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The Italian Film Festival 2025 which returned last week at Cinema 2, SM Aura, with a curated selection of acclaimed films that celebrate the charm, wit, and emotional depth of contemporary Italian cinema will extend its other activities on Italian movies. Presented by the Embassy of Italy in Manila, in partnership with the Philippine-Italian Association, the festival showcased three standout …

Every year, the Virgin Labfest Writing Fellowship Program (VLF WFP) calls for aspiring playwrights who are brave enough to learn the best from the best. While the VLF prides itself on presenting the untried, untested, and unstaged plays it produces annually, its accompanying Writing Fellowship Program looks for fellows who are just as untried, untested, and unstaged. In line with …

by Boy Villasanta The Philippine Independence Day in June 12, 2025 or even its pre-celebration activities will not only be observed in the country but all over the world where there are freedom loving Filipinos. Indeed, in New York alone, the Filipino communities in the city will express their gratitude on gaining democracy on the 127th Philippine Independence Day by …

PASSERBY By Nestor Cuartero After watching a 40-minute preview of ‘Choosing’ on May 13, I congratulated Liza Dino and Ice Seguerra for having come up with such a brave play. “Ang tapang,” I said. In writing and acting in the play, the couple have boldly exposed their inner souls, warts, joys, and all.  Liza and Ice admitted that the final …

East Rutherford, NJ– On August 16–17, 2025, Fiesta in America, the East Coast’s largest Filipino American indoor expo, returns to the American Dream retail and entertainment center—bringing together over 200 Filipino American organizations and an audience whose collective spending power is reshaping industries. With 13,000+ qualified attendees and 120,000 in foot traffic, the two-day event offers unparalleled access to the …

In a world where every meal is a moment, Globe Platinum invites you to savor something more meaningful. Gastronome Giving, the much-anticipated signature dining series, is back, this time with even more heart. From June 1 to August 31, 2025, the elevated culinary experience transforms intimate dinners into opportunities for impact. A partnership between Globe Platinum and the Fine Dining …

Are we trivializing political things vis-a-vis show business denizens who ran, won or lost, in the recent midterm elections? Or by just simply describing or interrelating comedy or melodrama with character/s of actions and ideas, we are thinking little or laughing them off? Not at all. It doesn’t mean to say that if we discuss politicizing showbiz in the context …

He might not be directly a chip off the old block but John Ad. Castillo has inherited a myriad of cinema wisdom and filmic styles from his late older brother, the award-winning director Celso Ad. Castillo (“Asedillo,” “Nympha,” “Daluyong at Habagat,” “Pinakamagandang Hayop sa Balat ng Lupa,” “Burlesk Queen,” “Pagputi ng Uwak, Pag-itim ng Tagak,” “Ang Alamat ni Julian Makabayan,” …

We saw him as slim, long-haired, of medium height and an ordinary looking guy. He was also a great singer. Behind his million-dollar, golden voice, though, lies the great romancer. Yes, iconic Filipino folk singer Freddie Aguilar was a great lover. What set him apart, though, from playboys and Lotharios was his loyalty to the love of his life in …

Shin Chul, Festival Director of the 2025 Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) in South Korea, has announced that one of the finalists to the 29th Network of Asian Fantastic Films (NAFF)’s It Project is a Philippine entry. Visayan filmmaker Carlo Francisco Manatad’s “Brilliant Melody” is one of the fourteen selections of the NAFF component. Carlo Francisco is considered as …