Samantha Lee, Author at newswatchplus.ph https://www.newswatchplus.ph Fri, 05 Jul 2024 12:22:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 /wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cropped-logo-nwp-32x32.png Samantha Lee, Author at newswatchplus.ph https://www.newswatchplus.ph 32 32 The influencers assessment test https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2019/10/15/the-influencers-assessment-test/ Tue, 15 Oct 2019 08:27:39 +0000 https://newswatchplus-staging.azurewebsites.net/?p= Patterned after an SAT practice sheet, here’s a tricky set of questions that might trigger an existential crisis.

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]]> Quit playing games with my heart (rate): On fitness and gamification https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2019/10/14/quit-playing-games-with-my-heart-rate-on-fitness-and-gamification/ Mon, 14 Oct 2019 14:38:48 +0000 https://newswatchplus-staging.azurewebsites.net/?p= A former team-sport athlete found new ways to get active by challenging herself to run longer and get in better shape. Sounds simple enough — but the real secret lies in making a game of it, all thanks to a fitness app. Illustration by FIEL ESTRELLA

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]]> WATCH: Kat Galang gives advice to her younger self https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2017/11/14/watch-kat-galang-gives-advice-to-her-younger-self/ Tue, 14 Nov 2017 16:43:11 +0000 https://newswatchplus-staging.azurewebsites.net/?p= The young actress is making her film debut in one of this year’s Cinema One Originals entries, “Throwback Today,” alongside Carlo Aquino, Empress Schuck, and Annicka Dolonius.

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]]> WATCH: Carla Humphries redoes lines from iconic Filipino movies in French https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2017/11/04/watch-carla-humphries-redoes-lines-from-iconic-filipino-movies-in-french/ Sat, 04 Nov 2017 15:46:05 +0000 https://newswatchplus-staging.azurewebsites.net/?p= In Raya Martin’s “Smaller and Smaller Circles,” Carla Humphries shows her fluency in French. Here, she gives her own take on a few lines from Filipino movies. Photo by SAMANTHA LEE

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]]> WATCH: Martin Del Rosario and Ryza Cenon reenact a scene from “Got 2 Believe” https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2017/08/14/watch-martin-del-rosario-and-ryza-cenon-reenact-a-scene-from-got-2-believe/ Mon, 14 Aug 2017 17:56:13 +0000 https://newswatchplus-staging.azurewebsites.net/?p= Ryza Cenon and Martin Del Rosario star in "Ang Manananggal sa Unit 23B," one of the films in the inaugural Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino. Photo by JL JAVIER

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]]> In ‘Birdshot,’ killing a Philippine eagle leads to a world of corruption https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2017/08/11/in-birdshot-killing-a-philippine-eagle-leads-to-a-world-of-corruption/ Fri, 11 Aug 2017 14:58:39 +0000 https://newswatchplus-staging.azurewebsites.net/?p= "Birdshot" stars Mary Joy Apostol who commits a crime in a forest reservation. Photo from TBA STUDIOS

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]]> WATCH: An exclusive look at #SunniesVacay https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2017/05/19/watch-an-exclusive-look-at-sunniesvacay/ Fri, 19 May 2017 17:59:40 +0000 https://newswatchplus-staging.azurewebsites.net/?p= #SunniesVacay was an experience you won’t soon forget — even if you weren’t there. Photo by THOMAS CAJA

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]]> WATCH: Chai Fonacier interviews Chai Fonacier about ‘Patay na si Hesus’ https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2017/04/15/watch-chai-fonacier-interviews-chai-fonacier-about-patay-na-si-hesus/ Sat, 15 Apr 2017 13:45:59 +0000 https://newswatchplus-staging.azurewebsites.net/?p= Chai Fonacier, who plays Jude in the Bisayan road trip comedy “Patay na si Hesus,” asks and answers some questions about the film. Photo by JL JAVIER

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]]> How streaming will change Filipino filmmaking https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2017/04/07/how-streaming-will-change-filipino-filmmaking/ Fri, 07 Apr 2017 15:57:35 +0000 https://newswatchplus-staging.azurewebsites.net/?p= Globe Independent Film Fest judges Bianca Gonzalez, Philbert Dy, Quark Henares, Antoinette Jadaone, and Sid Maderazo. Photo courtesy of GLOBE TELECOM

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]]> Portraying the female body, from kimonos to sexbomb dancing https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2017/02/22/portraying-the-female-body-from-kimonos-to-sexbomb-dancing/ Wed, 22 Feb 2017 16:14:16 +0000 https://newswatchplus-staging.azurewebsites.net/?p= Eisa Jocson is a performing artist whose works tackle the discourse of the body and the context it lives in. In her latest solo piece, “Host,” Jocson portrays the lives of Filipina entertainers in the Japanese red light district, where she merges the two cultures’ dance forms together. Photo by ANDREAS ENDERMANN

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