Black Friday consumers go online, rather than stand in line
BARGAIN-HUNTING Americans clicked their way through Thanksgiving, spending $8.6 billion online so far on Black Friday, as more consumers turned to laptops and phones...
First-time winners rule at Palanca Awards’ Diamond year
FOR the 75th or Diamond Jubilee year of the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, 54 winners were chosen out of 2,359 entries, a record-high in the awards history. Of the 54, 36 were first-time awardees.
PHL, France spotlight co-productions, animation, feminist films
ANIMATED and feminist films are being screened until Nov. 30, as part of this year’s French Film Festival which is now in its 28th year.
Not too scary, but a solid first effort
THIS adaptation of GMA’s annual Halloween television special, Gabi ng Lagim, was made for Filipino horror enthusiasts. Though it’s rough around the edges, an indication of this being the network’s first effort of taking a horror storytelling platform from the small screen to the big screen, there’s some potential to be found in each segment.
Extended Beatles Anthology takes fans beyond the mythology of the band
LONDON — A new episode of the Beatles Anthology, 30 years after the original landmark series, shows the impact on Paul McCartney, George Harrison,...
Zootopia 2 film takes on the growing pains of a new partnership
LOS ANGELES — For Oscar-winning actor Ke Huy Quan, Disney’s animated buddy cop comedy, Zootopia 2, has a healthy message about the importance of...
A Minute With: The makers of Prehistoric Planet on bringing Ice Age animals to...
LONDON — The natural history program Prehistoric Planet returns for a third series on Wednesday, bringing back to life the animals of the Ice...
Taiwan’s Left-Handed Girl shot on iPhones and inspired by real stories
LONDON— Filmmaker Shih-Ching Tsou takes audiences to a bustling Taipei night market in family drama Left-Handed Girl, weaving in personal and “collected” experiences.
Chosen to...
K-pop group Riize explores a different side in new album Fame
LOS ANGELES — For the Korean boy band Riize, recording their second studio album, Fame, was a chance to explore a new musical persona.
“This...
Stuff to Do (11/28/25)
AT THE Upper Ground B, Quantum Skyview, of Gateway Mall 2, National Bookstore is holding a book fair that runs until Nov. 30 during mall hours. The Sulit Reads Fair in Araneta City invites visitors to seek book hauls through their bundles and discounts, to save up for more gifts this holiday season.
Who needs birthday cake when you have a basket of dumplings?
DIN TAI FUNG celebrates 10 years in the Philippines this month through a special Birthday Basket featuring mainstays and one-off dumplings through the years.
The coquette has grown up
WHEN Lartizan first opened its doors in Bonifacio Global City’s Serendra in 2014, BusinessWorld wrote that it “had an air of a dollhouse that had grown up around the young girl who once played with it.”