By Mary Dienne Bernal & Julianne Sarrosa Drawing inspiration from hometown festivals to creatures of Filipino myths and folklore, the national costumes for this year’s Binibining Pilipinas has been generating a buzz among pageant fans and netizens alike. As always, the binibini candidates have turned to unique and innovative ways to showcase, not just their beauty, but also the country’s culture through their costumes, alongside local fashion designers. Here are some of the creative looks presented at this year’s pageant: Binibini 28, Gabrielle Basino of Borongan City, Eastern Samar, looked like a painting of the Virgin Mary in her national…
Author: Mary Dienne Bernal
Fans have raised speculations that James Reid’s Careless Music is working on a collaboration with South Korean agency Starship Entertainment. According to the Instagram Stories of Careless Music CEO Jeffrey Oh from July 4, James paid a visit to Starship Entertainment along with the actress Liza Soberano, who recently joined the label. Oh captioned the photo “Careless X Starship” without providing any other information on the meeting. In Oh’s Instagram story, he mentioned Careless artist Liza Soberano, Transparent Arts co-CEO Kirby Lee, and DJ Virman of the Asian-American hip hop group Far East Movement. The South Korean company Starship Entertainment…
K-pop girl group Aespa gave a meaningful speech at the United Nations’ 2022 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) on July 5 in New York City. The High-Level Political Forum opened its annual meeting at the UN General Assembly Hall in New York on July 5. To start, Aespa’s Karina, Giselle, Winter, and Ningning attended the first day of the meeting and gave a striking speech about the significance of sustainable development. The girl group delivered the speech titled, “Next Generation to the Next Level,” and a video performance of their hit song “Next Level’ was played at the…
Actress Ella Cruz continues to be the talk of social media after her controversial remark about history. Several celebrities and influencers have also commented on the issue. The actress was criticized for her “history is like tsismis” remark in relation to her role as Irene Marcos in Darryl Yap’s Maid In Malacañang. Ella said in a Philippine STAR interview promoting the film that “History is like tsismis. It is filtered and dagdag na rin, so, hindi natin alam what is the real history. Andoon na iyong idea, pero may mga bias talaga. As long as we’re here alive at may…
Former beauty queen Sandra Lemonon just introduced her newborn baby in an Instagram post on Sunday, July 3. The child whose name is Zaiah Rafael Mercado, was born on June 21 at exactly 10:07 p.m. “Pinky promise, now & forever ♾,” she wrote in the caption of her Instagram post. Sandra’s fiancé, basketball player Sol Mercado also took to Instagram to welcome their newborn son. “‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart…..’ Jeremiah 1:5 ????,” he captioned. Back in May, Sandra showed off her baby bump when she was…
The broadcast journalist Korina Sanchez reminisced on her graduation from her Master’s degree studies back in 2016. Recently, Korina uploaded pictures of her graduation from Ateneo de Manila in 2016 on social media to commemorate the anniversary of her graduation. She also said that she received the photos from “three different people”. “Awwwww….I received these photos from three different people today,” she wrote on instagram. “ ?Anniversary nga pala of my graduation from Masters in Journalism from the Ateneo a few years back.” Korina completed her master’s degree in journalism at the Ateneo De Manila University back in 2016, while…
July is filled with excitement as a lot of groups and soloists are making their comeback. However, there are also debuts that the fans should look out for! BTS member J-hope recently released the track MORE, which is included in his solo debut album, Jack In The Box, to be released on July 15. Other artists set to make their debut this month include Apink’s new sub-unit ChoBom, the Japanese debut of FAVE1, and the new K-pop girl group IRRIS. Here are some details for the said artists’ debut: IRRIS I.L., Nina, Yunseul and Liv are the members of IRRIS…
The homeless woman in the viral “free hug” video on social media died on Saturday morning, July 2. The homeless woman in the video that trended online was later identified to be Melanie Dubos. She went viral after hugging an ABS-CBN reporter during her live report. Thanks to the viral video, Melanie was reunited with her sister Mona Dubos, who had been looking for her for a long time. She was confined to a psychiatric hospital for her mental health treatment but unfortunately passed away this month, according to an ABS-CBN report. The ABS-CBN report also stated that Peachy Lacabo…
It looks like July 2022 is already set to be one of the biggest K-pop comeback months of the year so far. Groups and soloists returning on July’s K-pop comeback list include aespa, ITZY, SEVENTEEN, ENHYPEN, Chung Ha and HYOLYN. Fans should get ready to update their playlists and prepare as there will be more K-pop releases to be expected in the coming days. Here are some K-pop comebacks to look out for this month of July. 1. ENHYPEN Seven-member boy group ENHYPEN is returning on July 4 with their third mini-album, MANIFESTO: DAY 1 at 6 p.m. KST (5…
This senior high school student received a total of 60 awards during graduation rites! Eighteen-year-old Meckia Mari “Iya” Villanueva, who is Sto. Niño Academy’s batch valedictorian, bagged 60 awards, including 24 medals, and has consistently been top of her class since elementary. Iya trended online after posting a TikTok video showcasing awards she got at her graduation. The video has since garnered 1.2 million likes and counting. “[It] was too overwhelming, making me ask myself if I really deserved ‘those’ (pertaining to the awards),” she said in a message to The Philippine Star’s Latestchika. Some of her awards include…