Manila, Philippines—The only way to find out is to catch the record-smashing film “A Second Chance,” a sequel to the 2007 cult romantic film “One More Chance,” which introduced Filipino audiences to fictional couple Popoy Gonzales, an engineer, and Basha Eugenio, an architect. The movie, starring John Lloyd Cruz (Popoy)

Manila, Philippines—On last Saturday’s episode of the phenomenally popular “Kalye Serye,” a soap opera-musical parody, on noontime variety show “Eat Bulaga,” the show’s bida kontrabida Lola Nidora, played by Wally Bayola in drag, gave permission to Alden, male lead character played by Alden Richards, to finally court Yaya Dub, female