Piercing Pens

The Philippine Daily Inquirer features today an interview with Maricel Lopez Pagulayan, a Filipino-American who was Superman Return’s visual effects production supervisor.

Inquirer’s Hollywood columnist Ruben V. Nepales, in an article entitle “Fil-Am FX expert helps Superman fly” in his “Only in Hollywood” column, reports that Pagulayan was touched when she was told that Nepales contacted her because of the “unprecedented number of requests from readers” who must have noticed her Filipino name in Superman Return’s closing credits. (more…)

Manny “Pacman” Paquiao won today’s bout with Mexican boxer Oscar Larios. According to news reports Pacquaio won by a unanimous decision and retained the World Boxing Council International super featherweight title after beating his opponent.

This turnout means Pacquiao is richer byUS$1 million, and he will surely receive more requests for commercial endorsements. It’s good news for him, even if his bioflick reportedly did not do very well.