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PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia called on U.S. media group VICE to withdraw an article featuring newly colourised photos of the Khmer Rouge "killing fields" victims, saying the images were an insult to the dead because some mugshots had been altered to add smiles. At 1200 GMT on Sunday, the article later was no longer available on the VICE.com website. In the article published on Friday, artist Matt Loughrey said his project to colourise images from the notorious Tuol Sleng prison, or S-21, aimed to humanise the 14,000 Cambodians executed and tortured there. However, the article caused a backlash on social media after comparisons with the original black-and-white photos showed that some subjects were smiling only in Loughrey's colour images. The VICE article did not contain the original images. "To play around by using technology to put make-up on the victims of S21 ... is a very grave insult to the souls of the victims of #genocide," exiled Cambodian politician Mu Sochua ... » Learn More about Cambodia condemns VICE for images by artist who added smiles to Khmer Rouge victims

Duterte on motorbike. Image from Sen. Bong Go MANILA, Philippines — Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Sunday said he is “not buying” the rumor that President Rodrigo Duterte is sick, saying that the “narcissist” President is doing this on purpose to get attention. “I’m not buying this info that Duterte is sick. He’s been doing that for the past 5 years,” said Trillanes in a statement. “Mawawala kunyare (pretend to disappear) then they’d float their own rumor. Tapos lalabas (then appear) like a conquering hero and burn all those who went for the ride. He’s a narcissist, remember? He craves for the attention,” he added. Trillanes said that instead of getting hooked into the administration’s “script,” Filipinos should demand that the President gets to work “at this time of severe national crisis.” “Napakatamad na, wala pang malasakit” Trillanes said. (Not only is he lazy, but he is also indifferent.) It has already been two weeks since President Duterte last ... » Learn More about Speculation of ‘narcissist’ Duterte being sick is part of admin’s ‘script’ – Trillanes

British actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge arrives for the 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Jan. 19, 2020. Image: AFP/Jean-Baptiste Lacroix “Fleabag” actor and creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge will star alongside Harrison Ford in the new “Indiana Jones” movie due to hit screens next summer, Lucasfilm said Friday. The series’ fifth installment, to be directed by James Mangold (“Ford v Ferrari,” “Logan”) has been billed as 78-year-old Ford’s final film as the hero archaeologist. The “new adventure” will feature a “dream team of all-time great filmmakers” including producers Steven Spielberg, who was initially due to direct, and Kathleen Kennedy, said Mangold in a statement to AFP. “When you add Phoebe, a dazzling actor, brilliant creative voice and the chemistry she will undoubtedly bring to our set, I can’t help but feel as lucky as Indiana Jones himself,” Mangold added. The casting caps a remarkable rise for British actor and writer ... » Learn More about New ‘Indiana Jones’ movie casts ‘Fleabag’ star Waller-Bridge

Lara Quigaman with her son Noah. Image: YouTube/The Alcaraz Family Lara Quigaman admitted that she did not immediately feel anxious when her husband, actor Marco Alcaraz, tested positive for COVID-19, but recent exposure to the virus got her worried. Alcaraz has finally come home to his family after recovering from COVID-19 and finishing his two weeks of quarantine. Quigaman showed their children’s excitement to reunite with their father through their family’s YouTube vlog last Friday, April 8. The kids leaped as they welcomed their father with hugs and a homemade banner that said, “Welcome home dad.” The former Miss International said that when her husband called to tell her that he tested positive for the virus, anxiety did not come to her mind at first. “No’ng hindi pa masyadong nag-sink in naisip ko lang ‘Okay, anong kailangan mo diyan?'” the beauty queen-actress said. (When it did not sink in yet, I was only thinking, “Okay what do you need [while in quarantine]?”) But ... » Learn More about Lara Quigaman opens up about worries after Marco Alcaraz got COVID-19