Comedy King Dolphy’s statue was unveiled on April 16, which is also the birthday of Dolphy Jr. Present at the event were his proud children—Sally, Eric, Epy, Ronnie, Vandolph, Rolly, Dolphy Jr., Edgar and his sister Laura. According to Sally, Mayor Alfredo Lim told them that the statue was erected in front of Museo Pambata on Roxas Boulevard because, without their knowledge, their dad had donated a lot to the museum.
Controversy Season 2013 has officially begun in local show biz. Just when netizens were still shaking off the holiday hangover, Sunshine Cruz’s intriguing posts on Twitter and Instagram caused quite a stir.
Six months after the passing of Comedy King Dolphy, her longtime partner, Zsa Zsa Padilla, is still in mourning.
Glenn Katada, student: “If boxer Nonito Donaire is thinking of another career, he can always pursue singing. I watched him sing live on TV, and he more than passed muster. And the guy looks good, too. I’m not saying that he should transform himself into another Manny Pacquiao, by pursuing interests other than boxing. But, if I were to choose between the two, Donaire is definitely the better singer!”
Puppeeteer Wanlu, above, commissioned famous US-based craftsman Scott Land to make this Dolphy marionette. “It took months of planning and brainstorming,” Wanlu said. The special marionette was unveiled at the Cultural Center of the Philippines during the recent National Theater Festival. Apart from paying homage to the late Comedy King, Wanlu hopes the miniature Pidol [...]
I immensely enjoyed bonding with the Quizon brood at the birthday dinner of Ronnie at Sogbu (12th Avenue cor Col. Bonny Serrano, Quezon City)—the homey resto of his brother Eric.
What makes one production hit it big, and another show bites the dust of ignominy—with great alacrity? A producer once intimated to us that the difference between a hit and a flop can be quite slight. Not all the judicious planning and money in the world can assure the creation of a blockbuster. On the other hand, a movie produced for just peanuts some years ago ended up making over a hundred million dollars!
As All Saints’ Day approaches, our thoughts turn to the dearly departed. I asked some celebrities to name the famous person(s) whose death had a profound impact on them. For me, it’s Michael Jackson. As a true blue MJ fanatic, I remain inconsolable when I remember his untimely demise. Of course it goes [...]
LAST Sunday, we stayed up way past our bedtime to watch the “Alay Tawa” tribute to Dolphy on ABS-CBN. It was a noteworthy production because it involved the talents of all three of our leading TV networks, who were finally brought together by their shared love and respect for the local entertainment scene’s recently departed King Comic.
Aga Muhlach remains unfazed by detractors who are questioning his having registered as a voter in Camarines Sur.
It took all three major TV networks, and its roster of stars, to approximate the greatness of the one and only King of Comedy, Dolphy. That, in a nutshell, was what happened at Wednesday night’s musical tribute to Dolphy, dubbed “Alay Tawa, ” at the SM MOA Arena.
People are already lining up at the entrances of Mall of Asia The Arena on Wednesday night, around 7 p.m., for the musical tribute on the Comedy King, Rodolfo Vera Quizon.
