Almodovar’s The Room Next Door triumphs at Venice Festival
VENICE — Spanish director Pedro Almodovar’s first English-language movie The Room Next Door, which tackles the hefty themes of euthanasia and climate change, won...
Rustan’s makes a case for in-store shopping: VIP service and authenticity
WHILE the pandemic accelerated the online shopping game, some habits die hard. While many people do buy hard-to-find items and very cheap staples online,...
Style (09/09/24)
Exhibit honors a design family’s four generations
ON SEPT. 10, the exhibit Love, Marina: The Fashion Legacy of Marina Reyes Antonio will open is SM...
MTRCB lifts X rating for Alipato at Muog
ONE of two recent films which were slapped with an X rating by the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) — which prevents a film from being shown in movie theaters — has received a reprieve.
Venice Film Festival: Joaquin Phoenix had a dream, gives birth to a new, musical...
VENICE — Joaquin Phoenix, who won an Oscar as Best Actor for his role in the 2019 hit The Joker, revealed on Wednesday that...
Stuff to Do (09/06/24)
THE largest emo and pop punk party in the Philippines, Emo Night Manila (ENM), will kick off on Sept. 7 at the Brooklyn Warehouse, Sampaloc, Manila.
Oasis add London dates to comeback tour due to ‘phenomenal’ demand
LONDON — Oasis announced two extra concert dates on Wednesday for their comeback tour of Britain and Ireland due to “phenomenal” demand from fans...
Elton John, Angelina Jolie movies among London Film Festival line-up
LONDON — From a documentary about Elton John’s final US live shows to Angelina Jolie’s Maria Callas biopic, this year’s BFI London Film Festival...
Toronto film festival showcases an industry transformed by streaming
TORONTO — The film industry, including actors, must embrace and adapt to changes that have resulted from the blurring line between streaming services and...
Major book publishers defeat Internet Archive appeal over digital scanning
NEW YORK — A US appeals court sided with four major book publishers that accused the nonprofit Internet Archive of illegally scanning copyrighted works...
Come for the (draft) beer, stay for the sisig
WITH A positive deluge of craft beer and all sorts of new spirits in the market, isn’t it nice to come back to a...
Tres Papas goes sweet for first of three engagements
SINCE Don Papa Rum’s launch in 2012, they’ve always had Tres Papas, collaborations with different bartenders (three; it’s in the name) served at some of the city’s coolest bars.