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Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 559579 [Title] => Jennifer Jones' Carrie, circa '51 [Summary] =>Long before the Sissy Spacek starrer Carrie in 1976, Jennifer Jones starred in a similarly titled movie in 1951. While Spacek’s Carrie is about the telekinesis revenge of a high school girl, Jones’ Carrie tells of the exploits of a sophisticated lady, “using men even when she didn’t want to.”
[DatePublished] => 2010-03-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1247126 [AuthorName] => Danny Dolor [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 265624 [Title] => Lovem letters [Summary] =>Last weekend, I finally watched a movie that everyone was talking about, The Notebook. In one scene, the boy was writing faithfully to his girlfriend and he kept this going every day, for a full year. She never received the letters because her mother concealed and confiscated them. When they finally met after many years, she accused him, "Why did you not write me?" He replied, "I wrote you every day." His letters contained all the loving thoughts and emotions he kept for her.
[DatePublished] => 2004-10-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135323 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1461085 [AuthorName] => Letty Jacinto-Lopez [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 262993 [Title] => A song remembered [Summary] => There are many weighty and discouraging subjects on which to discourse in a pretentious opinion column like this in truth, too many to know where to begin the scolding, wailing, and recriminations.
But on a Sunday morning, following the Sabbath, perhaps its time to take a moment not to address our "fiscal" but our spiritual deficits. (Of which, mea maxima culpa, this pecador has so many.)
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133172 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510184 [AuthorName] => Max V. Soliven [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 261417 [Title] => The Song of Bernadette [Summary] => For this writer who often enough has the wrong priorities, the story of the week wasnt the spectacular kick-off of the Olympics in Athens, with 10,000 athletes participating including our doughty 16 nor the doping suspicions which may knock two of Greeces own Olympians out of the arena.
Nor was it the "Smokey Mountain" controversy whipped up possibly with good reason by Typhoon Miriam.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133172 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510184 [AuthorName] => Max V. Soliven [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 240987 [Title] => The truly deserving Oscar winners [Summary] => In yesterdays 76th Academy Awards, I was for a while worried that Hollywood voters would go sentimental and crown Dianne Keaton with the Best Actress award (for Somethings Gotta Give) instead of my bet Charlize Theron, who to my great relief went home with the trophy for outstanding actress in a lead role (for Monster).
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135739 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1186451 [AuthorName] => Butch Francisco [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) ) )
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MANILA, Philippines — Alas Pilipinas team captain Jia de Guzman has tempered expectations on their chances against a heavily favored Vietnam and in the FIVB Challenger Cup that came off the wraps at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium yesterday.
But deep inside the soft-spoken and courageous skipper and the rest of Nationals, they all dream of the same big dream – a ticket straight to the Women’s Volleyball Nations League main group next year.
And their quest begins tonight when they square off with the Vietnamese at 6:30 p.m.
The home bet is the underdog versus the Vietnamese side that swept and dominated last month’s AVC Challenge Cup at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. The Filipinas snatched a historic bronze there.
“Well, alam naman po namin na mas malakas ang kalaban and we know our team is young. All we can ask the girls is to do its best while not putting pressure on the team that much,” said the charismatic Alas team leader.
The team lost power spiker Eya Laure and libero Jen Nierva and were replaced by Creamline’s Jema Galanza and National University’s Bella Belen.
Belen’s teammate, Alyssa Solomon, and Galanza’s fellow Creamline star, Tots Carlos, were enlisted into the pool but will not be able to join due to undisclosed reasons.
“It’s great to have new reinforcements in the pool. Experience-wise, marami ang mako-contribute nila sa team,” said De Guzman of Galanza and Belen.
Intriguingly, Nierva’s last-minute withdrawal left the squad with one legitimate libero in Dawn Catindig.
Cherry Nunag was listed as the team’s second libero although she’s known as a natural middle blocker.
The other members of the team are Faith Nisperos, Fifi Sharma, Vannie Gandler, Julia Coronel, Angel Canino, Dell Palomata, Arah Panique, Thea Gagate and Sisi Rondina.
The trek to that VNL dream is long and arduous though as Alas Pilipinas would need to win all its games against Vietnam, the semis and eventually the finals, assuming it could make it that far, to realize it.
In the opener of the meet, Puerto Rico turned back a feisty Kenya 25-20, 25-19, 27-25, to advance to the semis.
Teenage sensation Grace Mar Lopez Villanueva went on attack mode and fired 19 points including 18 on kills while Diana Reyes scattered 10 hits.
Pamella Adhiambo Owino tried to put up a fight for the Kenyans by unloading a match-best 22 points. most of which came in the third set when they tried
to put up a fight and steal the set before eventually falling short in the end.
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