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The global coronavirus pandemic has hollowed out the arts and entertainment fields: Music festivals and concert tours have been cancelled, big-name movie premiers delayed, and television show productions suspended. But streaming platforms offer entertainment that can be safely consumed at home, and with social ...

Star Wars isn’t exactly known for its plot coherency. Cases(s) in point: Obi-Wan Kenobi not recognizing his old buddies R2-D2 or C-3PO in A New Hope, Luke Skywalker going from zero to Jedi Master in three days, and—in the one that bothers me the most—how ...

For some writers, talking about writing is the next best thing to writing. George R.R. Martin has long been one of those writers, popping off in the press every now and again with a progress report, while never producing the actual goods. ...

National Artist for Music Ryan Cayabyab has launched Bayanihan, Musikahan, a series of Facebook Live concerts to raise funds for those most affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. The concert series will be aired on the respective Facebook pages of the artists.Among the ...

Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in a New York prison following his conviction on felony sex crimes. Justice James A. Burke, who presided over the trial in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, could have sentenced Weinstein to as few as five ...

No one is safe, not even the most decorated stars of Hollywood. Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson tested positive for COVID-19 while working on the pre-production of the Elvis Presley biopic in Australia.According to a statement by Warner Bros., the studio became aware ...

Matteo Guidicelli is the new youth ambassador of the National Youth Commission (NYC). He was assigned the role of youth ambassador on March 2, and was announced by the Commission in a Facebook post. The 29-year-old actor and Philippine Army reservist was chosen for ...

If there’s one Bond-related job title that can even trump Daniel Craig’s, it surely has to be his stunt driver. For No Time To Die that man is Mark Higgins, an affable former professional rally driver who has worked on each of the previous ...

Matteo Guidicelli and Sarah Geronimo’s secret wedding on February 20 was upstaged by an unpleasant rumor alleging Matteo throat-punched Sarah’s bodyguard for telling the latter’s mother about the ceremony. Guidicelli has denied the rumor, but has neither confirmed nor denied that a ...

Some of the country’s top celebrities stand to lose a lot of money if ABS-CBN’s franchise expires, not only because of the threat of their shows’ closing. That’s because the network’s stars are also among its top 100 stockholders, according to the disclosure on ...

Grammy winner and international hitmaker Sam Smith reacted to a viral social media video showing a Filipino student belting out his hit song, "Too Good at Goodbyes." "Who is this kid?!" Smith posted in a tweet, referring to Carl Malone Montecido, the "Blind Balladeer" ...

Returning again without a host, the Oscars had a tough job living up to the embarrassment of the 2019 ceremony. How do you a match a ceremony where Bohemian Rhapsody won an editing award and Green Book triumphed over The Favorite and Roma? No, we're not still bitter, why do ...

The Super Bowl is America’s most anticipated annual sporting event, and year after year, advertising agencies and brands pull out the big guns for 60 seconds of airtime on the Super Bowl’s largest stage.This year, Jason Momoa sheds his muscles to reveal ...

Brad Pitt recently gave us a taste of his fighting skills when he came toe-to-toe with Bruce Lee (not the real one, obviously) in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. But if his career had gone a little differently, we could have seen ...

Child prodigy Jiro Manio Katkura, more commonly known by his stage name Jiro Manio, was recently arrested for charges of frustrated homicide. The 27-year-old former child star was arrested on January 17 for allegedly stabbing a man multiple times.According to the initial ...

Malasimbo, a key player in environmental conservation, celebrates its 10th year at one of the last green spaces left in Metro Manila. The La Mesa Eco Park has over one million trees and various species of flora and fauna. It is also ...

What a hump day for news! Here's what's up: The Oscars will not have a "traditional host" this year, for the second year running, much to my deep chagrin. Just before heading into the Television Critics Association winter press tour, ABC Entertainment ...

The stars are well aligned for Filipino director Mikhail Red.Red’s management company 3Arts Entertainment has announced the millennial filmmaker was picked up by Paradigm Talent Agency. Back in November, it was revealed he had gone to Hollywood to talk with major U.S. Studios ...

Cillian Murphy (pronounced killy-an) is one of the most versatile and underrated actors of the century, and it took one movie—A Quiet Place: Part II—for us to realize that.Murphy has been cast in a wide spectrum of roles, including playing a transgender woman ...

In news that shouldn't really surprise us, Disney's Big Boss, Bob Iger, has hinted that the James Bond franchise is in its sights. Not content with getting hold of Lucasfilm and Marvel Studios, Iger playfully suggested that the world's favourite spy could soon ...