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Kathryn tinalbugan ni Andrea sa kagandahan, netizens bardagulan sa socmed
SA pagpasok ng 2024, patuloy pa ring pinagsasabong ng netizens ang mga Kapamilya stars na sina Kathryn Bernardo at Andrea Brillantes. Ito’y matapos bumandera ang pangalan at kagandahan ni Andrea sa mga Pinay celebrities na nakapasok sa “100 Most Beautiful Faces of 2023” ng UK-based TC Candler. Si Andrea ang nanguna sa listahan ng mga.....»»
‘History is watching:’ Hollywood stars urge Biden to press for Israel, Gaza ceasefire
Dozens of celebrities including Jon Stewart, Joaquin Phoenix, Susan Sarandon, and Kristen Stewart urge the US administration to press for a ceasefire in Israel and Gaza.....»»
In photos: Stars at Gucci s Greenbelt 4 store opening party
It felt like a Hollywood night as local celebrities and influencers descended from black Gucci vans and walked down the red carpet last Wednesday on their way to Italian fashion house Gucci’s store opening in Greenbelt 4, Makati City......»»
Helmut Lang and Ralph Lauren kick off New York Fashion Week
Amid sweltering heat and jitters over the Hollywood strike, New York kicked off its Spring-Summer 2024 Fashion Week on Friday, with heavyweights Ralph Lauren and Helmut Lang returning to the industry's flagship event with fresh ideas. American luxury brand Coach unveiled its collection of sensual translucent dresses at the New York Public Library in Manhattan on Thursday, but the event was briefly disrupted by animal rights activists. As Vogue editor Anna Wintour and Jennifer Lopez watched the show, two female protesters from the animal rights group PETA -- one covered in body paint that mimicked animal flaying and another holding a poster that read "Coach: Leather Kills" -- joined the models on the runway before security led them away. At another unofficial kick-off event on Wednesday, featuring Naomi Campbell, Doja Cat, Naomi Osaka and Gigi Hadid, the iconic lingerie label Victoria's Secret teased a film meant to showcase the brand's new and more inclusive identity after it was criticized for designing garments that objectify women. The film, entitled "The Victoria's Secret World Tour," to be released on Amazon Prime at the end of September, highlights the work of creators and artists from Lagos, London, Bogota, and Tokyo. Yellow taxi This year, New York Fashion Week will feature young talents and emerging brands, along with heavyweights such as Ralph Lauren, Michael Kors, 3.1 Phillip Lim, Altuzarra, Gabriela Hearst, Carolina Herrera, Tory Burch, and Luar. The city will then pass the baton to London, Milan, and Paris. "New York has always been a cornerstone of Fashion Week," said Steven Kolb, CEO of the Council of Fashion Designers of America. "It really underscores how strong it is, in terms of presenting creative thinking." Under the humid heat of the New York summer, the six-day marathon kicked off Friday afternoon in Manhattan's Lower East Side with a show by Helmut Lang, who rose to fame in the 1990s and 2000s, thanks to the minimalist aesthetic of the Austrian artist. Helmut Lang, the designer, left fashion in 2005 but Helmut Lang, the brand, lives on, bought by Prada and then by the Japanese group Fast Retailing, which owns Uniqlo. The brand now returns to the runways of the Big Apple with a collection concocted by its new artistic director, Peter Do, widely considered a fashion prodigy. The show had nostalgic undertones, a bow to the 1990s when it became the first fashion brand to advertise on New York yellow taxi signs. Fewer red carpets Another brand to make its return on Friday, albeit in Brooklyn where many of the fashion shows have migrated, was Ralph Lauren, the legendary brand that defined American elegance and embodied preppy US style with an annual turnover of more than $6 billion. The brand, whose founder was born in the Bronx, has not held a show in New York since 2019. This fashion season is marked by the double strike of Hollywood screenwriters and actors seeking better compensation, which has reduced the number of red carpet previews to a minimum, thus depriving brands of a chance to dress stars and promote themselves in the process. "Certainly, the red carpet is a way to speak to the audience," said Kolb, adding that fashion shows were no less important. The "content that they create for social channels will contribute to a very loud, very visible Fashion Week," he added. The post Helmut Lang and Ralph Lauren kick off New York Fashion Week appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Belle Mariano in cover of new fashion ‘bookazine’ with tips from 100+ stars, including Donny Pangilinan
“He’s Into Her” stars Belle Mariano and Donny Pangilinan, popularly known together as “DonBelle,” are among the over 100 Filipino and Hollywood celebrities that give their exclusive tips or inspirational fashion and style quotes in the new fashion “bookazine” (magazine book) “Pormang Artista: 100+ Celebrities on Fashion and Style.”.....»»
