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AS
reported last weekend on Startalk, GMA’s
longest-running Saturday afternoon showbiz talk show,
the legendary singer-actress Nora Aunor finally got her
green card after three years of waiting.
Interviewed by Suzette Ranillo, sister of actor Matt,
the Superstar revealed that it was the reason why she
chose to stay put in the United States that long. She
also narrated how she dealt with sleepless nights
because of the dates she had to remember for a series of
interviews.
She said
she was very nervous but during the final interview, a
Filipino was assigned to her. Having a kababayan
as interviewer calmed her. And, more surprisingly, after
25 minutes, there were photo-ops.
The
better news is that her fans in the Philippines will be
able to see her again. Going back to the country that
loves her most is part of her immediate plans. She also
shared that she and her daughter, Lotlot de Leon, still
have issues to resolve. La Aunor intimated that the
mother in her says it’s her and not Lotlot who will make
the first move.
She also
shed light on the never-ending issue on her rumored
long-time boyfriend John Rendez, who was beside her
during the interview. La Aunor said that Rendez has
always been a close friend but nothing more than that.
“He is
not my boyfriend. He’s really just a very close friend.
He’s like someone older than me who gives me advice,
guides me. Minsan bumibigay ako dahil sa dami ng
problema ko. Pero talagang akala mo, bata ako at siya
ang nangangaral sa akin,” La Aunor said, as Rendez
looked at her from behind.
Rendez
jokingly added that he is “the girlfriend” of La Aunor.
When
asked who she missed in the Philippines, she readily
answered her children.
The
interview also tackled her upcoming film, to be produced
by a former leading man named Sajid Khan, whom she
hadn’t seen for 25 years. They recently bumped into each
other in Los Angeles and their friendship was rekindled.
She
revealed the film project will be something like An
Affair to Remember, though with a Filipino twist.
It can
be recalled that La Aunor did about two movies in the US
in the 1980s. Experts on La Aunor’s life would tell us
that she had an affair with one of her leading men
there. Khan was one of her leading men. So does that
mean the story is somehow...true-to-life?
Miracles
do happen
STILL on
La Aunor, another good news is that one of her famous
and much-awarded films, Himala (Miracle), was
chosen by CNN United Kingdom as one of the Best Asian
Films of All Time.
As fans
will, no doubt, recall, long after La Aunor went to the
US to do those films with Khan and the then-unknown bit
actor Don Johnson, she did Himala, which was
directed by the late, great Ishmael Bernal, with the
legendary script written by another living icon, Ricky
Lee.
Himala
is about a faith healer named Elsa in the superstitious
fictitious town called Cupang. Because of its brilliant
dialogue and subsequent impact on pop culture, it
spawned the classic Nora Aunor nugget: “Walang himala!
Ang himala ay nanggagaling sa puso ng tao!”—which
has been used in TV commercials, rephrased and recycled
by countless comedians and showgirls.
Himala
is on the same list as Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 classic
Ikiru (To Live) and Wong Kar-Wai’s 2005 opus In
the Mood for Love.
With
that, La Aunor’s name is again etched in another
realm—The History of World Cinema.
When it
rains, miracles do pour. |
