LONDON — Hollywood actor Benedict Cumberbatch channelled his inner Sherlock Holmes by leaping to the defense of a cyclist under attack by four men, according to reports.

ON JUNE 29, Japanese lifestyle brand Muji will reopen its store at Greenbelt 3 after three months of renovation.

LAST YEAR, not even half of the Philippines’ population of 110 million went to the cinema. Then in February, seasoned film director Erik Matti went on Facebook calling for government intervention in order to save the ailing film industry. A month later, industry stakeholders have finally sat down and begun discussing what should be done in order to toss the industry its much-needed life jacket.

NEW FACES behind the runway and more meditative fashions took control during the Panasonic Manila Fashion Fest’s ninth season. These are some of the designers who caught BusinessWorld’s eye as we sat front row during the fashion event.

PEOPLE who pack their food for work or leisure may want to check out Vaya Tyffyn lunchboxes, whose makers tout as the “first and last lunchbox one will ever need.”

THIS DOCUMENTARY consists mainly of interviews with the former Huk Supremo Luis Taruc which were conducted during the last years of his life. By then, the filmmaker Dik Trofeo had grown so close to Taruc that he called Trofeo his second son. (Taruc had only one son: Romeo, by his first wife Feliciana Bernabe. He had three wives.) Other producers have attempted to make unauthorized bio-pics of Taruc, including one with action star Senator Lito Lapid, but Trofeo’s film has Taruc’s imprimatur. “Ka Dik” and his camera crew tagged along with the peripatetic Taruc on his provincial sorties to stomp for peasant cooperatives. By then, he had ceased to be either Maoist or Marxist and was inducted by the National Historical Commission into our National Hall of Heroes.

MISSING the things that the virus has taken away -- parties, live events, even being seen barefaced -- brought more than a thousand viewers to Facebook Live last week to watch Rajo Laurel: Runway Online, a live fashion show by designer Rajo Laurel. This was done in collaboration with Robbie Carmona, founder and CEO of Saga Events, the events company which staged the show.

SHANGRI-LA Plaza ushers in the Chinese New Year with a series of cultural performances and events. The Grand Atrium’s 26-meter high ceiling is festooned...

RECONSTRUCTING our traditional dress and infusing it with modern touches still comes with nonnegotiables: no thigh-high slits and plunging necklines, please. These are some...

SM SUPERMALLS offers shoppers up to 70% off on dining deals, fashion promos, and more at the UAAP Sale, happening on Sept. 7 to 9 across SM malls in Metro Manila.

BEING stuck at home under quarantine doesn’t have to be boring — not when there is access to some testosterone-filled pro wrestling. Late last year, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) inaugural Cruiserweight Champion TJ Perkins went head to head with Jake de Leon of the Philippine Wrestling Revolution (PWR) in an event called PWR Special: Homecoming. Now, one can watch the fight in the comfort of home, when Homecoming becomes available on pay-per-view on May 31.

NEVER HAVE I felt both so young and so old as when I visited Lan Kwai Speakeasy & Hong Kong Cuisine. Parents, you have...