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From news reporting to film directing

by Butch Francisco - December 15, 2007 - 12:00am

Around the middle of this year, a friend of mine who was with the screening committee of the Metro Manila Film Festival was raving about one of the scripts submitted to them. The title was Banal and it was distinctive...

The good side, the bad side of being Pinoy

by Butch Francisco - December 13, 2007 - 12:00am

It’s around this time of the year when anyone who has anything to do with the Metro Manila Film Festival is at his busiest. Actually it is the screening of entries that is most laborious.

Its beauty lies not only in the sceneries

by Butch Francisco - December 8, 2007 - 12:00am

Funny hitches on the day they got hitched

by Butch Francisco - December 6, 2007 - 12:00am

There were a lot of hitches when Vandolf Quezon and Jenny Salimao got hitched. Fortunately, it still turned out to be a happy event in the end, particularly for the young couple especially after they survived all...

The pressure to look beautiful

by Butch Francisco - December 1, 2007 - 12:00am

Given all the star searches and reality programs we have today, it is so much easier for today’s young ambitious generation to get into the limelight these days. But the question is: How long will they stay...

What rates, what doesn’t

by Butch Francisco - November 29, 2007 - 12:00am

(Second of two parts)

What rates, what doesn’t

by Butch Francisco - November 27, 2007 - 12:00am

It’s so difficult to determine what the TV audiences want, especially now that there are a lot of choices — what with cable TV around. However, I’d like to think that I’ve done TV work long...

Lessons from Startalk co-hosts

by Butch Francisco - November 17, 2007 - 12:00am

(Second of two parts)

Banking on prayer power

by Butch Francisco - November 8, 2007 - 12:00am

I realized only during the long holiday last week that next to the Lenten season and Christmas (when we have the nine-day Misa de gallo), we are probably at our most prayerful during All Saints’ Day.

Beyoncé wants a taste of Pinoy culture

by Butch Francisco - November 3, 2007 - 12:00am

When Beyoncé Knowles and her management group — she is a corporation by herself — announced this year that she was going on an Asian tour, various Filipino business organizations jumped at the...

Movies made in heaven

by Butch Francisco - November 1, 2007 - 12:00am

The Great Bodies are back

by Butch Francisco - October 27, 2007 - 12:00am

The beautiful bodies are back — these physical fitness enthusiasts who compete in the annual Great Bodies contest of Slimmers World International.

A reason to rejoice

by Butch Francisco - October 25, 2007 - 12:00am

There are people in the entertainment profession I love (they know who they are) and there are those I am fond of. Manilyn Reynes falls under the category of people I am fond of — until last year. Before I...

A marathon birthday celebration for Joey

by Butch Francisco - October 20, 2007 - 12:00am

The birthday celebration for Joey de Leon took a whole weekend and this was a most fitting tribute for somebody of his stature: A legendary talent who has spent the last 40 years doing radio, television, recording...

A celebration fit for a princess

by Butch Francisco - October 18, 2007 - 12:00am

It is without doubt the grandest children’s party I’ve ever attended and I’ve been to really fabulous ones in this very long life. But nothing comes close to the grandeur of the first birthday...

The future drama kings

by Butch Francisco - October 11, 2007 - 12:00am

A couple of weeks ago, I came out with a list of names of young female celebrities I feel would be the next movie queen of Philippine entertainment. Now, if there is a queen, there should be a king. The late beloved...

A ‘flawless’ kind of barkada

by Butch Francisco - October 6, 2007 - 12:00am

Tukso: A whodunit Rashomon

by Butch Francisco - October 4, 2007 - 12:00am

The truth told in different versions — as popularized by best foreign film winner Rashomon — is still alive and well in Philippine cinema. This device was previously used in Laurice Guillen’s Salome...

When style & substance meet & match

by Butch Francisco - September 29, 2007 - 12:00am

For some reason, I got my September copy of People Asia magazine rather late. Add to that the fact that I was gone for a while and the magazine must have been delivered the day after my departure. When I finally...

Who will be the next showbiz royalty?

by Butch Francisco - September 27, 2007 - 12:00am

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