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Gucci jumps on the crypto bandwagon with US project

GUCCI’s high-end handbags and other luxury products can now be bought using cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, in some US stores, the Italian company said, as digital currencies move to broader acceptance.

Entertainment News (05/10/22)

RIVERMAYA makes a comeback with “Casino,” the group’s first single since 2018’s “#SBN.”

Sex Education actor Ncuti Gatwa to be new Doctor Who

LONDON — Ncuti Gatwa will be the first Black actor to play the lead role in British sci-fi series Doctor Who, taking over from Jodie Whittaker as the 14th incarnation of the Time Lord next year, the BBC said on Sunday.

In Spanish debut, Brian May sings about ‘Another World’

LONDON —  Decades after studying the skies above the Canary Islands for his PhD in astrophysics, Queen guitarist Brian May has returned to film his Spanish singing debut “Otro Lugar,” a translated version of his old song “Another World.”

Doctor Strange 2 debuts to heroic $185 Million

LOS ANGELES — Doctor Strange and his questionably effective book of spells has summoned a blockbuster $185 million at North American movie theaters over the weekend, reaffirming the box office dominance of Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe after a shakier, pandemic-battered year for the franchise.

The multiverse is huge in pop culture right now — but what is it,...

By Luke Barnes
WHETHER you need a new villain or an old Spider-Man, your sci-fi movie will sound more scientifically respectable if you use the word “multiverse.” The Marvel multiverse puts different versions of our universe “out there,” somewhere. In these films, with the right blend of technology, magic, and imagination, travel between these universes is possible.

KathNiel love team makes a comeback with a new series

CINEMA love team and real-life couple Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla celebrate their 10th anniversary as a love team with a new series, 2 Good 2 Be True, which will be shown on Netflix and on the Kapamilya channels.

U2’s Bono gives ‘freedom’ concert in Kyiv metro

KYIV —  Irish rock group U2’s frontman Bono and his bandmate The Edge performed a 40-minute concert in a metro station in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Sunday and praised Ukrainians fighting for their freedom from Russia.

Warhol’s famed Marilyn silk-screen sells for record $195 million at auction

POP ARTIST Andy Warhol’s famed 1964 silk-screen portrait of Marilyn Monroe sold for $195 million at auction on Monday, a record for a work by an American artist sold at auction.

Strange Loop and Michael Jackson musicals lead Tony nominations

MUSICAL A Strange Loop, the story of a Black gay man and his mental struggles as an artist, landed a leading 11 Tony nominations on Monday as Broadway prepared to honor its first season following a long pandemic shutdown.

Arts & Culture (05/11/22)

VISUAL ARTIST Kristine Lim mounts her third art installation in Intramuros, Manila titled UGOY. Set up in time for Mother’s Day and the election season, Ms. Lim made 18 cradle nests which are found in the grounds of Intramuros, Manila.