'IkawNaTalaga: Moira humakot ng 11 platinum awards para sa 2 album, ‘Ikaw at Ako’
BONGGA talaga ang Kapamilya singer-songwriter na si Moira dela Torre! Maluha-luhang tinanggap ng award-winning singer ang kanyang multiplatinum certifications para sa kanyang mga nagawa niyang album kahapon sa “ASAP Natin To.” Si Moira lang naman ang unang female OPM artist na nagkaroon ng pinakamaraming digital platinum certifications sa kasaysayan ng music industry. Matapos niyang kantahin ang […] The post #IkawNaTalaga: Moira humakot ng 11 platinum awards para sa 2 album, ‘Ikaw at Ako’ appeared first on Bandera......»»
Taylor Swift gumawa ng kasaysayan sa Grammys, 4 na ang Album of the Year
GUMAWA na naman ng kasaysayan sa music industry ang international Pop Superstar na si Taylor Swift matapos manalo sa 2024 Grammy Awards. Wagi ang kanyang “Midnights” bilang Album of The Year sa katatapos lang na 66th Annual Grammy Awards sa Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, USA. Ito na ang ikaapat na pagkakataon na nanalong Album of the.....»»
Ben& Ben, Dilaw, Ena Mori, Sarah Geronimo lead Awit Awards 2023 winners
Rock band Dilaw racked up four wins at the 2023 Awit Awards as half-Japanese pop singer Ena Mori took home the prized Album of the Year for "Don’t Blame The Wild One!".....»»
BTS, SEVENTEEN, TXT lead stellar MAMA 2023 nominations
It’s that time of year again! On 19 October, the MAMA Awards announced its stellar list of nominees for 2023. [caption id="attachment_200923" align="aligncenter" width="610"] Seventeen | PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF IG/SAYTHENAME_SEVENTEEN[/caption] This year’s edition of the highly coveted awards sees BTS’ Jungkook and Jimin, SEVENTEEN, BLACKPINK’s Jisoo, Big Bang’s Taeyang, IVE, TXT and (G)I-DLE leading the nominations across various categories. The criteria for the final winners (Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, Artist Category Awards, Genre Category Awards) will be determined through a combination of judge panel evaluations, song downloads and streams and physical album sales. Pre-voting for the Worldwide Fans’ Choice nominees will occur on 30 October. [caption id="attachment_200925" align="aligncenter" width="525"] BTS’ Jimin | PHOTOGRAPH COURTESYOF IG/BTS OFFICIAL[/caption] The 2023 MAMA Awards will take place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, on 28-29 November. The complete list of nominees of the 2023 MAMA Awards: Artist of the Year: ADYA, aespa, BOYNEXTDOOR, Choi Ye Na, EL7Z UP, EVNNE, EXO, (G)I-DLE, Hwasa, IVE, Jeon Somi, Jihyo, Jimin, Jisoo, Jungkook, KISS OF LIFE, LE SSERAFIM, Lee Chae Yeon, Lim Young Woong, LIMELIGHT, NCT DREAM, NewJeans, Parc Jae Jung, RIIZE, SEVENTEEN, Stray Kids, Taeyang, TREASURE, tripleS, TWICE, TXT, V, xikers, ZEROBASEONE. Song of the Year: aespa “Spicy,” AKMU “Love Lee,” Anne-Marie, Minnie “Expectations,” ASH ISLAND “Goodbye (Feat. Paul Blanco),” BIG Naughty “Hopeless Romantic (Feat. Lee Suhyun),” BIG Naughty “With me” (The Interest of Love’s OST), BSS “Fighting (Feat. Lee Young-ji),” BTOB “Wind And Wish,” BTS “Take Two,” BTS “The Planet,” (BASTIONS’ OST) DAWN “Dear My Light,” (G)I-DLE “Queencard,” Hwasa “I Love My Body,” IVE “I AM,” J-Hope “on the street (with J.Cole),” Jay Park “Candy (Feat. Zion.T),” Jeon Somi “Fast Forward,” Jihyo “Killin’ Me Good,” Jimin “Like Crazy,” Jisoo “FLOWER,” Jungkook “Seven (Feat. Latto),” Kai “Rover,” LE SSERAFIM “UNFORGIVEN (Feat. Nile Rodgers),” Lee Chae-yeon “KNOCK,” Lee Mujin “Ordinary Confession,” Lim Jae-hyun “Heaven (2023)” (It Was Spring’s OST), Lim Young Woong “London Boy,” M.C the MAX “Eternity,” MeloMance “A Shining Day,” NCT 127 “Ay-Yo,” NCT DREAM “Candy,” NewJeans “Ditto,” Park Jae-jung “Let’s Say Goodbye,” Paul Kim “You Remember” (The Glory’s OST), SEVENTEEN “Super,” STAYC “Teddy Bear,” Stray Kids “S-Class,” Suga “People Pt.2 (Feat. IU),” Taeyang “VIBE (Feat. Jimin),” Taeyong “SHALALA,” TXT “Goodbye Now” (Love Revolution’s OST), TXT “Sugar Rush Ride,” V “Love Me Again,” ZEROBASEONE “In Bloom,” and Zior Park “CHRISTIAN.” Best New Male Artist: BOYNEXTDOOR, EVNNE, RIIZE, xikers, ZEROBASEONE. Best New Female Artist: ADYA, EL7Z UP, KISS OF LIFE, LIMELIGHT, tripleS. Best Male Group: EXO, NCT DREAM, SEVENTEEN, Stray Kids, TREASURE, TXT. Best Female Group: aespa, (G)I-DLE, IVE, LE SSERAFIM, NewJeans, TWICE. Best Male Artist: Jimin, Jungkook, Lim Young Woong, Parc Jae Jung, Taeyang, V. Best Female Artist: Choi Ye-na, Hwasa, Jeon Somi, Jihyo, Jisoo, Lee Chae-yeon. Best Dance Performance (Male Solo): Jimin “Like Crazy,” Jungkook “Seven (Feat. Latto),” Kai “Rover,” Taeyang “VIBE (Feat. Jimin),” Taeyong “SHALALA.” Best Dance Performance (Female Solo): Hwasa “I Love My Body,” Jeon Somi “Fast Forward,” Jihyo “Killin’ Me Good,” Jisoo “FLOWER,” Lee Chae Yeon “KNOCK.” Best Dance Performance (Male Group): NCT 127 “Ay-Yo,” NCT DREAM “Candy,” SEVENTEEN “Super,” Stray Kids “S-Class,” TXT “Sugar Rush Ride,” ZEROBASEONE “In Bloom.” Best Dance Performance (Female Group): aespa “Spicy,” (G)I-DLE “Queencard,” IVE “I AM,” LE SSERAFIM “UNFORGIVEN (Feat. Nile Rodgers),” NewJeans “Ditto,” STAYC “Teddy Bear.” Best Vocal Performance Solo: DAWN “Dear My Light,” Lee Mujin “Ordinary Confession,” Lim Young Woong “London Boy,” Parc Jae Jung “Let’s Say Goodbye,” V “Love Me Again.” Best Vocal Performance Group: AKMU “Love Lee,” BTOB “Wish And Wish,” BTS “Take Two,” M.C the MAX “Eternity,” MeloMance “A Shining Day.” Best Rap & Hip Hop Performance: ASH ISLAND — “Goodbye (Feat. Paul Blanco),” J-Hope “on the street (with J.Cole),” Jay Park “Candy (Feat. Zion.T), Suga “People Pt.2 (Feat. IU),” Zior Park “CHRISTIAN.” Best Music Video: (G)I-DLE “Queencard,” IVE “I AM,” Jisoo “FLOWER,” Jungkook “Seven (Feat. Latto),” SEVENTEEN “Super,” Stray Kids “S-Class” Best Collaboration: Anne-Marie, Minnie “Expectations,” BIG Naughty “Hopeless Romantic (Feat. Lee Suhyun),” BSS “Fighting (Feat. Lee Young Ji),” Jungkook “Seven (Feat. Latto),” Taeyang “VIBE (Feat. Jimin).” Best OST: BIG Naughty “With me” (The Interest of Love’s OST), BTS “The Planet” (BASTIONS’ OST), Lim Jae Hyun “Heaven (2023)” (It Was Spring’s OST), Paul Kim “You Remember” (The Glory’s OST), TXT “Goodbye Now” (Love Revolution’s OST). Worldwide Fans’ Choice: aespa, AKMU, ATEEZ, BOYNEXTDOOR, BTOB, BTS, CIX, CRAVITY, ENHYPEN, EVNNE, EXO, fromis_9, (G)I-DLE, H1-KEY, Highlight, ITZY, IVE, Jisoo, Jeon Somi, Kep1er, LE SSERAFIM, Lee Chae Yeon, Lee Mujin, Lim Young Woong, MONSTA X, n.SSign, NCT 127, NCT DREAM, NewJeans, NMIXX, ONEUS, P1Harmony, Parc Jae Jung, Red Velvet, RIIZE, SEVENTEEN, Shinee, STAYC, Stray Kids, Super Junior, Taeyang, TEMPEST, THE BOYZ, TXT, TREASURE, TWICE, Xdinary Heroes, xikers, ZEROBASEONE, Zior Park. The post BTS, SEVENTEEN, TXT lead stellar MAMA 2023 nominations appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Ready for it? Belgian university offers literature course on Taylor Swift
