They may not be as romantic as vampires, but zombies have been enjoying a rise in popularity in film and television in the past several years thanks to television shows like The Walking Dead, Age of the Living Dead, and Fear the Walking Dead and blockbuster movies like World War Z, Warm Bodies, Shaun of the Dead, and 28 Days Later.
HBO launches first horror anthology
HBO brings the scares with the new horror anthology, Folklore, a six-episode hour-long series that takes place across six Asian countries. It premiered Oct. 7 with A Mother’s Love, an Indonesian horror story about a Wewe Gombel, a Javanese female demon.
Stop talking; just build the bridge
“When politics is no longer a mission but a profession, politicians become more self-serving than public servants.”
-- Emmanuel Macron
By Alex P. Vidal
NEW YORK CITY -- With the first “ber” month this year already about to become part of history, the much-ballyhooed construction of the P42 billion Panay-Guimaras-Negros island bridge has continued to be a wild imagination.
Ingrained in his memory? Russell Crowe cuts a serious figure as he watches the NRL preliminary finals in Sydney... after THAT rice meltdown
Russell Crowe stepped out looking serious and tense on Saturday amid claims he 'stormed off set' after discovering catering had run out of rice.
The Kiwi-born star was spotted putting on rigid display as he watched the NRL preliminary finals in Sydney between the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Sydney Roosters at Allianz Stadium.
Facebook building a 'war room' to battle election meddling
SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Facebook on Wednesday said it will have a "war room" up and running on its Silicon Valley campus to quickly repel efforts to use the social network to meddle in upcoming elections.
"We are setting up a war room in Menlo Park for the Brazil and US elections," Facebook elections and civic engagement director Samidh Chakrabarti said during a conference call.
6 out of 10 wary of anti-loitering drive
While most Filipinos support President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, six out of 10 of them agree that a campaign to round up idlers and loiterers is a violation of their human rights, a survey by the Social Weather Stations shows.
The survey, conducted on June 27 to 30, showed that 60 percent of 1,200 respondents agreed with the statement “Police arresting idlers or tambays is a violation of their human rights.” Twenty-six percent disagreed and 14 percent were undecided.
40 years of ‘knockout’ success
Toby’s Sports, a multibrand sports retailer in the country, kicked off its 40th year in the industry on a high note as it successfully held its grand anniversary celebration, called “It’s Game Time,” at the Metrotent Convention Center in Metrowalk Plaza, Meralco Avenue, Pasig City.
The company treated its sports-luxe-clad guests to a night of music and revelry as it gathered some of the brightest and most promising names in sports and entertainment. The event was hosted by its brand ambassadress and volleyball star–turned–beauty queen Michelle Gumabao.