August 1 - 15 , 2016 PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY B9
Sharon to do Cinemalaya
After Nora Aunor , Judy Ann Santos and Vilma Santos , it ’ s Megastar Sharon Cuneta ’ s turn to act in a Cinemalaya film . Mega told the Inquirer that she will star and coproduce acclaimed indie filmmaker Mes de Guzman ’ s Cinemalaya entry for 2017 , “ Ang Pamilyang Hindi Lumuluha .”
“ We ’ ve been working on this project for more than a year now ,” Mega related . “ We are just looking for shoot
dates . It will be my first indie film , if ever , and it has some fantasy elements .”
The film tells the story of a desperate woman who turns to the mysterious “ family who sheds no tears ” in order to be reunited with her estranged husband and children .
She recalled that her first “ independently produced ” movie was under Unitel , Mark Meily ’ s “ Crying Ladies ,” which eventually became the runaway hit of the Metro Manila Film Festival in 2003 .
Mega is also going back to the concert stage with a two-nighter at The Theatre at Solaire on Oct . 15 and 22 . “ We are gathering songs for a new album , too .
. I want new OPM ( Original Pilipino Music ) songs in the line up .
1ST PINOY OLYMPIAN
Q . You might have known that the first Filipino Olympian was David Nepomuceno , who ran the track sprints at the 1924 Paris Games . But do you know the first Filipino to appear in the Olympics , and when ?
A . There were actually four of them at the 1956 Melbourne Games : tracksters Francisca Sandal and Manolita Cinco , and swimmers Gerturdes Lozado and Jocelyn von Giese .
For then Record . Only cities — and not countries — can be candidates to host the Olympics , the reason being to eliminate , as much as possible , government influence . Mounting the Games in highly expensive — it cost $ 8 billion to put on on the Moscow Games in 1980 and a ‘ mere ’ $ 850 million to stage the Seoul Games eight years later . The rewards , however , can be equally impressive . The Seoul Olympics made a record profit of almost $ 500 million — more than twice the profit made in Los Angeles in 1984 . The bulk of the Seoul profit came from the sale of television rights — the U . S . alone paid $ 325 million .
Classified Odd . At the 1920 Antwerp Games , Ugo Frigerio , the Italian ‘ maestro ’ of the walkathon , handed the conductor of the stadium band a list of selections he wanted played while he competed in the 3,000-meter walk . The conductor complied , and Frigerio won the race , even though he paused periodically to direct the band .
WORD WATCH . Olympic : not from Mt . Olympus but from Olympia , a plain in Elis in southwestern Greece where the ancient Olympic games took place .
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