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Review by Mesfin Fekadu / The Associated Press “It was in summer that you left me, the fall and winter never felt so cold, and Lord knows words can never express it, life feels so empty, I miss you much,” Janet Jackson sings about her late brother, Michael Jackson.

New York—Score one for the selfie stick: Cindy Crawford believes those photos of you by you can help boost self-image.

Four of the Philippines’ most popular bands are rocking select shopping malls in Metro Manila as the featured acts of the second edition of the Sync Sessions, which its organizer said is offering “an audio-digital crossover experience” that has musicians combining “good music and cutting-edge technology using Apple devices.”

By Thomas Adamson / The Associated Press Paris—The sky was the limit for powerhouse Christian Dior, which built an entire floral mountain within the Louvre to house its 15-minute show at Paris Fashion Week. On the front row was Rihanna, attracting almost as much attention as the decor. Here are the highlights of last Friday’s shows:

Leading logistics provider DHL and IMG announced recently that Marcel Ostertag of Germany, Sid Neigum of Canada, Atsushi Nakashima of Japan, and Portuguese-born Marta Marques of the United Kingdom are the winners of the DHL Exported Cycle Two Program.

Review by Lindsey Bahr / The Associated Press The world of Nancy Meyers sure is beautiful. But her studied production design and dreamy interiors have become such a focal point that they’ve almost eclipsed her storytelling. It marginalizes what she does, and how she has, from The Parent Trap to It’s Complicated, created her own lovely and implausible cottage industry …

A month after it won first prize in the Full-length Play in Filipino category at this year’s Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, Kanakan-Balintagos’ Mga Buhay na Apoy will open at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) on October 2 as Tanghalang Pilipino’s (TP) second offering for its 29th season.

Film lovers can now watch award-winning films from past editions of the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival for free until April 2016 as part of the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ (CCP) Arthouse Cinema program, the cultural institution announced recently.

By Donna Gordon Blankinship / The Associated Press  Seattle—It doesn’t always rain in Seattle, despite its reputation, so pack sunglasses when you visit this city in Washington state, and be sure to catch new attractions, like the Great Wheel, as well as classic ones, like the chewing-gum wall.

By Alvin I. Dacanay Last week was a good one for Philippine independent films and their admirers. For one, prize-winning director Brillante Ma. Mendoza’s latest film, Taklub (Trap), started its run at cineplexes last Wednesday, after serving as the opening film at the 20th French Film Festival in June and at the 11th Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival in August.