Bare Necessities
By Zsarlene B. Chua
Hand in hand with the growth of budget airlines came the rise of budget accommodations which provide the bare necessities for the global traveler who values experiences more than an expensive hotel room.
Small town on the big screen
DVD Review
Some Came Running
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
By Noel Vera
(Warning: plot twists and narrative discussed in detail)
Vincente Minnelli’s Some Came Running (adapted from the James Jones novel) is often called an expose of the hypocrisies of small-town life and certainly there’s plenty on display: Dave Hirsh (Frank Sinatra) finds himself on a bus to his home town where he’s met by estranged brother Frank (Arthur Kennedy). Frank — a savvy businessman who runs his wife’s jewelry store and a savings & loan — recognizes the problem and opportunity Dave represents: a minor celebrity who’s written two interesting if commercially unsuccessful books (Frank’s friends the French’s insist on meeting him), but also a wild card (first night in town Dave is arrested for drunken brawling). Frank’s solution? Why modulate (come to Dave’s hotel room for a talk resembling both an interrogation and a counseling session), domesticate (invite him into the Hirsh home), assimilate (pair him off with the French’s daughter Gwen [Martha Hyer]).
Just sit back and enjoy the show
Theater Review
TORUK: The First Flight
Cirque du Soleil
Performances until July 2
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City
By Zsarlene B. Chua,
Reporter
Pure spectacle is how one would be able to describe TORUK: The First Flight — a Cirque du Soleil touring production inspired by the expansive world of James Cameron’s film Avatar.
Are asteroids humanity’s ‘greatest challenge’?
PARIS — Throughout its 4.5-billion-year history, Earth has been repeatedly pummeled by space rocks that have caused anything from an innocuous splash in the ocean to species annihilation.
Before Wonder Woman: Badass women of the screen
By Saffy Safin
FIRST, a definition of terms. To be badass is to be tough, formidable, strong.
China facing largest diabetes epidemic in the world
WASHINGTON — China is facing the largest diabetes epidemic in the world with around 11% of its population suffering from the metabolic illness, while nearly 36% are prediabetic, according to a US study published Tuesday.
Preventing common illnesses in temporary shelters
Medicine Cabinet
Teodoro B. Padilla
EVEN AS clashes continue, the government is now training its sights on the early recovery and rehabilitation of Marawi more than a month after the start of the siege.
Google fine is small change compared with EU’s bigger threat
GOOGLE’S record-breaking €2.4-billion ($2.7-billion) European Union fine could end up being just a fraction of the costs from the EU’s demand that it stop skewing search results to favor its own shopping site.
A 37-year history of descent into airline hell
By Joe Nocera, Bloomberg View
IF YOU’RE AN airline passenger of a certain age, you remember what it was like in those years before 1978. You remember the expansive legroom (36 inches from seat back to back rest!), the empty middle seats (the typical plane was around 60% full), the hot meals (served with metal knives and forks), the lack of fees, even the ease with which you could glide from the ticket counter to the airplane (no Transportation Security Administration!). Though the airline industry had lost its sheen of glamor by the 1970s, flying was still more pleasant than not.
Magnolia Chicken, Pambansang Manok
Ads & Ends
Nanette Franco-Diyco
TALK ABOUT HERITAGE! The Magnolia Chicken brand team and Publicis JimenezBasic brought together three of the country’s Miss Universe winners — Pia Wurtzbach, Margie Moran, and Gloria Diaz — for the first time as representatives of the empowered women that Filipinas of all ages can aspire to.