The Oscars red carpet is beaming with blue ribbons on Sunday as Hollywood stars show their support for the Ukraine refugee crisis. The Academy Awards, once again proved that they are not just the most prestigious awards in the entertainment industry worldwide, but serves also a platform to advocate for peace during times of conflict or to bring attention to important concerns, which they’ve been doing for a long time now. On top-of-mind for this year’s event is the ongoing war crisis in Ukraine.  Among the celebrities who showed their support for the cause, Jason Momoa was seen wearing a...

One of the toxic Filipino cultures is the “utang na loob” mindset of some parents, where they treat their children as retirement plans or investments. For them, it's an obligation that a child must fulfill in return for the sacrifices the parents made. It is deeply ingrained in the culture thus many children find themselves continually falling into this trap, often giving until they have nothing left.    Now here I am, another Filipino child that is bound by the same cultural expectation, feeling obligated to repay every favor and sacrifice, often at the expense of my own dreams and...

Travel through the history of Korea with the exhibit Korea, A Land of Hats! The Korea, A Land of Hats exhibit will run until November 30, 2022 at the newly located Metropolitan Museum of Manila (The M). Presented by The M, with support from the ‘Traveling Arts’ project of the Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange (KOFICE), in collaboration with the Korean Cultural Center in the Philippines (KCC) and Coreana Cosmetics Museum, the specially curated exhibit features around 150 pieces including heritage Korean traditional hats, and modern art works. As the creations of Korean National Intangible Cultural Heritage, and other artisans, the hats...

The hero’s journey starts with one squish.    SpongeBob and Patrick head for adventure in this clip from The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants. Directed by Derek Drymon and featuring the voices of old SpongeBob favorites including Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass and Bill Fagerbakke, with new additions Isis “Ice Spice” Gaston, Regina Hall and Mark Hamill, The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants opens in Philippine cinemas January 14.    Watch the clip:      In The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants, SpongeBob and his Bikini Bottom friends set sail in their biggest, all-new, can’t miss cinematic event ever… Desperate to be a big...

  Black Knight is a post-apocalypse live action sci-fi series directed by Cho Ui-Seok, starring Kim Woo Bin, Song Seung-Heon, E-som & Kang You-Seok.  Set in a dystopian world, the series follows the journey of refugee Sa-wol, and the legendary deliveryman 5-8, as he takes on the all-powerful Cheonmyung Group in a dystopian version of Korea.  40 years ago, a comet impact left the Korean peninsula deserted and only 1% of the population survived. The country is ravaged by extreme air pollution, rendering it uninhabitable without an oxygen mask. The survival of humanity now depends on the Black Knights —...