Pet Shop Boys say new album Nonetheless ‘one of our most melodic’

LONDON — British electro-pop duo Pet Shop Boys say their new album Nonetheless is one of their most melodic from their four-decade-long career, featuring...

Mommy direst

PART of what makes Halloween (2018) remarkable: the return of John Carpenter (helped with music); the return of Nick Castle (he provided the heavy breathing and at one point plays masked killer Michael Myers); the return of Jamie Lee Curtis (reprising the role that made her famous, Laurie Strode) but what for me really sets this sequel apart from the 10 other sequels reboots remakes and so on is a new name: David Gordon Green.

Hung up on Hyung Sik

Fan meet Park Hyung Sik: First Love in Manila Fan Meeting Nov. 11, Kia Theater, Cubao, QC KOREAN ACTOR and pop star Park Hyung Sik — who...

The politics of the body

IT’S a pas de deux on air. Two men attracted to each other climb up a silky white cloth mounted on the proscenium’s battens, and they slide and slither until they reach the heights of libidinal pleasures. Lust evolved to love but the commitments that were forged soon teeter on a precipice as they battle the human immunodeficiency virus or HIV now lodged in their bodies.

McDonald’s to offer BTS Meal in local restos in June

POPULAR food chain McDonald’s has partnered with Korean supergroup BTS for a specially designed meal to be offered in participating restaurants nationwide in June.

Oil’s well that ends well

MOVIE REVIEW Deepwater Horizon Directed by Peter Berg By Noel Vera THE DEEPWATER HORIZON was a specially designed ship meant to move into waters 5,000 feet deep and...

TV series based on Yakuza video game keeps Japanese culture at center

JAPANESE actor Ryoma Takeuchi believes that video game fans will find a special connection to the new television series Like a Dragon: Yakuza. The series,...

Can luxury fashion brands ever really be inclusive?

By Paurav Shukla and Dina Khalifa
LUXURY goods tend to be associated with exclusivity rather than inclusivity. But thanks to the universal scrutiny of social media and consumer activism, high-end brands are under increasing pressure to be seen as companies who care.

Arts & Culture (04/24/19)

THE Japan Foundation, Manila, in collaboration with Ayala Museum and Ayala Malls, presents Contemporary Wood-Carved Netsuke, a traveling exhibition which will be on view at Ayala Malls Capitol Central, Bacolod City from May 1 to 26, and at Ayala Malls Greenbelt 5 from July 1 to 21. Admission is free.

Of burned theaters and mail-order brides

Theater The Female Heart Presented by The UP Playwright’s Theater Ongoing until July 10 Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero Theater, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City SET in the late 1980s,...

Britain says to put nearly $2 billion into arts to help survival

LONDON — Britain will invest nearly $2 billion in cultural institutions and the arts to help a sector that has been crippled by the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday.

Cook a feast for Daddy

OF course you can buy your father a present for Father’s Day, but you can do one better by making him a three-course meal from scratch (or mostly from scratch).