Tia Carrere lets her Filipino heritage shine in ‘Easter Sunday’

A woman with long dark hair in a black jacket on a red carpet

In 1996, four years after she cemented herself in Hollywood as the iconic Cassandra Wong in “Wayne’s World,” Tia Carrere was in Las Vegas for a pilot called “Desert Breeze.” While checking into the Alexis […]

Elsy Wameyo on learning her roots: ‘I felt I had this coat of power. No one could touch me’ | Australian music

‘When you know your purpose, making decisions becomes very, very easy’.

In 2019, while studying a media degree at the University of Adelaide, Elsy Wameyo had to make a call: do her exam or go to a music festival? That decision is practically a rite of […]

Remembering Richard Taruskin, a writer who made you care about 1,000 years of music : Deceptive Cadence : NPR

Remembering Richard Taruskin, a writer who made you care about 1,000 years of music : Deceptive Cadence : NPR

UC Berkeley Professor Richard Taruskin, whose 4000-page book The Oxford History of Western Music set a benchmark for writing about the history of classical music. San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst N/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty hide caption […]

Finding fame… and family? AleXa’s Korean-American K-pop dream

Finding fame... and family? AleXa's Korean-American K-pop dream

Korean-American K-pop star AleXa shot to fame with her win on American Song Contest, the US version of Eurovision – Copyright AFP Anthony WALLACE Cat BARTON Korean-American K-pop star AleXa has wanted to be on […]

SB19’s Ken addresses allegations that ‘Bulan’ plagiarized Lay’s ‘Lit’

SB19’s Ken addresses allegations that ‘Bulan’ plagiarized Lay’s ‘Lit’

Felip acknowledges that ‘Lit’ was one of their references, but insists that a ‘closer examination’ of ‘Bulan’ will prove the copying allegations otherwise MANILA, Philippines – SB19 Ken, who goes by FELIP in his solo […]

‘We want Filipinos to hug themselves’: the P-pop stars reconnecting with their culture | Philippines

A member of Alamat

Vocal coach Zebedee Zuñiga twists his hand in the air, and the melody of a tender, haunting lullaby, Ili Ili Tulog Anay, begins. “Little one, little one, sleep now/ Your mother is not here / […]

Belfast’s Jude Hill: ‘All the celebrities at the Oscars, they were shaking with nerves!’ | Movies

Hey Jude … Director Kenneth Branagh and Jude Hill on the set of Belfast.

Amid all the scandals and controversies dogging Hollywood and the Oscars, a seemingly endless din of accusation and recrimination, talking to Jude Hill feels like a restorative balm. Instead of solemn critique, he reminds you […]

Lost Ark is a grindy MMO that’s perfect to while away the hours – The Verge – Entertainments

Lost Ark is a grindy MMO that’s perfect to while away the hours

Shared from www.theverge.com Debuting only a week ago, Lost Ark has shot to the top of the Steam charts, amassing over 1 million concurrent players making it the most played game on Steam (based on […]

Are Fashion Companies Holding Firm on Diversity Commitments? – Business of Fashion

Are Fashion Companies Holding Firm on Diversity Commitments?

Shared from Business of Fashion Last February, Ulta Beauty said it would invest more than $25 million in a new set of diversity, equity and inclusion commitments, including expanded product assortment and marketing for minority-owned […]