During the Great Depression, the United States had nearly 100,000 cobblers. Today, that number has plummeted to barely 7,000. Among scuffed and broken shoes, Chris Bixby saw opportunity to modernize a ...

Manuel “Jun” Urbano is 2023 Gawad Plaridel Awardee of the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communications. In reviving the prestigious award post-pandemic, UP-CMC couldn’t have honored a ...

Manuel “Jun” Urbano Jr., best known for his creation and portrayal of Mr. Shooli in his political satire show “Mongolian Barbecue” in the late 1980s, has died. He was 84. “I will cherish this moment ...

MANUEL “JUN” URBANO, JR., an actor, comedian, and director best known for the popular satirical character Mr. Shooli, died early on Saturday, Dec. 2. He was 84. His family confirmed on social media ...

“Mr. Shooli and I are different. He gets away with murder,” actor-director Jun Urbano told the Inquirer of his alter ego in “Mongolian Barbecue,” which began airing on the cable channel GNN in May.

MANILA, Philippines: Jun Urbano Jr., who popularized the character Mr. Shooli in the 80's, has died, his son confirmed. He was 84 years old. The actor's son, Banots Urbano, posted a tribute on his ...

Gawad Plaridel Trophy by Napoleon Abueva. The Gawad Plaridel is the University of the Philippines’ highest award for outstanding practitioners known for their integrity and excellence in the different ...

The son of actor-director Manuel Conde cried foul over the Supreme Court decision to postpone the conferment of this year's National Artist Award, saying his father underwent the process and deserved ...

Some time ago, as we watched The Dictator starring Sacha Baron Cohen in his fourth ‘mockumentary’ after Borat, Bruno, and now Admiral Dictator General Aladeen of Wadiya, we are reminded that the ...

Veteran actor and advertising creative Manuel "Jun" Salazar Urbano Jr., popularly known as the irreverent social critic "Mr. Shooli," has died. He was 84 years old. His death was confirmed by his son ...