A Minute With: The Conversations with Friends cast on
NEW YORK — A highly-anticipated adaptation of Irish author Sally Rooney’s debut novel Conversation with Friends premieres this weekend, following in the footsteps of her book-turned-television hit Normal People.
Former CCP president Bal Endriga, 82
FORMER Cultural Center of the Philippines president Baltazar “Bal” Nacion Endriga passed away on May 10. He was 82 years old.
Across the universe
By Noel Vera
Oh! Look! A Dr. Strange sequel! (Don’t remember the first one.)
A home for Pinoy documentaries
FOR the longest time, documentaries were the little sibling in the film industry, relegated to a single section of a film festival or a single “best documentary” category in film awards that honor every tiny aspect of production of feature films. So, four Filipino documentarians spearheaded a film festival focused specifically on documentaries. That same film festival has now evolved into a website, DaangDokyu.ph — a growing online archive of stories of the Filipino.
Everything Everywhere creators set out to surprise with sci-fi action comedy
LONDON — As its title suggests, Everything Everywhere All at Once from creative duo Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, takes audiences on an elaborate adventure across multiple universes.
‘Revenge travel’ to boost brand sales — ShopBack
The tourism industry will make a comeback this year as people take advantage of loosened restrictions and go on a “revenge travel” spree, according...
Airbnb updates platform, expands search function
Airbnb, a home sharing service, rolled out a search function that allows guests to look for places to stay based on their style, location,...
Style (05/16/22)
INDEPENDENT artisanal local brand HA.MÜ, composed of young designers Abraham Guardian and Mamuro Oki, explore the good and bad days in one’s pursuit of self-discovery in their new collection, Flowers of Youth.
T-shirts tap into childhood nostalgia
NEW T-shirts by Uniqlo are tapping into nostalgia with collaborations with popular figures from animé and videogames.
Grand Santacruzan opens Bb Pilipinas 2022 activities
TRADITIONAL Binibining Pilipinas activities kicked off with a Grand Santacruzan parade on May 14 around Araneta City in Quezon City.
The Right Stuff, Tremors character actor Fred Ward, 79
VETERAN film and television actor Fred Ward, 79, best known for playing gruff, tough-guy roles in movies such as Tremors, Escape from Alcatraz, and The Right Stuff, died on Sunday, his publicist said on Friday.
Do these three popular anti-ageing skincare ingredients work? Here’s what the evidence says
By Szu Shen Wong and Neil Grazier
FOR people looking to press pause on ageing, it hasn’t always been as easy as it is today. Throughout history people have used all sorts of outlandish anti-ageing skincare techniques — such as bathing in donkey’s milk as Cleopatra supposedly did, or applying mercury directly to the skin, as the Elizabethans did.