GMA Pictures has signed a joint venture agreement with Viva Films that will lead to new movies and new casting combinations just as theaters are starting to open after a two-year hiatus because of the COVID pandemic.

JOHNNIE Walker is making the wholesome Burgos Park in Bonifacio Global City (BGC) one of the city’s evening hotspots with the opening of the Johnnie Walker Highball Bar.

TWO Makati bars have made it to the top 100 of Asia’s 50 Best Bars. For the first time, the list, created by William Reed Business Media (among other 50 Best lists) showed the 51-100 candidates in Asia. Legazpi Village’s The Curator was No. 62, while Poblacion’s Oto ranked No. 63.

CONRAD Manila celebrates all hard-working Moms this Mother’s Day, May 8, with epicurean indulgences at its award-winning dining restaurants and wellness pampering at Conrad Spa.

VISUAL artist Gerardo Tan visited a weaving house in Miag-ao, Iloilo in 2016. While there, he was captivated by the sounds of the pedal looms as the weavers were working. To him, the activity sounded like music. This experience made him wonder how it would be like if the looms’ sounds were read. So over the next six years, he worked on the project that has now become the Philippine Pavilion’s installation for the 59th International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale.

LONDON — Russia’s Bolshoi Theater has upset opera and ballet fans by abruptly cancelling a series of shows this week by directors who have spoken out against the war in Ukraine.

SEATTLE — The world’s first permanent NFT art museum has opened in Seattle, aiming to “pull back the curtain” on blockchain-based digital art.

NEW YORK —  Reality TV star Kim Kardashian evoked American history at the annual Met Gala on Monday, donning the sparkling gold gown that Marilyn Monroe wore six decades ago when she serenaded President John F. Kennedy with “Happy birthday, Mr. President.”

THE NATIONAL Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) is now accepting applications for the Philippine Heritage Awards.

THE FOUNDERS of Pharmally thought they had it made. We were in a once-in-a-generation pandemic, the government had license to act fast and spend billions of pesos in one go, and there was a global shortage of medical supplies.

ENTRIES to the short film competition of this year’s Pelikulaya: LGBTIA+ Film Festival, conducted by the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), are currently being accepted until May 13. Held in celebration of Pride Month, the second edition of the film fest will be held from June 10 to 26. It will be an online-onsite hybrid format.

LONDON — K-pop band ATEEZ played London’s Wembley arena on Saturday as part of their world tour, which was delayed from 2020 by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.