This review contains minor spoilers. There’s a moment where the camera switches to the first-person point of view of Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor as they play a pivotal tennis match. Shortly after, the camera seems to be thrust inside a tennis ball, and we, the audience, are figuratively bounced back and forth with every hit of the racket. Zendaya is in the middle of it all, watching anxiously, fully aware of the stakes – what it means to win or lose, and how that outcome is achieved. She had suffered a career-ending knee injury, which extinguished the fire and potential that could have made h ..read more

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – P-pop girl group BINI, who rose through the music charts with the success of the viral hit “Pantropiko,” performed at the KCC Convention Center at the KCC Mall de Zamboanga in Zamboanga City, Friday, April 26. The show drew a crowd of 6,600, according to a post by the group, taking place as BINI’s surge continues on music platforms. The eight-member group reached 3 million monthly listeners on April 19. But as of Sunday, April 28, that figure officially stands at 3,862,263 – increasing at a rate that may see them break through the 4-million mark. The previous high ..read more

MANILA, Philippines – Miss Universe 2022 R’Bonney Gabriel appears to be enjoying her longer stay in the Philippines as she shares clips from her work engagements and vacation trips in the country.  The Filipino-American beauty queen returned to the Philippines in mid-April – her first in the country since passing the Miss Universe crown to Nicaragua’s Sheynnis Palacios in November 2023.  On her social media accounts, R’Bonney updated her followers and pageant fans with her activities in the Philippines, including attending a movie premiere, filming for a fashion magazine, and making ..read more

MANILA, Philippines – The Miss Eco International 2024 pageant hailed Philippine bet Chantal Elise Schmidt as the Best Evening Gown winner during its preliminary competition on Friday, April 26.  The beauty queen from Cebu City was a stunner in her nude gown with side cut-outs, high slit and silver embellishments. The piece was design by Val Taguba.  In an Instagram post on Sunday, April 28, Chantal shared that she was surprised by the recognition as she was rushed to the hospital on the morning of the preliminary competition.  “I had to be hooked up to an IV (I have a phobia o ..read more

LONDON, United Kingdom – Taylor Swift topped the British music charts on Friday, April 26 with The Tortured Poets Department, outselling the rest of the top ten combined and beating the Beatles for the record of fastest artist to rack up 12 UK number one albums. Poets delivered the biggest opening week for an album in the UK in seven years, and means Swift ties Madonna for female artist with the most UK no. 1 albums in Official Albums Chart history. “No other artist has notched up 12 no. 1 albums in such a short space of time. Taylor Swift has done it in 11 years and 6 months,” the Official Ch ..read more

NEW YORK, USA – A federal judge in Manhattan dismissed for good a lawsuit accusing Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler of sexually assaulting a former teenage model twice in one day in the mid-1970s. US District Judge Lewis Kaplan said Jeanne Bellino cannot recover damages from the 76-year-old Tyler under a 2000 New York City law protecting victims of gender-motivated violence. He said it would be futile to file an amended complaint, and dismissed Bellino’s case with prejudice, meaning it cannot be brought again. Kaplan rejected an earlier complaint in February. Lawyers for Bellino did not imme ..read more

Belle Mariano and Kaila Estrada who play Caroline and Bettina Tiu in the hit series Can’t Buy Me Love reflected on their emotional journey as their series comes to a close. Belle expressed her deep appreciation for the familial bond that was formed among the cast. “Sobrang napamahal ako sa kanila na parang pamilya (I fell in love with the whole cast as if they’re my own family),” she said, recounting the overwhelming emotions felt during their last day of taping.  The two actresses were at an event for feminine care brand pH Care, Wednesday, April 24, along with two more endorsers, Gabbi ..read more

MANILA, Philippines – After a landmark ABS-CBN and GMA Network partnership for noon show It’s Showtime, TV host Willie Revillame signed with billionaire Manny V. Pangilinan’s (MVP) MediaQuest Group on Friday, April 26.  Revillame is returning to the Kapatid Channel, TV5, which was his home from 2010 to 2013. He later moved to GMA Network in 2015 until 2021. In September 2022, he signed with former senator Manny Villar’s media firm ALLTV but left months later in early 2023 after his show Wowowin failed to take off. On behalf of his production firm WilProductions Incorporated, Revillame sig ..read more

MANILA, Philippines – Like millions of Filipinos around the country, Jetri Bolintiam’s life relied heavily on public transportation – both the infrastructure and the people who make a living out of transporting others. So when the transport strike was announced, he took it as an opportunity to understand what was happening. Volunteering for independent media and research collective Mayday Multimedia, Jetri’s short stint of documenting the transport strike in 2023 with the jeepney drivers became a deep dive into the conditions that forced them to be on the streets, sacrificing their wages ..read more

Thursday’s ruling overturning Harvey Weinstein’s New York rape conviction gives the one-time film mogul a chance at a new trial and calls into question what evidence prosecutors can use in future sex crime cases. Here is a look at what happened to the case, which helped define the #MeToo movement, and what might happen next. Why was Weinstein’s conviction overturned? Weinstein, 72, was found guilty of raping one woman and sexually assaulting another after both testified in court. But a 4-3 majority of the New York Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, found that the trial judge should n ..read more