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One Year Later, This Family-Owned Destination Marches Forward with Vision to Foster Coffee Community in Cavite

Marking its young, but already illustrious one-year milestone, Cavite-born family-owned coffee destination Café 10/23 revisits rich heritage, exciting new collaborations, and a revved up expansion plans in the future.

By |2024-11-25T05:14:26+08:00October 25, 2024|Featured, Food & Drinks, Recent Stories, Source|0 Comments

ICYMI: The Korean Pizza Revolution is Now in the Philippines

The Philippines, the pizza-loving country that it is, finally holds the door open for a pizza experience unlike any other. Offering a revolutionary pizza experience, South Korea’s original 10-inch pizza chain Eat Pizza, finally lands on Philippine shores.

By |2024-10-27T09:15:26+08:00October 10, 2024|Featured, Food & Drinks, Recent Stories, Source|0 Comments

Joshua Garcia Joins Disney Philippines’ First with Filipino-Dubbed ‘Inside Out 2’ Release

The record-breaking animated film adventure, Inside Out 2, is finally coming exclusively to Disney+ today, September 25. Joining this anticipated streaming drop, is local acting favorite, Joshua Garcia, marking a Disney first, lending his voice on a cameo role for the film.

By |2024-09-25T04:19:36+08:00September 25, 2024|Featured, Recent Stories, Screening Room, Source|0 Comments

Finally! We’re Crossing our Fingers for What’s Looking to be the Filipino-made ‘Zombie’ Film We’ve Been Waiting For

Hardly the first Filipino film released about the ‘undead’, all eyes are on the recently-released trailer of Filipino-produced and -made film "Outside" after it landed on social media to great acclaim and raves from fans of the genre. Based solely on what the trailer sneak peek served viewers with, "Outside" is looking to be a genre win for us, fans of Filipino films—and artistry as a whole.

By |2024-09-23T07:42:58+08:00September 23, 2024|Featured, Recent Stories, Screening Room, Source|0 Comments

This is Maisy Kay’s ‘Technicolor Honeymoon’ and We are Just Living in it

As she took the stage across Asia in support of Tori Kelly, young singer-songwriter, Maisy Kay takes Manila by storm, just this August on the heels of the recent track release of "Technicolor Honeymoon". She sits down in Novotel Manila Araneta City to talk career inspirations, creative process, and a game plan to forge a vibrant road ahead on her musical journey.

By |2024-09-25T02:37:10+08:00September 19, 2024|Featured, Listening Station, Recent Stories, Source|0 Comments

Stream of Consciousness: Charting the Sonic Orbit of eaJ

Looking at his evolution, just a couple of years young into a solo career after a departure from his previous band, growing a following on his YouTube and Twitch streams, then ultimately casting a wide net of followers with close to a million monthly listeners on Spotify alone, pocketing hits like “Car Crash” and “pacman”, it goes without saying that eaJ’s musical journey is a product of self-discovery.

By |2024-09-24T01:52:04+08:00September 13, 2024|Cover Story|0 Comments

BODIES OF WORK 2024: Charting New Waters

As we continue with the tradition for the Hot Damn! Issue, we rounded up men in their finest forms—a collection of emerging and celebrated names—straddling one facet of their beings to the next in flying colors, and now boldly charting new waters with one creative pursuit after another.

By |2025-05-14T19:10:16+08:00May 15, 2024|Featured, Hive, Recent Stories, Slant|Comments Off on BODIES OF WORK 2024: Charting New Waters

Bodies of Work 2023

For The Hot Damn! Issue, we present ALL men in their finest forms–not only looking their best but also making relevant use of their creative pursuits more so, the platforms that have chosen them, with merits that transcend shape, skin color, background, nationality, industry, and gender identity and expression. Headlining this year's list is model, actor, and now creative entrepreneur David Chua, whose education and evolution as an artist has traversed his life in front of the camera, and now, even behind it as producer, director.

By |2024-08-20T03:35:42+08:00July 3, 2023|Cover Story, Featured, Recent Stories|Comments Off on Bodies of Work 2023
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