TH E VI LMA S No. A7N T O Issue S NEW S LETTE R Vilma! – Literary
And thus, the grandslam. Vilma gave Viva Films its first biggest hit in Sinasamba Kita earning over P7M in Metro Manila alone. Then came T-Bird at Ako (a mild hit), Never Ever Say Goodbye (a sorry miss), Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan? (her biggest hit for that year) and Haplos. I hear even the scriptwriters are feeling frustrated because, when they do a quality script, they only see it changed into something with lots of shrieking and slapping. But those are the movies that sell.” Nevertheless, she looks forward to a classier tomorrow for Philippine cinema. “And what’s tomorrow for Vilma Santos? I’m trying to be more stable because I know that show business is not stable. diehard fans of Vilma Santos, 45, the renowned actress-politician and the longest-reigning box-office queen in the Philippines. Last year, hundreds of screaming Vilmanians jammed the Quezon City tax office as Santos showed up to pay delinquent taxes. Many of them had come to seek her authograph. Santos, whose full name is Rosa Vilma Tuazon Santos-Recto, began her career as an award-winning child actress and singer in 1963. In 1992, she married Ralph Gonzalez four Yes, you can say that, for instance, Gloria Romero, Nida Blanca and Charito Solis are durable because they are still on view as performers, if Yes, you can say that, for instance, Gloria Romero, Nida Blanca and Charito Solis are durable be-
Box office Queen of all time
VILMA! The REAL Superstar
The hesitant Singer Noong panahon na nakamulatan kong isa akong Vilmanian ay isang napakalaking ligaya ko na pag may nababasa akong balita mula sa kanya... Kahit na 2
Face that refresh
Ang Imbestigasyon Ni Juan San Diego. For sometime it seemed that Mike had totally forgotten Stella L. when he immersed homself in the production of Juan Diego - that is until Viva suddenly dropped the project. In the meantime, Regal Films' Lily Monteverde had
Woman of the YEAR been sending feelers to Mike to work for her movie outfit through several intermediaries. In August 1983, after the dumping of Juan Diego and the Aquino assassination, Lily reapeted
“Sana habang humihithit ka ng sigarilyo mo at habang nilu
Best Actress of All time May isang nangangalang Rosa Vilma, ipinanganak sa Tondo, Maynila. Naging artista kahit noong siya ay
“Sana habang humihithit ka ng sigarilyo mo at habang nilulustay mo ang perang pinapadala ko. Naisip mo sana kung ilang pagkain ang tiniis kong hindi kainin para lang
SUPER BEAUTY si Ate Vi, she must have only very very light
The Original Dancing Queen Also, during the Nino Aquino assassination, I saw Sister Stella L at Capri near the Philippine Rabbit Bus Station on
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“We will not rule his future life. He will decide for himself. If he has artistic leanings, we cannot stop him. But, repeat, we will not force him to pursue anything he doesn’t like!” Vi has many things to thank for. First, she has survived keen and cut throat competition for the past Flaws- Bakit ang lakas-lakas ni Nora kahit bagong panganak siya? nagawa niyang paliguan at buhatin ang bata na parang hindi siya nanghihina. “Sige, she yells at him, “magsama na kayong dalawa, magsiping pa kayong dalawa, wala na akong pakialam. Ikaw, Jessie, wala
we both love Ate Vi and Luis
We want to make
Mula sa panulat ng mga Vilmanians… at mga mapagmahal na manunulat ng bansa… ito ang makulay na karanasan ng mga Vilmanians sa buong mundo…. Lahat ng ito’y bunga ng pagmamahal nila sa nag-iisang Reyna ng Pelikulang tagalog! 1
Volume 2. No. 7 March - April 2006 - The Literary Issue