FOR its sixth season, business reality TV show The Final Pitch, is looking for “heroes” — non-profit organizations, start-ups, and innovators with “new solutions to address COVID-19 challenges” and need funding.

RUNNING a business during the coronavirus lockdown requires a great deal of attention and discipline. For Jose Emmanuel “Noli” M. Eala, vice-president for corporate affairs at JoyRide (We Move Things Philippines, Inc.), a work-from-home business leader can be effective if he knows how to keep his focus on the specifics of his work amid all the distractions in his environment.

AFTER eight weeks of online concerts, Smart Music Live is ending its series with a mini Eraserheads reunion featuring Buddy Zabala and Raymund Marasigan on May 11, 5 p.m., at the Smart Communication Facebook page.

Almost two months of being cooped up at home can make almost anyone itch with cabin fever. Seeing the same thing and pacing through the same spaces every day can get tiring. Good thing there are fun and simple ways of making a space look and feel brand new.

If you need new underwear, exercise gear, and other pieces of essential clothing, SM can now deliver them to you. SM Men, SM Woman, and SM Youth of The SM Store are making essential clothing needs available through ShopSM.com and Call to Deliver.

Ang Mga Kwento ni Lola Basyang is currently streaming on PETA Theater’s YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/results?search_query=peta+theater+online.

LOS ANGELES -- Even Tim Gunn, the immaculately dressed fashion mentor from Project Runway and Amazon’s new competition show Making the Cut, is finding it hard to get out of his pajamas these days.

JOJI Ilagan-Bian, an ASEAN Outstanding Women Entrepreneurs awardee, gets ready for her work-from-home (WFH) day the same way she did when heading to the office before the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) measures were imposed.

HEALTHY Options, which specializes in “natural” products, has announced that it has reopened select branches around the country. This after it had to limit its services to online delivery via its website due to the enhanced community quarantine which was imposed in Luzon and other parts of the country in March thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic.

THANKS to quarantine and stay at home orders, people are working late or bingeing shows until the wee hours of the morning, resulting in tired skin. American skincare brand Olay has launched a new line of products meant to address tired skin and arrest premature skin aging.

CCP Online The following shows are premiering online this week: Ballet Philippines in Firebird and Other Ballets on May 5, 3 p.m.; Kung Paano Ako...

WHEN it first aired on Spanish television channel Antena 3, La Casa de Papel, also known as Money Heist, was a failure: it had falling viewership and its creator álex Pina, the cast, and the crew thought it was over, that there was no hope for the series. But then it was picked up by Netflix and suddenly it became one of the most-streamed titles on the service globally and even won an Emmy award for Best Drama series in 2018.