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There will be memorials for Mario on 28 April, 7pm at AIM, and 5 May, 7pm at Club Filipino.

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Mario on the set of Abbo de la Cruz’s Misteryo Sa Tuwa in Lucban, Quezon, 1983. Photo by Uro de la Cruz.

Mario Taguiwalo has forbidden us to mourn him, which is just as well because sorrow is the last emotion we associate with the guy. Hanging out with Mario was like going to the gym: we developed temporary abs from laughing so hard.

Mario asked that instead of grieving we speak of him with fondness. That’s easy.

1. The second thing we learned at the Philippine Science High School (the first was to run indoors at the first sign of rain because the football field was prone to lightning strikes) was that the school hymn was written by Professor Rey Paguio with Lyncir Lagunzad and Mario Taguiwalo of the first graduating class.

Therefore at age 12 I swore that if I ever met the person who wrote the immortal lyrics “And go as we wander o’er/The crests and troughs/of the sea of life that flows” and forced “troughs” to rhyme with “flows” (“The crests and troughs of the sea of life that fluffs??”), I would punch him in the face.

When I met Mario Taguiwalo many years later I not only forgot to punch him in the face but I immediately joined his fan club.

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Could it be that the reaction to Arnold Clavio’s statement is so passionate because he’s…uhh…because he umm…because he doesn’t look like the Azkals?

To take Clavio’s side would imply that you look more like Arnold Clavio than Phil Younghusband or Neil Etheridge.

Read our column in InterAksyon.com.

We got reentry sickness going from winter to summer in a few hours. This cheered us up. Ooh chismis!

Robert Downey, Jr and Anthony Michael Hall wearing bras on their heads in Weird Science.

A certain anonymous commenter has become internet-infamous in the last few weeks by dropping some incredibly detailed, disturbing and very insidery gossip about Hollywood — regarding incest, pedophilia, and secret call girl rings that allegedly involve young starlets like Hayden Panettiere and Amanda Bynes — in the comments section of a popular blind item blog. Crazier than what he’s saying is who many believe is doing the blabbing: Robert Downey Jr.

Read Is a secret celebrity tattletale actually Robert Downey, Jr?

Who would know the down and dirty better than someone who’s hit rock bottom and bounced? Unmasking pedophiles and whores—we approve. We especially like the fact that in one post the commenter Himmmmm begins by apologizing for his spelling because he’s on an iPhone with no spellcheck.

Whether or not this is RDJ, we hope RDJ is writing his memoirs.

A video by Jim Hansen, written and performed by Drew Droege.

What would you like for your birthdee?

Tanong ni Noel: Sino ang mas deadma, si Chloe Sevigny o si Jaclyn Jose?

Sale 2228 Lot 206

ENCOURAGEMENT FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT SALINGER, J.D. Typed Letter Signed, to Elizabeth Cordova, declining to speak at her high school graduation, explaining that this is because he must attend his son’s eighth-grade graduation, stating that talking writers are a scourge, and offering a two-sentence graduation speech intended for her alone. 1 page, 4to, folds. With the original envelope. Windsor, 14 May 1974
Estimate $3,000-4,000

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