Life begins anew as CCP turns 40

By NICKIE WANG/ Manila Standard Today
Along Roxas Boulevard lies one of the country’s greatest treasures. It has been the symbol of Filipino ingenuity, a venue that showcases incomparable local talents, a catalyst for a major leap in cultural development and preservation, and the world’s window to the Philippines as the Asia’s Mecca of culture and the [...]

No breakup for Angel Locsin and Luis Manzano

Is there a real formula for making celebrity love affair lasts?
For Angel Locsin and Luis Manzano, keeping their relationship intact is a matter of having an open communication. Since nobody is safe from rumormongers in showbiz, an open line of communication makes Angel and Luis hurdle difficult times just like what they had experience of [...]

One-man show retells engaging story

By NICKIE WANG/ Manila Standard Today
The story itself is an engaging tale of a personal struggle and a quest for identity. It chronicles a journey that covers the time when the character was just a kid seeing a hula dance for the very first time until it became a permanent part of his life.  Dance, [...]

Charice to sing at Obama’s inauguration

By Nickie Wang
Charice is the first Filipino artist to have performed on Oprah, Ellen DeGeneres, and Good Morning America, and by far the only local talent who has been receiving such massive international exposure.
The sixteen-year-old belter is set to make another record by performing at the historic inauguration of US president-elect Barack Obama in Washington [...]

Twilight…Camera…Action

By Lil Kitty
Riding on the mammoth success of the movie Twilight, ABSCBN, according to reports, paid a whooping $ 1 million for the exclusive rights to turn the romantic-fantasy film into a television series. Although the broadcasting giant has denied the report, rants and raves already had circulated around internet forums and blogosphere. Even famous [...]

Aurora’s Cul de sac

By Lil Kitty
Before the word flawless was ever used by derm clinics and Angelica Jones, Rosanna Roces became famous using the word to describe her skin.
After several years of hiatus, she is making a comeback. Her reappearance however is  not a  grand return via a big movie from an established film outfit. She has this [...]

The year that was

By Billy Bong
We posted this entry with the knowledge that 2008 is really over and that 2009 will be another year of ups and downs in the world of showbiz.
There are guaranteed facts in showbiz. People will rise, get famous and fade. Some of them might stay on top for a longer time but the [...]

Top-grossing Pinoy Movies of 2008

Nix top 12 lists down the twelve top-grossing flicks of 2008. Two entries in the 34th Metro Manila Film Festival are already included based on their box  office performance from Dec. 25 to 31, 2008.
1. A VERY SPECIAL LOVE – P179.23 million (Star Cinema/Viva Films)
Romantic-comedy film featuring the first team-up of Sarah Geronimo with John [...]