A hubbub grips the class in the Belgian city of Ghent as university students eagerly discuss whether US pop star Taylor Swift is a "literary genius". The question elicits passionate responses from students, and it's an exercise their professor hopes will enliven their engagement with more traditional figures of the English Literature canon. The course is among a handful that have popped up at universities around the world as pop titan Swift has racked up hits and awards and as her Eras Tour is expected to set a record for the first billion-dollar tour. "To read her lyrics without the context of the song, it can feel like poetry," one student says, after the teacher opens the floor to discussion. Another student pipes up to suggest it's too soon to say Swift, 33, has had the same cultural impact as William Shakespeare, known around the world for many centuries. While Shakespeare wrote at least 38 plays, Swift has recorded 10 albums. Some will wonder what Shakespeare and his peers share in common with today's biggest US singer-songwriter. Well, they are all the subject of Elly McCausland's course called "Literature (Taylor's Version)" for Master's degree students at Ghent University, which will run until the end of the year. During the first class on Monday, assistant professor McCausland piqued the students' curiosity with controversial questions, including why certain authors and literature are considered timeless, while other books are not valued the same way. McCausland's goal? To make literature more accessible. "I'd like to get people excited about literature, thinking about literature in a new way and realizing that actually even literature from centuries and centuries ago still has something to add to our conversations," she told AFP at the class. 'Swift is a real poet' The 10-session course will use Swift's songs as references for themes and will focus on a series of historic texts including Charlotte Bronte's Villette, lesser known than Jane Eyre. The course has proved popular, with 61 students signed up, twice as many as usual. There are even students from other parts of Belgium. Zina Ringoot, 20, had learned just hours before that she could attend the course and made the 90-minute trip to Ghent from Antwerp in the northeast. "I'm a huge Taylor Swift fan," said Ringoot, an English literature Master's student. "I'm hoping to write my thesis on Taylor Swift's album 'folklore' and how it connects to romanticism. So I thought I would get a lot out of this class." Not everyone in the class is a Swiftie, as her fans call themselves. Joris Verschelde, 21, admitted he was "not that big of a fan" but wanted to "see the connection between the songs and what what we already learned" in the older texts. Laughter often fills the windowless auditorium, despite the fact that serious themes are on the agenda, including feminism, sexism and misogyny. When McCausland asks: "Who are the gatekeepers" of English literature, one student quips: "A bunch of old men!" Even if critics reject comparisons with the canonical greats, Swift has fans even among Shakespeare experts including British academic Sir Jonathan Bate. After attending a concert during Swift's record-breaking Eras tour, Bate wrote in the Sunday Times in April: "I came away with confirmation of a thought I first had 15 years ago: this isn't just high-class showbiz, Taylor Swift is a real poet." Beyond Belgium University courses looking at Swift have been popping up around the world. New York University's Clive Davis Institute launched its first-ever course on Swift last year, and Queen Mary University of London offered a summer school this year looking at Swift through a literary lens. In Arizona, PhD student Alexandra Wormley is hosting a course on the social psychology of Swift at Arizona State University this autumn. Critics online and even some media pundits have pondered just what it is about Swift that is so appealing. For Clio Doyle, an academic who hosted the summer course at Queen Mary, "Swift is a really fascinating songwriter". The lecturer in early modern literature added that another reason she looked at Swift was because of her popularity and the discussions surrounding her work. "A course about Swift would be an opportunity for students both to deepen their readings of Swift's lyrics and to think about what it means to study something as literature," Doyle, who runs a similarly-themed podcast about Swift, told AFP. The summer course will be offered again next year, and interest is not limited to the United States or Europe. The University of Melbourne will host a three-day "Swiftposium" looking at Swift's cultural, economic and global impact in February 2024, the same month her tour arrives in Australia. The post Ready for it? Belgian university offers literature course on Taylor Swift appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
NSYNC to release first new song in decades for ‘Trolls’ movie
American boy band NSYNC has reunited for their first new song in over 20 years, which will be featured in the upcoming movie "Trolls Band Together." "Back in the Studio. Better Place out 9/29," the group posted on social media Thursday, alongside a video of all five members recording their vocals. The last studio album released by turn-of-the-millennium heartthrobs Justin Timberlake, Joey Fatone, JC Chasez, Lance Bass and Chris Kirkpatrick was 2001's "Celebrity." "If we do this song it's a love letter to our fans," Timberlake said in the video posted to X. "Wait, that's the first NSYNC song finished in 23 years," Bass added. Timberlake voices a lead character in the "Trolls" film trilogy, with the third installment coming to US theaters in November. The new movie features a boy band storyline. NSYNC's members reunited onstage this week for the first time in a decade to present Taylor Swift with the Best Pop award at the MTV Video Music Awards. The post NSYNC to release first new song in decades for ‘Trolls’ movie appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
LIST: MTV Video Music Awards 2023 winners, led by Taylor Swift
Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift dominated the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards with nine wins from 11 nominations, including the top prizes Video, Song, Artist, and Album of the Year......»»
Taylor Swift, Shakira shine at MTV Video Music Awards
