Piracy, Not a Favor. Cinemalaya Filmmaker Calls Out Newest “Distributor”
A fan-built database promised to make Cinemalaya more accessible. Filmmaker Dustin Celestino says it’s doing that by linking straight to pirated films.
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Lea Salonga’s Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Reopens an Old Question: Why Doesn’t Dolphy Have a National Artist Title Yet?
Lea Salonga gets a Hollywood Walk of Fame star September 4. She’s said the honor should go to Dolphy as National Artist before it goes to her.
21 Years In, Pinoy Big Brother Still Sells the Same Thing: Being Seen
After 21 years, Pinoy Big Brother just lost the house it was built in. Filipinos are still lining up to get into the one that replaces it.
Two Members Down, KATSEYE Is Still Trying to Grow Up in Public
KATSEYE’s WILD era arrives with two of six members offstage — one of them Sophia Laforteza, the group’s Filipino-American leader, on a mental health break. Here’s what’s actually happening.
From Maureen to Habie, Filipinas Keep Winning Asian Modeling Shows
Nine years after Maureen Wroblewitz’s historic win, Habie Mondido takes SupermodelMe 2026 — and the Philippines’ modeling breakthrough keeps compounding.
SB19 Just Had Its Best Week in Japan. The Country Hadn’t Even Met Them Yet.
A festival slot, a TV debut, a Spotify feature, and a sold-out CD, all in one week. SB19 is building Japan deliberately, not just touring through it.
Jeramie Sanico-Heitmann Left Tawag ng Tanghalan Mid-Run. A Decade Later, She Got Four Chairs on The Voice Australia.
Jeramie Sanico walked away from Tawag ng Tanghalan a decade ago. She just got a four-chair turn on The Voice Australia — her first stage since.
Filipinos Are Still Going to the Movies. They’re Just Being Pickier About Which Ones
Metro Manila has spent most of August under Habagat — the southwest monsoon that floods the city’s streets on a schedule closer to weekly than seasonal — and people have still been crossing town for Cinemalaya. The past week’s heavy weather hasn’t stopped Filipinos from flocking to malls and theaters for this year’s lineup, ticket-runs and all. That’s not a small detail for a festival built on films most of its audience had never heard of a month ago. Cinemalaya — the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ independent film festival, now in its 22nd year — is having its longest run ever this August: 13 days, August 6 to 18, up from its usual Friday-to-Sunday weekend format, screening nine full-length films and 10 shorts across Shangri-La Plaza, Ayala Malls, and Gateway Cineplex. The Balanghai Trophy — the festival’s award, named for the balangay, the plank-built outrigger boat early Filipino seafarers used to move between islands — goes out August 17. Results aren’t in yet as of this writing. [Update: See the results below]. That timing …
The Senate Has Entered the SB19 Chat
Days after SB19 took the Allianz Stage at Lollapalooza, the Philippine Senate has entered the story. Not with another performance. With paperwork. Senator Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV filed Senate Resolution No. 545 on July 31, one day after SB19 became the first Filipino act to perform at Lollapalooza. Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan followed with Senate Resolution No. 573 on August 4. Both measures put the group’s Chicago appearance into the machinery of the Philippine government, where a festival set becomes something considerably more official: a matter for the legislative record. SB19’s Lollapalooza performance was, first, a pop-culture event. It was a major American festival slot, a milestone for Filipino music, and another step in a global run that has increasingly made the group look less like a local success story and more like an export. Now it is also a Senate story. From Grant Park to the Senate Record Aquino’s resolution recognizes SB19’s Lollapalooza appearance as a significant milestone for Filipino artists and Original Pilipino Music on the global stage. Pangilinan’s resolution similarly describes …
JoshLia Is Back. The Formula Complaints Came Back First.
JoshLia is reuniting for a fifth film together. The announcement clip had barely finished playing before fans started calling out Star Cinema’s formula.