Hollywood A-listers donate millions to aid striking actors
A dozen of Hollywood's highest-earning stars, from George Clooney to Meryl Streep, have each donated $1 million or more to support out-of-work actors as their strike enters its fourth week, their union's charitable foundation said Wednesday. The Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) walkout, and another strike by film and TV writers that began in May over pay and the threat of artificial intelligence, have brought US film and television production to a halt. The Hollywood "double strike" of writers and actors -- the first since 1960 -- has cost the entertainment industry and the California economy several million dollars per day, as well as costing the striking unionists their paychecks. But wealthy A-list celebrities, from Clooney and Streep to Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, as well as Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, Oprah Winfrey and others, have each contributed $1 million or more to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation's actors' support fund. The nonprofit foundation has raised more than $15 million in the past three weeks to aid "thousands of journeymen actors" facing economic hardship, it said in a statement. "The entertainment industry is in crisis and the SAG-AFTRA Foundation is currently processing more than 30 times our usual number of applications for emergency aid," Courtney B. Vance, the foundation's president, said in the statement. The organization's aid program is meant to "ensure that performers in need don't lose their homes, have the ability to pay for utilities, buy food for their families, purchase life-saving prescriptions, cover medical bills and more," Vance said. While some actors are highly paid, SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher said this week that 86 percent of the union's 160,000 members earn less than $26,500 a year, The New York Times reported. The strikes have meant movie productions are shut down, glitzy premieres are scrapped, and events such as the Emmys are delayed as stars are banned from promoting TV shows. The unions' demands have focused on higher pay in the streaming era and the threat posed to members' careers and future livelihoods by artificial intelligence, while studios say they must cut costs to cope with economic pressures. While the writers' union appears poised to return to talks on Friday, actors remain at an impasse with major firms such as Netflix and Disney, which are represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). "We have not heard from the AMPTP since July 12 when they told us they would not be willing to continue talks for quite some" time, SAG-AFTRA chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland told trade outlet Deadline this week. sco/pbt © Agence France-Presse The post Hollywood A-listers donate millions to aid striking actors appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Preempting ‘nurseless’ Phl
For thousands of Filipino nurses, working abroad can offer exciting opportunities to further their careers, gain new experiences, earn higher salaries, and work under better conditions than they would otherwise have in the Philippines. My late mother, a former head nurse at the Philippine General Hospital, was almost among them. One of the first batches of nurses who were offered an attractive employment package in the United States back in the 1970s, she processed the documentary requirements with eagerness only to defer at the last minute. Deciding not to be away from two children was easy at a time when the peso-dollar exchange rate was around P6.40. Rina’s case is different. As one of the 3,246 who failed the last two nursing licensure exams, Rina would rather keep her job as a BPO agent where she earns more or less P28,000 monthly, excluding benefits, rather than work as a nursing aide in a government hospital that gives lower pay. A nursing graduate in 2020, she plans to work abroad as a caregiver, which pays almost P100,000 a month. Just like all the other nursing graduates, they want to help their families, send children and siblings to school, and have a better future. Who wouldn’t be enticed by the direct hiring of foreign employers, where you don’t need an employment agency, which means no additional fees or charges? The brain drain of Philippine nurses, licensed or not, to the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, the Middle East, or any country, is a several decades-old phenomenon driven by a combination of economic, social, and political factors. Locally, our nurses are forced to work long hours for low pay in both public and private facilities. This sorry state drives them to jobs not at all related to nursing. According to the Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc., at least 40 percent of nurses in various private hospitals resigned in the last two and a half years. Neither private nor public hospitals can match the salaries being offered to nurses abroad. The unabated brain drain of Philippine nurses will inevitably lead to a shortage of nurses in the country that will, in turn, affect the quality of healthcare services and create challenges for the government in providing adequate healthcare to its citizens. Health Secretary Ted Herbosa’s proposal to hire unlicensed nursing graduates to work in public hospitals earned the private sector’s support. These graduates would be given scholarships to study and pass the board exams. Should the plan push through, they will have to repay the government with four years of service. It looks doable but we will lose the trained nurses again after four years. It will be a vicious cycle of providing nursing board scholarships for a return of service, only to later lose the nurses. Professional Regulation Commission’s chief Jose Cueto Jr. has a different point of view — that there may be no need to hire flunkers of the nursing boards to fill the vacancies in government-run hospitals. PRC data, he said, has shown a higher passing rate in the Nursing Licensure Examination since last year. The passing rate in the NLE for the past six years was only 60 percent with only 70,000 passing the exams out of 130,000 examinees. He said there can be no shortage because approximately 80,000 nursing students graduate