Angel Locsin (born April 23, 1985) is a Filipina actress and humanitarian. She has received four Star Awards, three FAMAS Awards, two Box Office Entertainment Awards, and a Luna Award, and was named one of Asia's Heroes of Philanthropy by Forbes and Asia's Leaders of Tomorrow by Tatler. She had her breakthrough as an avian-human hybrid in the fantasy series Mulawin (2004), before starring as Darna in the Ravelo Komiks Universe series Darna (2005). The role of a fledgling werewolf in the supernatural drama series Lobo (2008) earned her an International Emmy Award nomination for Best Actress. Locsin drew praise for the critically acclaimed dramas Love Me Again (2009), In the Name of Love (2011), and One More Try (2012). She won a Star Award for playing an indoctrinated military nurse in the spy action series The General's Daughter (2019). Locsin promotes various causes, including disaster relief, education, and women's rights. (This article is part of a featured topic: Overview of Angel Locsin.).
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1945:
World War II: The US Army's 90th Infantry Division liberated Flossenbürg concentration camp in Germany, freeing 1,500 prisoners. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flossenb%C3%BCrg_concentration_camp
1976:
The Ramones released their eponymous debut album, which became highly influential on the emerging punk rock movement. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramones_%28album%29
1979:
Blair Peach, a British activist, was fatally injured after being knocked unconscious during an Anti-Nazi League demonstration in Southall, London, against a National Front election meeting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Blair_Peach
2018:
A man intentionally struck pedestrians with a van on Yonge Street in Toronto, Canada, leading to 11 deaths. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Toronto_van_attack
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
unreliable narrator: (literary theory) A narrating character or storyteller in a literary or other artistic work (such as a film, novel, play, or song) who provides conflicting, inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise questionable information to the audience or reader. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/unreliable_narrator
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
O, wonder!How many goodly creatures are there here!How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world,That has such people in't! --The Tempest https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Tempest