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The Sparkle World Tour 2025 brought a taste of home to Canada, transforming the streets into a festive celebration that had Global Pinoy fans buzzing with pride and excitement. Featuring some of the Philippines’ brightest stars, including Ai-Ai delas Alas, Ruru Madrid, Kyline Alcantara, and Pepita Curtis, the highly anticipated tour was nothing short of a resounding success. From Toronto …

There is no party like a San Miguel Oktoberfest party. The most-anticipated beer festival kicked off at Okada Manila September 20 to 21. As San Miguel Beer celebrates its 135th year, San Miguel Brewery Inc. (SMB) brings back the fiesta vibe that made the event an iconic spectacle. Over 8,000 revelers flocked Okada Manila’s Crystal Pavilion during the two-day event …

Is it true that the sweet couple Derek Ransay and Ellen Adarna are headed for breakup or have they split already? According to a source, Derek was seen alone in a bar in Japan where he was caught drinking intoxicating spirits. Some witnesses said that Ramsay talked about his impending separation from Ellen. It was reported that the Fil-Brii actor …

What happens when an ordinary, poor peasant Filipino is deprived of his or her rights to live harmoniously in a place he or she calls her own after he or she was land grabbed by an unscrupulous businessman in connivance with a politician? Precisely, no matter how fictitious, character Corazon Vitug (Geraldine Villamil) builds her own republic right in the …

The 21st edition of the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival which brought with it not just a fresh slate of bold, boundary-pushing Filipino films, but also a broader cinematic footprint has ended. To open more doors to Cinemalaya’s growing community of storytellers and cinephiles, the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and Cinemalaya Foundation Inc. continue to nurture its two-decades-old …

MANILA, PHILIPPINES—Following the success of its first Metro Manila leg at Shangri-La Plaza, the Japanese Film Festival (JFF) 2025 returns to one of its longtime partner venues—the UPFI Cine Adarna—and, for the first time, expands its reach to SM City Manila, marking an exciting milestone for the festival’s growing audience in the capital. Previously closed for renovations during JFF’s February …

There is no party like a San Miguel Oktoberfest party. The most-anticipated beer festival kicked off at Okada Manila September 20 to 21. As San Miguel Beer celebrates its 135th year, San Miguel Brewery Inc. (SMB) brings back the fiesta vibe that made the event an iconic spectacle. Over 8,000 revelers flocked Okada Manila’s Crystal Pavilion during the two-day event …

We played a game of dice, and after three rounds, I won 300 pesos, making 100 pesos per round. Not bad for someone who has never won big at the casino. The game was the highlight of an advanced Mid-Autumn Festival hosted by businessmen Wilson Lee Flores and Eddie Cabanquiat at Kamuning Bakery on September 27. The two were there …

What’s in store for Philippine cinema the rest of the year as many films are scheduled to be released in the next remaining few months? ​Is it still right to say that the local movie industry is in doldrums? And what happens to cynics who have been saying that Pinoy movies are dead? ​Or the naysayers are doomed themselves? Consider …

by Boy Villasanta Excusing himself for a while from the promotional campaign of the biopic “Quezon,” Jericho Rosales recently flew to Africa to celebrate his birthday. It was a colorful and memorable trip for Jericho because he’s not only back in Africa for the third time to relish his palatable b-day prep-up and eventual ceremony but he was with the …