THE SEARCH for representatives to compete for the four beauty pageant crowns of Miss International, Miss Intercontinental, Miss Globe, and Miss Grand International ended last Sunday as Binibining Pilipinas crowned four winners at the Araneta Center.

THE COUNTRY’S first and only 24-hour comedy channel, BuKo, is now a year old. Launched on Aug. 2, 2021 by Cignal TV and APT Entertainment, Inc., BuKo has brought laughter to multi-platform audiences on Cignal and SatLite Pay TV, and on the video streaming service Cignal Play.

AFTER a two-year hiatus because of the pandemic, the MaArte Fair is back at the Peninsula Manila.

AN architect turned to furniture design during the pandemic, and selected rattan as his medium.

A FILM about the tribulations of student activists during Martial Law was the big winner at the 70th Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) Awards awarding ceremony on July 30 at the Metropolitan Theater in Manila.

MADRID —  Spanish Prime Minister (PM) Pedro Sanchez asked his ministers, public officials and private sector employees on Friday to stop wearing ties and stay cool as heatwaves sweep parts of Europe, stoking demand for energy-guzzling air-conditioning.

FRANCIS Libiran Bridal has released its S/S 2023 collection consisting of 10 wedding gowns with a variety of silhouettes which were inspired by the love stories and personalities of the clients the designer has worked with in his 23 years in the industry.

A technical team of conservation and restoration experts will be dispatched to Abra, Ilocos Sur, and Ilocos Norte next week to conduct damage assessments of heritage structures in the aftermath of the earthquake which struck northern Luzon on Wednesday. 

YOU don’t need to have watched the original TV series Pretty Little Liars to enjoy the upcoming Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, said one of its stars, award-winning Filipino actress and singer Lea Salonga.

LONDON —  Thirty-five years after the extraterrestrial monster movie Predator made its first outing, the creature is back in action in the upcoming film Prey.

TRUMPETS, INC.’s popular musical Joseph the Dreamer returns onstage until Aug. 7, at the Globe Auditorium, Maybank Performing Arts Theater, BGC, Taguig City.

TWELVE drag queens will compete to become the first Drag Race Superstar from the Philippines on Drag Race Philippines, premiere on Aug. 17, on discovery+, HBO GO, and WOW Presents Plus.