A quiet Thai sibling
WHERE UMA NOTA, Alex Offe and Michael J. Needham’s 2024 offering is grand and glamorous, Sabai, a new outlet from this partnership, is quiet...
Matsusaka: This P23k/kilo beef literally melts in your mouth
“WAGYU” has been thrown about as a buzzword to connote a certain quality of beef, due to the popularity of Kobe beef and its...
Wicked star Jonathan Bailey named ‘sexiest man alive’ by People magazine
LOS ANGELES — English actor Jonathan Bailey, who returns to movie theaters this month in the musical film Wicked: For Good, was named this...
Jon Stewart will remain at the helm of The Daily Show until December 2026
PARAMOUNT Skydance said on Monday that comedian Jon Stewart will continue hosting Comedy Central’s The Daily Show every Monday and serve as executive producer...
Dining In/Out (11/06/25)
HOTEL OKURA MANILA at Newport World Resorts is gearing up for Saga: A Wagyu Tasting Journey. Set from Nov. 10 to 12 at Yawaragi Restaurant, the eight-hands dinner celebrates the quality of premium wagyu from Japan’s Saga Prefecture.
Egypt hopes vast new museum near the Pyramids will accelerate tourism revival
CAIRO — Egyptian officials are hoping the inauguration of a vast new museum last Saturday will accelerate the revival of a tourism industry hampered...
The painting that haunts me — seven experts share their favorite scary artwork
By Chloe Ward, Åsa Harvard Maare, Catherine Spooner, Daisy Dixon, Frances Fowle, Karl Bell, Pippa Catterall
AS HALLOWEEN approached, we asked seven of our academic experts to tell us about the most unsettling artwork they’ve ever encountered. From gruesome portraits...
Arts & Culture (11/05/25)
JONATHAN OLAZO’S latest art exhibition, Light Receptacle Café, is a reimagining of French master Claude Monet’s devotion to light and time, filtered through contemporary Filipino lens.
Wild at Heart actress Diane Ladd, 89
AMERICAN ACTRESS Diane Ladd, a triple Academy Award nominee for her supporting roles in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Wild at Heart, and Rambling...
Netherlands to return 3,500-year-old sculpture to Egypt
THE Netherlands will return a 3,500-year-old sculpture that turned up at a Dutch art fair to Egypt, Prime Minister Dick Schoof said on Sunday...
Worker trapped under collapsed medieval tower in Rome dies, media says
ROME — A Romanian worker trapped for hours under rubble in Rome on Monday following the partial collapse of a medieval tower near the...
Still standing: 22 years of live music at 19 East
ONE VENUE immediately comes to mind for those recalling enjoying live music in the southern part of Metro Manila. Standing tall after over two...