CCP launches online project series with a music contest
THE CULTURAL Center of the Philippines (CCP) is giving young artists an opportunity to show their creativity through the “Kanto Kultura” project, a series of online activities for music, broadcast and film, literature, theater, dance, and visual arts.
Banksy’s balloon girl and Kate Moss photo top bill at London art sale
LONDON — A print of Girl With Balloon by Banksy and a photograph of supermodel Kate Moss are among top attractions in a sale this week celebrating 70 years of British art.
Arts & Culture (02/24/21)
SILVERLENS is collaborating with South South, a new online community and anthology for galleries, artists, curators, and collectors engaged with the Global South.
From GMA News TV to GTV
THE KAPUSO Network’s second free-to-air channel, GMA News TV, is rebranding as GTV beginning Feb. 22, offering “the news you trust and new shows to love.” Aside from a large number of news programs, it’s programming mix will now include basketball, rom-coms, public affairs and lifestyle shows, and anime.
LA-based Pinay singer releases single inspired by popular K-drama
LAST YEAR, Los Angeles-based Filipino singer Bey posted a video snippet of her singing Filipina singer-songwriter Moira Dela Torre’s “Ikaw at Ako” online. Then Darwin Hernandez, founder of music management group Soupstar Music, came across the cover and he reached out to the young artist.
‘Rape-revenge’ films are changing: They now focus on the women, instead of their dads
By Isobella Austin
NARRATIVES around sexual assault in Hollywood are changing — on screen and off.
Entertainment News (02/23/21)
ABS-CBN’s newly launched MOR Entertainment brings together the network’s talents from different regions of the Philippines on multiple digital platforms.
Ikea gets social enterprise R2R as local sewing partner
RAGS2RICHES (R2R) has announced a partnership with global home furnishings and accessories giant Ikea. The Sweden-headquartered multinational will get the Philippine-based social enterprise as its sewing service partner in its Philippine store. The R2R artisans are set to work in the store on customized Ikea items using Ikea fabric, personalizing items, resizing and other such concerns.
Digital London Fashion Week kicks off
LONDON — A completely digital London Fashion Week kicked off on Friday, with designers hoping to entice trend-followers from the comfort of their homes with their latest creations.
Should I stay or should I go? Here are the relationship factors people ponder...
By Gary W. Lewandowski, Jr.
WHERE do you see yourself in five years? It’s a standard job interview question, but it’s an even better question to ask yourself about your relationship.
Samantha Bernardo gets virtual send off for Miss Grand International 2020
THE BINIBINING Pilipinas Charities, Inc. (BPCI) gave a special virtual send-off to Binibining Pilipinas – Grand International 2020 Samantha Bernardo on her quest to capture this year’s Miss Grand International crown.
Style (02/22/21)
JOSEFA Garlitos, a handloom weaving technology expert and a Resident Weaver at the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Textile Research Institute, will talk about textiles and weaves in an online workshop to be conducted on Feb. 27 at 2 p.m.

