For the first time, Spotify is launching its Editors’ Picks: Best OPM Songs of the Year So Far - an unranked, editorially driven mid-year snapshot of the 50 songs released this year that are shaping local music culture in 2026.   Curated by Spotify Philippines' editorial team, these are the tracks that stood out for their songwriting, musicality, distinctiveness, and cultural impact — capturing not just what people are streaming, but what is defining the sound and spirit of OPM so far this year.   Drawing on deep expertise in music, culture and listening behavior, Spotify Philippines' editorial team listens...

Linggo Ng Musikang Pilipino (LMP), the country’s annual nationwide celebration of Filipino music, returns this year with revitalized programming designed to champion the rich and diverse music scene in the Philippines.   Established through Proclamation No. 933 and signed by the late President Benigno S. Aquino III in 2014, LMP has become a viral platform for recognizing the lognstanding legacy of Original Pilipino Music. For more than twelve years, it has consistently inspired greater appreciation for homegrown music and played a crucial role in fostering a culture of collaboration and community in its month-long activities.   This year’s theme, “Pinoy...

  Academy Award winner Tom Cruise stars in Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alejandro  G. Iñárritu’s original film “Digger,” from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures. The most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity’s  savior before the disaster he’s unleashed destroys everything.    Cruise stars in the title role, alongside Oscar winner Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Oscar  nominee Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Oscar nominee Jesse Plemons. Robert John  Burke, Emma D’Arcy, Burn Gorman and Sophie Wilde also star.     Iñárritu directed from a screenplay by Iñárritu & Oscar-winners Alexander Dinelaris &  Nicolás...

After a dramatic ending to an adrenaline-fueled first season that left audiences shocked and excited for more, the eagerly anticipated second season of A Shop for Killers returns July 22 exclusively on Disney+.   Following an award-winning first season that was named one of The New York Times’ Best International TV shows of 2024, A Shop for Killers Season 2 returns with Jian in control of the weapons shop, Jinman returned from the dead, and BABYLON well and truly on the backfoot. Working to keep Jian safe, Jinman will take the fight to BABYLON’s door, but the mercenary organization won’t go down easily. Humiliated, BABYLON will bring in help from overseas and unleash a new wave of...

It’s a brand new day for Peter Parker.    In Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Peter Parker is fighting crime full-time as Spider-Man in a world that doesn’t remember him. That and the pressure of seeing his old friends move on without him spark a change in Peter he may not have the power to control.   Tom Holland, who plays the dual role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man, calls the film “a fresh start, where Peter Parker is experiencing something profound and unique in the super hero genre. It’s a movie about when young people find their identity and become adults. Peter...