Author: Agnes Alpuerto

Tom Cruise, one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, unleashed an expletive-filled rant on the set of the upcoming “Mission: Impossible 7” after he reportedly saw the film’s crew members not adhering to social distancing protocols. The UK’s The Sun newspaper released an audiotape on Wednesday, in which the famous actor can be heard yelling, “I’m on the phone with every f****** studio at night, insurance companies, producers, and they’re looking at us and using us to make their movies.” “Am I clear? Do you understand what I want? Do you understand the responsibility that I have? Because I will deal with…

LeAnn Rimes shone the brightest on The Masked Singer season 4 finale on Wednesday night (US time), proving how much she deserved to be wearing the sun costume through an entertaining and competitive season. Rimes made it to the final three along with the “Crocodile” (Nick Carter of Backstreet Boys) and “Mushroom” (Aloe Blacc). Rimes was the last to perform during the finale, and said she dedicated her performance to her longtime love. Like all her performances in the show, the “Sun” wowed everyone with her performance of “The Story” by Brandi Carlile. Rimes became everyone’s top pick when she…

Singapore’s tradition of dining at hawker centers – open air food courts – has been recognized by UNESCO for its cultural significance. UNESCO announced late Wednesday that it had added the city state’s “hawker culture” to its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, nearly two years after the state submitted a bid. “Singapore is tremendously honored to have our hawker culture as our very first inscription on the UNESCO representative list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity,” said Edwin Tong, Minister of Culture, Community and Youth, in a video shown at the meeting after Singapore got…

The return capsule of China’s Chang’e-5 probe touched down on Earth in the early hours of Thursday, December 17, the Xinhua news agency confirmed. The spacecraft brought back first samples collected from the moon by China, as well as the world’s first lunar samples in over 40 years. Chang’e-5 landed in Siziwang Banner, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at 1:59 am (Beijing time), according to the China National Space Administration. The spacecraft’s mission has been declared a success by the CNSA. It marks a monumental conclusion of China’s current three-step lunar exploration program of orbiting and landing, and bringing…

Singapore and Vietnam have agreed to “expeditiously conclude ongoing discussions” on a green lane agreement for essential business and official travel. The two Southeast Asian nations have been proven leaders in curbing local transmissions of coronavirus. MFA Secretary Chee Wee Kiong and Vietnam’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung have tasked officials to finalize the agreement by early next year, said MFA in a statement. Singapore will be among the first few countries with which Vietnam will resume regularized essential business and official travel. The two countries are also seeking to reinstate regular commercial return flights between them Since October…

More than a year after its original release date and coronavirus-related delays, Wonder Woman 1984 is finally here. And it’s expected to bring in some joy and thrill as this troublesome year comes to an end. The delays haven’t hurt the film – so far – as loyal DC and Gal Gadaot fans await to watch the Wonder Woman sequel. The highly anticipated movie hits UK theaters on December 16, US theaters and HBO Max on December 25 and Australian theaters on December 26. Vietnam can watch the film as early as December 18 – yep, TGIF. In mid-November, WarnerMedia…

Twitter Inc announced on Wednesday that it would shut down live-streaming app Periscope next year. Periscope, which is available on both iOS and Android, was launched in 2015. “Today, we’re sharing that we have made the difficult decision to discontinue Periscope as a separate mobile app by March 2021,” wrote Twitter on its ‘Farewell, Periscope’ blog post. The mobile app, according to Twitter, is in an “unsustainable maintenance-mode state”. Over the past couple of years, there has been a decline in the usage of the app, while to cost it needs to be operational continues to go up over time.…

Takahiro Shiraishi was given the death penalty by a Japanese court on Tuesday. Dubbed “Twitter killer”, he was found guilty for the murder of nine people, some of whom were minors. Shiraishi, now 30, used micro-blogging platform Twitter in 2017 to lure the women, who shared on social media that they wanted to kill themselves. Shiraishi told them he could help them do so, and even die alongside them. His Twitter profile included the words: “I want to help people who are really in pain. Please DM me anytime.” When the women met with Takahiro Shiraishi in his apartment, he…

MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has donated over $4 billion to food banks and emergency relief funds in the last four months. This is Scott’s second major charitable contribution for this year. Scott has signed a commitment to donate the majority of her fortune after her split from Bezos – the world’s richest man – left her with a four percent stake in Amazon. “The pandemic has been a wrecking ball in the lives of Americans already struggling,” Scott wrote in a Medium post. “Economic losses and health outcomes alike have been worse for women, for…

US president-elect Joe Biden announced Pete Buttigieg as his nominee to lead the country’s Transportation Department. Buttigieg is the first of Biden’s Democratic rivals for presidency to land a role in his Cabinet. This appointment is considerably an important step in the political rise of Buttigieg, 38, who served as mayor of South Bend, Indiana. If confirmed by the Senate, he would run a sprawling federal agency that oversees the nation’s airlines, highways and transit systems. “I am nominating him for Secretary of Transportation because this position stands at the nexus of so many of the interlocking challenges and opportunities…