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Bigfoot brings Hollywood to Cebu

by Monjie Lustre - November 12, 2005 - 12:00am

Only a visionary can think of something so wild it just might work. No one believed Ted Turner when he said people needed a 24-hour news network. CNN, snidely dubbed by critics as the Chicken Noodle Network, has...

ILovetoRead!

by Monjie Lustre - March 28, 2004 - 12:00am

For a boy named after a rock band, Bon Jovi Roldan spent the first decade of his life blending into the background. In class, he sat in a corner, hardly ever participating in group activities. There was nothing physically...

Paolo Montalban: Apollo in the flesh

by Monjie Lustre - August 3, 2003 - 12:00am

"He is actually more good looking in person. That’s usually the first thing everyone says when they meet him," insists Vicor Adprom Manager Merle Mercado, making it sound almost like an apology. Paolo’s...

Benjie Reyes: Artist in Residence

by Monjie Lustre - April 27, 2003 - 12:00am

WHEN BENJI Reyes built his dream house on a steep slope in Antipolo, people thought he was nuts. Even the original lot owner was surprised by the sale. Friends shook their heads and called him brave for embarking...

Center Stage

by Monjie Lustre - March 23, 2003 - 12:00am

Filipino audiences will get a whiff of the Fil-Am experience when the celebrated Ma-Yi Theater Company returns to the Manila stage in July with "The Romance of Magno Rubio", as part of the Cultural Center...

Clean, green and a not-so-secret garden

by Monjie Lustre - February 23, 2003 - 12:00am

Most believed First Lady Ming Ramos’ interest in the Pasig River was co-terminus with her President. Okay, so the Piso Para sa Pasig fund campaign raked in a whopping P50 million. And the first "Muling...

POWER BOYS

by Monjie Lustre - August 25, 2002 - 12:00am

They are definitely hot. So hot even my mother knows them. For a woman who has no clue what a boy band is, that’s a big accomplishment–both for her and for them.

Students by Night

by Monjie Lustre - July 21, 2002 - 12:00am

Not all Lasallians are created equal. There are those (like Kiko Pangilinan or Ralph Recto or Ace Barbers or Randy and Rowell Santiago or Ogie Alcasid or Gary V) who rise above their peers to achieve fame and fortune....

Shoko-San shines

by Monjie Lustre - July 14, 2002 - 12:00am

"Enough about me. It’s more important to talk about Sinag Arts," complains Naomi "Shoko" Matsumoto, having grown impatient with my fascination with her pioneering work as a lighting des...

Laughing in order not to cry

by Monjie Lustre - June 2, 2002 - 12:00am

I had no clue. There I was sitting beside Marissa Sanchez in a busy coffee shop confidently conducting an interview. I had been fat once in my life, so I prided myself on being sensitive about asking "fat"...

The F Girls

by Monjie Lustre - May 12, 2002 - 12:00am

Cher Calvin’s eyes light up with mischief as she declares what F! means to her: "Fffffffrrrrrrriiiiisssk-y!" Three successful seasons of the ABS-CBN lifestyle magazine show later, that best describes...

ZsaZsa Survivor

by Monjie Lustre - February 3, 2002 - 12:00am

For the first time in years, Zsa Zsa Padilla is not promoting a Valentine concert. Instead, amid protests from throat specialists, she has been sitting down with a number of reporters to discuss My Life, a recorded-version...

Duddley Diaz coming from afar

by Monjie Lustre - January 20, 2002 - 12:00am

Our first meeting was providential. One starless night in November, we both found ourselves in Fr. Robert Reyes’ favorite Japanese hole-in-the-wall off Katipunan Road. The Running Priest was in a celebratory...

Jose Mendoza: Artist incognito

by Monjie Lustre - December 30, 2001 - 12:00am

"Let’s wait for my daughter Binky," requests Jose Mendoza as we danced around the uneasy air of a first-time meeting. Binky had been a sweet voice I talked to twice over landline connections and thrice...

The Defensors

by Monjie Lustre - July 13, 2001 - 12:00am

The mind has a habit of playing tricks on you when you’re bored. By the tenth batch of people going in and out of the already packed conference room, I was starting to think of that magic car (if I’m...

Mommy Matters

by Monjie Lustre - May 13, 2001 - 12:00am

Women think otherwise. In fact, more and more Pinay mothers are thankful someone thought of the idea. "I know how it feels. I too had a dilemma when I started nursing Coby, my first born, in 1997. There were...

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