Taylor Swift cleaned up at Tuesday's MTV Video Music Awards and won the evening's top trophy, as Shakira accepted the night's prestigious Video Vanguard honor with a hip-shaking, career-spanning performance. Swift continued her global reign by scooping awards including Best Song, Best Pop and Best Direction, as well as the top competitive award for Video of the Year, which she won for her hit "Anti-Hero." Turn-of-the-millennium teen heartthrobs NSYNC reunited onstage for the first time in a decade to present her with the Best Pop award, leaving Swift, who is poised to post the first billion-dollar tour, fanning her cheeks. "This is unbelievable," Swift said as she accepted the night's top prize, which she also took home in 2022. "I just want to say that the fact that this is a fan-voted award means so much to me." But she didn't perform on the night known far more for its spectacle than its awards, instead sipping her drink as artists including Olivia Rodrigo, Anitta and Doja Cat took the stage. The made-for-broadcast show, held this year in Newark's Prudential Center, frequently panned to Swift who was seated near the main stage next to Ice Spice, the viral Bronx rapper who has collaborated with the pop phenom and who won the evening's prize for Best New Artist. A camera operator was reportedly tasked with filming Swift for the show's entire duration. The nearly four-hour show that included some 20 performances ended without handing out awards in a number of categories, however, including for Artist of the Year, which for the first time was an all-women slate including Swift, Shakira and Beyonce. Lil Wayne opened the show in a nod to this year's 50th anniversary of hip hop, and Sean Combs -- known by his stage names Puff Daddy, Puffy, P. Diddy and Diddy -- delivered a career-spanning performance as he accepted the night's Global Icon lifetime achievement award. "This is so surreal," said the 53-year-old from Harlem. "I started out as a paper boy." [caption id="attachment_183305" align="aligncenter" width="2560"] Colombian singer Shakira performs onstage during the MTV Video Music Awards at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on 12 September 2023. (Photo by Timothy A. CLARY / AFP)[/caption] And it was Shakira who scored the night's most prestigious honor for lifetime achievement, the Video Vanguard award that celebrates music video innovations. The Colombian performer, 46, stole the show as she performed her signature hip swings and pops, singing a bilingual medley including "She Wolf," "Te Felicito," "Objection (Tango)," "Whenever, Wherever" and "Hips Don't Lie." Wearing a glittering, nude ensemble, the artist finished her set by crowd-surfing to a platform that then elevated her high above a screaming crowd of fans and peers. "Thank you MTV. Thank you for being such a big part of my career since I was only 18 years old," she said. Afrobeats and Bongos Rapper Nicki Minaj hosted the event for the second consecutive year, also debuting live her newest single, "Last Time I Saw You," which is slated for release on her album "Pink Friday 2" in November. She won the night's award for Best Hip Hop, for "Super Freaky Girl." [caption id="attachment_183306" align="aligncenter" width="1707"] US rapper and singer Nicki Minaj arrives for the MTV Video Music Awards at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on 12 September 2023. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)[/caption] Minaj also participated in the evening's tribute to five decades of hip hop, which also saw Lil Wayne return to the stage for a medley performance that included pioneers Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick, LL Cool J, DMC of Run-DMC, and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Earlier Doja Cat ignited the crowd as she performed a medley of "Attention," "Paint The Town Red" and "Demons," donning a sexy skirtsuit situation she slowly loosened as she danced, meanwhile unfurling a long blonde mane. Best R&B went to SZA, who did not attend, while South Korea's Stray Kids won the award for Best K-pop and later performed. Nigeria's Rema won the prize for Best Afrobeats, a new category, for his remixed single "Calm Down" featuring Selena Gomez. The song surpassed a billion streams on Spotify over the weekend. "This means so much seeing Afrobeats grow this big," Rema said while accepting the trophy. Brazil's Anitta dropped a booty-shaking dance party of a show with hits including "Funk Rave," which earned the evening's prize for Best Latin. Colombian Karol G was also among the evening's top performers, and she scored a prize with Shakira for Best Collaboration. Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion debuted their live performance of "Bongos," their latest collaboration that follows the resounding success of "WAP." Cardi entered the stage from the ceiling on a disco ball, her hair in loose waves a la Donna Summer. Megan joined her from another stage, and after their respective verses the pair led the audience through a high-energy, twerkified dance breakdown. Pop-punk band Fallout Boy rounded out the millennial nostalgia tour that began the night with NSYNC. The emo rockers performed their updated version of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start The Fire," hitting major moments of the past three decades in a revamp that includes the line: "YouTube killed MTV." The post Taylor Swift, Shakira shine at MTV Video Music Awards appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
EXO’s D.O. returns as soloist after two years
After the global success of EXO’s group comeback Exist, member Doh Kyungsoo, known by his stage name D.O., again goes solo with his second mini-album Anticipation, which drops on 18 September. On 1 September, his agency, SM Entertainment, announced the K-pop idol’s comeback as a solo singer after two years, with a logo update across all their social media platforms and a teaser image showing the singer sitting in front of a desk inside a barely lit room. D.O. also posted the teaser on his Instagram account, which he opened to the public on 10 July. His IG was a surprise, since the 30-year-old K-pop star has kept a minimal social media presence. Although details of the mini-album are yet to be announced, the seven-track EP is sure to highlight once again the singer’s vocals. His first solo album, Empathy, was critically acclaimed following its release in July 2021, topping iTunes’ album charts in 60 countries despite minimal promotions. D.O. is also busy with his acting career and variety show appearances. The multi-award-winning Korean idol-actor recently led the South Korean sci-fi drama film The Moon (2023), written and directed by Kim Yong-hwa, the esteemed director behind box-office hits Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds (2017) and Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days (2018). After bagging his first Male Actor Excellence award at the KBS Drama Awards last year with his impeccable comic acting in Bad Prosecutor, D.O. has bagged nominations for Best Actor at the 2nd Blue Dragon Series Awards with Bad Prosecutor, and another Best Actor nomination at the 32nd Buil Film Awards for The Moon. D.O. and his bandmates are currently headlining the fourth season of the variety show EXO Ladder. He will also star in a new show by Na Yeong-seok with Kim Woo-bin, Lee Kwang-soo and Kim Ki-bang. Pre-orders for D.O.’s second mini-album have officially started in various online and offline music stores. The post EXO’s D.O. returns as soloist after two years appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Nothing compares to her: Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor dead at 56
