Best Films of 2025
By Noel Vera
NOT having really focused on catching everything out there because — reasons — I did catch a few titles and of those these are...
Warner Bros. rejects revised Paramount bid, sticks with Netflix
LOS ANGELES — Warner Bros. Discovery’s (WBD) board unanimously turned down Paramount Skydance’s latest attempt to acquire the studio, saying its revised $108.4-billion hostile...
Stuff to Do (01/09/26)
Attend Kundirana’s first concert for 2026
KUNDIRANA, the award-winning music ministry of La Salle Green Hills (LSGH), is set to hold its first concert of...
One Battle After Another and Sinners lead Hollywood’s Actor Award nominees
LOS ANGELES — The action-packed political satire One Battle After Another and the vampire tale brimming with blues music Sinners, topped the list of...
Actor Gerard Butler bets he would not survive real Greenland 2
LOS ANGELES — In the soon-to-be-released movie Greenland 2: Migration, Scottish actor Gerard Butler portrays John Garrity, who leads a group through a post-apocalyptic...
Nick Reiner’s high-profile lawyer quits as public defenders take over; arraignment postponed
LOS ANGELES — A high-profile defense lawyer representing the son of slain Hollywood filmmaker Rob Reiner against charges that he murdered his parents abruptly...
Disney says Zootopia 2 is China’s top Hollywood film ever
WALT DISNEY Co. said Zootopia 2 has overtaken 2019’s Avengers: Endgame to become the biggest Hollywood film ever released in China when measured in...
Glam dining at Morton’s
WITH the Art Deco-style lettering in the sign and the impressive interiors, it’s easy to think one has somehow traveled back to a more...
How to cook the perfect pasta — we used particle accelerators and...
By Andrea Scotti
WHETHER you prefer your spaghetti al dente or soothingly soft, it can be difficult to achieve perfection at home. Many of us will have...
Dining In/Out (01/08/26)
Sweet meets savory at CMV Txokolat
CHRISTIAN VALDES of CMV Txokolat unveiled three new flavors, where savory Filipino favorites meet his signature chocolate. A Kare-Kare...
Artistic experimentation focus of brand-new Rift Gallery
A PATCHWORK banner representing generations of women, paintings that stitch together memory and trauma, and sculptures and video works depicting ecological crises are just...
Paris’ Louvre museum opens but some parts stay closed as staff resume strike
PARIS — The Louvre museum in Paris — hit by a jewel heist in October and by a workers’ dispute — opened on Monday...