Entertainment

[metaslider id=15099] Story and photos by Alvin I. Dacanay  Ballet Philippines’ (BP) Firebird and Other Ballets, which included the reimagining of a Russian ballet based on a folk tale about the titular bird in a precolonial Philippine setting, emerged as the most honored production with seven awards at the 9th Philstage Gawad Buhay, which saw English-language theatrical productions and last …

The Cinemalaya Foundation has announced the finalists in the Short Feature Film category of the 2017 Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival and Competition. For the first time in Cinemalaya’s history, 12 were selected, instead of the usual 10. 

The Philippine Madrigal Singers and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) is set to present Spirit of Asean: The Madz Et Al Choral Festival 2017 at the CCP Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (Little Theater) on May 19 at 7:30 p.m.; 20 and 21 at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.; 26 at 2:30 p.m.; and 27 and 28 at 2:30 and 7:30 …

A nine-piece black-and-white photography exhibition at the Yuchengco Museum reveals the hardships that overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), especially domestic workers, endure in France. 

Shopping for the best beauty and health products just got even more exciting and satisfying as Watsons, Asia’s leading health and beauty retailer, launched late last month its “Members Get More” campaign, where members get more savings, more points, and more value in more than 500 Watsons stores nationwide. 

For many people, milk chocolate is a delightful treat that never fails to bring a feeling of luxurious indulgence. Its rich, creamy taste gives sinful pleasure, and if combined with soft, chocolate chiffon cake, the experience is more than doubled. 

Does the summer heat make you want to pack your bags and hit the beach? You could be lying on your mat right now, sipping ice-cold piña colada or splashing water all around to your heart’s content. What if you can have that trip for free? 

By Alvin I. Dacanay In a move seen as a return of the practices that marked earlier, scandal-plagued editions of the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) and a reversal of the lauded artistic gains scored in last year’s edition, the festival’s executive committee (execom) for 2017 issued late last week its call for submissions of screenplays and finished films to …

In honor of August as Buwan ng Wika (Filipino Language Month), the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) is partnering with commercial theaters to exclusively screen Filipino films nationwide in an event called Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino (Fiesta of Filipino Films), which will run from August 16 to 22, 2017. 

Almost twenty years after it debuted at the University of the Philippines (UP) in Diliman, Quezon City, Lean: A Filipino Musical will be staged for a third time, this time by the UP Manila Dramatista group, at the Adamson University Theater on May 12 and 13, 2017.