The most daring television drama on TV this year, Halik, just achieved its all-time high national TV rating. The Jericho Rosales starrer gained its highest rating so far for its episode on Aug. 24 where his character and Jacky (Yen Santos) confront their respective spouses about their problems.

Bereft of sound but brimming with feature films accompanied by live musical performances, the much-anticipated annual International Silent Film Festival Manila (ISFFM) is back.

Established in 2007 as the first of its kind in Asia, the ISFFM promises to bring once more to Manila film buffs and music aficionados an extraordinary experience.  From the 1890’s to the 1920’s, audiences around the world were enchanted by the magic of watching soundless images on a screen accompanied by live music played by different performing artists.  

Don’t worry, he’s still the hard core rapper you know and love. The title of today’s column is merely based on his latest project, which was to write the theme song of the first Filipino anime series “Barangay 143,” set for a TV premiere in October.

Gloc 9 said the production team sought him out for the theme song, and he was more than happy to accept the task.

Justin Bieber, or Thomas Magnum?

The 24-year-old pop star made an appearance in fiancée Hailey Baldwin's Instagram Story on Wednesday night, giving us major Magnum P.I. vibes in a Hawaiian-print shirt and cap combo that looks like it was stolen straight off the set of the popular '80s crime series.

The reality star has been widely mocked for just discovering 2014’s biggest podcast. But there is small delight in discovering things after the hype dies down. Let me tell you about this great new film La La Land ...

Kim Kardashian West has been roundly teased by the internet for tweeting her discovery of this great new podcast called Serial. She is on episode four and is “dying to know what you guys think? Is he guilty or innocent?!?!” It’s a question under consideration by Maryland’s highest appeals court, and a forthcoming Sky/HBO documentary series called The Case Against Adnan Syed, which have had the four years since Serial first appeared to consider what they think. I look forward to 2022, when Kim lets us know she has given up on the second season as it is too much like hard work.

Tom Cruise has always been known as a quirky star, but a new rumor about how he is healing from a recent injury tops most stories which have made the rounds about the action star. Cruise is said to be healing from an injury sustained on the set of the most recent Mission Impossible movie, and he is committed to healing through his religion, Scientology.

But that’s not the strange part. Jezebel shared the story that Cruise has rules for the way the staff at his current hotel can interact with him. Cruise is staying at the Corinthia Hotel in London and wants to minimize contact with employees of the hotel by having them enter the room backward.

Discovery Suites Manila in partnership with Atlantis Theatrical offers Show and Stay for the Broadway musical Side Show that runs from today to Sept. 23 at the Carlos P. Romulo auditorium, RCBC Plaza in Makati City.

Guests checking in until Sept. 22 will get a unique promo code that entitles them to a 20 percent discount when they buy tickets to Side Show Manila, the heart-warming Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical about love, loss, sisterhood and what it truly means to be unique. 

It’s that time of year again when companies start appraising the crop of female celebrities in the country so as to choose the best face to be their calendar girl for another new beginning.

For 2019, it seems agricultural and construction supplies group Jardine Distribution beat everyone else to the punch as it announced this early they have signed PBA courtside reporter and model Rizza Diaz to grace the company calendar next year.

Chris Hemsworth wraps his arm around Elsa Pataky as they sit in the backseat of their ride while leaving Annabel’s Club on Saturday night (August 25) in London, England.

The 35-year-old actor was spotted in an olive-colored blazer over a gray T-shirt and black jeans while the 42-year-old actress kept things cool in an all black outfit as they stepped out for their date night.