Acclaimed and controversial Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor has passed away at age 56, her family announced in a statement. “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinéad. Her family and friends are devastated and have requested privacy at this very difficult time,” the statement said. The cause and time of death was not released to the public. O' Connor is best known for her now-classic rendition of Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U,” which catapulted her to fame when the song topped worldwide charts and was named the number one world single in 1990 by the Billboard Music Awards. But she will also be remembered for a deeply divisive gesture: In 1992, she infamously tore up a photograph of Pope John Paul II in an episode of Saturday Night Live to protest against the Catholic Church’s silence on child abuse cases. Born in Dublin, O’Connor made a mark not only as an accomplished artist but also for being outspoken and provocative throughout her career. She rocked a signature shaved head, wore bold and eccentric clothing and never backed down from her fierce, unconventional persona. She released 10 studio albums, beginning with The Lion and The Cobra (1987), which charted internationally and gave her her first Grammy nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. Her second studio album, I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (1990), was O’Connor’s breakthrough as a singer-songwriter, gaining critical raves and selling over seven million copies worldwide. Through her sophomore album, O’Connor made legendary musician Prince’s song “Nothing Compares 2 U” into her own, and with it, she became the first woman to win the Video of the Year honors at the MTV Video Music Awards on 6 September 1990. The album also earned three Grammy nominations. However, despite being nominated for the music industry’s highest awards, she became the first artist to criticize and boycott the Grammys, claiming that it measured artists’ worth based on commercial success alone. In later years, the Irish star opened up about her struggles with mental health. O’Connor went on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2007 and revealed her struggles with bipolar disorder and depression. Living through these mental disorders felt like “a bucket with holes in it, just leaking tears from every pore,” she said. In her 2021 memoir Rememberings, O’Connor recalled that she suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder due to the physical abuse she went through growing up. The tragic death of her 17-year-old son, Shane, in 2022 added to O’Connor’s struggles, leading her to seek immediate medical care for herself. The post Nothing compares to her: Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor dead at 56 appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Willie Nepomuceno dies at 75
Willie Nepomuceno, the master impersonator and satirist who rose to fame with his uncanny mimicry of famous personalities such as singer Frank Sinatra and political leaders from Ferdinand Marcos Sr. to Juan Ponce Enrile, Joseph Estrada and Rodrigo Duterte, has died, according to his family. [caption id="attachment_162700" align="aligncenter" width="1080"] The many faces of Willie Nepomuceno. [/caption] In a Facebook post, his loved ones announced “with deep sadness and heavy heart… the passing of our beloved father, WILLIE NEPOMUCENO, on July 26, 2023, at the age of 75.” “He has peacefully joined our creator,” they added, with details of the wake to be announced soon. Right up to the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte, Nepomuceno was making Filipinos laugh with his gentle lampoons of the former president and a host of other popular figures. His range was extraordinary — he could do Jaime Cardinal Sin, the late prelate of the Archdiocese of Manila, one time, and ace comedian Dolphy the next, down to their respective physical traits and voices. Long before stand-up comedy became an established profession, Nepomuceno made a viable living from it, mounting shows and concerts and even releasing albums that showcased his ability for impersonation and spoofs. His 1984 album Willie’s Way won Best Comedy Album at the then-Cecil Awards. He also brought his art to TV, such as on the ABS-CBN noontime show It’s Showtime where he served as a judge in its celebrity look-alike contest while in character as, say, President Erap, Manny Pacquiao or Stevie Wonder. Nepomuceno was born on 8 July 1948. He died just 18 days after his 75th birthday. In a Facebook post, his son Willie Wilsson Nepomuceno bid goodbye to his father, writing: "Farewell, Tatay. Though it's incredibly hard to say goodbye, I am grateful for the time we had together. Your love, guidance, and presence in my life have shaped me into the person I am today." “Your legacy will forever be engraved in my heart,” he added. “Rest well, knowing that you are deeply loved and missed.” The post Willie Nepomuceno dies at 75 appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Master impersonator Willie Nepomuceno dies at 75
Willie Nepomuceno, the master impersonator and satirist who rose to fame with his uncanny mimicry of famous personalities such as singer Frank Sinatra and political leaders from Ferdinand Marcos Sr. to Juan Ponce Enrile, Joseph Estrada and Rodrigo Duterte, has died, according to his family. In a Facebook post, his loved ones announced “with deep sadness and heavy heart… the passing of our beloved father, WILLIE NEPOMUCENO, on July 26, 2023, at the age of 75.” “He has peacefully joined our creator,” they added, with details of the wake to be announced soon. Right up to the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte, Nepomuceno was making Filipinos laugh with his gentle lampoons of the former president and a host of other popular figures. His range was extraordinary – he could do Jaime Cardinal Sin, the late prelate of the Archdiocese of Manila, one time, and ace comedian Dolphy the next, down to their respective physical traits and voices. Long before stand-up comedy became an established profession, Nepomuceno made a viable living from it, mounting shows and concerts and even releasing albums that showcased his ability for impersonation and spoofs. His 1984 album Willie’s Way won Best Comedy Album at the then-Cecil Awards. He also brought his art to TV, such as on the ABS-CBN noontime show It’s Showtime where he served as a judge in its celebrity look-alike contest while in character as, say, President Erap, Manny Pacquiao or Stevie Wonder. Nepomuceno was born on 8 July 1948. He died just 18 days after his 75th birthday. In a Facebook post, his son Willie Wilsson Nepomuceno bid goodbye to his father, writing: "Farewell, Tatay. Though it's incredibly hard to say goodbye, I am grateful for the time we had together. Your love, guidance, and presence in my life have shaped me into the person I am today." “Your legacy will forever be engraved in my heart,” he added. “Rest well, knowing that you are deeply loved and missed.” The post Master impersonator Willie Nepomuceno dies at 75 appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
