Body Talk with Nick Varrichio, the star of Atlantis’ Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Meet Nick Varrichio, the star of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical which marks Atlantis Theatrical Entertainment Group’s 20th-anniversary presentation starting today until July 7 at the Meralco Theater. Playing the titular role is Kayla Rivera. Nick is a 29-year-old theater actor who is currently living in New York City. He grew up in Mentor, Ohio, east of Cleveland, and has two brothers. In one of his interviews (Pillow Talking’s interview with Nick Varrichio), he mentioned that all of them were musically inclined as his brothers play percussion and congas while Nick plays the clarinet. His first live theater performance, Lend me a Tenor, was during his sophomore year where he played the role of Max. From then on, he fell in love with theater and started joining school plays. He pursued his theater dreams at Baldwin Wallace University where he had his most difficult phase. … [Read more...] about ‘Shower is the best place to vocalize ’
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Ani Yudhoyono, from daughter of Army general to first lady
Kristiani Herrawati met Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in the early 1970s, when Yudhoyono was a military cadet and her father, Lieut. Gen. (ret) Sarwo Edhie Wibowo, the governor of the Military Academy (AKABRI). Many say it was bold for Yudhoyono to have approached Ani, as she was fondly called. Ani said in a recent interview with Kompas TV senior journalist Rosiana Silalahi that it was love at first sight for her. “To me, he looked different [compared] to most of my friends. He was tall and very charismatic. I thought to myself, this guy will do,” she said, smiling. Amid a budding romantic relationship between the two, Ani had to leave Indonesia for South Korea in her third year of medical school at Indonesia’s Christian University in Jakarta, after her father was appointed Indonesian ambassador to South Korea. They got engaged before the family left the country. Upon returning to Indonesia, she married Yudhoyono on July 30, 1976, fresh after he graduated … [Read more...] about Ani Yudhoyono, from daughter of Army general to first lady
News OPINION: The last soiree of Marcos
The medical and physical condition of ex-President Marcos at the beginning of 1989, and as well, the status of his mental faculties, can best gleaned from several extant sources. The January 5, 1989 discharge summary of Dr. Livingston Wong releasing Marcos from his hospitalization ended with the following notations: “At the time of discharge, the patient was able to sit up and eat and was able to get up and walk around his room with assistance.” “The patient was advised to ambulate frequently and sit up frequently with much exercise both in bed and out of bed. The patient had been advised that if this is not continued he would not improve.” “The patient was also advised with his physicians not to treat patient’s rales as congestive heart failure since the rales were probably secondary to that of bed rest and stasis.” And as it turns out, leaving the hospital and returning home to Makiki was the at the insistence and behest of the patient … [Read more...] about News OPINION: The last soiree of Marcos
What Maggie Agusta meant to ‘The Jakarta Post’
Margaret “Maggie” Rose Glade Agusta was the first head of the Check Desk and senior mentor at The Jakarta Post. She passed away on Thursday due to anaphylactic shock after an earlier allergic reaction. Her passing shocked her colleagues and prodigies since she touched so many lives at the Post, from retired senior editors to young cub reporters. The following are words about Maggie by Post staffers, past and present: Nezar Patria (Editor-in-chief): The last time I talked with Maggie was on May 2, when she told me she was making journalism films to be screened for our cub reporters. That day, she told me she was concerned about post-election developments and the subsequent polarization. She was really committed to this nation’s history, the unfinished chapter, like with the 1965 tragedy. She said young Indonesians had to know our history so we did not repeat the same mistakes. “I am an Indonesian citizen, I love this country”. Those were the words … [Read more...] about What Maggie Agusta meant to ‘The Jakarta Post’
Meet the newest basketball brothers: Bradwyn and Jerwyn Guinto
Meet the newest basketball brothers: Bradwyn and Jerwyn Guinto Rick Olivares (Philstar.com) - May 7, 2019 - 12:57pm MANILA, Philippines – Among the crowd watching the Lyceum of the Philippines University Pirates take on the College of Saint Benilde Blazers was Bradwyn Guinto, who is now plying his basketball trade with the NorthPort Batang Pier in the PBA. The six-foot-six Guinto was just as serene as the Monday afternoon; a countenance that belief the tough, close match between LPU and CSB on the second day of the Filoil Flying V Preseason Cup. The interest for Guinto, who played for the San Sebastian Stags in the NCAA, was the Pirates’ back-up center, Jerwyn — his younger brother. “I try to watch all his games to support him,” said the elder Guinto. “The game hasn’t even started and my parents, (Alwin and Wilma who are both in Melbourne, Australia) are texting and asking for … [Read more...] about Meet the newest basketball brothers: Bradwyn and Jerwyn Guinto