Lost glamor
AUTHOR Carmen Guerrero Nakpil was supposed to have been the one who coined the phrase “300 years in a convent and 50 years in...
Saks woes cloud cashmere king Cucinelli’s department store bet
MILAN — Italian luxury brand Brunello Cucinelli, known for its $3,000 cashmere sweaters, bet big on department stores, a strategy now in the spotlight...
Style (01/12/26)
HOW did clothing become a tool of power and resistance in colonial Philippines?
Bob Weir, Grateful Dead co-founder and rhythm guitarist, 78
VETERAN rock musician Bob Weir, the Grateful Dead’s rhythm guitarist who helped guide the legendary jam band through decades of change and success, has...
Musk’s X sues music publishers over alleged licensing conspiracy
WASHINGTON — Elon Musk’s X Corp. sued 18 major music publishers and a leading US music industry trade association on Friday, alleging they conspired...
Washington National Opera latest to leave Kennedy Center after Trump takeover
WASHINGTON — The Washington National Opera (WNO) will leave the Kennedy Center, the two organizations said on Friday, marking the latest departure from the...
MTRCB reports increase in film submissions for 2025
THE Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) greeted the new year with an announcement that it had reviewed 171,972 materials in 2025, a significant drop from the previous year when it reviewed over 267,000 materials.
Best Films of 2025
By Noel Vera
NOT having really focused on catching everything out there because — reasons — I did catch a few titles and of those these are...
Warner Bros. rejects revised Paramount bid, sticks with Netflix
LOS ANGELES — Warner Bros. Discovery’s (WBD) board unanimously turned down Paramount Skydance’s latest attempt to acquire the studio, saying its revised $108.4-billion hostile...
Stuff to Do (01/09/26)
Attend Kundirana’s first concert for 2026
KUNDIRANA, the award-winning music ministry of La Salle Green Hills (LSGH), is set to hold its first concert of...
One Battle After Another and Sinners lead Hollywood’s Actor Award nominees
LOS ANGELES — The action-packed political satire One Battle After Another and the vampire tale brimming with blues music Sinners, topped the list of...
Actor Gerard Butler bets he would not survive real Greenland 2
LOS ANGELES — In the soon-to-be-released movie Greenland 2: Migration, Scottish actor Gerard Butler portrays John Garrity, who leads a group through a post-apocalyptic...