‘Filipiñana,’ the country’s official film entry to the Oscars, hopes the international audience sees something different — a ‘different side of the Philippines’ and a ‘different kind of Philippine cinema’
Just over a week after Filipiñana’ earned the Philippines’ Oscar nod, lead actress Jorrybell Agoto is now in critical care following lung surgery
Around the globe, the movie brought in a total of $932 million in ticket sales, the second highest-grossing total in cinema history
The two-time Oscar winner, who has won awards for his campaigns to promote justice, says he recently met leading AI developers and was unconvinced current safeguards would be enough to keep pace with improvements in the technology
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