Limelight

Los Angeles—If the teasers, trailers and hints haven’t sated your appetite for all things Star Wars in advance of the latest entry in the franchise, then it’s time to tap into the force of fan films. 

By Jake Coyle / The Associated Press New York—Is there any better team player in movies than Mark Ruffalo?

The Good Dinosaur is Pixar’s most trippy and tripped-up film: a wayward tale, un­certain of its steps, about a Gumby-green young di­nosaur lost in prehistoric forests that are rendered in lushly sensory detail and populated by bug-eyed ani­mations.

Review by Mesfin Fekadu / The Associated Press Can Adele even sing a B-level song? 

New York—The Irish singer Eithne Ni Bhraonain—known to the world as Enya—has essentially created her own style of music and sold some 80 million compact discs in three decades. Yet, when she leaves a hotel after talking about her first new work in seven years, chances are she will walk Manhattan’s streets unnoticed. 

by Alvin I. Dacanay Top media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corp. dominated the Seventh PMPC (Philippine Movie Press Club) Star Awards for Music, winning 10 trophies, four of which were for cross-dressing comedian, singer and television host Vice Ganda. 

If you think you’ve missed out on the chance to watch Madonna perform live on an international stage, you are in for a treat. 

As far as children in Metro Manila are concerned, actors Daniel Padilla and Marian Rivera are their favorite Filipino celebrities, a survey commissioned by the Cartoon Network has found. 

For admirers and supporters of Philippine independent films, the last 10 days of October were good. That’s how long the Quezon City government-backed Third QCinema International Film Festival ran. During the festival, dozens of films—including eight new full-length features and five documentaries in competition—were shown at Gateway, Robinsons Galleria and TriNoma malls. 

By Sandy Cohen / The Associated Press Los Angeles—For Seal, songwriting is like therapy. And since splitting from model-television host Heidi Klum in 2012, he’s been immersed.