TONY BENNETT : GRIT AND GRACE
Tributes have continued to pour in for Tony Bennett, the last of the great mid-20th-century American crooners who died on 21 July at 96, after outliving his fellow giants in popular music such as Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin and gaining a whole new generation of fans in the era of social media with his number-one duets album with Lady Gaga. That 2014 late-career triumph had made Bennett, at 88, the oldest living American performer to notch a number-one album on the charts. It was more proof at the time of the extraordinary odds-defying grit that undergirded the grace and elegance of Bennett’s persona as the living embodiment of classic American standards, a sound that in the post-rock era many had banished to the dismissive-sounding “adult contemporary” category. Sinatra himself crowned Bennett as “the best singer in the business” in a 1965 interview with Life magazine. “He excites me when I watch him. He moves me. He’s the singer who gets across what the composer has in mind, and probably a little more,” said the Chairman of the Board. Fifty-eight years later, Elton John, decades and a whole music era removed from Sinatra, was moved to say at Bennett’s passing: “Without doubt the classiest singer, man, and performer you will ever see. He’s irreplaceable.” Indeed, Bennett was sui generis, from his singular sound to his defiant artistry. “Neither a fluid singer nor an especially powerful one, he did not have the mellifluous timbre of [Bing] Crosby or the rakish swing of Sinatra,” wrote the New York Times in its obituary. “If Louis Armstrong’s tone was distinctively gravelly, Mr. Bennett’s wasn’t quite; ‘sandy’ was more like it.” You can hear that sandy rasp even in his early, ebullient years, in signature hits like “Rags to Riches,” “Cold Cold Heart” (originally a country ditty by Hank Williams, remade by Bennett and sublimely covered 51 years later by Norah Jones), and of course, his timeless “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.” Touch of roughness The touch of roughness was what gave Bennett’s sound a rich, warm quality sort of like the hiss and pop of a vinyl record, conveying a more grounded, open-hearted, truthful sense to everything that he sang. In later years, as his lung power diminished with age, he cannily pruned his singing to a more direct, compact style, the belts now occasional but always at surprising moments, the lovely loping line maintained along with the heartfelt near-whispers. He kept to that sound and refused to change his style in the face of the sea change in popular music that would engulf his generation of swinging, jazzy entertainers. “Mr. Bennett stubbornly resisted record producers who urged gimmick songs on him, or, in the 1960s and early ’70s, who were sure that rock ’n’ roll had relegated the music he preferred to a dusty bin perused only by a dwindling population of the elderly and nostalgic,“ wrote Bruce Weber in the New York Times. Eight decades Time an unprecedented eight decades in the business some 20 Grammy awards, and the reverence of his peers and the public ultimately proved Bennett right: that his music still had a place in the modern world, that he could stick to what he did best — sing like nobody else the Great American Songbook, that canon of masterworks by the likes of Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Harold Arlen — and people of whatever stripe and age, undeterred by his gentleman’s suit and courtly manners from a bygone age, would sit and listen. Because great songs are great songs no matter the era, and as he once put it, “I wanted to sing the great songs, songs that I felt really mattered to people.” Asked if he ever got bored of his repertoire, Bennett said: “No. Do you get tired of making love?” “I was taught never to compromise; to never sing a cheap song,” he explained. “I never look down at the audience and think that they are ignorant, or think that I’m more intelligent than they are.” Bennett said these words in 2012, when, at 86, he had just released a new album, was doing grueling concert tours, and was also dabbling in painting in his free time. His historic 11 o’clock peak was two years away — the Cheek to Cheek album with Lady Gaga that made him an octogenarian with a number-one album on the Billboard 200 chart. (Attesting to his longevity and range, before Gaga he had collaborations as well with other epoch-defining female performers such as Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand.) “Here I am today, at 86, and I’m even more passionate now than ever before. I feel that I’m at the top of my game, and things just keep getting better and better,” he said with characteristic cheer in his 2012 book Life Is a Gift: The Zen of Bennett. In announcing Bennett’s passing on Friday, the Twitter account under his name revealed: “Tony left us today but he was still singing the other day at his piano and his last song was ‘Because of You‘, his first #1 hit.” What grit. What grace. The post TONY BENNETT : GRIT AND GRACE appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Tony Bennett, last of classic American crooners, dead at 96
Tony Bennett, the last in a generation of classic American crooners whose ceaselessly cheery spirit bridged generations to make him a hitmaker across seven decades, died Friday in New York. He was 96. Raised in an era when big bands defined US pop music, Bennett achieved an improbable second act when he started winning over young audiences in the 1990s -- not by reinventing himself but by demonstrating his sheer joy in belting out the standards. And then at age 88, Bennett, in 2014 became the oldest person ever to reach number one on the US album sales chart through a collection of duets with Lady Gaga -- who became his friend and touring companion but only one of a long list of younger stars who rushed to work with the singing great. Bennett's publicist, Sylvia Weiner, announced his death. Likened since the start of his career to Frank Sinatra, Bennett first tried to distance himself but eventually followed much of the same path as other crooners of yore -- singing in nightclubs, on television, and for movies, although his attempts to act ended quickly. His gift proved to be his stage presence. With a welcoming smile and dapper suit, he sang with gusto and a smooth vibrato in a strong, clearly enunciated voice, which he kept in shape through training from the operatic Bel Canto tradition. Starting with his recording of the film song "Because of You" in 1951, Bennett sang dozens of hits including "Rags to Riches," "Stranger in Paradise" and, in what would become his signature tune, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," which landed him two of his career's 19 Grammy Awards. But