(Clockwise from top left) Park Hae-jin, Nam Ji-hyun, Shin Sung-rok and Im Soo-hyang (MBC, Instagram) Korean actor Park Hae-jin and his drama “Kkondae Intern” emerged as the biggest winners at the 2020 MBC Drama Awards held on Dec. 30. Park Hae-jin took home the “daesang,” or grand prize,...
Charlie Dizon JUST A THOUGHT: Nothing happens until first we dream.Carl Sandburg XX HIT AND MISS: Heard from reliable sources that the ongoing Metro Manila Film Festival isn’t as much a money-maker as half-expected. This isn’t surprising at all since the idea of...
It's all about playful, experimental, and fresh looks In a year that many of us spent indoors or hidden behind a mask, the way we think about beauty has changed more profoundly than, perhaps, at any other time in living memory. 2020 has also reminded us what beauty is all about: having fun, feeling...
BLACKPINK’s Lisa, TWICE’s Tzuyu, After School’s Nana, Momoland’s Nancy and Oh My Girl’s YooA made it to TC Candler’s 100 Most Beautiful Faces of 2020. “Unlike most other annual beauty rankings, the 100 Most Beautiful Faces List is not a popularity contest and it is definitely not...
(Clockwise from top left) BTS’ V, BTS’ Jungkook, EXO’s Lay, NCT’s Taeyong, BTS’ Jimin, ASTRO’s Cha Eun-woo, ENHYPEN’s Ni-Ki, Seventeen’s Mingyu and Wonho. (Screenshots from TC Candler’s YouTube video) TC Candler’s The 100 Most Handsome Faces of 2020 includes 24 K-pop idols,...
Despite the pandemic, Slow Food International, a global organization that promotes local food cultures and heritage, pushes their 13th Terra Madre Salone del Gusto, their largest worldwide festival on food, environment, and food policies. Terra Madre 2020 is a mix of digital and physical...
A giant mural of basketball legend Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna was made by Tenement Visual Artists at Tenement Building basketball court in Taguig city as a way of honoring their idol. (MB File Photo / Jansen Romero) Is it safe to say that 2020 is one forgettable year? With the majority of the...
Among the terms that have emerged this year, quarantreat is the word people get most excited about. Let’s admit it: Food is one of the things that made our quarantine lives more bearable. Our day-to-day meals are no longer just mere sustenance providers. Some of their benefits include helping us...
From the country's fastest- growing industry, averaging 10 per cent growth per annum in the past five years, the construction sector contracted by 10 per cent in the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Incidentally, the pandemic year 2020 happens to be the 75th year anniversary of the Philippine...
The North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) can handle the holiday travel rush, now at par with pre-pandemic levels. Operator NLEX Corporation and mother company, Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC) are confident about the system improvements they have made to control congestion at NLEX for the...
12 food trends of 2020 Among the terms that have emerged this year, quarantreat is the word people get most excited about. Let’s admit it, food is one of the things that made our quarantine lives more bearable. Our day-to-day meals are no longer mere sustenance. Some of their benefits include...
Actor Kim Seon-ho with his trophy for Rookie Award for '2 Days & 1 Night' at the 2020 KBS Entertainment Awards (Instagram) “Trending actor” Kim Seon-ho and “2 Days & 1 Night,” the Korean variety show he is part of, won at the 2020 KBS Entertainment Awards held on Dec. 24. Kim...
