Taissa Farmiga who stars in Warner Bros. horror film The Nun II (AFP) LOS ANGELES (AFP) - The North American box office hit a 2023 low this weekend, with top film "The Nun II" estimated to take in a paltry $8.4 million, industry watchers said Sunday. "The numbers are not good," said...
Usher (AFP) NEW YORK (AFP) - Hitmaker Usher will headline the Super Bowl halftime show in February, he and the NFL announced Sunday. The pop and R&B singer behind charttoppers including "U Got It Bad," "My Boo," "Yeah!" and "OMG" will helm one of the world's most-watched stages in Las...
Actors and screenwriters on a strike (AFP) NEW YORK (AFP) - Professional hairdressers and makeup artists work in the shadows of celebrities to make them sparkle on sets, red carpets and magazine covers. But from New York to Los Angeles, the historic strike of American screenwriters and actors...
Military officials of the Philippines and Bangladesh are planning to hold training and education that will strengthen defense cooperation between the two countries. This was the topic of discussion when Brig. Gen. Kazi Anisuzzaman, the Directing Staff Army-6, National Defense College, Mirpur...
Beyonce and Taylor Swift (AFP) NEW YORK (AFP) - It's rare for a news outlet to dedicate a reporter to one personality, but the publication USA Today has decided Taylor Swift and Beyonce are phenomena requiring their own beats. The recent announcement by Gannett, which owns USA Today,...
Australian Army chief Lt. Gen. Simon Stuart (left) pays a courtesy call on Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief General Romeo Brawner Jr. at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Sept. 18, 2023. (Photo by AFP) Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief General Romeo Brawner Jr. met with...
AFP spokesperson Colonel Medel Aguilar (File photo) If the current situation in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) does not improve, China may be isolated from the rest of the world due to its aggression against the Philippines, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) warned. “The irresponsible and...
(L-R) Director Michael Chaves and DC Studios CEO Peter Safran (AFP) LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Warner Bros. thriller "The Nun II" kept a narrow lead on a mostly spiritless North American weekend with an estimated take of $14.7 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday. This ninth...
GUEST COLUMNIST By Lt. Gen. Jaime S. de los Santos, AFP (Ret) Sept. 21, 2023, marks the 51st anniversary of the declaration of martial law, a momentous event that occurred half a century ago. Over this period, our country had undergone significant political transformations under different...
Chinese maritime militia vessels swarm Rozul (Iroquis) Reef in the West Philippine Sea. (Photo by Western Command) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) discovered an extensive damage in the corals surrounding Rozul (Iroquios) Reef in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) and it suspected that the...
(L-R) Admiral John Aquilino, commander of US Indo-Pacific Command, and Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr., Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, discuss the agreements reached by both forces during the conslusion of the Mutual Defense Board-Security Engagement Board (MDB-SEB) meeting at Camp...
A map image uploaded by maritime security expert Ray Powell on Sept. 15, 2023 shows the movements of Chinese survey ships in the eastern seaboard of the Philippine Sea. (Courtesy of Powell / X) At least three survey ships from China are monitored in the eastern seaboard of the Philippine Sea, a map...