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Lea Salonga joins cast of Broadway musical ‘Here Lies Love’

Lea Salonga just announced on her social media accounts that she will be joining the cast of the Broadway musical ‘Here Lies Love.’ According to wikipedia, Here Lies Love is a biographical “poperreta” musical, based on the concept music album by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim. The concept album is based on David Byrne’s research on the life of former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos.

Lea Salonga will play Aurora Aquino and as Broadway producer, for a five-week run from July 11 to August 13. For those who are not familiar, Aurora Aquino is the second wife of Benigno Aquino Sr. and mother of Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr.

Lauren Greenfield’s The Kingmaker now free to stream online

If you are one of the people waiting for Lauren Greenfield’s critically acclaimed documentary The Kingmaker, then you can now watch the film online and for free.

Last March 11, 2022, Lauren Greenfield announced the availability of the film on her twitter account.

From Wikipedia;

The Kingmaker is a 2019 documentary film written and directed by Lauren Greenfield, featuring the political career of Imelda Marcos with a focus on the Marcos family’s efforts to rehabilitate the family’s image and to return to political power,[7][8] including her plans to see her son Bongbong become President of the Philippines,and the alliance that Bongbong and Imee Marcos established with Rodrigo Duterte in his bid to win the 2016 Philippine presidential election.

It debuted internationally in August 2019 at the 76th Venice Film Festival, and debuted in the Philippines on January 29, 2020.

The Kingmaker was nominated as best documentary at the London Film Festival and the Stockholm Film Festival, and for the Checkpoints Award at the Bergen International Film Festival. It was nominated for four categories in the 2019 Critic’s Choice Documentary Awards, eventually winning the award for Most Compelling Living Subject of a Documentary. It also received the Audience Award for Best Documentary Film at the Warsaw International Film Festival 2019.

To watch the film, you can go to Vimeo or copy and past this link: https://vimeo.com/358556466.