SALAMAT AT PAALAM, ATE GAY
Comedian 𝗚𝗶𝗹 𝗔𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀, widely known as Ate Gay, has passed away this Sunday, November 1, 2026, his family announced. He was 55.
"During this difficult time, our family would like to express our deepest gratitude to everyone who extended their prayers, love, financial assistance, and unwavering support throughout his battle. Your kindness and generosity have meant so much to our family," the family said through his Facebook page.
Details on his wake and funeral arrangements are yet to be announced. (Courtesy: Ate Gay/Facebook)
The Philippines is now in its Local Music Renaissance. It's really hard for foreign songs especially Kpop to chart here now. Song must be really good in order to chart. It's safe to say the Philippines moved on from KPop already. One of the first markets to accept it and moved on
Heather Morris was Beyonce's main backup dancer who was brought in to teach the Single Ladies choreo for an episode. They decided to keep her around as a choreographer and background extra... At least until they realized she could both sing and act too. At that point she slowly turned into a main character.
This is what I mean by the magic of the show being, to a degree, an accident. Like half of the original mains were hired to be something else, or were hired last minute and had their characters written around their talents mid-production. That sort of magic cannot be replicated, which is part of why the 2nd gen cast fell so flat.
2nd gen cast was good, but corporate. 1st gen cast was organic.
What made Glee so culturally important and relevant is also the music. Not only the cast was talented but their covers and mashups were genius.They boosted songs at the top of the charts. They exposed young ppl to classics. The show is important for the music history preservation