Shoppers hunt for vintage Armani after designer’s death

LONDON — Online searches for vintage Armani clothes have surged since Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani died on Thursday, as shoppers scoured second-hand outlets...

US independent director Jim Jarmusch proves surprise Venice winner

VENICE — US indie director Jim Jarmusch unexpectedly won the coveted Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday with Father Mother Sister...

Style (09/08/25)

Rhett Eala to headline 2025 Red Charity Gala THE Red Charity Gala, one of the leading fashion and charity galas in the country, holds its...

After Armani: what becomes of the fashion empire he built?

What becomes of the fashion empire he built? MILAN — Designer Giorgio Armani established one of the world’s best-known fashion brands over the past five...

Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani dies at 91

MILAN - Designer Giorgio Armani, who helped to put Italy at the forefront of global fashion and dressed Hollywood stars, has died at the...

Cinemalaya 2025 goes to Shangri-La Plaza

THE 21st edition of the Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival will screen full-length and short feature films in a competition at Shangri-La Plaza in Mandaluyong City.

Killing fields

By Noel Vera
Looked down at my notes after just having finished Lav Diaz’s latest I see — circled and underlined, on top of the page — the words: “so much killing!”

Downton Abbey cast bid farewell in final film outing

LONDON — The Downton Abbey cast bid farewell to the franchise with a third and final film, 15 years after the period drama first...

Stuff to Do (09/05/25)

THE Peninsula Manila has unveiled large-scale artworks by National Artist Federico Aguilar Alcuaz. Curated by Ricky Francisco of Fundacíon Sansó, the latest Art in Resonance program features three never-before seen abstract Art Protis tapestries by the renowned late national artist.

UK rock band Radiohead announces first tour in seven years

LONDON — Britain’s Radiohead announced a 20-date European tour in November and December on Wednesday, the first live performances by the rock band behind...

Venice Film Festival: No reason to boycott actors over Gaza, director Schnabel says

VENICE — US director Julian Schnabel on Wednesday criticized calls for two of the stars of his latest film, Gal Gadot and Gerard Butler,...

Venice Film Festival: Gaza girl’s desperate pleas in The Voice of Hind Rajab shake...

VENICE — The anguished final pleas of a five-year-old Palestinian girl trapped in a car under Israeli fire are retold in The Voice of...