THE Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute has extended the deadline of submission of entries to the 4^th annual Indie-Siyensya Filmmaking Competition to Jan. 27.

THE CRITICALLY acclaimed documentary film The Kingmaker will be screened at the Cine Adarna in the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman on Jan. 29, 7 p.m.

LAUREN GREENFIELD’s The Kingmaker is a welcome addition to a too-meager genre of films: documentaries and dramas attesting to the abuses of the Marcos’ regime.

5 films to see on the week of January 24, 2020 — January 30, 2020

THERE will be performances of San Pedro Calungsod the Musical at the Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay City on Jan 24., St. Scholastica’s Manila on Feb. 22 and 29, and at the Music Museum on Feb. 25.

MOS burger, one of the largest brands in Japan, will open in February in the Philippines.

WE DON’T think there’s such a thing as too much luck, so collect good fortune and extra calories for this Lunar New Year by attending these events, all set around the city, the Lunar New Year, celebrating the Lunar New Year this weekend.

IT’S THE hottest two words on every dieter’s lips these days — intermittent fasting (IF). Celebrities are obsessed with it: in Hollywood, A-listers Jennifer Aniston, Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman, and Chris Pratt all swear by IF, while local showbiz hunk Carlos Agassi and actors Christopher Roxas (husband of Gladys Reyes) and Marco Alcaraz (Precious Lara Quigaman’s better half) have attributed their slimmer figures to it.

THE DEVASTATING wildfires that swept through the east and south of Australia in recent months could have yet another consequence — spoiling some of the 2020 wine vintage in a country that counts China, the US, and the UK among its biggest customers.

PARIS — The flagship restaurant of celebrated French chef Paul Bocuse, who died nearly two years ago, has lost its coveted Michelin three-star rating for the first time in over five decades.

THE commute from EDSA to Manila took an hour on the day before the Traslacion — Manila’s giant celebration of the Feast of the Black Nazarene. It was past the lunch hour when I arrived at the 1919 Grand Café (in what was formerly the HSCB Building) in Manila’s Binondo district.

VISUALIZING music is quite a challenge. But it was a challenge that was accepted by the The Center for Campus Art of the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, the result of which is Kay Ganda Ng Ating Musika: An Exhibit on the Life and Work of National Artist for Music Ryan Cayabyab, its third exhibit featuring National Artists and the its first focusing on music.