“Grease” is fun but never easy to make. Because of its big cast and series of signature songs, it has become a challenge for every director who decides to work on “Grease” to tweak and rework the musical without losing its feel and essence.
For its fourth offering this season, Dulaang UP mounted William Wycherley’s “The Country Wife,” one of the most popular comedies from the Restoration Period, which takes a look into the decadent lives of the men and women of high-society London and their all-too-human foibles. This is the first time the play has been staged in the country.
We were about to board a traditional Laotian slow boat—a long and narrow wooden boat with steel hulls and squared-off decks painted red and blue.
One love. Peace. Unity. Working for a better world. The values that reggae legend Bob Marley championed in his lifetime drive House of Marley, the eco-conscious audio and lifestyle accessories brand designed by the Marley family. In the clinical environment of personal audio technology, House of Marley can combine craftsmanship and superior performance with an emphasis on community spirit, sustainability and the use of organic materials.
Leonardo da Vinci’s mother may have been a Chinese, according to new research by a Hong Kong-based Italian historian and novelist.
Back after its successful Singapore run last October, critically acclaimed musical “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” received plenty of raves from theater fans as it took center stage once again
Fresh from the coronation of Cebuana Jamie Herrell as Miss Earth 2014, another Cebuana has made waves at an international beauty pageant.
A gleaming stream of light from a myriad of looped Murano crystal pieces cascades from the ceiling. The chandelier is in the shape of the number “8,” auspicious in Chinese numerology, and mirrors the shape of the display case beneath it, showing extraordinary pieces of jewelry and watches.
It is exceedingly bittersweet to see the wilds of Middle-earth one last time. Ever since director Peter Jackson first brought us to the Shire in 2001’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,” Middle-earth seemed to be endless. After 13 years, five movies, a dragon’s weight in box office gold and 17 Academy Awards later, the end has arrived, with “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” capping the prequel trilogy based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s first book, the 1937 genre-defining fantasy classic, “The Hobbit.”
It was while studying architecture that Doro Barandino nurtured a love for design. But in the ’90s, after graduating from school, he felt there wasn’t much happening in architecture in his hometown in Cebu. This made him shift to product design.
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