For 22 years, the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival has championed fearless storytelling and nurtured generations of Filipino filmmakers whose works challenge, inspire, and provoke meaningful conversations. This year, the country’s premier independent film festival returns with a...
A California jury has found Filipino American Larry Millete guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Maya Millete, a Filipina, who went missing on Jan. 7, 2021 and has never been found. Fox 5 San Diego reported that jurors in Chula Vista delivered a unanimous guilty verdict after...
Millions of Filipinos know him simply as "Kuya Kurt." He 's the American who speaks Tagalog with ease, eats at neighborhood carinderias, chats with jeepney drivers and somehow turns everyday encounters into videos watched by millions. What many don 't know is that before the viral fame,...
Some families bond over weekend outings. Others gather around the dinner table. In the Alipio household, everyone eventually ends up in the same place, gathered around guitars, keyboards and a drum set. When Secan Alipio looks back, he still seems surprised by how it all happened. "We just uploaded...
VMX star Azi Acosta is taking her career in a different direction. The 22-year-old actress has announced that she is leaving sexy films behind as she pursues more wholesome, mainstream roles. Along with the change comes a new management team. Acosta has left longtime manager and discoverer Jojo...
Longevity in show business is a rare thing. Acts come and go, sometimes only too quickly. Indeed, rare are those who endure for decades. Silent Sanctuary is among them. Formed in 2001, Silent Sanctuary has become one of the country 's most recognizable pop-rock bands, known for its signature...
Fresh off a string of sold-out performances in Canada and a packed Manila concert, Beks Battalion is preparing to reunite with Filipinos abroad through a series of shows across the United States. For the beloved comedy trio, the tour is about far more than taking the stage in different cities. For...
Fresh from a major milestone in her young career, Caprice Cayetano isn 't rushing to figure out what comes next. Instead, the 17-year-old actress is embracing what she calls her "sidequest era." Away from the cameras, Caprice has been filling her free time with hobbies that have little to do...
The Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival has unveiled the official lineup of films competing in its 22nd edition, with nine full-length features and 10 short films set to vie for top honors when the festival returns from August 6 to 16. The announcement was made on Wednesday by the...
A Filipino scholar, Dr. Enrico Gloria, delivered a commencement speech in Mandarin at the graduation ceremony of the School of Social Sciences at Tsinghua University, using the Filipino concept of “kapwa” and the Chinese virtue of “rén” to call for greater empathy and cross-cultural...
Despite the many warnings and precautions made against giving children excessive screen time, many parents still let their kids watch unlimited amounts of TV and allow them to use gadgets for video games or social media without any supervision. It could be said that some parents are just lazy or...
Filipino-British singer-songwriter Beabadoobee has just dropped a new single titled "Sun Has Set" as accompanied by a music video that begins like a revenge fantasy before taking an unexpectedly relatable turn. Shot from a first-person perspective, the video shows Beabadoobee confronting and...
