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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.

By Lynn Elber and Frazier Moore / The Associated Press Emmy will dispense her favors on Sunday night (Monday morning in Manila), when the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards airs at 8 p.m. (New York time) In the meantime, television’s biggest guessing game moves into high gear, with its players including two sure-of-themselves Associated Press television critics. Will Modern Family continue its …

The winners in the Full-length Documentary and Short Fiction Feature categories of the Sineng Pambansa Climate Change Scriptwriting Contest were awarded the certificates and the cash prizes promised to them at the Film Development Council of the Philippines’ (FDCP) headquarters on September 17.

By Jocelyn Noveck / The Associated Press New York—New York Fashion Week always has its share of memorable moments: the weird and the wonderful, and everything in between. Here are some highlights of the eight jam-packed days:

Leading international hotel brand Dusit International has announced its intention to increase its presence in the Philippines, beginning with reaching out to the upscale, long-staying travel sector.