LIST OF PINOY AND FIL-AM ENTERTAINERS/ARTISTS

MUSIC - BROADWAY, SINGING, DANCING, INSTRUMENTS

o    Eleanor Academia - Musician

o    Annette Calud - Sesame Street Dance Instructor.  

o    Jocelyn Enriquez - Queen of Free Style.  Jocelyn Enríquez is a Dance-pop singer from San Francisco (born                 December 28, 1974).  She is of Filipino descent: her parents are from the province of Pangasinan.
            She started with an all girl group in high school the Pinay Divas, a reference to girl group En Vogue who                 were known as the Funky Divas. Her debut album, Lovely was released in 1994 on Classified Records.                 The album featured two moderate chart hits with, her debut single, "I've Been Thinking About You" and                     "Make It Last Forever." In 1996, she moved to Tommy Boy Records, where she released her her first                     major hit single, "Do You Miss Me?"<more>

o    Bobby Enriquez - Jazz Pianist

o    Theo Gonzales - Jazz Musician 

o    Kai - If the Bay Area has a singing group of Filipina girls in Pinay, it also has a singing group of Filipino boys                in Kai.   Their albums are also being sold at Amazon.com.

           The vocal quintet Kai was formed in 1992 when AC Lorenzo recruited Andrew Gapuz and Leo Chan for a                San Francisco-area benefit concert, then continued working with the pair. They added Errol Viray and                    Lorenzo's cousin Andrey Silva in 1995, and signed to the local HB Records soon after. Kai's debut single                "Say You'll Stay" did well on regional radio, leading them to be signed by Geffen in 1997. Kai's self-titled                debut album was released in June 1998. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

o    Interlude - Is another Filipino Male Singing Group.

o    Jaya - Singer

      
o    Lani Misalucha

o    Martin Nievera

o    Pinay - Pinay is a singing group consisting of four talented and beautiful Filipinas who are all college                         graduates from universities in California and elsewhere.  They are Angelica Abiog (UC Berkeley graduate             with a bachelor's degree in Psychology and a minor in Music), Irma De Los Santos-Laxamana                                 (Bachelor's degree in Legal Studies, University of California at Berkeley; Juris Doctorate, University of                     Washington School of Law.  Practicing law in California), Loredie Lugos (bachelor's degree in Nursing.                 She is a registered nurse currently working for a medical device company in the bay area) and Maylene                 Cochan Briones (UC Berkeley graduate with bachelor degrees in Asian American Studies and Molecular             Cell Biology, minor in Ethnic Studies 2002: Maylene started Medical School in Southern California in                     August 2002).

        Pinay are always invited to sing the National Anthem for the NBA's Golden State Warriors.

        Pinay started out in 1993 as a primarily a cappella group, bringing together the talents of four women                         with backgrounds in classical, pop, soul, and gospel music. (Original member, Maylene Briones, has                     since left the group to pursue medical school.) Initially, Pinay focused on a cappella music, building their             vocal skills and the strength of their sound as well as refining the blend and interaction of their voices for             three years before signing with Classified Records in 1996. Through their years of singing together,                         creating and promoting their debut album "Inevitable," Pinay has developed a distinctively mature, yet                     versatile <more>

o    Jun Polistico

o    Prince - The Artist, singer

o    Ms. Elizabeth Ramsey

o    Josephine "Banig" Roberto - Singer

o    Rey-Card Duet

o    Lea Salonga-Chien (born Maria Ligaya Carmen Imutan Salonga on February 22, 1971 in the Philippines) is a             multi-awarded Filipino singer and actress who is best known for originating the role of Kim in the musical             Miss Saigon.<more>

o    Society of Seven

MOVIES

o    Brandon Baker - Teen Actor. Brandon Baker (born April 28, 1985 in Anaheim, California) is an American actor. He is known for the made-for-TV movies, such as Disney movies Johnny Tsunami and its sequel, Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board as well as for his role on the short lived NBC sitcom One World. In 2002, he appeared in episodes of the Disney Channel original series Even Stevens <more>

o    Samanta Marie Becker - Actress

o    Tia Carrere - Movie Actress and Singer

o    Lexa Doig   -   Star of Jason X and Andromeda

o    Von Flores - Actor

o    Sumi Sevilla Haru - Actress, Activist

o    Radmar Agana Jao - Up and Coming Actor

o    Paolo Montalban - Television Movie Actor/Singer

o    Frank Paras, Jr. - Movie and Stage Actor

o    Nia Peeples - Actress and Singer

o    Lou Diamond Phillips - Movie Actor

o    Rob Schneider - Movie Actor

o    Emme Tominbang - Hawaii TV Personality

o    Tamlyn Tomita - Movie Actress

BEAUTY PAGEANT AND INTERNATIONAL MODELING

o    Angela Perez Baraquio - Miss America 2001.  Angela Perez Baraquio (aka Angela Baraquio Grey) was                 born on June 1, 1976 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Now known as Angela Perez Baraquio Grey, she was                 crowned  Miss America 2001 on October 14, 2000 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Prior to                         her reign as Miss America,  she was Miss Hawaii 2000. She became the first teacher, Filipino                 American, and Asian American to win the title. She was a daughter of a Pangasinan couple from             <more>

o    Anna Bayle - International Supermodel.   Anna Bayle (born 1959) is a Filipino model dubbed as the first                   Asian "supermodel". She became known in the late 1970s and early 1980s as one of the top ten                               models of  the world in only two years, also being touted the “Model of the '80s.” Bayle worked for all the                  major European designers and was a muse to many important designers <more>

o    Feilani Bennett - Filipino-American Beauty

o    Margie Moran - Miss Universe

o    Gloria Diaz - Miss Universe

o   Charo Ronquillo (born 1988) is a Filipino model. Dubbed the Asian Kate Moss.[1] She is the first in the entire           25 year history of the Ford Supermodel of the World Search selected from the far east. She was described             by Bill Ford as, "that unique look  <more>

VARIOUS ARTIST

o    Pacita Abad - International Artist

o    Daniel D'Umuk Aguila - Cartoonist, Painter and Songwriter

o    Jose Aruego - Cartoonist/Artist

o    Reynaldo Alejandro - Dancer, Choreographer, Chef, Author and Columnist

o    Genara Banzon - Nature Artist

o    Maniya Barredo - Atlanta and Philippines' First Prima Ballerina

o    Lynda Barry - Cartoonist

o    Venancio Igarta - Master Colorist

o    Val M. Laigo - Painter

o    Manuel Rodriguez - Father of Philippine Graphic Arts

o    Jose Romero - World-Renowned Acrylic-Impressionistic Artist

o    Eulalio Bueno Silva - Internationally Renowned Artist

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