Entertainment

By Alicia Rancilio / The Associated Press New York—The last time Drew Barrymore released a book about her life, it was 1991’s Little Girl Lost, about her troubled childhood. 

In a rare occurence, broadcasting giants ABS-CBN Corp. and GMA Network Inc. are set to co-host a public television conference at the former’s Dolphy Theater on November 6 and the Luxent Hotel in Quezon City on the 7th. 

By Leilani S. Junio / Philippines News Agency  “It works for me. It boosts my immune system.”

New York—Call it payable fashion. You won’t need a credit card to pay for your clothes; your clothes will be your credit card. 

Anya Resort & Residences, an up-and-coming luxury real-estate development in Tagaytay City, Cavite province, has announced its recent inclusion in the exclusive Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) group. 

Let me begin this column by offering congratulations. First, to acclaimed actress Shamaine Centenera-Buencamino, who received a best actress nomination at the Ninth Annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Apsa) for her marvelous performance in writer-director Sigrid Andrea P. Bernardo’s offbeat comedy Lorna. Her nomination is the only one the Philippines got this year, and the country’s 10th since the Apsa …

By Yuri Kageyama / The Associated Press Tokyo—Celebrated Filipino director Brillante Ma. Mendoza, taking center stage at the Tokyo International Film Festival, is pursuing a collaboration with other Asian filmmakers—a cultural connection that might be as simple as rice. 

In 1979, Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now premiered in Hollywood amid much controversy. Shot in a fishing village in Baler town, Aurora province, the Vietnam War film took way too long to shoot and went way over budget. When Coppola, his actors and his crew left the town in 1977, they had no idea their film would have such an …

Review by Ann Levin / The Associated Press Steve Knopper begins his superb biography of Michael Jackson with an anecdote about a protest against school integration in Jackson’s hometown of Gary, Indiana, in 1927, more than three decades before the singer was born. 

John Grisham’s latest novel, Rogue Lawyer (Doubleday), introduces Sebastian Rudd, a criminal defense attorney who takes on cases others want to avoid.