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Cebuana freestyler is Red Bull Dance Your Style ’25 national champ
by Januar Junior Aguja - May 26, 2025 - 12:00am
It was a Cebu vs. Cebu showdown at the Red Bull Dance Your Style 2025 National Finals held Saturday, May 24, when Baby Titan and
Looking back at Charli xcx’s DIY pandemic album ‘how i’m feeling now’ 5 years later
by Januar Junior Aguja - May 25, 2025 - 12:00am
2024 is considered by pop culture enthusiasts as the “year of the brat” thanks to Charli xcx’s smash-hit, Grammy-nominated album. Who knew that a simple cover art with a Pantone green background...
How Ben&Ben stays strong after nearly a decade
by Januar Junior Aguja - May 24, 2025 - 12:00am
A few international acts have already reached out, including the Thai group Tilly Boys, who visited the Philippines to record a song with them, and Fil-Am R&B singer H.E.R., who told the band she hopes to collaborate...
What ‘ConMom’ stars enjoyed about filming in Boljoon, Cebu
by Januar Junior Aguja - May 22, 2025 - 12:00am
At the May 20 premiere of Kaye Abad’s latest film “ConMom,” the cries from her sons, Joaquin and Iñigo, echoed throughout the theater during the confrontation scenes between Abad and Kit...
Sonata Bisaya Music Festival levels up on its 2nd year
by Januar Junior Aguja - May 21, 2025 - 12:00am
After a successful inaugural show last year, the Sonata Bisaya Music Festival returned with a jam-packed lineup featuring a mix of up-and-coming and well-established homegrown talents on May 17 and 18 at Ayala Malls...
Student films at 17th CINE U feel human in the age of AI
by Januar Junior Aguja - May 20, 2025 - 12:00am
Before they can walk on stage to accept their diplomas, many of the graduating student filmmakers of Cebu Normal University (CNU) had one last hurrah on May 17 at Cebu City Hall as they took home trophies at the...
Freestyler from Duljo-Fatima wins Cebu leg of Red Bull Dance Your Style Phl ‘25
by Januar Junior Aguja - May 19, 2025 - 12:00am
The first thing that Mark Joseph Trazona, a.k.a. Playmaker, planned to do after being declared the Cebu qualifier champion at this year’s Red Bull Dance Your Style Philippines was to eat a hearty dinner. ...
How Ceasar Soriano went from reporting news to directing films
by Januar Junior Aguja - May 15, 2025 - 12:00am
As part of the pioneering batch of ABS-CBN reporters in an era when Angelo Castro Jr. and Loren Legarda were the faces of "The World Tonight", there was one policy from the former that stuck with Ceasar...
Generational trauma meets gore in ‘Final Destination Bloodlines’
by Januar Junior Aguja - May 14, 2025 - 12:00am
The Final Destination franchise has a proven-and-tested formula that has traumatized generations since the first film came out in 2000: one person experiences a premonition, wakes up from reality, warns others that...
5 Filipino-produced films at the 2025 Cannes
by Januar Junior Aguja - May 13, 2025 - 12:00am
Every cinephile and film industry observer knows that the Cannes Film Festival is a make-or-break event, where audiences won’t be shy about giving a film a round of applause for several minutes or booing one...
Cebuano P-pop group VLST to debut this May 17
by Januar Junior Aguja - May 12, 2025 - 12:00am
To make it big in the P-pop scene, the aspiring Bisaya idol group VLST had to make a few, but significant sacrifices. One of these was putting a halt to their college education.
Cebuano P-pop group VLST to debut this May 17
by Januar Junior Aguja - May 12, 2025 - 12:00am
To make it big in the P-pop scene, the aspiring Bisaya idol group VLST had to make a few, but significant sacrifices. One of these was putting a halt to their college education. The group’s leader, Aeron, used...
Lessons from mom that shaped their motherhood journeys
by Januar Junior Aguja - May 11, 2025 - 12:00am
Children often mirror their parents, especially daughters with their mothers.
JM Dakila carves own path as a balladeer in a land of singers
by Januar Junior Aguja - May 7, 2025 - 12:00am
The Philippines has often been declared online as the country where everyone seems to be a good singer. For aspiring
Cebuana ‘Drag Race Philippines’ queens remember Jiggly Caliente
by Januar Junior Aguja - May 6, 2025 - 12:00am
Cebuana drag queen Nicole Pardaux was at an event on April 27 when she came across a post announcing that Filipino-American performer Jiggly Caliente had passed away. In shock, she immediately reached out to her...
‘Thunderbolts*’ proves MCU is back with heartfelt handling of mental health struggles
by Januar Junior Aguja - May 5, 2025 - 12:00am
The Marvel Cinematic Universe  is at its best when it focuses on the character development of its larger-than-life superheroes because their powers don’t change the fact that they are still people with...
Teatro de San Pedro Calungsod uses theater to carry on Pope Francis’ teachings
by Januar Junior Aguja - May 3, 2025 - 12:00am
 As the playwright and director of Teatro de San Pedro Calungsod, Msgr. Agustin Ancajas wants to use the medium of theater to spread the teachings of the Lord without being too on-the-nose.
The Wonggoy’s Kyle Wong finds his muse
by Januar Junior Aguja - May 1, 2025 - 12:00am
For Kyle Wong of The Wonggoys, inspiration comes naturally when he’s been in love with a woman of substance for nearly six years.
How did Cebu’s bets do at the MUP 2025 Preliminaries?
by Januar Junior Aguja - April 30, 2025 - 12:00am
After their performances at Monday’s Miss Universe Philippines (MUP) 2025 preliminaries, will Cebu City’s Gabriella Carballo, Lapu-Lapu City’s Natasha Testa, or San Fernando’s Thelma Suzanne...
‘Bittersweet’ Cebu return for Jackie Lou Blanco after mom Pilita’s passing
by Januar Junior Aguja - April 29, 2025 - 12:00am
Jackie Lou Blanco was preparing for the last four shows of her latest play “Deadma” with co-star JC Santos when news came that her mother, Pilita Corrales, passed away on April 12.
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