Filipinos love a good deal, based on trends from Shopee’s 12.12 Christmas sale, which saw over 14 million vouchers claimed within the first two hours. The Southeast Asian e-commerce platform also saw an increase of more than 13 times in items sold within the same time window, as compared to an average day.  

Pre-New Year concert OPM icon Rico J. Puno will perform his timeless hits in a concert called Up Close and Personal on Dec. 30, 8...

THE musical sequel Wicked: For Good is now showing in Philippine cinemas. A sequel to Wicked and based on the Broadway musical, it follows the witches of Oz: Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, and Glinda the Good, played by Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, respectively.

SAN DIEGO -- Ben Affleck dismissed speculation that he is being dropped as Batman during a Warner Bros. presentation Saturday that introduced the Justice...

AT FIRST GLANCE, Veronica Velasco’s Mia might be a typical romantic comedy, but she insists that it is more than that as the film tackles issues that aren’t typically covered in films of the genre, like climate change.

By Elin McCoy, Bloomberg WHEN I headed to Bordeaux to taste barrel samples from the region’s 2017 vintage, I was not hopeful. I’d followed reports of...

BRILLANTE Ma. Mendoza-led film festival Sinag Maynila has disqualified an official entry for being critical of the current administration.

AMERICAN beauty brand Kiehl’s is ending 2019 by focusing on its bestselling serum line -- from a serum which corrects dark spots to a serum which reduces fine lines and wrinkles with the power of Vitamin C -- which its Philippine product manager says is an indication that Filipinos are now learning about what products will work for their skin type and needs.

A FULL-FACE makeup look has taken a back seat for the last year since we have all been wearing face masks — and face shields — while out in public. Since the pandemic lockdowns started, many of local and international cosmetics companies have started skincare lines or have expanded existing ones. Skin by BYS is a promising new entry.

“How dare he?” I hear the folks hissing: “an Alfred Hitchcock classic, and an Oscar Best Picture winner!” Critics haven’t been kind to Ben Wheatley’s 2020 adaptation of the Daphne Du Maurier novel, and who can blame them? It’s as if he’d taken a spray can to La Giaconda and smeared her smile lime green.

NEW YORK — As a cookbook author and judge on Bravo’s hit television show Top Chef, Gail Simmons gets to sample cuisines from around...

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...