Star Wars, Elf memorabilia on sale in Propstore movie auction
LONDON — From Will Ferrell’s Elf costume to Star Wars props, an array of movie memorabilia spanning cinematic history heads to auction next month.
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Does art have a place in business?
FACING more pressure from activist investors to increase returns, one Japanese company has turned to its art holdings, raising more than $100 million selling paintings by the likes of Monet and Renoir.
In remembrance of Oryang’s heroism
THIS YEAR marks the 150th year of Gregoria de Jesus’ birth, and there have been multiple takes in different art forms telling her story as the Mother of the Philippine Revolution.
Arts & Culture (11/26/25)
THE 60-year-old Solidaridad Bookshop, founded by the late National Artist for Literature F. Sionil José, has been sold to Batangas Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste, who is also the founder of Solar Philippines and son of Senator Loren Legarda.
5 great podcasts about art forgery
By David Forrest
WITH its longer forms of storytelling, the podcast is sufficiently supple to investigate the labyrinthine qualities of art forgery, the peculiar celebrity of the...
Call My Manager to honor Philippine cinema, showbiz
CELEBRITY EGOS, industry politics, and personal ambitions fuel the cutthroat world of show business, which is the center of the Filipino series Call My...
QCinema 2025 and what it means to be a Creative City of Film
THE QCINEMA International Film Festival ended this week, its theme “Film City” celebrating Quezon City’s (QC) recent designation as a UNESCO Creative City of...
Of useful ghosts and all-girls school
FOR THIS edition of the QCinema International Film Festival, BusinessWorld was able to catch the winning films of two of the festival’s competition categories: Thai film A Useful Ghost by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, winner of Asian Next Wave, and Singaporean film Amoeba by Siyou Tan, winner of New Horizons.
Wicked: For Good opens to a record $150 million
LOS ANGELES — Wicked: For Good brought in $150 million in the US and Canada in its opening weekend, setting a record for a...
Entertainment News (11/25/25)
THE musical sequel Wicked: For Good is now showing in Philippine cinemas. A sequel to Wicked and based on the Broadway musical, it follows the witches of Oz: Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, and Glinda the Good, played by Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, respectively.
Meghan Trainor turns cyberbullying into new single ‘Still Don’t Care’
LOS ANGELES — Singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor traversed new terrain with her song “Still Don’t Care,” which explores her experiences being cyberbullied on social media.
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Martial law era-set film wins best picture at Taiwan awards
TAIPEI— A film about the early part of Taiwan’s often brutal martial law era won best picture on Saturday in Taipei at the Golden...












