{"id":208322,"date":"2019-04-04T04:55:15","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T08:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=208322"},"modified":"2025-01-31T04:07:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T09:07:33","slug":"darren-criss-spotted-in-manila","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/04\/04\/darren-criss-spotted-in-manila\/","title":{"rendered":"Darren Criss spotted in Manila"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_208323\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-208323\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-04-at-02.56.34.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-208323 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-04-at-02.56.34.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-04-at-02.56.34.png 590w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-04-at-02.56.34-269x300.png 269w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-04-at-02.56.34-18x20.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-208323\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: &#8220;What an awesome way to open the month of April!&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BvswW1NBzHj\/\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/francislibiran8\/\">@francislibiran8<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\">Instagram<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thirty-two-year-old <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">star Darren Criss, also known as the very first Filipino to win a Golden Globe, was spotted in his mother\u2019s home country, the Philippines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Darren, who also received an Emmy this year, was seen with designer Francis Libiran, among others, at the Grand Hyatt Manila.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy mebendazole online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundviewmed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/png\/mebendazole.html\">https:\/\/www.soundviewmed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/png\/mebendazole.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> The designer posted a photo on his social media account with the international star, captioned, \u201cWhat an awesome way to open the month of April!! Welcome home, Darren,\u201d adding, \u201cSo glad to spend some quality time with you on your first night in Manila.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two knew each other prior because the actor wore a Francis Libiran barong Tagalog to his wedding with long-time girlfriend Mia Swier last February 16. In response to the exposure, Libiran ecstatically shared, \u201cWhat a great Pinoy Pride moment!!<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy desyrel online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundviewmed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/png\/desyrel.html\">https:\/\/www.soundviewmed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/png\/desyrel.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> Francis Libiran is featured on Vogue Magazine as the fashion designer of multi-awarded Hollywood star Darren Criss, who honored his Filipino heritage by proudly wearing a traditional barong Tagalog on his extravagant wedding. Mabuhay!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The actor\u2019s mother, Cerina Bru, is a proud Cebuana, Darren himself mentioning his mother\u2019s heritage in numerous of his interviews and acceptance speeches. As he received his Golden Globe success last January, he attributes a lot of his hard work to his mother, stating, \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This has been a marvelous year for representation in Hollywood, and I am so enormously proud to be a teeny tiny part of that as the son of a firecracker Filipino woman from Cebu that dreamed of coming to this country and getting to be invited to cool parties like this.\u201d He dedicates his award to Cerina, stating, \u201cMom, I know you&#8217;re watching this.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy vidalista online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundviewmed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/png\/vidalista.html\">https:\/\/www.soundviewmed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/png\/vidalista.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> You are hugely responsible for most of the good things in my life. I love you dearly. I dedicate this to you. Congratulations to all of you. This is totally awesome.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reason for Darren\u2019s visit to Manila has yet to be confirmed, however, it was reported that he was accompanied by manager Ricky Rollins and stylist Ashley Weston.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirty-two-year-old The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story star Darren Criss, also known as the very first Filipino to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":208323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-entertainment-ph","mauthors-gianna-llanes","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208322"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":287179,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208322\/revisions\/287179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}