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Lea Salonga: Her Journey So Far

Thursday, 11 March 2010 16:50 Momar G. Visaya | AJPress

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NEW York City has always been special for Lea Salonga, that is why she gets giddy and excited every time she returns to the city that embraced her and made a few of her dreams come true.

The setting was at the studio of celebrity photographer Robert Kim somewhere in the city’s fashion district. Los Angeles-based concert producer Vic Perez gathered Lea and Patti Austin for a photo shoot for their upcoming concert series and invited the Asian Journal to take a peek into what fans may expect when the two famous performers come together onstage next month.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 11 March 2010 17:03 )

Purple Yam: Cendrillon Gets Reinvented

Thursday, 04 March 2010 19:06 Momar G. Visaya | AJPress New York

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LAST year in March, after 14 years as a neighborhood restaurant in Manhattan’s SoHo district, the restaurant Cendrillon closed. Frequent diners, foodies and fans all felt sad that their favorite Filipino joint in the city has closed shop.

Less than a year later, owners Romy Dorotan and Amy Besa opened a new restaurant in a new neighborhood in a new borough. Last year in November, Purple Yam opened its doors to enthusiastic diners in the up- and-coming neighborhood of Ditmas Park in Brooklyn.

"Business is really good," Chef Romy tells us during one of our recent visits to Purple Yam. On our first visit for brunch on a Saturday, all the tables were packed. Same thing happened on our next visit for dinner a few days later. Good thing we reserved a couple of days in advance.

Martin, Gary Rock Mohegan Sun Arena

Thursday, 04 March 2010 19:02 Momar G. Visaya | AJPress New York

UNCASVILLE, CT – The East Coast fans of Martin Nievera and Gary Valenciano couldn’t get enough of their idols that no amount of snow, sleet or rain could prevent them from trooping to the Mohegan Sun to watch them perform last Sunday, Feb. 28.

The historic undertaking—that of bringing the two concert icons together on one stage—is on its second leg in the United States, after a highly-successful initial run last year. Fans thought they’d never see the day when their idols—once rivals, now the best of friends—would be going on a world tour to perform for their fans around the globe.

‘As 1’ turns in a decade worth of perfromances

Thursday, 04 March 2010 18:58 Archie D

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‘As 1’ turns in a decade worth of perfromances

I NEVER expected that one of the medleys included the songs Blue Rondo by Al Jarreau and Westside Story’s Tonight. The Al Jarreau song has a technical riff meant for the highest schooled singer. I would say that this is one of the highlights of the concert while Martin couldn’t catch up with the arpeggio encoded melody, he did a very funny mimicry which was so effectively hilarious. The way they arranged it was pure genius!

Did you hear Martin’s version of Louie Ocampo’s "Tell me, I don’t know the words," then you would have been cracking like a mad hyena.I heard somebody laughed like a goat then I lost my sanity at that moment! Gary danced like a 24-year-old, with diabetes and at skinny 45—a dazzling fashionista! The teleserye and movie theme songs segments were heart-warming melodies which the two music icons owned.

Fashion Forward! Project Runway’s Jay Nicolas Sario

Thursday, 11 February 2010 20:20 Momar G. Visaya | AJPress New York

A FILIPINO-American designer has made it to the new season of the highly successful reality show Project Runway, which returned to the show’s roots in New York City and premiered on Lifetime Network last month.

Jay Nicolas Sario, the current visual merchandiser and lead stylist of Gap Inc.’s kids division is the first Filipino designer to ever make it to the show, which is now on its seventh season.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 02 March 2010 21:03 )

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