A few weeks later, they were among the immigrants who were handcuffed, shackled and flown to Costa Rica. Only the children were left unchained.
Aunor, born Nora Cabaltera Villamayor to an impoverished family in eastern Camarines Sur province, sold water in a train station in her hometown in her youth. She first gained fame in her teens as a singer in the 1960s before moving on to movies. She amassed more than 200 credits in film and television that included many classics of Philippine cinema, and won dozens of acting awards.Memorable roles included 1976’s “Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos” (“Three Years Without God”), 1984’s “Bulaklak sa City Jail” (“Flowers of the City Jail”) and 1995’s “The Flor Contemplacion Story.”
She swept best actress awards in the country for her performance in 1990’s “Andrea, Paano ba ang Maging Isang Ina?” (“Andrea, What is It Like to be a Mother?”) and won best actress at the Asian Film Awards for her portrayal of a midwife in 2012’s “Thy Womb.”Aunor was still acting as recently as last year, starring in the film “Mananambal” (“The Healer”) and appearing on the TV series “Lilet Matias, Attorney-at-Law.”Aunor was named a National Artist for Film and Broadcast Arts — the country’s biggest honor for actors — in 2022. In 2014, then-President Benigno Aquino III had
because of a previous drug arrest in the U.S., provoking broad outcry.Aunor’s lawyer said the 2005 arrest at the Los Angeles airport came because of a pipe found in a bag she did not pack, noting she was traveling with four assistants at the time. The charges were dropped in 2007 after she completed a diversion program, her lawyer said in 2014.
Aunor was married to actor Christopher de León from 1975 until 1996.
She is survived by their children Lotlet, Ian, Matet, Kiko and Kenneth de León.Various recognizable names pop up on the pages, flitting in and out of Warhol’s life: Salvador Dali, the Velvet Underground,
In 2022, nearly four decades after Warhol’s death, his silk-screen portrait of Marilyn Monroe sold for $195 million.Every art fan has been mesmerized by Warhol’s psychedelic repetition of flowers, lips and bananas. Warhol seems to inject such everyday items with a greater meaning, or perhaps with zen-like meaninglessness.
To be fair to the legacy of Warhol, it may not really matter in the end what kind of person he was. It may have mattered to those who loved him, the characters Leamer chronicles.But as Warhol’s art becomes a chapter in history, his reality takes another dimension. He speaks to us, and the world, as Andy Warhol, the artist.