ORTIGAS Malls is pushing through with the fourth year of the Ortigas Art Festival, both on-site and virtually until Mar. 31. The onsite venue is the East Wing of Estancia at Capitol Commons, Pasig City.

AFTER being closed to the public since the start of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic lockdowns in 2020, the National Museum of the Philippines’ three component parts —  the National Museum of Fine Arts, the National Museum of Anthropology, and the National Museum of Natural History —  will be welcoming visitors again beginning March 2, albeit with many restrictions and regulations. Also opening are the National Library and the San Agustin Museum in Intramuros.

LOS ANGELES —  The man who was shot while caring for Lady Gaga’s French Bulldogs said on Monday he was recovering after nearly dying from the attack by assailants who kidnapped two of the pop singer’s pets.

LAWRENCE Ferlinghetti, the poet and bookstore owner whose publication of Allen Ginsberg’s poem Howl in 1956 led to a landmark obscenity trial that spotlighted the Beat literary movement, died at the age of 101.

THE INTERNATIONAL Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region, under the auspices of UNESCO (ICHCAP), recently launched 10 video documentaries on different Philippine intangible cultural heritage (ICH) elements.

Disney Philippines has announced that “Gabay” by Filipino singer KZ Tandingan will be the first song sung in Filipino to be used in the soundtrack of a Disney movie. 

GLOBAL streaming service Netflix is bringing new original Korean content to its lineup of new shows this year.

LOS ANGELES —  Netflix, Inc. outpaced competitors in hiring women to direct feature films but Latin-American and Asian actors were underrepresented in leading TV roles, according to a study commissioned by the streaming service and released on Friday.

DRAMA Nomadland and satire Borat Subsequent Moviefilm won movie honors at the Golden Globes on Sunday in a mostly virtual bicoastal ceremony that was marked by pandemic conditions and calls for more diversity.

LOS ANGELES —  Prince Harry, who shocked Britain last year when he and his wife Meghan stepped back from royal duties, told US interviewer Oprah Winfrey that he had worried about history repeating itself, according to excerpts released on Sunday.

BERLIN —  The Berlinale, one of the world’s most open and public film festivals, begins on Monday in a decidedly low-key, private fashion, being streamed to a select audience of journalists and industry professionals rather than playing to packed cinemas.

WILLIE Revillame, host of TV’s game show Wowowin (the latest of many hosting gigs), is no stranger to Shopee, hosting its “Tutok to Win” segment on Wowowin. So it comes as no surprise that he is the platform’s newest ambassador.