each year (Dahl et al., 2021) from 470 universities in the Philippines that offer nursing programs. How about the shortage attributed to the continuous migration of licensed nurses abroad for higher pay? While we take pride in the country’s focus on education, our high level of English proficiency, and the strong work ethic ingrained in Filipino culture, we should confront with practical and pragmatic solutions the imminent threat of a “nurseless” Philippines by 2026 or 2028. Unless the national government addresses the depressing pay and benefits for nurses in the private and public sectors, and even if they double or triple the existing 4,500 vacant plantilla positions for nurses in government hospitals across the country, the Philippines will continue to be the largest supplier of nurses to the world. The post Preempting ‘nurseless’ Phl appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Avel: A Book, A Fashion Show, A Filipino Designer
BY JOJO G. SILVESTRE Whether one refers to the book, the fashion show or the Filipino designer who takes center stage on the first two, there is no mistaking the message — Philippine textile, woven and embroidered, at their best. In all three, there is another common denominator — the support and patronage of the First Lady, Liza Araneta Marcos. [caption id="attachment_147815" align="aligncenter" width="525"] FIRST Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos with designer Avel Bacudio.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_147821" align="aligncenter" width="525"] First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos with the author.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_147818" align="aligncenter" width="525"] BIANCA Zobel and Dina Arroyo-Tantoco of the Office of the Social Secretary with Avel Bacudio.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_147824" align="aligncenter" width="525"] THE designer with Grace Bernardo Chan.[/caption] The fashion show that was recently held at the Goldenberg Museum, under the auspices of the Office of the First Lady, with the Office of the Social Secretary providing a multi-faceted back-up, was a spectacle in black and white as interpreted by Avel Bacudio whose creations paid tribute to the handiwork of Filipino artisans all over the country. Each piece of clothing modeled by legislators and cabinet secretaries, their wives, key officials of the executive branch, and scions of political families, all clients of Avel, manifested the virtuosity of the iconic designer who chose to downplay extravagance and over-the-top ornamentation by focusing on well-defined structure, casual elegance, comfortability and versatility, the last allowing the wearers to mix and match to suit the occasion. [caption id="attachment_147820" align="aligncenter" width="525"] DOT Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco and Deputy Speaker Duke Frasco.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_147816" align="aligncenter" width="525"] ACTOR-MODEL Jerome Ponce and Cong. Linabelle Villarica, 4th District of Bulacan.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_147822" align="aligncenter" width="525"] KATRINA Ponce Enrile, Administrator, Cagayan Economic Zone Authority.[/caption] Goldenberg Mansion, in all its splendor, served as a fitting yet contrasting backdrop to Avel’s functionality, simplicity and orderly geometric configurations. The book, Avel, Ladies in the Palace, quotes the Bicolano designer who laments, “The local weavers and their craft are dying out and they are unable to pass it on to the next generation. This is where I found the passion to do what I can, as a designer, to help this craft alive.” His intention looks beyond the communities where these beautiful fabrics originate and reveals his deep longing to present the best of Filipino craftsmanship to the international community. He admits to being “challenged to bring their weaves into the modern world but going beyond the ordinary. I turned my focus towards elevating them into pieces worthy of the global stage while still paying tribute to their stories and the craft.” On his part, Ilocos Norte Representative Sandro Marcos, who supported the book project, describes Avel as “a highly accomplished and extraordinary fashion designer.” He enumerates his distinctions, namely, “more than 20 years of successful career; extensive and impressive client list; and numerous awards including Metro Magazine’s 2012 Breakthrough Designer and Asia’s Most Influential Designer in 2014 at the Mercedes-Benz Style Fashion Week in Malaysia.” [caption id="attachment_147825" align="aligncenter" width="452"] Yeye Vivas, Chief of Staff of Congressman Sandro Marcos.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_147814" align="aligncenter" width="525"] PCOO Secretary Cheloy Velicaria-Garafil.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_147823" align="aligncenter" width="525"] Marga Montemayor Nograles, COO, Tourism Promotions Board.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_147819" align="aligncenter" width="377"] CONGRESSMAN Migz Villafuerte, 5th District of Camarines Sur.[/caption] On these pages are Avel’s creations as modeled by dazzling personalities in government and society, as well as the personal choices of guests, celebrities and achievers too, and Malacanang insiders from their respective closets. Fittingly, everyone arrived in their black and white outfits, eager and ready to be impressed by what the designer had been up to in the past months. Avel Bacudio did not disappoint them. [caption id="attachment_147826" align="aligncenter" width="525"] XAVIER Tengco[/caption] [caption id="attachment_147835" align="aligncenter" width="525"] DILG Secretary Benhur Abalos Jr. and Vice Mayor Menchie Abalos.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_147817" align="aligncenter" width="641"] Atty. Joeie Domingo, Undersecretary, Special Assistant to the President.[/caption] The post Avel: A Book, A Fashion Show, A Filipino Designer appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Stars flock Chris Hemsworth’s ‘Extraction 2’ premiere in Manila
Top celebrities from the Asia Pacific attended the red carpet gala and premiere night of Hollywood star Chris Hemsworth’s new Netflix film “Extraction 2” in SM Mall of Asia yesterday......»»
