It only took Tom Misch’s “Geography” album cover to appear on screen for the crowd to go completely crazy. With the lights over the stage still shut off, the British artist’s “Before Paris” monologue started to play.
The last time Stephen Curry was in Manila, the Golden State Warriors star had just won his first championship ring. His daughter Riley was an internet sensation, and he had
It all started with a story. In the city of Omelas, children lived in a world of fairy tales—long ago and far away, once upon a time. In perpetual sense of euphoria, they experienced no interval, no dreams—just conditional happiness. But one does not stay there forever. The ones who walked away from Omelas are those who are finding the answer beyond the trap of one’s youth.
“You can call me artist / you can call me idol / or anything else / I do not care,” a derisive RM, leader of South Korean boy band BTS, raps at the very beginning of their new song “Idol.” The four-minute lead track to the group’s comeback album, “Love Yourself: Answer,” which dropped last Aug. 24, is a chorus of self-hallelujahs and praises that seem in tune with the title—condescending and arrogant—but is not.
The last time author Jenny Han was in the Philippines, the movie adaptation of her best-selling novel “To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before” had just finished filming.
The first syllable in Mimi Shop stands for the Chinese term for “beauty” while the second one stands for “me.” Therefore the name of the shop that offers beauty makeover and healing services means “make me beautiful.”
It’s been a week since Netflix started streaming the film adaptation of Jenny Han’s novel “To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before (TATB).” I have since watched said movie a total of four times (five if you count the 12-minute supercut of all the Lara Jean and Peter K scenes on YouTube). Every time I think I’ve finally gotten out of the black hole of endless press tour interviews and expert fan edits, my Viber and WhatsApp notifications pull me back in. At least three of my group chats have turned into some form of a Peter Kavinsky appreciation thread.
Demian Bichir is not a fan of scary movies.
No romcoms? Don’t despair, Hallyu fans. The Korean Film Festival in the Philippines more than makes up for the lack of meet-cutes of “oppas” and “eonnis.”
There’s no one place or event that can boast having hosted a “Viking queen,” a Swiss polyglot with an obsession for aliens and an ex-bartender who’s blazing a trail as a female motorcyclist-adventurer-TV host.
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