SARAH Geronimo’s performance on her weekly musical variety show on TV has generally been improving and gaining in self-assurance. It’s also good to see that she no longer relies excessively on her signature birit style of high-decibel “power” singing, and has learned the virtues of musical versatility and contrast.
Olive Lamasan’s “The Mistress” is turning out to be the top mainstream film hit of 2012 to date. What accounts for its phenomenal success? There’s nothing like watching the movie to find out.
WATCHING John Lloyd Cruz, Bea Alonzo, Ronaldo Valdez and Hilda Koronel strut their thespic stuff in Olivia Lamasan’s “The Mistress” is instructive: They deliver the goods, but their contrasting acting styles effectively convey their characters’ emotions and motivations—from raging bluster to fleeting moments of calm.
One of my fave books of all time is “Advice to a Young Wife from an Old Mistress” by Michael Drury. It basically says that, to be a good wife, you sometimes must know how to act like a mistress. The unspoken dynamics and emotional capacities of a three-way love affair is what Star [...]
CHRISTMAS in the Philippines precociously starts as early as Sept. 1, when Yuletide carols wake befuddled radio listeners up, making some of them wonder if they’ve been trapped in a time warp.
“At some point, you’ll feel the thirst to veer away from safe roles and move on to the next level,” said actress Bea Alonzo.
Hilda Koronel has spent the last six years living a quiet life with husband Ralph Moore and 21-year-old son Diego in the United States.
