Lea, kinabiliban ng American crowd

Pinag-uusapan pa rin ngayon si Lea Salonga ng American crowd sa naging performance nito kamakailan. Naimbitahan ang 54-year-old Filipina Broadway star na awitin ang United States national anthem sa Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Angels last June 17.

Namangha ang buong arena sa pag-awit ni Lea ng The Star-Spangled Banner. Binigyan kasi ito ng Tony Award winner ng sarili niyang style pero hindi lumalayo sa tono ng naturang anthem.

The Yankees shared a video of Lea singing the anthem via X (formerly Twitter) with the caption: “Thank you to Tony-Award Winning Actress Lea Salonga for tonight’s beautiful rendition of our National Anthem.”

On Instagram Stories, nagpasalamat si Lea sa imbitasyon ng Yankees para awitin ang kanilang national anthem: “Thanks for having me! Go NYY!”

Kasalukuyan siyang nasa New York performing on Broadway via Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends kunsaan nakatanggap siya ng nomination sa Distinguished Performance Award at the 2025 Drama League Awards.

Sa August ay nasa Pilipinas siya para sa Philippine staging of Into the Woods.

Tom Cruise, first time magka-Oscar award!

Mabibigyan na rin ng Oscar Award si Tom Cruise dahil gagawaran siya ng Honorary Oscar ng Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS).

Sa November 2025, paparangalan si Cruise sa Governors Awards at Ovation Hollywood kasama ang production designer na si Wynn Thomas, and choreographer and actress Debbie Allen.

The honorary awards is given out by the academy’s board of governors to recognize “extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement” in the film industry or “outstanding contributions” to the state of filmmaking.

Sa edad na 62, nakatanggap siya ng apat na Oscar nominations: two best actor nominations for Born On The Fourth Of July (1990) and Jerry Maguire (1997); one best supporting actor for Magnolia (2000); and as producer for Top Gun: Maverick (2023).

Kumita ang kanyang mga pelikula ng higit sa $12 billion sa box-office.