The heartfelt duet, featuring Indonesian singer-songwriter Raisa, reimagines the South Border classic as a soulful pop-R&B ballad blending Christian Bautista’s smooth baritone with Raisa’s velvety vocals in a lush, emotionally charged arrangement that captures the kind of longing and connection that lingers long after the last note.   “‘Rainbow’ is one of those songs that’s always stayed with me,” says Bautista. “It resonates deeply, not just in the Philippines, but also in Indonesia. Working on it with Raisa gave it new energy and meaning, and it felt right to share it in this way now.”   “Simply because I love this...

  Following the malicious post on People's Television NetworkPTV's Twitter account on Tuesday, March 26, with the caption "President Rodrigo R. #dutertepalpak BTS reiterated his order to provide free masks for the public especially to those who cannot buy their own," the state-run broadcaster vowed to take action against the people behind it. “The erroneous message that was inadvertently posted by the PTV New Media was the result of autocorrecting systems in the text entry phase and a failure to adequately review and screen the message that got posted,” PTV said in a statement. “The management will certainly institute disciplinary...

Insidious mania swept the Philippine box-office as Insidious: The Red Door opened at No.1, knocking out the record for the year’s biggest opening weekend, with a monumental P205.6 million in five days (July 5 to 9), on 542 screens in 206 locations.  This result is also the biggest opening weekend for horror films all-time in the Philippines. This was announced today by Columbia Pictures, the film’s local distributor.     Like an unexpected twist of a horror film, the blockbuster performance of The Red Door delighted local Philippine audiences.  “The film was poised to open well, but we were just...

         From New Line Cinema and Zach Cregger, the wholly original mind behind Barbarian, comes a new horror/thriller: “Weapons.”      When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.   The film stars Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher, with Benedict Wong, and Amy Madigan.   Cregger directs from his own screenplay, and also produces alongside Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules, with Michelle Morrissey and Josh Brolin executive producing. ...

Brit Billion-certified artist James Arthur today releases his fifth studio album Bitter Sweet Love on Columbia Records. Featuring superb offerings in ‘A Year Ago’, ‘Blindside’, ‘Just Us’, Homecoming’, ‘Sleepwalking’ & the album’s upbeat title track Bitter Sweet Love, the new record is James back to his very best, producing thirteen bites of world class music. The singles have been lighting up the airwaves over the past few months, and this past weekend saw James as a guest on Sunday Brunch, with an appearance on Michael McIntyre’s Big Show on BBC 1 this Saturday. All the action follows a series of...