It’s a popular ploy in the scriptwriting trade: When in need of an especially pathetic and empathetic dramatic twinge, do a medical story! From “Johnny Belinda” through “Philadelphia” to “Lorenzo’s Oil,” the TV-film landscape is full of literally painful dramas in which physically tormented protagonists contend with all sorts of dire illnesses or disabilities, and eventually surmount them.
DINA Bonnevie says she has never been happier. She has a new man in her life—Ilocos Sur Vice Governor DV Savellano.
Airport people told me that Angelica Panganiban went ballistic when customs taxed her for the two Hermès bags she hand-carried (stashed in Hermès paper bags to match). She wanted to pay using her credit card because she did not have enough cash with her. But of course, no government agency has a swiping machine.
“I can feel it coming. Siyempre mas masarap pag hindi malamig ang Pasko,” says actress Dina Bonnevie, who wants a boyfriend for Christmas. “I still have to decide whether to spend Christmas with my dad here or fly to Switzerland to be with my mom and sisters. Dyahe naman maki-join ako sa celebration ni Tin [...]
Does Chris Martinez’s remake of “Temptation Island” live up to the feisty ebullience of Joey Gosiengfiao’s wacky original? We re-viewed the Dina Bonnevie-Alfie Anido starrer the day before its new version opened in local cineplexes, so we were curious how director Martinez could channel the kitsch and estrogen-pumped catfights that made the 1980 comedy a [...]
