Newsletter: Linya-Linya Land 2024 is Back Around the Block with Diverse Music, Comedy, and Performance Art Acts

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Linya-Linya Land returns this 2024 with an exciting line-up of local talent that celebrates diversity across different lines of antics, artistry, and advocacy for the Ka-Linya community and beyond. 

How The Good Place Saved My Life (and the Modern-day TV)

12/23/2021 07:30:00 PM

Why has The Good Place saved my life? And how come?

Newsletter: Filipino comedy group The KoolPals celebrate five years of awesomeness with a comedy and music fest

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Dilaw, Johnoy Danao, Kween Yasmin and more will be joining the festive fun this summer

Everyone gather 'round and prepare yourselves for the most gut-wrenching, heart-pounding, and ESOPHAGUS-tickling show of the year!

Newsletter: Better With Beer Brings the Curtain Down on Two Days of Craft Brews, Live Music and Eclectic Entertainment

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Better With Beer, Hong Kong’s ultimate craft beer festival, brought the curtain down on two days of world-class brews, great food, live music and entertainment, comedy, outdoor games, and more today following two memorable Saturday sessions at Central Harbourfront. Organised by the team behind Clockenflap in partnership with the Craft Beer Association of Hong Kong, the two-day event featured over 150 beers from more than 20 local breweries and distributors, showcasing the very best of Hong Kong’s buzzing craft brewing scene across three four-hour sessions.

Newsletter: Manila Improv Festival returns in a bigger stage this September 2023!

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4 days. 14 shows. 70 acts. 12 workshops. Over 15 countries and 300 improvisers. 

Flick ReView: Death To 2021

01/12/2022 05:52:50 PM

Death To 2021 poster (nohoartsdistrict.com)

Death to 2021 follows its predecessor, Death to 2020. Perhaps a move that prompted the Black Mirror Creators—Broke and Bones—would become an annual ender offering as a Netflix original. 

Flick ReView: Red Notice

11/28/2021 11:23:27 AM

Red Notice poster (IMDB)

For a movie that has three of today's biggest stars in Hollywood, Red Notice appears to be larger than life and the paper. And after a series of overwhelmingly plot twists, they tried. It was highly entertaining, proven that you quit sitting in your brain for nearly two hours. 

TV ReView: FRIENDS: The Reunion

07/29/2021 06:13:41 AM

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Some Americans spent Thursday nights on NBC watching shows that would make us laugh our asses off. For international fans like us Filipinos, this could mean weeknights on our respective local channels.

TECNO Mobile sparks the summer with the upcoming livestream show this April 17!

04/15/2021 09:42:55 PM

TECNO Mobile is staging a livestreaming event like no other.

Flick ReView: Death To 2020

01/06/2021 02:24:01 AM

For most of us, 2020 has been way beyond a typical bad year. Not only we experienced our own share of personal mishaps, but the world underwent a series of sudden, drastic changes. The coronavirus has paralyzed almost everything and re-introduced lockdown to civilizations across the globe. 

Not only that, we have mourned over legendary personalities – both old and young – such as Kobe Bryant, Sean Connery, Pat Patterson, and Kenny Rogers, to name a few. There was also notable disaster such as wildfires, volcano eruptions, flashfloods brought by tropical cyclones, and even earthquakes; as well as a political clash that might've triggered another world war. To sum it up, the events that happened in 2020 were like a collection of teasers to what could have been an apocalyptic-like era. 

All that said, as Yuletide season passed upon us, we have high hopes that 2021 would be different from this nightmare. That said, Netflix created a comedy event that brought together some of the most noticeable news items and iconic actors to mirror 2020 to its core.

Upcoming: March Of The Penguins 66

07/02/2019 06:56:55 PM

March of the Penguins will celebrate the 12th anniversary special of the Penguin Studio. For sure, it will be another Saturday Night full of music and a bit of comedy.

Aladdin, The Hit Broadway Musical goes to Singapore!

05/27/2019 10:07:55 PM

There's a whole new world coming to Singapore this July.

We have seen Disney reinventing some of their timeless gems recently; and for this year, the known Mideast-themed fairy tale has been making waves anew in cinemas. The live-action movie adaptation is directed by Guy Richie and features Will Smith as the Genie, Mena Massoud in the title role and Naomi Scott as Princess Jasmine.

But apart from this musical fantasy film, Aladdin has been a sensation in the world of live theater, too. In fact, this English-language Broadway Musical is set to hit Singapore starting 21 July, and it will be their first and only stop in Asia.

Manila Improv Festival hits PETA this March!

02/22/2019 01:11:27 AM

Manila Improv Festival is set to hit the stage of PETA Theater in Quezon City for a week this March 2019.

Curtain Call: TRUMPERTE

11/13/2018 01:40:45 AM

In the time of political correctness, comedy must be the one thing that is hard for anyone to do. Well, unless you are thick-skinned enough to withstand any form of bashing (not even criticism).

Jon Santos' TRUMPERTE hits PETA this October!

10/17/2018 09:19:48 AM

After a successful run earlier in the year, legendary comedian Jon Santos will be staging a two-night only show titled TRUMPERTE as part of the Philippine Educational Theater Association's 51st Season at the PETA Theater Center in Quezon City.

On Air: Mad Cat Midnight with Paranoid City

04/14/2017 09:15:13 PM

Synth pop band Paranoid City guested in Jam 88.3's Mad Cat Midnight last March 23, and when you thought of these titos for being a boring kind compared to those wild metal-heads and young broods, think again: they can entertain like your typical bandista idols.

On Air: Mad Cat Midnight with Tanya Markova x Third World Improv x Demi

04/14/2017 09:06:32 PM

It's funny how much of being a radio kid has being rekindled in me as of late. 

Newsletter: Once Upon A Mattress

01/19/2017 08:31:22 PM

Author's note: Aside from much-hyped Sa Wakas, the start of 2017 will be bombarded by a lot of theater productions – both originals and revivals. That being said, here's one production that will be restaging this weekend at the Emilio Aguinaldo College – the musical that was primarily meant to be a spoof spin-off to one of the greatest works of Hans Christian Andersen. 

Steven Conde, the director behind some of the critically-acclaimed plays, will be directing this upcoming production and singer-actress Carla Guevarra-Laforteza will be one of the headliners. 

All that and more in this post.

Flick Review: Buy Now, Die Later

1/5/2016 6:47:14 PM

Photo credit: mymovieworld-coolman0304.blogspot.com

Horror and comedy converged once again as the same prods who brought you Walang Forever came up with their second entry at the 2015 Metro Manila Film Festival titled Buy Now, Die Later.

Playback: Gaano ka-Pinoy ang Beauty Contest sa Pilipinas?

3/16/2015 4:28:30 PM

Since some people are still having signs of a hangover from the recent Binibining Pilipinas, here’s something I’d like to share with you: a 16-minute audio clip from that epic (now-defunct) program named The Disenchanted Kingdom.

Say, this one seems timely, eh?