The Fandom Olympics: What Star Magic Is Really Selling
Star Magic’s All-Star Games put Filipino and Thai stars on the same court. The basketball was real — but the actual product was proximity.
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Rey John Paul Sabado: The King Nobody Saw Coming
He finished Top 10 with no title in October. By January, he’d won a first-ever crown for the Philippines. Rey John Paul Sabado on the long way around.
Elijah Canlas’s Next Role Isn’t a Fight. It’s a Road Trip.
Weeks before Elijah Canlas opens as a martyred activist in “Edjop,” Regal cast him in a road trip comedy with JM Ibarra and Emilio Daez.
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.
Miss Universe Thailand 2026: Tharina Botes Wins, and Gives Catriona Gray the Credit
Thailand’s new Miss Universe used her final answer to name a Filipina as her biggest inspiration — the same queen who won in Bangkok, seven years earlier.
Judy Ann Santos Knows That a Career Needs Managing, Too
Judy Ann Santos plays a talent manager on HBO Max. Off screen, she has quietly managed her own money for 30 years — jewelry, insurance, a restaurant.
What Bea Alonzo and Anne Curtis’s China Trip Is Really Selling
Bea Alonzo and Anne Curtis reunited for a beauty-and-travel collab. The real story is what each has built to own, not just endorse.
GGV Is Coming Back to Sunday Nights. Vice Ganda’s Money Never Took the Break.
Vice Ganda’s Gandang Gabi Vice returns Sept. 13 after six years off air. What he’s said about money this year explains why the gap never worried him.
Bella Ysmael Finally Gets Her Chance to Wear the Philippines Sash. Will She Be PH’s First Miss Cosmo?
Bella Ysmael is chasing the Philippines’ first Miss Cosmo crown in Vietnam — and this year, for the first time, a Filipino man is chasing one too.
Ephesus Teatron Stages Pinocchio the Musical at Ayala Malls Feliz This October
Ephesus Teatron stages Pinocchio the Musical at Ayala Malls Feliz Oct. 9–11 — with cast fresh off a very different Manila stage: the MET.