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.).
Read more:
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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>
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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>
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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>
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