Dining In/Out (09/12/24)
GUESTS can indulge in Hong Kong mooncakes and Japanese cocktails at The Peninsula Manila — not at the same time, unless they want to that is.
France forecasts 18% drop in wine output after adverse weather
PARIS — Bad weather has walloped wine production in France, with output expected to be 39.3 million hectoliters this year, down 18% from last...
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs ordered to pay $100 million in sexual assault lawsuit
A MICHIGAN inmate who accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of drugging and sexually assaulting him at a party almost 30 years ago has been awarded...
Taylor Swift says she will vote for Kamala Harris
WASHINGTON - US pop megastar Taylor Swift endorsed Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris late on Tuesday after her presidential debate against Republican former President Donald Trump.
Ms. Swift made the endorsement in a post on...
Works by Philippine masters, pillars of contemporary art up for auction
THIS SEPTEMBER, rare creations by 19th century masters and contemporary artists of the 1950s up to the ’80s can be acquired through Salcedo Auctions.
Some...
The many colors of love and death in Once on This Island
ON A TROPICAL French Antilles island in the 1920s, young peasant girl Ti Moune falls in love with a wealthy boy, Daniel Beauxhomme.
Arts & Culture (09/11/24)
IN CELEBRATION of National Teachers’ Month (NTM), Primetrade Asia is giving teachers a free pass to the Manila International Book Fair (MIBF) which runs from Sept. 11 to 15 at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City.
Egyptian archaeologist calls on Berlin to return Nefertiti bust
CAIRO — Prominent Egyptian archaeologist and former antiquities minister Zahi Hawass has launched a petition for the return to Egypt of the pharaonic bust...
Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter shut out of Country Music Award nominations
LOS ANGELES — Voters for the Country Music Awards (CMAs) snubbed superstar singer Beyonce’s album Cowboy Carter and showered singer Morgan Wallen with seven...
K-pop stars become models as fashion brands eye their global fanbase
LONDON/NEW YORK — designer Tommy Hilfiger browses through a rail of custom-made suits worn to this year’s Met Gala by K-pop stars Stray Kids,...
James Earl Jones, renowned actor and voice of Darth Vader, dies at 93
LOS ANGELES - American actor James Earl Jones, an imposing stage and screen presence who overcame a childhood stutter to develop a stentorian voice recognized the...
Her Locket is the big winner at 2024 Sinag Maynila
THE 6th Sinag Maynila film festival, also the first edition since the pandemic, saw J.E. Tiglao’s family drama Her Locket emerged as the night’s...