expectations of the public is a tough task for Aiza Seguerra and Yeng Constantino. Smash hits “Pagdating ng [...]