Entertainment

22nd Edition of Fête de la Musique in Manila

  Alliance Française de Manille, the Embassy of France to the Philippines, Tourism Promotions Board of the Philippines, in partnership with B-Side Productions, present the 22nd Edition of Fête de la Musique in Manila! The music festival will open simultaneously on Saturday, June 18, 2016 at both the A-Venue Mall Parking Lot and Greenbelt 3 Parking Lot, and will have day 2 on Thursday, June 23, 2016 at the Puerta Real Gardens in Intramuros. Expected […]

‘Walking Dead’ FX guru spills blood, guts and tricks of the trade

by Frankie TAGGART LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — He is the God of Gore, the Sultan of Splatter, the Emperor of Entrails — and the brains behind some of the most iconic blood and guts set-pieces in film history. If you’ve seen something in a violent movie that made the blood drain from your face, there’s a good chance that Oscar-winning Greg Nicotero provided the special effects. The 53-year-old and his partners have worked […]

Tabloids abuzz over photos of Taylor Swift with Tom Hiddleston

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — Photos of Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston walking hand in hand and cuddling and kissing on a rocky beach have created a media storm since they were published in British tabloid The Sun on Wednesday (June 15). Some news outlets and social media postings have even gone so far as to say the photos, reportedly shot near Swift’s seaside Rhode Island home, were staged. Swift, 26, has long lived her […]

A treat for animal-lovers and positive thinkers

QUEZON City, Philippines (June 16) – It’s another magnificent opus from Disney – a treat for animal lovers all over the world! This is the second time that Disney brought the opus of English journalist, writer of short stories, poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling. The first was an animated film way back in 1967 and has the distinction of being the last film produced by Walt Disney himself. As a family film, the 1967 Jungle […]

International magazine “Manila Up!” launched in Manila

MANILA, Philippines — Manila Up! magazine was finally launched in Manila at the Corinthian Gardens hosted by Chavit Singson. He was also in the cover of June 2016 issue in conjunction of father’s day celebration. The Manila Up was organized by Filipino-American Press Club of California led by Andy Edralin, Edwin Leviste and Sonia Bermejo the editor-in- chief and publisher. (Eagle News, Mj Racadio)

Finding Nemo’s forgetful fish returns

The forgetful blue fish who won hearts in Pixar’s blockbuster animation “Finding Nemo” is going on another journey, this time to find her own origin story. “Finding Dory,” out in U.S. theaters on Friday (June 17), picks up a year after the events of 2003’s “Finding Nemo,” and sees Dory, a chatty blue tang fish with short-term memory loss, living in the peaceful ocean habitat alongside Nemo the clownfish and his father Marlin. Dory, voiced […]

Jimmy Page testifies in ‘Stairway to Heaven’ copyright trial

Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page testified in a copyright infringement trial on Wednesday (June 15) that he did not recall hearing the song containing the musical riff his band is accused of stealing for their 1971 hit “Stairway to Heaven” until recently. Page, 72, took the witness stand on the second day of the trial in federal court in Los Angeles, where the British band is accused of lifting the opening chords for “Stairway to […]

6 Horror Movie Sequels as Good as (or Better Than) the Original

Orrin Grey (THE LINEUP) – Can a horror movie sequel be as good as—or better than—its predecessor? Pose this question to horror aficionados and a few genre favorites invariably pop up: “Bride of Frankenstein”, “Aliens”, “Evil Dead 2”, George Romero’s “Dawn of the Dead and “Day of the Dead”. To some, these movies are the exception to the rule; the vast majority of horror sequels fall victim to formulaic twists, hacky callbacks, and the curse […]

‘Stairway to Heaven’ plagiarized, court told

  by Frankie TAGGART LOS Angeles, United States (AFP) — Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page and Robert Plant appeared in court on Tuesday to deny accusations that they “lifted” the opening bars to iconic rock song “Stairway to Heaven.” The musicians, dressed in black suits, arrived to a throng of reporters at Los Angeles federal court, where a jury of four men and four women was played their anthemic hit. Spirit, a psychedelic LA band that […]

INC holds another successful outreach-evangelical mission at the Philippine Arena

by MJ Racadio Quezon City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Church of Christ (Iglesia ni Cristo) held another grand evangelical mission and outreach mission at the Philippine Arena, the world’s largest mixed use indoor theater, on June 12, 2016 during the country’s celebration of Philippine Independence Day. Right after the event, around 12 noon, the entertainment portion was grand from the top artists in the country including Cannes Best Actress 2016 Ms. Jaclyn Jose, Divine […]

Bryce Dallas Howard, the actress who might just bowl you over

by Frankie TAGGART LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — She grew up around movie sets watching her father direct Tom Cruise, Robert DeNiro and other Hollywood greats, yet Bryce Dallas Howard still has her moments of giddy fandom. The 35-year-old actress recalls her somewhat undignified first meeting with Robert Redford on the set of her new film, Disney’s remake of its own 1977 classic “Pete’s Dragon,” directed by David Lowery. “There was this big empty […]