Start the New Year on a sweet note with Krispy Kreme Philippines’ latest collection: Chocomania, co-branded with iconic Mars chocolates, this limited-time collection brings together chocolate lovers’ favorite flavors into three irresistible chocolate doughnuts, perfectly paired with the new Choco Caramel Twix Chiller.   The Chocomania Collection is designed to celebrate chocolate in all its glory, featuring doughnuts inspired by classic Mars favorites:   White Choco Malt topped with Maltesers® – Soft chocolate dough coated in creamy white chocolate, finished with crunchy Maltesers and additional white chocolate for a delightfully indulgent bite.   Choco Caramel topped with Twix® – Rich...

Ben&Ben asserts the power of surviving personal setbacks in life with another inspiring anthem.   The Filipino folk-pop outfit dedicates the stripped-down version of their new song “Courage (acoustic version)” to the dreamers who are struggling to pull up the strength to confront an unforgiving world.    “The past few months have been mentally tough for the band, with challenges surrounding us and driving us to low points and times of discouragement,” the chart-topping band shares in a press statement. “These valleys have been the inspiration for Courage. We realized that, as visceral as the feeling of being hopeless may...

Rico Blanco reflects on the uncertainty that thrives between friendship and relationship in his new single “Palibot libot,” out today via Sony Music Entertainment. According to the award-winning Filipino artist, the track was inspired by one of the characters in a series that he filmed in La Union recently.  With its storytelling “anchored precariously on someone’s steadfast devotion,” albeit a one-sided one, the song minces no words about the reality of love: It’s not always synchronized. It comes with complications, but that’s the beauty of it. Originally intended to be recorded with a simple acoustic guitar arrangement, “Palibot libot” explores...

Before playing Josephine in Ridley Scott’s action epic Napoleon, Vanessa Kirby took a deep-dive into the character by reading and studying as much as she could.      “I was actually quite astonished that I knew so little,” she says. “So it was a pleasure: I locked myself away and just read every book I could, about her and about him [Napoleon, played by Academy Award® winner Joaquin Phoenix]. We also went to Paris, to the Napoleon Museum, to Malmaison. I even went to Josephine’s tomb. It was a deep immersion in that history and that period, and it was such...

Ngayong Lunes, June 1, 2020, ay ganap nang sumailalim ang buong Metro Manila sa general community quarantine (GCQ) sa bisa ng kautusan ng Pangulong Duterte. Bago ang tuluyang pagpapalit mula modified ECQ, ay bumuhos ang mga samu’t saring reaksyon mula sa pangambang baka magbunsod lamang ito ng lalong pagtaas ng kaso ng COVID-19 sa bansa. Tinawag ng mga netizens na “Survivor Philippines” at “Hunger games” ang tila kahihinatnan ng mga tao sa Metro Manila dahil sa banta ng pandemya at pagpapaluwag ng mga kautusan kasabay ng paglampas ng bilang ng 18,000 na kumpirmadong kaso sa bansa.   Sa kabila ng...