In this day and age, commuters trying to cope with often impossible traffic conditions in the Philippines, particularly the metropolitan areas, are increasingly turning to a development from overseas, the ride-hailing service. With the use of a mobile phone app, they can contact a service company to send over a vehicle driven by private owners…
It is said that Japan is the last country in the world with a royal head of state using the title of Emperor, and their dynasty is officially described in the country as being unbroken since ancient times. Now the current Japanese Emperor, Akihito, has prevailed upon the government in the past several years to…
When it comes to international musical theatre, the Philippines has been supremely blessed in having an actress of truly global caliber like Lea Salonga. At the age of 18 she was the first to portray the lead character Kim in “Miss Saigon”, a role that got her a Tony Award, the first won by a…
When Marvel Studios brought “Black Panther” to cinemas, it reignited, to a degree never before seen, the idea that a superhero film could be substantial enough to be ever nominated for a major award such as a Best Picture accolade. The Academy even briefly entertained the introduction of a Best-Selling Picture category to accommodate box…
In this day and age, it is becoming frequent that a person’s past missteps can resurface in the present and make his career, even his life, difficult. Situations like that of filmmaker James Gunn, who got booted off the director’s chair for his third “Guardians of the Galaxy” film by Disney-Marvel, are occurring at an…
Thursday, December 6, has come. And with it begins the final leg of the state funeral of George HW Bush, the 41st President of the United States who served a single term from 1989 to 1993, and passed away on November 30 at the age of 94. His flag-draped casket has laid in state in…
“Bohemian Rhapsody”, the musical biopic of British rock band Queen and its front-man Freddie Mercury from 20th Century Fox, premiered this November and became the new all-time highest grossing musical film, with solid movie-going fans despite mixed reviews from professional critics. The relative success of this movie has gotten Warner Bros. Pictures’ attention, and they…
When it comes to prestigious award-giving bodies for movie and television media, the American film Institute (AFI) is not one of those big glitzy occasions like the Oscars, Emmys or Golden Globes. Still, it has an influential clout all its own, being a film organization brought into being by a Presidential mandate, with the aim…
Three years ago, gaming giant Nintendo and mobile game developer Niantic Labs rolled out the first teaser for “Pokémon Go”, a mobile-based gaming app using GPS and augmented reality to simulate players travelling through their surroundings to find and catch the titular Pokémon (Pocket Monsters) to raise and pit against battle for control of Gym…
Casual internet users may not be aware, but the means of viewing the net via browser applications has been in a state of war since seemingly forever. First it was Netscape Navigator and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. IE won and dominated how surfers viewed the internet until the rise of Firefox from Mozilla (founded by former…
Last September, the Asian Qualifiers for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup entered into its Second Round stage. From the 16 seeded teams, all of which participated in the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup, four teams were whittled away in fierce competition, leading to 12 national contingents divided into two groups of 6, with the top…
On 1989, George HW Bush, Vice-President under Ronald Reagan, took the oath of office himself as the 41st President of the United States. In his term of office he saw the collapse of Communism in the reunification of Germany and the end of the Soviet Union. He also saw the deposition of Panamanian dictator Manuel…
