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MANILA, Philippines — After completing tapings for Season 2 of “Unbreak My Heart,” Joshua Garcia finds and enjoys the time to be the “simple and introverted” guy that he is.
Academy Awards. The film had its debut in the Critics’ Week section of the Cannes film festival in May and was directed by first-time feature filmmaker Amanda Nell Eu. The announcement was made on Thursday by Malaysia’s Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil following selection by the National Film Development Corporation (FINAS). The film was a eight-way coproduction involving companies from Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Indonesia and Qatar, and emerged from a succession of labs, project markets and international funds. Since winning the Grand Prix at the Critics’ Week, “Tiger Stripes” has been a popular choice on the festival circuit, with stops so far at Neufchatel, The Hamptons, Sitges, London, Fantasia, Taipei and next week’s Pingyao events.Dir. Amanda Nell Eu. International sales: Films Boutique. All submissions and materials for the 2023 race must be received by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences by 5 p.m. on Oct. 2. And films must meet all the qualifying conditions between Dec. 1, 2022, and Oct. 31, 2023. A shortlist of 15 will be announced on Dec. 21. Final nominees will be announced on Jan. 23, 2024. The 96th Academy Awards is set to take place on March 10, 2024. Argentina, the South American country with the best Academy Awards history, has chosen as its Academy Awards submission “The Delinquents,” Rodrigo Moreno’s incorrigibly playful heist movie, which world premiered at Cannes Un Certain Regard, delighting critics.
EXCLUSIVE: It’s just another day in Manila’s Riverbanks Center studios and a stand-in actor is beating off a group of gangsters with an outsized prosthetic penis – thankfully one that is wrapped in a tasteful chiffon scarf.
MANILA, Philippines — Actor Pepe Herrera backed his support for sustainable fashion by attending the 2023 ABS-CBN Ball with a completely upcycled outfit.
MANILA, Philippines — Award-winning actor John Arcilla revealed that his movie with fellow Kapamilya star Daniel Padilla "The Guest" will begin filming at the end of the year.
MANILA, Philippines — How can an actor like Donny Pangilinan who did not experience poverty can portray a poor boy in a series?
Fears were growing today for a British businesswoman who has gone missing in the Philippines.Friends and family have launched a Facebook appeal to find Carole Day, 56, who was last seen in Manila 12 days ago.The ex-pat, who runs a furniture business, was in the city visiting one of her showrooms before she was due to fly to Thailand on the day she vanished.Mrs Day lives in Hong Kong, where her late husband Richard was a high court judge, with their sons Jai, 25, and Jamie, 21.Jai, an actor, has flown to Manila to help find her. He told the Standard: «We're a very close family — Dad passed away six years ago so it's just the three of us.»My brother and I are very worried. Mum's the kind of person who would phone you three times a day just to see how you are.
Tears will be shed when Miss Saigon closes on Saturday after 10 extraordinary years in the West End. But for some, who owe their very existence to the show, life is only just beginning. They are the Miss Saigon babies, children born to couples who joined the show from all over the world, met, fell in love and married.One of them is 18-month-old Cassandra Jae, though her life is already touched with sadness in a way that echoes the Madame Butterfly story of the musical.