Director Gil M. Portes insists his latest indie film, “Bayang Magiliw,” is based on a true story that happened in his hometown of Pagbilao in Quezon province. The lead character was really a vice mayor, “a very powerful one,” in his barrio, Portes says. The mayor was always somewhere else, so his next in [...]
One look at Epy Quizon and screen legend Mona Lisa couldn’t help exclaiming: “You look exactly like Dolphy.”
A multimedia company here is producing a film based on the life and times of the late Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo, a distinguished son of this city who died in a plane crash last August.
Instead of feeling helpless, some show biz denizens have opted to be proactive and help fellow Filipinos affected by the floods wrought by monsoon rains this week. On Facebook, actor Ping Medina is reviving his Barangay Soup Kitchen project, which he organized three years ago in the aftermath of tropical storm Ondoy. The soup [...]
Epy Quizon via GMA 7’s special Dolphy tribute, “Habilin ng Hari,” aired Sunday night: “My dad’s drama consisted of the stories of his children and grandchildren. Not all lives are worry-free, you know. And he was always the center of that continuing drama. Thus, for me, he really was the happy-sad face of entertainment.”
Comedy King Dolphy had undergone a new procedure on Tuesday before he succumbed to a long battle with a debilitating pulmonary disease.
Epy Quizon thanked the Filipino people for coming at the public viewing of his father’s remains at The Heritage Memorial Park, saying that the Filipinos were celebrating Dolphy’s life with the family.
On father’s day last Sunday, Dolphy’s youngest daughter, singer Zia Quizon, decorated his room in the intensive care unit of the Makati Medical Center with balloons and colorful greeting cards.
Eric and Epy Quizon, sons of King of Comedy Dolphy, pointed out that their dad deserves to be National Artist as much as the other actors mentioned in various reports, but reiterated that their family isn’t actively campaigning for the honor.
Epy Quizon reacts to another spate of rumors over the weekend that his father, King of Comedy Dolphy, had passed on: “Do not believe. I am about to see my dad. As I always say, if they are in a hurry, they should go ahead.”
Actor Epy Quizon on Sunday denied his “Comedy King” father, Dolphy, has passed away.
When he started in the biz, Cute Hunk was rumored to be homophobic. He swore he would never give in to the advances of gay benefactors … because he preferred chasing rich and lonely matrons.
