Looking into June

Hey! Our May issue is out — grab it if you still haven’t! Here’s a trick – notice the UNO logo? If you tilt it in a certain direction, you’ll notice a small caps silhouette, which is really a teaser of sorts. And that happy prognostic is what we’re looking over in our creative director’s Mac (Caption this!).

More behind the scenes of us goofing around (and more hot photos of Shawn even when she’s not trying to look hot):
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Denise Laurel: The Girl You Used To Know

Don’t call her the girl next door. There’s more to actress Denise Laurel than you might think.

Article by Mihk Vergara
Photography by J.A. Tadena
Make up by Ning Tadena
Hair by Marie Tan
Styling by Charmaine Palermo
Shot on location at Pan Pacific Manila

I am so, so late.

But Denise is a nice girl.

There are some things that don’t add up, things that can’t possibly make sense when expressed mathematically. But then there’s Denise Laurel. You hear things like ‘girl next door,’ and ‘cute,’ and ‘nice’ thrown around a lot, but you look at Denise and go ’Yeah. Yeah, that makes sense.’ So I’m not too worried. She won’t mind me being late.
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Job Openings for UNO v2.0

We’re always on the lookout for fresh new talent. We’ve been getting queries regarding openings for interns, full time staff and suppliers. To make it easier for you (especially for our suppliers and talents — make up artists, models, stylists, hairstylists, illustrators, graphic designers, photographers, and web designers) you can send us your best work to folios at unomagazine dot com dot ph.

For writers, sample articles must be attached in RTF format with your own name plus title as file name. For the artists and stylists and models, sample images must be in JPEG format no bigger than 8×10-inches at 72dpi.

Submissions must include a CV in PDF format. Subject line in the email should be your profession first (in ALL CAPS – Name) e.g.: STYLIST – Juan dela Cruz. Emails not in the formats described will not be considered.

Grendel Alvarado inside our May 2009 pages

Nick Azarcon interviews 2007′s Philippines Next Top Model winner Grendel Alvarado and wonders how such a beautiful woman could have the name of a monster.

Oh wait. Why isn’t this photo in the magazine?

… Because it’s an online exclusive!

Denise Laurel on our May ’09 cover

There she is. Denise Laurel embossed on our cover for May. What to say … what to say … you know what? Here’s what they have to say:

I also have to say, I’m liking the new direction Uno’s going in, giving us our favorite filipina beauties in all their natural splendor and not letting some wet behind the ears (OMG know how to use the airbrush tool!) college intern turn them into something nearly unrecognizable. [FAD]

Denise Laurel on the cover of UNO Magazine May 2009. We’re finally experiencing the RJ Ledesma effect on this cover of UNO. Minimalism is the theme, removing the usual text on the cover making us think what’s inside. And we like it. [PCO]

More photos of Denise and a teaser article by Mihk Vergara.

You Don’t Mess With The Dolph. Or His Wife.

Headline says it all, really: “Burglars tie up woman – but flee the house when they realise she’s married to action hero actor Dolph Lundgren.”

A master’s degree in chemical engineering, genius-level IQ of 160, expert in full-contact karate, goes to the gym 6 days a week, still has a six-pack at the age of 51. No, you don’t want to mess with this man. HE WILL BREAK YOU.

In other news, he’s re-teamed with the Muscles From Brussels for a new Universal Soldier movie.