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Amadís Ma. Guerrero
Amadís Ma. Guerrero
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Nazer Salcedo: From small town to big city
by Amadís Ma. Guerrero - August 5, 2012 - 12:00am
All-around performer Nazer Salcedo was born in Sara, Iloilo, where the family owned a big farm which his father wanted him to manage. But the youth felt he was destined for other things, so he enrolled in Biology...
Jelson Bay: From slums to CCP
by Amadís Ma. Guerrero - June 15, 2012 - 12:00am
The story of character actor Jelson Bay (pronounced Ba-e in Southern Tagalog style), 34, reads like a teleserye.
Jonathan Tadioan: Waiting for the big time
by Amadís Ma. Guerrero - April 20, 2012 - 12:00am
A threat from his high school teacher led to a successful career as a character actor in the theater for Jonathan Tadioan.
Karla Gutierrez: Harana is fun, caters to youth
by Amadís Ma. Guerrero - March 2, 2012 - 12:00am
Karla Gutierrez is the artistic director of the Philippine Opera Company (POC) but don’t let that word “opera” turn you off.
Jay Valencia-Glorioso: Never stop
by Amadís Ma. Guerrero - February 20, 2012 - 12:00am
It was a defining moment in the life of the high school dance student at St. Theresa’s College, Jay Valencia.
Bodie Cruz: Contravida roles for me
by Amadís Ma. Guerrero - November 28, 2011 - 12:00am
You might say that Elmo Jeremiah “Bodie” Cruz — actor, singer and commercial model — has led a charmed life, free from the hassles and hang-ups usually associated with children of showbiz...
New talent banks on theater experience
by Amadís Ma. Guerrero - November 6, 2011 - 12:00am
Mestizo-looking up close and personal, the skin of young actor Acey Aguilar, 22, has to be darkened whenever he plays a “native” in films and stage plays.
Hunks and the skin-flick syndrome
by Amadís Ma. Guerrero - October 7, 2011 - 12:00am
Away from the crowds of young people who flock to independent film festivals like Cinemalaya and Cinema One (and sometimes dovetailing with these) is a thriving gay-themed indie movie subculture.
The lawyer as theater artist
by Amadís Ma. Guerrero - August 15, 2011 - 12:00am
When he was a child, the parents of Vincent (Vince) Tañada would emphasize to him that being a Tañada, scion of a clan prominent in politics and the legal profession, he was destined to be a lawye...
Myke Salomon: Everyone needs to be inspired
by Amadís Ma. Guerrero - June 24, 2011 - 12:00am
Like most Lasallians, Michael (Myke) Salomon — singer, actor, music arranger, album producer and photographer — grew up in a comfortable middle-class home in Manila.
Joemar Obejas Martial artist, performer, shaman...
by Amadís Ma. Guerrero - May 27, 2011 - 12:00am
Growing up in Samar and then in Las Piñas, Metro Manila, Joemar Obejas was an abused child, frequently being beaten up by his mother.
Bong Cabrera: From corporate man to actor
by Amadís Ma. Guerrero - May 9, 2011 - 12:00am
Of Pangasinense-Leyteño percentage, young Edralin (Bong) Cabrera spent nine years in Cebu City, studied at UP Cebu, went through a succession of lucrative corporate jobs, and then gave all this up to pursue...
The serious side of Dingdong Dantes
by Amadís Ma. Guerrero - April 25, 2011 - 12:00am
 During the mid-1980s, I befriended a young activist named Elmer Argaño and his group, and we would meet with some of my own friends at Mayrics, a popular folkhouse in front of the University of Santo...
The director wears many hats
by Amadís Ma. Guerrero - January 17, 2011 - 12:00am
One fine day in 1969, Feliciana Cortez, owner of a bakery in San Pablo City, Laguna, decided that her teenaged son Alexander (Alex) should go abroad, spread his wings, and learn the ways of the world.
A colorful life
by Amadís Ma. Guerrero - October 27, 2010 - 12:00am
The life of John Arcilla — singer, actor of the stage, films and TV (Magkaribal), and humanitarian — has been colorful and filled with events, mostly cultural but with a dash of politics.
JM de Guzman: Loyal, multi-talented
by Amadís Ma. Guerrero - August 23, 2010 - 12:00am
The young actor JM (Juan Miguel) de Guzman was a freshman at the University of the Philippines when he experienced his first real (and thus far only) “heartbreak.”
The talented Ms. Carpio
by Amadís Ma. Guerrero - May 14, 2010 - 12:00am
Her life and myriad activities can fill several volumes. In fact, she has just published her autobiography Shuttling Through Stage and Screen: Educator, author, lecturer, stage director and consummate actress, among...
The singer-actor from Iloilo
by Amadís Ma. Guerrero - April 5, 2010 - 12:00am
Meet Victor Robinson III, 19, a singer-actor (range tenor-baritone) from Iloilo City who seems almost too good to be true: He is talented, likeable, religious, modest, and intelligent — he was a grade school...
The prime of Irma Adlawan
by Amadís Ma. Guerrero - March 5, 2010 - 12:00am
You might say that Irma Adlawan, who hails from Kawit, Cavite, became an actress by accident, all because of a mispronunciation.
Allen Dizon: From sexy to serious
by Amadís Ma. Guerrero - February 15, 2010 - 12:00am
Allen Dizon was only 12 when his father Emer, a Pagcor employee in Manila, was gunned down.
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