Boy Abunda hinding-hindi makakalimutan ang interview kina Angelina Jolie at Jennifer Lopez, umeksena para magmarka
SA dami na ng mga na-interview ng award-winning TV host at nag-iisang King of Talk na si Boy Abunda, sinu-sino kaya ang kanyang mga paborito? Hindi lang mga local celebrities ang sumabak sa maintriga at mainit na panayam ni Tito Boy kundi pati na rin ang mga sikat na Hollywood stars ay international celebrities. Pero […] The post Boy Abunda hinding-hindi makakalimutan ang interview kina Angelina Jolie at Jennifer Lopez, umeksena para magmarka appeared first on Bandera......»»
‘It’s Shoe-time’ vlog ni Vice bumandera: Inggitera ako kaya lahat ng nakikita ko sa Hollywood stars pinag-iipunan ko
“INGGITERA kasi ako, lahat ng nakikita kong damit ng Hollywood celebrities naiinggit ako kaya pinag-iipunan ko. Hindi pwedeng sila lang, kailangan meron din ako, ganu’n!” Ito ang bungad na sabi ni Vice Ganda sa kanyang vlog kung saan ipinakita niya ang koleksyon ng mamahaling sapatos na tinawag niyang “it’s shoe-time!” Inirampa ng TV host at […] The post ‘It’s Shoe-time’ vlog ni Vice bumandera: Inggitera ako kaya lahat ng nakikita ko sa Hollywood stars pinag-iipunan ko appeared first on Bandera......»»
Karylle, Sarah, Iza ‘fangirl mode’ kay Janet Jackson, ibinandera ang groupie
NAPA-WOW ang marami sa recent social media post ng TV host-actress na si Karylle Padilla. Ito ay matapos niyang ibandera sa Instagram ang isang groupie picture kasama ang global pop icon na si Janet Jackson, pati na rin ang fellow Pinay celebrities na sina Sarah Geronimo at Iza Calzado. Ang caption pa nga niya riyan,.....»»
Hollywood stars invoke ‘Oppenheimer’ in anti-nukes campaign ahead of Oscars
"As artists and advocates, we want to raise our voices to remind people that while Oppenheimer is history, nuclear weapons are not," the letter says.....»»
‘Dune: Part Two’ mas intense ang bakbakan, magpapakilig din
KWENTO ng pag-ibig at paghihiganti ang masisilayan sa bagong kabanata ng award-winning film na “Dune.” Makalipas ang dalawang taon, palabas na sa mga lokal na sinehan ang “Dune: Part Two” na continuation ng naunang pelikula. Sumesentro ang istorya nito sa nabuong love story nina Paul Atreides at Chani na ginagampanan ng Hollywood stars na sina.....»»
Lovi Poe hiyang-hiya sa shooting ng Hollywood movie na ‘Bad Man’
NA-INTIMIDATE at inatake ng matinding hiya si Lovi Poe nang makaharap ang mga co-stars niya sa Hollywood indie movie na “Bad Man.” Talaga raw nakaramdam siya ng kakaibang nerbiyos sa unang araw ng shooting nila dahil nga first time niyang makakatrabaho ang international stars na pinanonood niya lang dati sa telebisyon at pelikula. Bida sa.....»»
Liza Soberano debuts at Screen Actors Guild Awards 2024
Actress Liza Soberano mingled with A-list stars of Hollywood after attending her first Screen Actors Guild Awards......»»
‘The Bear’ stars win TV honors at Hollywood’s SAG awards
'I am so honored to be in this community,' Jeremy Allen White said as he accepted the award for best actor in a television comedy.....»»
Marian Rivera, Dingdong Dantes witness Senate pass Eddie Garcia bill, honor Rewind
The Eddie Garcia bill passed the Senate on final reading with several celebrities present, including Iza Calzado, Ricky Davao, Randy Santiago, Tirso Cruz III, Martin Nievera, Pops Fernandez, celebrity couple Marian River and Dingdong Dantes, and Garcia's wife Lilibeth Romero......»»
‘Take care of your heart’: Stars on fellow celebrities’ breakups
Just a few days shy of Valentine’s Day, sad news of celebrity couples breaking up hadn’t ended yet......»»
Ruby Ruiz ‘superstar’ sa shooting ng ‘Expats’, ni-report ni Nicole Kidman
PAANO nga ba nagetsing ng veteran actress na si Ruby Ruiz ang napakagandang role niya sa Prime Video series na “Expats“? Ang naturang digital series ay pinagbibidahan ng Hollywood star na si Nicole Kidman na gumaganap na amo ni Ruby bilang Pinay yaya. Sa panayam ng BANDERA sa beteranang aktres kasama ang ilang piling members.....»»