LONDON—Who said sportswear can’t be chic? The athletes’ parade during Friday’s opening ceremony might as well have been a catwalk show, with some of fashion’s biggest names — Armani, Prada,
The weather forecast predicts rain for the coming months. The concert forecast, meanwhile, promises Pinoy concertgoers their first taste of snow in August. Snow Patrol, that is.
After two decades of good music, bad breakups and mixed responses to solo endeavors, Billy Corgan embarks on a new musical journey with his new crew—and, hooray, they’re finally headed our way.
There is a place where you can give yourself a serious workout and at the same time let loose your inner pop star—hot pants and heels optional.
I never in my wildest dreams thought I would ever go to Russia. But when I was planning my six-month sabbatical trip to Europe, a Scholastican, Marla Lazaro Beyer, invited me to visit her and her family in Moscow. Her husband Philip works as attaché in the American Embassy there.
It was from a weekly news magazine that I first learned about the saga of Cheonggyecheon, a stream in downtown Seoul.
When you tap into the Filipino’s exuberant hospitality, put an international standard to it, and allow the Filipinos to do their thing, you get a unique signature known the world over.
I’M NOT a bibliophile but I enjoy a great story. For over a decade, J.K. Rowling’s boy wonder enchanted everyone. She introduced us to a fantasy world of magic and wizardry, where good triumphs over evil. We welcomed Harry Potter into our imagination. Though I never considered myself a fan, I found reliving the story quite a treat when I visited the Orlando theme park and their studios in London with other Harry Potter landmarks.
From its sweeping, breath-taking opening, it is abundantly clear that “Brave,” the newest animated film from Disney and Pixar, is exemplified by the awe-inspiring hair of the movie’s heroine, Merida. Her wild, blood-red hair is simply alive with detail and movement; your eye follows every strand as they sway with action. It does that thanks to newly developed tech by Pixar, of course, and it’s worlds away from the impressive job they did with Sully’s hair in “Monsters, Inc.”
A few months back, I had the fantastic fortune of being on Facebook when a friend of mine said that there was a gig happening that night in Saguijo for Numberline records. I have been and I am a fan of Outerhope, as I had the privilege of hanging and having gigs with them in Singapore three years prior. The cosmos collided and I ended up with a free CD with most of the Numberline artists on it. (There are still CDs, if I’m not mistaken, with different covers from different visual artists from around the Philippines. For more info and to download some of their superb tracks, go here: https://numberlinerecords.com/)
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