From sad anthems to optimism
By: Shinji Manlangit
Nick Harmer is a very busy guy. Playing bass for Death Cab for Cutie (DCFC) pretty much ensured that most of his time is spent touring the world or working on new material.

Nick Harmer is a very busy guy. Playing bass for Death Cab for Cutie (DCFC) pretty much ensured that most of his time is spent touring the world or working on new material.

After a phenomenal first season, the US adaptation of Dutch reality show “The Voice” returns on primetime screens this February with fresh meat for the musical grinder. Apart from having a more diverse group of contestants, producer Mark Burnett has added more rounds of blind auditions, and the coaches’ teams expanded to consist of 12 singers each. Singer-actress Christina Milian also joins the show as its social media correspondent.

Fifteen student photographers from De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (CSB), in collaboration with the Spanish Embassy-Manila, Canon, and the city government of Pasay, responded to Spain’s “Foto a Foto: Un Retrato de España,” a photo exhibit featured in the Metropolitan Museum of Manila, that chronicled the evolution of Spain’s cities.

Visual artist James Jean projects his unique dreamscapes onto various boards and canvases, using ink, oil, water color, or acrylic paints to shape his fantasy-oriented imagery.

I thought to myself, it would be nice to go up there.” It’s two days after Katy Perry’s concert and we’re at the Star Magic office, sitting on a couch inside the Artists’ Lounge. On the other end of the couch is Ivan Dorschner. The guy Katy Perry kissed. The guy who kissed Katy Perry.

How far would you go to meet Katy Perry? Would you join a contest? Buy bottles of perfume? Wait for hours? For these two big fans, meeting their favorite pop star became a dream come true.

Katy Perry was worth the wait. As her concert kicked off its explosion of sparkle and sugary goodness, we soon forgot that she made us fidget for two hours.

Hold on to your magical stones, Zsazsa Zaturnnah’s back and she’s turning 10. It’s amazing when you think about it, but this year marks a decade since comics creator Carlo Vergara introduced his superstar creation, Zsazsa Zaturnnah in the two-issue series “Ang Kagila-gilalas na Pakikipagsapalaran ni Zsazsa Zaturnnah in 2002, later collected in a trade paperback by Visual Print Enterprises.

The moment Dwayne Johnson stepped onto the platform, it was evident to all that he was a genuine ham and an entertainer at heart, pulling all the stops to make his audience laugh, whether flashing his wide, white smile, making his chest pop and dance or whipping out a ukulele to strum and sing—in Taiwanese, to boot.
“Something told me it was over,” goes Etta James’ song “I’d Rather Go Blind.” “Something deep in my soul said, ‘cry girl.’” Her death Tweet sent the song bursting the dams to an uncharted sadness.

KC Concepcion’s derriere. Posing sexy for a magazine—that apparently is what a break-up could do to a heartbroken woman. Just look at the Megadaughter, who in the cover of the latest issue of Rogue magazine, shows off her impressively shaped behind while clutching a head (which people assume represents her ex-boyfriend) and her pet snake (which people think represents the third party). Piolo Pascual sure is to blame for this daring move, which is making a lot of guys happy.