Toronto Film Festival: Bumble biopic Swiped takes on Silicon Valley ‘boys club’
TORONTO — The new biopic Swiped, starring British actor Lily James as dating app Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd, takes the audience back to...
The (fashion) show must go on, despite death of Giorgio Armani
MILAN — The Emporio Armani and Giorgio Armani fashion shows will take place later this month as scheduled, despite the recent death of the...
Drinking an artwork
FUNDACION SANSÓ and The Spirits Library have something up their sleeve: translating paintings into cocktails.
Throughout September up to Oct. 4, the Poblacion bar is...
Two Filipino pizzerias hailed at Top 50 Pizza
TOP 50 PIZZA, which ranks pizzerias around the world and in each region, places Filipino dining outlets Crosta and A Mano in its list...
How to become a VIP guest at restaurants in 6 easy steps
A YEAR and a half ago, a reader posed a newsletter question to the food editor at Bloomberg Pursuits (me): Do restaurant servers hate diners?
Theater actor, director, and playwright George de Jesus III, 54
GEORGE DE JESUS III, a stalwart in the Philippine theater scene where he worked as an actor, director, and playwright, died on Tuesday, Sept....
Dining In/Out (09/11/25)
Smashing Lemons marks first year with promo
SMASHING LEMONS, a lemon tea franchise from Hong Kong, marks its first anniversary in the Philippines this month....
David Bowie archive with 90,000 items to open to public in London
LONDON — From glittery “Ziggy Stardust” costumes and handwritten song lyrics to fan letters and notes on an unfinished musical, a new archive of...
Sweden launches AI music license to protect songwriters
SWEDEN’S music rights organization has introduced a license that allows artificial intelligence (AI) companies to legally use copyrighted songs for training their models, while...
Imagination peoples the air
A DECADE AGO, Anvil Publishing Manager Karina Bolasco sought the support of arts patron Senator Loren Legarda, so that the Philippines could have a bigger presence at Frankfurter Buchmesse, the world’s largest trade fair for books. From her support came a vision of the Philippines as the Guest of Honor at the fair — an initiative which finally bears fruit this year with a 2,000-square-meter pavilion.
F. Sionil José heir talks on the potential sale of Solidaridad Bookshop
SOLIDARIDAD BOOKSHOP, a 60-year-old enterprise founded by the late National Artist for Literature F. Sionil José, is in the midst of a potential buyout....
Book launches, talks, workshops, discounts and more at the MIBF
THE 2025 Manila International Book Fair (MIBF) is opening today, Sept. 10, and will run until Sept. 14 at the SMX Convention Center Manila,...