IT was an early Christmas present for everyone involved when widely acknowledged hunk Derek Ramsay popped on a stream with widely acknowledged funny guys comedians Mike Saddi, Jeps Gallon, and Jethro Trogo.

THE CHINESE costume drama The Legend of Fei premiered globally and can be streamed exclusively on WeTV, with fresh episodes streamed daily.

IT’S good to have lasted a long time if you’re in the trade of time — timepieces, that is.

BUTTERFLIES take flight as Shangri-La Plaza mall as a signal of hope and home to everyone this Christmas.

A CHIFFON scarf showcasing Michelangelo’s marble masterpiece David on a stylized map of Florence.

SHIFTING to an online platform may have led the annual Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) to introduce a greater variety of films for this year’s pandemic edition. While the requisite family films such as Magic Kingdom and Mang Kepweng: Ang Lihim ng Bandanang Itim are still part of the programming, it has been seven years since the festival last included a biopic on a religious figure, 2013’s Pedro Calungsod: Batang Martir. While Pedro Calungsod tells the life (or what little is known about the life) of the second Filipino saint who lived in the 1600s, Joven Tan’s Father Suarez: Healing Priest explored the life of a modern-day subject, the so-called healing priest, Father Fernando Suarez.

THE METRO Manila Film Festival (MMFF) festival organizers held a “MMFF Zoom Roadshow” with celebrities to invite Filipinos from all over the world to watch this year’s line-up of films.

WALT DISNEY Co. has rescheduled the release of best-picture contender Nomadland for Feb. 19, keeping the film eligible for Oscar awards while waiting for the pandemic to subside.

FOR the last session of its Art + Live | Resonates program, the National Gallery of Singapore will present a performance by Filipino violinist Alfonso “Coke” Bolipata on its Facebook page on Dec. 19, 3 p.m.

SEDA Vertis North’s Misto buffet is back, albeit with changes made to fit the new normal and ensure the safety of its diners.

THE SAN Miguel Foods Culinary Center’s cooking show has moved online, with the first episode of the sixth season of Home Foodie, launched on Saturday. That is not the only change.

JAPANESE beverage company Asahi Beverages has launched its entrant to the cultured milk segment — Goodday — promising “improved intestinal health and natural resistance,” according to a company statement.