the British Invasion led by The Beatles initially took a toll on the singer, whose music suddenly sounded quaint and antiquated. He nearly died of a cocaine overdose in 1979 before sobering up and eventually reviving his career. "When rap came along, or disco, whatever the new fashion was at the moment, I didn't try to find something that would fit whatever the style was of the whole music scene," Bennett told the British culture magazine Clash. "I just stayed myself and sang sincerely and tried to just stay honest with myself -- never compromising, just doing the best songs that I could think of for the public. "And luckily it just paid off." Singing as hardscrabble youth Tony Bennett -- his stage name came after advice from showbiz A-lister Bob Hope -- was born Anthony Dominick Benedetto in the Astoria neighborhood of New York's Queens borough. His father was a struggling grocer who immigrated from southern Italy's Calabria region, to which his mother also traced her ancestry. He showed early promise as an entertainer, singing at age nine next to legendary New York mayor Fiorello LaGuardia when he ceremonially opened the city's Triborough Bridge, now known as the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge. But his father's death at age 10, at a time when the United States was still struggling to exit the Great Depression, led him to leave school and earn money through jobs including singing at Italian restaurants and caricature painting, which remained a lifelong side career. During World War II, Bennett was drafted into the 63rd Infantry Division and was sent to France and Germany. But he was demoted after cursing out an officer from the South who objected to Bennett dining with an African American friend in the then racially segregated army. As punishment, Bennett spent his tour of duty digging out bodies and shipping them. But after the Allied victory, Bennett found an unexpected break into music as he waited with fellow troops in Wiesbaden, Germany to return home. With the city's opera house still intact, a US Army band performed a weekly show to be broadcast on military radio across Germany. Taken on as the band's librarian, Bennett was quickly impressed with his voice and was made one of four vocalists. "During this period in the army, I enjoyed the most musical freedom I've ever had in my life," Bennett later wrote in his autobiography, "The Good Life." "I could sing whatever I wanted, and there was no one around to tell me any different," he wrote. Outspoken against racism and war When he returned to the United States, he took formal singing lessons through the GI Bill, which covered educational expenses for returning troops. His experiences made Bennett a lifelong liberal. He became especially enraged in the 1950s when he played in Miami with jazz pioneer Duke Ellington, who was not allowed to attend a press party due to segregation at the hotel. In a then risky move for a popular entertainer, he accepted an invitation from singer Harry Belafonte to join civil rights icon Martin Luther King in the 1965 march from Selma, Alabama in support of equal voting rights for African Americans. He later wrote in his memoir that the hostility of the white state troopers reminded him of Nazi Germany. He was also an outspoken opponent of war, at times raising controversy. "The first time I saw a dead German, that's when I became a pacifist," he told popular radio host Howard Stern days after the 11 September 2001 attacks. Late in life, still cool Bennett was married three times and had four children including Antonia Bennett, who has followed his path as a singer of pop and jazz standards. But his son Danny Bennett was most instrumental in his father's career, aggressively courting MTV and other players in the pop world as a manager for his father. By the early 1990s, Bennett -- his style and look little changed from the 1960s, except for more gray hair -- was appearing in music videos on MTV and singing warm-up at concerts by alternative rock giants such as Smashing Pumpkins and Porno for Pyros. Proof that Bennett was back came in 1993 when he presented a prize at the MTV Video Music Awards alongside the Red Hot Chili Peppers, who hailed his cool factor and playfully sang part of "I Left My Heart in San Francisco." His career only kept building and a decade later, he released three successful albums of duets. On one of them, "Body and Soul," he sang with Amy Winehouse in her last recording before she died in 2011 at age 27. He marked his 90th birthday with a star-studded concert at New York's Radio City Music Hall, which was turned into a television special and album. The title was taken from a song popularized by Bennett: "The Best Is Yet to Come." Bennett toured the United States and Europe into his final decade, playing his last public performance before the coronavirus pandemic halted touring in New Jersey on 11 March 2020. Soon after, he revealed he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2016. He had kept his condition quiet for years. Upon turning 95, Bennett played two more birthday concerts, again at Radio City Music Hall, with Lady Gaga -- shows billed as his farewell to New York. He then canceled the remainder of his 2021 tour dates on "doctors' orders." "And let the music play as long as there's a song to sing / And I will stay younger than spring," he crooned during the first of his farewell shows, in a rendition of his ballad "This Is All I Ask." "You've been a good audience," Bennett said prior to his encore. "I love this audience." The post Tony Bennett, last of classic American crooners, dead at 96 appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Madonna hospitalized for several days, tour postponed
Madonna is recovering after falling ill with a "serious bacterial infection" that landed her in an intensive care unit for several days, her manager Guy Oseary said in a statement Wednesday. "Her health is improving, however she is still under medical care," he said. "A full recovery is expected." Oseary said the 64-year-old pop icon's "Celebrations" tour, due to start July 15 in Vancouver, Canada, was postponed until further notice. The New York Post's Page Six website said the pop star was taken to a hospital in the city after becoming unwell. Her global, nearly sold-out tour was billed as paying homage to Madonna's more than four-decade long career, and according to her website boasted 84 concert dates. Stops in the United States were to include Detroit, Chicago, Miami and New York, the city where her storied rise to superstardom began. She was then slated to continue in Europe, with dates in London, Barcelona and Paris, as well as four dates in Mexico City. The Grammy-winning megastar behind classics including "Like a Virgin" has asserted incalculable influence over her stellar career as one of music's top stars. In his statement on social media, her manager vowed to provide more information when available, including a new start date for the tour and for rescheduled shows. In 2020 Madonna underwent hip replacement surgery following an injury sustained on her "Madame X" tour. 