FDCP holds 5th Film Ambassadors’ Night online
THE FILM Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) has named the 60 honorees and special awardees for it’s 5th Film Ambassadors’ Night (FAN). The event will stream online on Feb. 28 on the FDCP Channel.
Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet at 25: is this the best Shakespeare screen adaptation?
By Daryl Sparkes
IT IS 25 years since Australian auteur Baz Luhrmann released his gloriously spectacular version of Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes as the doomed lovers.
The Final Pitch seeks post-pandemic solutions in new season
BUSINESS reality TV show, The Final Pitch returns for a sixth season with the theme “Heroes Edition,” in search for ideas that promote “new solutions to address the economic and social impact of COVID-19.”
Intramuros opens three sites to public
AFTER being closed for nearly a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, Intramuros, Manila’s walled city, reopens three sites to the public.
Spanish chess board sales soar after The Queen’s Gambit cameo
LA GARRIGA, Spain — A Spanish chess board maker discovered by chance that its products played a cameo role in hit Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit, and its sales have since soared.
Wanted: New K-Pop band, American style
THE COMPANY behind South Korean boy band BTS on Wednesday announced a project to find the next K-Pop sensation, through a global audition program that is expected air in the United States in 2022.
Demi Lovato says 2018 overdose led to three strokes and heart attack
LOS ANGELES — Pop star Demi Lovato said she had three strokes and a heart attack when she was hospitalized for a drug overdose in 2018, and was also left with some brain damage.
A year after Parasite, Korean-language movie Minari is talk of Hollywood
A YEAR after South Korean satire Parasite took Hollywood by storm, another Korean-language movie, Minari, is making waves during awards season. Yet the two films could not be more different.
Entertainment News (02/19/21)
THE POSTPONED Freedom: Regine Velasquez-Alcasid Digital Concert has been rescheduled to Feb. 28 (Sunday). “Regine tested negative for COVID-19 and will soon resume preparations for the show,” a press release said. All previously sold tickets will be honored on the new concert date. Tickets are available on KTX (ktx.ph). Exclusive access is also available on iWantTFC and TFC IPTV Pay-Per-View and will also be available on SKY Pay-Per-View.
I can’t believe it’s not butter!
“I CAN’T believe it’s not butter!” said the person who managed to coin the exclamation as the name for the US brand of butter substitutes. I wish I could have said the same when I first spread Sagana on my pan de sal one afternoon.
Snack your way to better health with bite-sized exercise breaks
By Scott Lear
THE new Guidelines on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour published by the World Health Organization (WHO) are notable for what is missing: the minimum time for an exercise session.
Dining In/Out (02/18/21)
CRIMSON Hotel’s Café Eight now offers its signature dishes for delivery. Best shared with family and friends, each dish is good for three to four persons and is served with rice.

