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Trapiko sa Muntinlupa, posibleng bumigat dahil sa MMFF ‘Parade of Stars’

MUNTINLUPA CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nagbabala ang Muntinlupa Traffic Management Bureau sa mga motorista na posibleng maging mabigat ang trapiko bukas, December 23 dahil sa Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) ‘Parade of Stars.’ Inabisuhan na ang mga motoristang dumaan sa mga alternatibong ruta. Ayon sa Muntinlupa Police, ang mga bagay na ipinagbabawal sa parade ay firearms, explosives, patalim, metallic objects, bags at water canisters. Hindi rin ipinapahintulot na makilahok ang mga batang wala pang […]

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Facebook lets people know when their pictures pop up

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook on Tuesday added a way for people to know when their pictures are posted anywhere on the leading social network. The notifications will rely on optional new tools that tap into face-recognition capabilities and already suggest friends to “tag” in pictures uploaded to Facebook. Users will now get word when their images pop up at the social network, according to director of applied machine learning Joaquin Quinonero Candela. […]

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Kim Jong-Hyun bemoans loneliness in suicide note

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — A top K-pop star bemoaned feeling “broken from inside” and “engulfed” by depression in a suicide note, it emerged Tuesday, as his death sent shockwaves among fans worldwide. Kim Jong-Hyun, a 27-year-old lead singer of the massively popular K-pop boyband SHINee, was found in a Seoul hotel room on Monday in what police said was suicide. Kim’s close friend, musician Nain9, released a suicide note on Tuesday on her Instagram […]

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‘The Last Jedi’ rakes in $450.8 mn worldwide in opening

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” — the latest episode in the blockbuster space saga — has raked in more than $450 million worldwide since hitting theaters, Disney said Monday — a major success for the most-hyped movie of the year. The film directed by Rian Johnson — which features the late Carrie Fisher’s final performance as Princess Leia — took in $220 million in North America, and another $230.8 million overseas, […]

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Glass protegee finds music’s emotion in technology

  by Shaun Tandon Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Wearing a dress made of 100 speakers might seem to be a fashion statement. But for composer Pauchi Sasaki, the aesthetic goes deeper — it is a way to express humanity. The Peruvian artist and chosen protegee of Philip Glass, one of the world’s most influential living composers, had first covered herself with amplification equipment when she played her violin in the ancient Pachacamac temple […]

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Film about poor kids at Disney’s gates is fairy tale hit

by Fiachra Gibbons © Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — It is already the fairy tale of this year’s Oscars race: A little film about homeless children living in the shadow of Walt Disney World in Florida that threatens to turn the tables on the big-budget favourites. Director Sean Baker, who shot his last film on an iPhone, has scored a surprise hit with a gritty yet heartwarming tale, “The Florida Project”. It has already been showered […]

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Blockbuster: Disney to expand empire with Fox tie-up

by Luc Olinga with Rob Lever in Washington Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Walt Disney Co. agreed Thursday to buy key film and television assets of 21st Century Fox, in a $52.4 billion deal that bolsters the media-entertainment powerhouse’s challenge to Netflix and emerging rivals in the streaming wars. The blockbuster stock transaction also vastly reduces the Fox media empire built by Rupert Murdoch, leaving the 86-year-old tycoon and his two sons […]

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Four jailed in Singapore over forged Ed Sheeran tickets

SINGAPORE (AFP) — An Australian, a Briton and two New Zealanders have been jailed for four weeks each in Singapore for selling forged tickets to an Ed Sheeran concert. The Australian, 56-year-old Paul Cosgrove, was sentenced Wednesday after admitting that he abetted Briton Martin Keane in a scheme to sneak fans into the British singer-songwriter’s sold-out concert in the city-state using the fake tickets. Keane, 60, was jailed last month after pleading guilty to his […]

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EBC artist na si Chadleen, ikinasal na

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ikinasal na ang isa sa DJ ng Pinas FM 95.5 na si Chadleen sa kanyang long-time boyfriend na si Marlon de Leon. Ginanap ang pag-iisang dibdib ng dalawa sa Montclair, California. Si Chadleen ay nakasama natin dito sa Eagle Broadcasting Corporation bilang isa sa mga host ng mga programang Pambansang Almusal, Letters and Music at bilang isang disc jockey ng Pinas FM 95.5.

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Berlin’s town hall takes techno scene under its wing

by Daphne Rousseau Agence France-Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — It’s a familiar story across the Western world: a heated property market and complaints from the neighbours are squeezing nightlife in the big city. But in Berlin — known for its nightlife and understated cool — the town hall is stepping in to defend its legendary techno scene. “Techno culture has given so much to Berlin, using some taxpayer money to support it is the least […]

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Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson honored with Hollywood star

by Frankie Taggart Agence France-Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — He’s been named “sexiest man alive” and the “world’s highest paid film star” — now Dwayne Johnson can celebrate being accepted into the Hollywood establishment with a Walk of Fame star. The 45-year-old football player turned wrestling pro and then actor sported a sharp black suit and was joined by longtime partner Lauren Hashian and their almost two-year-old daughter Jasmine at the ceremony on […]

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Weird but cute: Japan’s capsule toys play big in Internet age

by Natsuko Fukue Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A tiny replica of an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus and a plastic cat squatting on sushi: just two of the weird-and-wonderful capsule toys that have become a multi-million-dollar craze in cute-obsessed Japan. The industry is now worth an estimated 30 billion yen ($265 million), with the fastidious attention to detail in the toys appealing to the Japanese sense of precision along with a well-documented love of all […]

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