Take note, Pops, Gretchen, Ruffa
Lisa Rinna of Dancing With the Stars. Those lips are scary. Not Photoshopped, mind you--she's explained how she got them. Watch Ruffa's brand-new puckers in this

Kiss of the Spider musical
The opening bridge scene is followed closely by the arrival of a giant web woven by Arachne, a temptress who is the musical's central invention. “A giant loom is revealed--seven actors swing on vertical silks to form a tapestry,” the stage directions read. At another point, Spider-Man is so busy battling bank robbers and muggers that he multiplies into five different crime-fighting superheroes. One of the duplicate spiders swings over the audience, landing on the balcony.

Nikki Gil to star in Legally Blonde, The Musical
Elle Woods is coming to Manila in “Legally Blonde, The Musical,” based on the hit film starring Reese Witherspoon. Atlantis Productions is mounting the musical in June 2010, with TV and recording artist Nikki Gil headlining the show. “I’m very excited to

Thank you, Raul Pangalangan
The Constitution says it loud and clear. “The separation of Church and State shall be inviolable.” “No religious test shall be required for the exercise of civil or political rights.” Yet the Comelec cites the Bible where it condemns “vile affections” which, this time citing the Koran, are punished with a “shower of brimstone.” These constitute precisely the “religious test” barred by the Constitution... The Comelec cannot push Ang Ladlad around. But gays and lesbians have lived a whole lifetime of standing up to bullies, of fighting off the daily insults, the deprecating attitudes, the nasty jokes. They are veterans of a different kind of war...

UP Film Institute screening lineup for November
The UP Film Institute announces its screenings for November 2009. Fitting opener for the second semester of the current school year is the full run for "Manila", the celebrated Piolo Pascual double starrer from internationally acclaimed and prize-winning directors Adolfo Alix Jr.