'Material Girl' Born in 1958, the Catholic-educated artist headed to New York in the late 1970s with just 35 dollars in her pocket. She scraped a living through everything from nude modeling to selling donuts. Her first big single was "Everybody" in 1982, followed by a string of hits including "Lucky Star," "Borderline," and "Holiday." The 1984 release of "Like A Virgin" propelled Madonna onto the international stage. She followed up in 1985 with another disco anthem, "Material Girl." The early 1990s saw her don infamous pointy cone-shaped bras on her "Blond Ambition" Tour in 1990. She also released a racy book called "Sex," filled with photographs of sexual acts that was released to accompany her 1992 album "Erotica." In the late 1990s her music took off in a new direction, thumping to a new dance-flavored beat on her multi award-winning 1998 album "Ray of Light." In 2003 she grabbed the showbiz world's attention by clinching pop princess Britney Spears in a lingering kiss on stage at that year's MTV Music Video Awards. And she still displays the provocative streak for which she is both beloved and notorious. In January, news dropped of her forthcoming tour in a video nodding to her 1991 documentary "Truth or Dare." In the clip, the Queen of Pop plays the classic sleepover game with fellow celebrities, all with risque undertones. "I am excited to explore as many songs as possible in hopes to give my fans the show they have been waiting for," she said when announcing the tour. The post Madonna hospitalized for several days, tour postponed appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Madonna hospitalized for several days, tour postponed
Madonna is recovering after falling ill with a "serious bacterial infection" that landed her in an intensive care unit for several days, her manager Guy Oseary said in a statement Wednesday. "Her health is improving, however, she is still under medical care," he said. "A full recovery is expected." Oseary said the 64-year-old pop icon's "Celebrations" tour, due to start on 15 July in Vancouver, Canada, was postponed until further notice. The global, nearly sold-out tour was billed as paying homage to her more than four-decade-long career. Stops in the United States were to include Detroit, Chicago, Miami, and New York, the city where her storied rise to superstardom began. She was then slated to continue in Europe into the fall, with dates in London, Barcelona, and Paris. The Grammy-winning megastar behind classics including "Like a Virgin" has asserted incalculable influence over her stellar career as one of music's top stars. In his statement on social media, her manager vowed to provide more information when available, including a new start date for the tour and for rescheduled shows. In 2020, Madonna underwent hip replacement surgery following an injury sustained on her "Madame X" tour. 'Material Girl' Born in 1958, the Catholic-educated artist headed to New York in 1977 with just 35 dollars in her pocket. She scraped a living through everything from nude modeling to selling donuts. Her first big single was "Everybody" in 1982, followed by a string of hits including "Lucky Star," "Borderline," and "Holiday." The 1984 release of "Like A Virgin" propelled Madonna onto the international stage. She followed up in 1985 with another disco anthem, "Material Girl." The early 1990s saw her don infamous pointy cone-shaped bras on her "Blond Ambition" Tour. She also released a racy book called "Sex," filled with photographs of sexual acts that were released to accompany her 1992 album "Erotica." In the late 1990s, her music took off in a new direction, thumping to a new dance-flavored beat on her multi-award-winning 1998 album "Ray of Light." She has maintained the provocative streak that she is both beloved and notorious for well past middle age. In 2003 she grabbed the showbiz world's attention by clinching pop princess Britney Spears in a lingering kiss on stage at that year's MTV Music Video Awards. She dropped news of her forthcoming tour in a video nodding to her 1991 documentary “Truth or Dare.” In the clip, the Queen of Pop plays the classic sleepover game with fellow celebrities, all with risque undertones. The post Madonna hospitalized for several days, tour postponed appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
REVEALED: SB19’s ‘Pagtatag’ world tour ticket prices, seat plan
P-pop sensation SB19 has released the ticket prices and seat plan for its Pagtatag! World Tour Manila dates. The group’s latest concert will kick off at the Araneta Coliseum on 24 June at 7 p.m. and 25 June at 6 p.m. Ticket prices start at P1,000 for General Admission; P2,000 for Upper Box; P3,500 for Lower Box; P4,500 for Patron; P5,500 for VIP Seated Regular; P6,500 for VIP Seated with live soundcheck; and P6,500 for VIP Standing with live soundcheck. Tickets will be available starting 21 May, 12 noon via Ticketnet outlets nationwide or through www.ticketnet.com.ph. Pagtatag! will also have stops in Chicago, IL on 21 July; Dallas, Texas on 22 July; San Francisco on 28 July; Los Angeles on 29 July; New York City on 5 August; Washington, DC on 6 August; Toronto on 11 August; Winnipeg on 13 August; Vancouver on 18 August; and Edmonton on 19 August. More dates, countries and cities will be announced soon. The Pagtatag! world tour is in support of the group’s upcoming album release of the same name. According to the group, the six-track EP is its “most sonically adventurous release yet” as it “explores new genres and music styles” that will excite A’TIN (its fans). SB19 held its first world tour, called WYAT (Where You At), in 2022 with stops in Dubai on 29 October, California on 12 November, Redwood City on 18 November and Singapore on 27 November. SB19 is the first Filipino act to be nominated at the Billboard Music Awards. The group also landed in Teen Vogue’s Best Boy Bands of All Time list. The post REVEALED: SB19’s ‘Pagtatag’ world tour ticket prices, seat plan appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Fans in frenzy as Beyoncé kicks off concert tour
