Volume XXXV No. 11 November 2017 Montreal, QC www.filipinostar.org Gender parity but little diversity in Plante's executive comIntemrim oppiostitiotn leeader e Lionel Perez says partisanship prevailed, calling it broken electoral promise CBC News Posted: Nov 20, 2017 6:30 AM ET Last Updated: Nov 20, 2017 5:32 PM ET During the election campaign, Valérie Plante promised her executive committee would feature gender parity, diversity, and even a place for some members of the opposition. But Montreal's newly elected mayor did not hit all those targets in revealing members her 13-person executive committee this morning. There are seven men and six women, including Plante. There are not, however, any visible minorities. "It's a shortcoming, clearly, the [lack] of cultural diversity, in the city council in general," Plante said, pointing out that while visible minorities make up 30 per cent of the Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante stands with the 12 members of her executive committee Monday morning. All but one See page 4 Plante’s Executive are members of her party, Projet Montréal. (Lauren McCallum/CBC) Prince Harry to marry Meghan Markle at PWalacienaiddes poredrict Ca ‘haapspy tchluerch wienddinMg’ aat Sy t George’s Chapel for prince, 33, and American TV star, 36 (From The Guardian) Prince Harry and the church service, the music, the Meghan Markle are to marry at St flowers and the reception. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle Wider security costs, policing next May and will go on their first public and public order arrangements will be walkabout on Friday in Nottingham, the covered by the public purse, however. palace has announced. The palace declined to comment on The couple are planning to whether the bride’s parents would Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, November 27, 2017, after the involve members of the public in the contribute. announcement of their engagement - Daniel Leal-Olivas - AFP proceedings in some form yet to be The service is expected to Markle are extremely grateful for the currently working through ideas for determined. draw a star-studded congregation. warm public response following how this might be achieved.” “It will be a moment of fun and Markle’s friends include the tennis star yesterday’s announcement of their The last royal wedding at the joy that will reflect the character of the Serena Williams and the Made in engagement. In a happy moment in chapel was for Harry’s cousin, Peter bride and groom,” said their Chelsea star Millie Mackintosh. their lives, it means a great deal to them Phillips – the son of the Princess Royal spokesman. The chapel usually holds that so many people throughout the – who married the Canadian Autumn Markle, 36, who is American, about 800 guests compared with the UK, the Commonwealth, and around will also become a British citizen and 2,000 capacity of Westminster Abbey, the world are celebrating with them. See Page 4 Prince Harry to marry “The couple of course want the will be baptised and confirmed into the where the Duke and Duchess of Erratum : We regret the error on the caption day to be a special, celebratory Church of England before the Cambridge married in 2011. of the headline photo where we incorrectly wedding, Kensington Palace Profile moment for their friends and family. identified Jean Fortier of Coalition Montreal announced. Who is Meghan Markle? They also want the day to be shaped so as Jean Fournier. Our sincere apologies for And it said the royal family The engaged couple’s as to allow members of the public to any inconvenience or confusion it may would pay for the wedding, including spokesman said: “Harry and Meghan feel part of the celebrations too and are have caused. Zenaida Kharroubi, Editor Filipino Star’s 35th AnniversaryEdition November 2017 2 The North American Filipino Star manifestation of a successful and come without its faults and there are socially mobile woman. plenty of examples of iconic roles Over time, some female thrusting the quest for equal rights performers branched out into business down a retrograde route. There are Opinion Ed and ran their own theatres. Drew also plenty of examples in the archive As an actor, Meghan Markle comes from Barrymore’s English-born great-great- of women being taken advantage of – grandmother, Louise Lane Drew, for Dorothea Jordan ended her life in a long line of trailblazing women example, travelled to America in the poverty after being ill-used by William (Editor’s Note: We find this opinion very relevant to our modern times as it makes 1830s to pursue her profession. She IV. All told, however, female actors current events historically relevant from which we may acquire a deeper acted alongside John Wilkes Booth, have perhaps done more than any undertanding of what happens at this time of our life. This is reprinted from the before becoming a Philadelphia theatre other profession to keep a sustained Guardian, a website based newspaper which appears to have interesting news manager. With the onset of film and female narrative in the public eye. and columns worthy of readers’ support.) cinema, women such as Mae West re- Of course, getting engaged is By Rebecca Rideal (The Guardian) Some early female actors used their imagined the parameters of not the same as eradicating smallpox Prince Harry’s fiancee is newfound status to attract the womanhood. And as the 20th century or splitting the atom, and minor royals carrying on where Nell Gwynn left off, attentions of the nobility, and even progressed, Katharine Hepburn have married actors before. But what advancing the cause of women and monarchs: Nell Gwynn famously popularised the wearing of trousers, Markle has done – through an redefining what it means to be part of accident of the heart – is redefine what the British royal family it means to be part of the British royal Meghan Markle is to marry family in the 21st century. Not only is Prince Harry. While many might argue she a welcome breath of fresh air, but that the monarchy is an outdated she is part of a rich history of institution, we cannot ignore the long- trailblazing performers. This year overdue sea change that the engage- marks 350 years since Charles II ment of a prince to an American actor began his relationship with Nell has wrought. Alongside the fact that Gwynn, and we have finally reached a Markle is a Roman Catholic, she also, point where his descendant – an as the BBC put it, “brings something extraordinarily popular prince in close different to the British royal family. She proximity to the British crown – is to is American, divorced, an actress and marry an actor. mixed race”. There is significance in every • Rebecca Rideal is a historian, and one of these points. Yet, as a historian author of 1666: Plague, War and of Restoration England, I find the Hellfire penultimate fact most fascinating. As an actor, Markle comes from a long line In this life of trailblazing women, and in this post- Gemma Arterton as Nell Gwynn with David Sturzaker as Charles ll in we cannot do Weinstein climate we should Nell Gwynn at the Apollo Theatre in London. Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the Guardian GREAT things. acknowledge the huge impact female heralding a new phase in women’s We can only do actors have had in furthering the cause became the mistress of Charles II, quest for equality. Many female actors small things of women and breaking down societal while Dorothea Jordan bore the future have used their position as a with GREAT love. barriers. William IV 10 illegitimate children. springboard into social commentary or Until painfully recently, acting Those who remained on stage honed political activism. Who can forget Halle Mother Teresa was one of the few avenues open to their craft and created a valuable space Berry’s 2002 Oscars speech women from “humble” backgrounds in for women in the public arena. Obviously, acting does not which they could channel their creative Theatres would be filled with people talent, trade in the drudgery of from across the social spectrum, and everyday life and escape into the in the 18th century these women glittering world of the elite. Long before became celebrities, crucial to the the suffragettes, it was female actors setting of fashions and trends. As the who pushed the agenda of women to theatre historian Felicity Nussbaum the forefront of cultural conversations. has argued, female actors “animated In England, almost as soon as female the stage with regular reminders of actors were allowed to perform women’s right to claim a public CACATHOLICATHOLICTHOLIC CCHARISMACHARISMATICATICTIC PRAPRAYERAYERYER COCOMMUNITYMMUNITY onstage, they publicly fought for presence”. What’s more, acting creative freedom. Whether that was represented one of the few professions FAITHFAITH LOVE UNITY women like Rebecca Marshall, who in where women were valued as much as 1667 called out a member of the men. 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