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Christian Bautista wows Thai fans at Pattaya fest |
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Tuesday, 23 March 2010 00:41 |
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MANILA, Philippines - Christian Bautista successfully represents the Philippines with his own brand of music during the Annual Pattaya International Music Festival 2010 last March 19. “At first I was feeling a bit nervous backstage because aside from the huge crowd, the many TV media present, this was going to be my first live showcase in front of a Thai audience. When I came out and heard the crowd cheer, I actually saw many who sang along with my first song The Way You Look At Me. I was told a few years back that it charted in five radio stations in Bangkok dun na ako nag-enjoy at nag-relax,” Christian beams.
Christian also sang Tell Me Your Name from his Romance Revisited album soon to be released in Thailand. While singing, they aired his music video that featured Thai model actress superstar Paula Taylor. His third song was with a famous local Thai singer Panadda.
“I only found out today during rehearsals that it was Christian who sang The Way You Look At Me upon hearing this I got goose bumps and hugged him because I love that song even till now. My friends love it too. As a DJ, I would always play it. I am amazed to have gotten the chance to perform with Christian knowing he sang that song,” Panadda reveals.
The Pattaya International Music Festival this year invited top singers, musicians and even pop groups that are big in the region like Zhang Li Yin of China, Leprozy of Laos After School, f(x), Wheesung of Korea, Deep Ng of Hong Kong, Thomas Jack of Malaysia and Christian for the Philippines. Some of the most famous pop singing stars of Thailand also joined in the festival like Chin, Michael and Golf who are all under the biggest independent record label and entertainment conglomerate “Grammys” who also sponsored the entire event.
In a press conference, Pattaya’s Mayor Itthipol Khunpluem handed to Christian the key to the city of Pattaya as a gesture of honor and to officially welcome him.
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Monday, 09 November 2009 02:56 |
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Lea Salonga will play the pivotal role of Grizabella in Lunchbox Theatrical Productions’ staging of “Cats” in Manila.
The UK group (with subsidiaries in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore) is working with the Philipines’ Concertus Inc. to bring the musical, one of the longest-running of all time, here next year.
Lea joins an international cast. As Grizabella, who is shunned by her tribe, Lea gets to sing the biggest hit to come out of the show, “Memory.” In fact, she performs the song twice, in Parts One and Two.
Trevor Nunn, original director (The New London Theater, May 1981), says Grizabella is “an intensely recognizable character, with powerful human resonances.” The first Grizabella would have been Dame Judi Dench, but she severed her Achilles tendon during rehearsals and had to be replaced five days before the first preview.
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‘Dollywood’ wins Gawad Tanglaw |
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Wednesday, 21 January 2009 05:20 |
The 7th Gawad Tanglaw para sa Sining at Kultura, an academe-based award-giving body, recently named the Philippine Daily Inquirer as Best Newspaper and Dolly Ann Carvajal as Best Entertainment Columnist in the past year.
(Carvajal, who writes the column “Dollywood” for this section, recently launched a daily talk show on Viva Cinema channel with her actor-son IC. The program is titled “IC-DC.”)
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Dingdong Dantes and Nikki Gil to host 3rd Moonrise Film Festival |
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Sunday, 24 August 2008 23:43 |
 Young stars Dingdong Dantes and Nikki Gil have been chosen to host the 3rd Moonrise Film Festival awards night on August 29, 2008 at the Robinson's Galleria Movieworld Cinema 3.
This was announced recently by Jukka Holopainen, organizer of the Center for Environmental Awareness and Education (CEAE), the same group that launched the environmental documentary film festival.
Dantes and Gil are among the very active and visible young image models of the conservation of the environment, an advocacy which needs to be reinforced, according to Dantes.
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