December 23, 2020 | 12:03 am Font Size
A SCENE from BL series Happenstance YOUTUBE/GAGAOOLALA - FIND YOURSTORY
FOR those who can’t get enough of Boys Love (BL) content which came out this year, here’s another one you can look forward to
Happenstance is a BL series that tells the love between two people living in different timelines from director Adolf Alix, Jr.
“The story is very different from what others have been doing,” Mr. Alix said of the series in a press conference on Dec. 21 held via Zoom.
Mr. Alix said the idea about the series stemmed from an article he read online about a woman finding a bag filled with old love letters from a man named Fred courting a woman named Daday in the ceiling of their ancestral house.
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THE KISSING SCENE is mandatory for certain types of drama, but became forbidden overnight because of work safety rules imposed during the pandemic. The US TV network Lifetime got around the prohibition by having actors kiss through plexiglass, and then digitally removing the barrier in post-production. These adjustments, some small and many large, all of them disruptive in some way, paint a picture of an industry having to frantically make up new rules as fresh problems arose.
GMA Network, Inc., the country’s largest television network, was caught out by the lockdown with two films in production one in which crews were “literally in the middle of shooting,” according to Ianessa S. Valdellon, GMA Network first vice-president for public affairs, in an e-mail interview with
December 17, 2020 | 12:06 am Font Size
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SEDA Vertis Northâs Misto buffet is back, albeit with changes made to fit the new normal and ensure the safety of its diners.
While the hotel has offered la carte dining to serve its long-staying guests and those who crave the hotelâs specialties during the pandemic, the buffet has made a comeback, opening in late November to great success, according to Seda Vertis Northâs director of sales and marketing.
âSince the launch itâs been⦠very well-received, which is why we are ramping up, not just for lunch on Thursdays to Sunday but we are going to launch this for dinner as well,â Cinty Yniguez, director of sales and marketing at Seda Vertis North, said in an online conference on Dec. 11 via Zoom.
December 18, 2020 | 12:04 am Font Size
FATHER SUAREZ played by John Arcilla in the film Father Suarez: Healing Priest
SHIFTING to an online platform may have led the annual Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) to introduce a greater variety of films for this yearâs pandemic edition. While the requisite family films such as
Magic Kingdom and
Mang Kepweng: Ang Lihim ng Bandanang Itim are still part of the programming, it has been seven years since the festival last included a biopic on a religious figure, 2013âs
Pedro Calungsod: Batang Martir. While
Pedro Calungsod tells the life (or what little is known about the life) of the second Filipino saint who lived in the 1600s, Joven Tanâs
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