Ecstatic Beyoncé fans sang and danced in feverish excitement in Stockholm Wednesday as the superstar kicked off her first solo tour in seven years with a futuristic spectacle featuring a lunar rover, an airborne horse, and wall-to-wall rhinestones. Hours before the doors opened hundreds of people were thronging outside the stadium, including some who had traveled halfway around the world to catch the show, anxious to see the global music icon -- one of the world's best-selling artists. Once the concert was about to begin, the tens of thousands of fans in the 60,000-capacity Friends Arena -- filled to the brim -- erupted in cheers as their "queen" emerged on stage. "Just want to say: Y'all make me so happy," Beyoncé said as the concert began. "I see familiar faces, people that flew from very, very far to come see the first show tonight," she told the audience at the outset of the three-hour space and science fiction-themed show. The show features Beyoncé performing atop a lunar vehicle, playing the role of a news anchor while dressed as a queen bee, and suspended above the crowd as she sits on a model horse completely covered in sparkling rhinestones. "This was another level. Amazing, I can't wait for the rest of the tour," Abdul Ibraimoh, a 33-year-old artist manager from London, told AFP after the show. "There was a lot of anticipation for what she was going to do, and yes I'm speechless, it was just incredible," Shane Barkey, a 31-year-old radio host from Ireland, said. Beyoncé, who has a record 32 Grammy awards; is in the top 10 biggest-grossing female artists. She is also a fashion icon, with designers queueing up for her attention. Many of the fans in Stockholm sported cowboy hats and rhinestones, mimicking the look of the performer's outfit in the ads announcing the 57-stop European and North American tour. Julie Vargas, who flew in from Houston, Texas -- Beyoncé's hometown -- confessed to having a "shrine" dedicated to the star at home. "I don't want any spoilers, I wanted to be the first to see it and take the news back to H-town baby!" the 38-year-old surgical technologist told AFP as she waited in line in the early afternoon. The "Renaissance World Tour", announced in February after being teased last autumn, is the star's first solo tour since 2016. Tickets sold out so quickly for the opening show that tour organizers added a second concert at the same venue for Thursday. From there, she goes to Brussels this weekend. The tour, which continues until September, is expected to earn the international artist nearly $2.1 billion, according to business magazine Forbes. She is already a multi-millionaire. "We love Beyoncé, she's the queen, that's why we are here of course," 36-year-old artist Kasher Bloom from Riga told AFP. "Beyoncé is the queen! Our mother, everything! I would do anything for her," Jarra Jatta, a 21-year-old fan from Helsingborg in southern Sweden. In February, Beyoncé made history by becoming the most successful artist in the history of the Grammys, surpassing the late classical conductor Georg Solti's long-standing record of 31 lifetime trophies. But despite winning another four Grammys, fans were disappointed that she missed out on the award for album of the year for her seventh studio album, the house-tinged "Renaissance". The 16-song 2022 album was an instant hit and earned wide praise for its deep ambition. Born Beyoncé Giselle Knowles, the now-41-year-old has been in the upper echelons of pop music since her teenage years. She initially rose to fame as part of Destiny's Child -- whose smash hits included "Survivor" and "Say My Name" -- before embarking on a wildly successful solo career. From setting the standard for the overnight album drop to delivering her earth-shattering "Homecoming" show at Coachella in 2018, Beyoncé has long bucked the industry's conventional wisdom. She is simultaneously one of music's most private and most watched stars. Her paradigm-shifting 2016 album "Lemonade," which emphasized Black womanhood against the backdrop of America's heritage of slavery and culture of oppression, remains one of the most venerated musical projects in recent memory. Then she dropped the critically acclaimed song "Black Parade" in June 2020, amid nationwide protests ignited by the murder of an unarmed Black man, George Floyd, at the hands of a white police officer. The post Fans in frenzy as Beyoncé kicks off concert tour appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Belle Mariano preps sophomore album
Belle Mariano is preparing for her second album. The He’s Into Her actress was seen in a recording studio in a teaser released by Rise Artists Management on 22 April. The caption read: “Here we go again with Belle Mariano’s recording session! We can’t wait for BELLE 2ND ALBUM.” In a statement, Mariano thanked people for the support through the years. She hopes to receive the same love for her upcoming new album. “Now that another album is coming out, I hope you guys are able to love it as well the way you love Daylight and I hope you guys like it and relate and be inspired, and so many more. Go through this journey with me once again. I love you guys,” she said. Her first album Daylight, released in 2021, has seven tracks: “Sigurado,” “With You,” “Rainy Days,” “Tanging Dahilan,” “For Your Eyes Only,” “Nights of December” and “Rise.” In November 2022, Mariano was awarded the Breakthrough Artist and Favorite Song for “Sigurado” at the 35th Awit Awards. Mariano headlined a digital concert of the same name on 30 January 2022 via KTX.ph and TFC IPTV featuring performances and collaborations with Kyle Echarri, Trisha Denise, SAB, Jayda, Ben&Ben and onscreen partner Donny Pangilinan. Love is Color Blind, her first major movie with Pangilinan, premiered 9 December 2021 and was the year’s highest grossing film. An Inconvenient Love, the pair’s second movie shown on 30 November 2022, grossed over P15 million in the box office. The post Belle Mariano preps sophomore album appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
‘Hamilton’ Manila extended for two more weeks
Want to be in the room where it happens? GMG Productions announced that the Manila leg of Hamilton has been extended for two more weeks. Due to overwhelming demand in the pre-sale, Hamilton in Manila will now have its closing show on 26 November from the initial date of 12 November. Pre-sale ends 23 April at 11:59 p.m. The general public can purchase tickets at Ticketworld beginning 24 April, 11 a.m. Hamilton in Manila will premiere on 17 September at the Theater at Solaire. Hamilton, a story on American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, premiered on Broadway in August 2015 to the book, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda. It is based on Ron Chernow’s much-acclaimed biography. In 2016, Hamilton won 11 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Original Score, Best Direction of a Musical, Best Choreography, Best Leading Actor in a Musical (Leslie Odom Jr. as Aaron Burr), Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Renée Elise Goldsberry as Angelica Schuyler), Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette), Best Costume Design of a Musical, Best Lighting Design, Best Choreography, and Best Orchestrations. The same year, Hamilton received the Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album. The post ‘Hamilton’ Manila extended for two more weeks appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Mahal ko kayong lahat! : Harry Styles performs One Direction song, brings the house down at Philippine 2023 concert
It's been five years, three Grammy Awards, two albums, and one Album of the Year win, but Harry Styles has finally made it back to the Philippines......»»