Of artistic development and critical voices

INTERACTIVE art, works depicting climate change, and various multimedia pieces made with artificial intelligence (AI) tools are on display at the exhibition of past winners of the Ateneo Art Awards for its 21st year. Slated to run until March 8, 2025, it is now on view at the Ateneo Art Gallery of the Ateneo De Manila University in Quezon City.

Arts & Culture (12/04/24)

Montecillo launches horror fiction collection WRITER Joseph Anthony Montecillo has released his debut collection of short fiction, In the Blood and Other Stories. Published by...

Elton John says he has lost his eyesight

LONDON — Music legend Elton John told a theater audience in London on Sunday he had lost his sight after struggling to recover from...

Excitement, relief in Paris as Notre-Dame Cathedral prepares to reopen

PARIS — Paris’ Notre-Dame Cathedral will reopen its doors this week to tourists and the Catholic faithful, five-and-a-half years after fire gutted the Gothic...

New Greek metro is archaeological window to the past

ATHENS — A metro system in Greece’s second city Thessaloniki officially opened on Saturday, its stations displaying the same ancient artifacts that nearly derailed...

Lola Amour: The Album Concert premieres on Spotify, YouTube

A DOCUMENTARY film on Filipino band Lola Amour’s latest album concert is now available online, perfect for fans who want to relive the experience...

A teenage otaku’s experience at the Ramon Magsaysay Awards

By Beth Sanchez Lacson, THE HISTORIC Art Deco building that is the Metropolitan Theater in Ermita, Manila was filling up with dignitaries from across Asia...

A grand Colosseum spectacle that falls flat

RIDLEY SCOTT’S Gladiator II is a grand, entertaining spectacle. The opening credits scene is a thing of beauty, the animated sketches and score serving as a breathtaking introduction to the Roman Empire as depicted in the film.

Moana 2 and Wicked lift US box office to Thanksgiving weekend record

LOS ANGELES — Walt Disney’s animated musical Moana 2 debuted with an estimated $368 million in global ticket sales through Sunday and combined with...

Taylor Swift fans turn out on Black Friday for vinyl album, new Swift book

LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/NORTH BERGEN, N.J. — Young Taylor Swift fans and their parents lined up outside some of Target’s nearly 2,000 US stores early on...

Members of K-pop group NewJeans say they are leaving agency after dispute

SEOUL — Members of NewJeans, one of the most popular K-pop groups, said on Thursday that they were leaving their agency, a subsidiary of...

Entertainment News (12/03/24)

Coca-Cola holds PHL’s biggest drone show COCA-COLA Philippines recently hosted the country’s largest drone show in Sta. Rosa, Laguna, home of its largest bottling plant,...