The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter made heads turn as she promoted her Sept. 11 appearance at the LadyLand Festival in Brooklyn, N.Y. in a sultry way. How? By drawing inspiration from her album “Stripped.” That is to say, she once again posed topless, very much like what she did on the...
Hollywood was in Italy over the weekend as the shiniest stars of the movie industry came to the 2021 Venice Film Festival. Actresses graced its red carpet with the best fashions, blessing everyone with premier night glamor and beauty, a style fest from our pre-pandemic time. Here are some of the...
Brillante Mendoza and a scene in “GenSan Punch” (Instagram, BIFF) Acclaimed Filipino director Brillante Mendoza is nominated for an award at the 26th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) slated to be held from Oct. 6 to 15 in Busan, South Korea. The BIFF announced on Sept. 6 that Mendoza is...
Singapore Food Festival returns for its 28th year Oyster Omelette Starting Aug. 27, 2021, the Lion City will be conducting its annual Singapore Food Festival with more than 50 physical and virtual gastronomic activities. The theme for the year is “Savour Singapore in Every Bite,” allowing...
The Peninsula Manila flies in this highly coveted mid-autumn delicacy from Hong Kong PAN DE LUNA The Peninsula Manila mooncake The mid-autumn festival is one of the most spectacular celebrations in Chinese culture and mooncakes have long been a signature highlight of the festival, which usually...
An ode to deep-rooted Filipino Values Today, Aug. 25, 2021, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), in partnership with the Negros Cultural Foundation (NCF), is launching “Sine Halaga Film Festival.” It showcases 12 Filipino films that highlight our very own cultural values...
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) will be launching today, Aug. 25, its new online film festival dubbed "Sine Halaga" that will feature films highlighting Filipino cultural values. Sine Halaga Film Festival Director Elvert Bañares said the virtual film fest, organized in...
Let’s bring back the gems of 2020 Missed last year’s award-winning entries? Now’s your chance to relive the experience as the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival features them once again. Films from the ‘Retrospective’ section This section features six short films, namely...
Perfect for your work breaks Aside from the four full-length films curated for the “Indie Nation” section of this year’s festival, Cinemalaya also features a handful of short films that are divided into three programs. ‘Regta’ by Gab Gantala Program A consists of films such as the short...
“Kun Maupay Man It Panahon” won the Cinema e Gioventù Prize from the Concorso Cineasti del presente Junior Jury at the 74th Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland. This was announced on social media by Film Development Council of the Philippines head Liza Dino. “WOOOOHOOOOO!!! GO...
Four students from PHSA featured at the 22nd International High School Arts Festival in Tokyo PAGTAHI-TAHI NG RETA-RETASONG ALAALA This artwork by PHSA student Minnesota S. Flores earned a certificate of merit at the 22nd International High School Arts Festival in Tokyo. Artworks from the...
A highly-acclaimed Japanese film that tackles the life and struggle of a Burmese boy and his family while living in Japan will be one of the few selected major foreign flicks to be screened in this year’s Cinemalaya 17: Philippine Independent Film Festival. Passage of Life (Japan Foundation...
