A Peruvian Postcard from Cindy Kurleto

by Aldus Santos

Out of sight in more ways than one, Cindy Kurleto fills us in on what she’s been up to, staying stinky, the lost city of the Incas and her antipathy towards lazy lovers.

In the reality series that is Pinoy pop culture, Cynthia Christina Kurleto (“Cindy” to the rest of the populace) is that recurring character you wish they’d guest more often, or—damn it—absorb permanently. When she steps into the screen, there is surely no need for canned sighs and swoons. (Hell, you’d want to jump the TV monitor the second she appears.) Equal parts hissing seductress and sporty girl-buddy, Cindy on the boob tube proved one thing: television is, indeed, a godsend. Suddenly, with her in the spotlight, mock-burlesque numbers at noontime made perfect sense; suddenly, all the gameshow tackiness became easy to swallow. Music-channel hosting, meanwhile, was never any better: with Cindy’s hypnotic Bond-girl delivery (it’s the Viennese twang-in-reverse), you never want to do anything in the world but watch that freaking Blink-182 video she said you should “check out.”
Read more…

UNO Loves Cindy

So the new issue’s out! And, as you can see on this site, the cover rocks. But what’s inside?

We’ve got a quite frankly astonishing shoot with the gorgeous Cindy Kurleto — photography by who else but Juan Caguicla, and interview by none other than poet/songwriter Aldus Santos. And then we have a feature on Ellen Adarna, again with amazing photos by Juan, made even more amazing by special guest artist Lala Gallardo (I’m not going to describe it, you just have to see it). Interview by yours truly, writer and closet gangsta rapper Luis Katigbak.

There’s lots more: Jessica Zafra on historically significant treasures, Tweet Sering on Manny Pacquiao and boxing (in more than one sense of the term), Noel Orosa on Kinatay, Norman Black on how to win a championship, Erwin Romulo on Lor Lapus (and PJ Harvey), longboarding in the Visayas, UAAP predictions, and more more more, fashion and business and pop culture coverage that is second to none. Just get it!

“No fun to be alone… Well come on, well come on, well come on!” — Iggy Pop

*Incidentally, Cindy Kurleto was also featured recently on Complex magazine’s list of 9 Hottest Filipinas. If you check it out, you will also come across former UNO cover girl Kat Alano (as well as images from our Anne Curtis cover shoots).