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                    [Title] => Marlon Brando: ‘Magnificent Slob’ is a perfect gentleman
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The ‘Magnificent Slob’ turned out to be a perfect gentelman.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-12 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135392 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1247126 [AuthorName] => Danny Dolor [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1428798 [Title] => Priscilla Cellona: Winsome Cebuana [Summary] =>

In 1955, LVN produced a landmark movie, the Cebuano musical Honi sa Gugma (Song of Love), topbilled by Priscilla Cellona and Mat Ranillo who came from Cebu. The movie was in Cebuano (70 percent), Tagalog (20 percent) and Ilonggo (10 percent).

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135392 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1247126 [AuthorName] => Danny Dolor [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/entertainment/20150301/Priscilla-Cellona.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 765575 [Title] => My acting debut at the Met [Summary] =>

It was just weeks after Manila was declared an Open City by General Douglas MacArthur in December 1941 when my mother Sarah and I got a call from Narciso “Pim” Pimentel Jr. for a conference at the Metropolitan Theater building on Plaza Lawton.

[DatePublished] => 2012-01-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1777056 [AuthorName] => Tony Joaquin [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 638095 [Title] => Angara calls for inventory of religious items in Baler church [Summary] =>

Sen. Edgardo Angara yesterday called on the leadership of the Prelature of Infanta to immediately conduct an inventory of dozens of religious items at the Baler church amid reports several relics have been missing from the custody of the local clergy.

[DatePublished] => 2010-12-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097277 [AuthorName] => Manny Galvez [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 295723 [Title] => From sex goddesses to fine actresses [Summary] => The first name that comes to mind when sex goddesses who became very good actresses are enumerated is Elizabeth Oropesa. While it’s true that she started as a sexpot or bold star, early on her acting talent was recognized – and amply rewarded.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134227 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1697794 [AuthorName] => Ricky Lo [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 249194 [Title] => Portrait of an artist [Summary] => Nick Joaquin was a story teller. As a writer, he was touched by the hand of God. He had an intensely sensitive soul, and a magnificent pair of eyes and ears. He had the power to put into words the most passionate emotions which people usually keep hidden deep within themselves.

Long ago, he wrote a play called: "Portrait of an Artist as Filipino". I saw what I think was its first presentation — outdoors, in Intramuros, with the stage built up against the ancient walls, and the narrator, Totoy Avellana, high above the stage, on top of the wall.

[DatePublished] => 2004-05-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133565 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1323138 [AuthorName] => Fr. James Reuter, SJ [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 232500 [Title] => Movie industry tigok na ! [Summary] => PATAY na ang movie industry sa Pilipinas. Ito ang pahayag mismo ng maraming taga-pelikula. Sa pagbagsak ng ekonomiya ng bansa ay kasabay ding nangulimlim ang dating progresibong movie production.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133168 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804725 [AuthorName] => Cielito Mahal Del Mundo [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 226391 [Title] => Why Barbara said no to Hollywood [Summary] => In 1962, Barbara Perez could have pursued stardom in Hollywood, backed by a Universal-International build-up contract. She was already in Hollywood for the promotion of the American film No Man Is An Island which she shot in the Philippines (Subic, Olongapo, and Manila) opposite Jeffrey Hunter.

For one week, Barbara was the official guest of Universal Studios. She stayed at the mansion of producer Richard Goldstone in Santa Monica, California. The mansion was the former home of the legendary Greta Garbo.
[DatePublished] => 2003-11-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135392 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1247126 [AuthorName] => Danny Dolor [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 154161 [Title] => Remembering the great Charito Solis [Summary] => Nine years before the late Charito Solis won her Asian Film Festival Award as Best Actress in 1967, she had already been up for best actress at the 1958 Asian Film Festival held in Kuala Lumpur. At that time, Malvarosa, produced by her home studio, LVN, was a Philippine entry, and Charito lost by a half point to Hong Kong’s Lin Dai who, unfortunately, died under mysterious circumstances about six years later. [DatePublished] => 2002-03-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1390806 [AuthorName] => Jim T. Nibungco [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 103329 [Title] => Not good enough - Why And Why Not [Summary] =>

Why aren't Filipino movies making money or winning awards abroad? [DatePublished] => 2000-03-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1539298 [AuthorName] => Nelson A. navarro [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )

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