Giant statues unveiled along EDSA
TWO six-story high statues have been unveiled at the entrance of the 4.8-hectare DoubleDragon Meridian Park along EDSA in the Bay area. The stainless-steel sculptures by artist Jefrë Figueras Manuel (a.k.a. JEFRË) are called Bayani, which depicts a young person, and Pag-Asa, which depicts a figure waving at passersby along EDSA.
Israel’s SavorEat launches personalized plant-based 3D printed burgers
HERZLIYA, Israel — Israeli foodtech firm SavorEat on Tuesday launched a plant-based burger system personalized to each customer, one of the first companies to use 3D printing technology to cook food.
What are you doing New Year’s Eve (and New Year’s Day)?
AS 2021 comes to a close, there are a lot of things to be grateful for and more reasons to celebrate as another year rings in. Here are some of the ways to welcome 2022.
Entertainment News (12/30/21)
PARIS Hilton commands as much as $1 million a night working as a celebrity DJ, entertaining partiers at clubs in China, Dubai, and on the Spanish vacation island of Ibiza.
A big night for Big Night! at the 2021 MMFF awards
JUN Robles Lana’s dark comedy on innocent civilians getting caught up in the current drug war’s watchlists was the big winner in this year’s Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), bagging a total of eight awards.
Metro Manila Film Festival 2021: High stakes all the way
ADAPTED from the critically and commercially successful 2014 South Korean action thriller of the same name, A Hard Day pulls no punches when it comes to the intensity of both acting and fighting scenes.
Metro Manila Film Festival 2021: A Tito’s take on an online story
HOW lucky I am to be old enough not to deal with the problems faced by the characters in the pandemic rom-com Love at First Stream.
Harry Potter cast recalls first kisses, horrible haircuts in reunion special
LOS ANGELES — Daniel Radcliffe remembers the embarrassing haircuts, Emma Watson found meeting up with her Harry Potter cast mates “an unexpected joy,” and director Christopher Columbus recalls the sets for the movies as “the greatest playground in the world.”
Dallas Buyers Club director Jean-Marc Vallée, 58
JEAN-MARC VALLÉE, a Canadian best known for directing the Oscar-nominated film Dallas Buyers Club and Emmy-winning HBO series Big Little Lies, died suddenly at his cabin outside Quebec City. He was 58.
Have you fallen for the myth of ‘I can’t draw’? Do it anyway —...
By Darren C. Fisher
DRAWING is a powerful tool of communication. It helps build self-understanding and can boost mental health.
Metro Manila Film Festival 2021: An ode to the Filipino spirit
THERE’S much to be said about how notions of joy, faith, and resilience are a central part of the Filipino psyche, especially in how we deal with hardship — whether it’s overseas workers and medical frontliners hailed as heroes for making immeasurable sacrifices for family and country, or, as seen in this film, children boisterously playing and women fervently praying to cope with the aftermath of a life-shattering typhoon.
Metro Manila Film Festival 2021: A mixed bag
AN unlikely pairing, a getaway to the province, secrets and revelations, and a turn of events make up the formula of this romantic comedy.