LOS ANGELES — Canadian rapper Drake withdrew on Monday from the Grammy Awards, removing his two nominations for music’s highest honors, sources close to the musician said.

NEW YORK — US hedge fund billionaire and philanthropist Michael Steinhardt has surrendered $70 million of stolen antiquities and accepted a first-of-its-kind lifetime ban on acquiring antiquities to resolve a criminal probe, Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance said on Monday.

GALERIE Roberto has organized The Manila’Bang Show: ArtFest International 2021 which will be held from Dec. 9 to 12.

A FILM about a gay teenager who is eager for the man he met online to reveal his identity was named Best Film at the 2021 QCinema awarding ceremony for the QCShorts competition on Dec. 4 at Novotel Manila Araneta Center.

WHEN The Caligula Effect was released in 2016, it boasted of novel concepts, a not insignificant feat given the saturation in the industry.

WASHINGTON — President Joseph R. Biden celebrated artists including Bette Midler, Joni Mitchell, and Lorne Michaels on Sunday at the Kennedy Center Honors, bringing back presidential participation in the annual ceremony skipped by Republican Donald Trump.

TAOS, N.M. —  Some of the people who handled guns on the set of Alec Baldwin’s movie Rust may face criminal charges in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer, the New Mexico district attorney said on Friday.

SEOUL —  K-pop sensation BTS hopes to hold an in-person concert in Seoul for the first since the pandemic, Yonhap news agency reported on Friday, after the group posted a tweet promising to “see you in Seoul, MARCH 2022.”

VEHICLE manufacturer and automobile exporter MG Philippines brings OPM artists together in a special online edition of MG Live! titled Salubong: The Christmas Concert which will be streamed at KTX.ph on Dec. 10 and 11, 8 p.m.

ROLEX places ladies (notably, a dame, and even a princess) in a new campaign released on Dec. 1.

Have you ever tried to do up a zip or button a shirt one-handed? Put on a pair of jeans while seated? Do you know someone with Autism Spectrum Disorder who can’t stand the feeling of certain fabrics against their skin? If your feet are different sizes, or you only have one foot, how do you buy shoes?

GINEBRA San Miguel’s new Calendar Girl —  actress, dancer, reality star, and model Chie Filomeno – not only graces five new calendars from the spirits brand, she comes to life through an online interface.