SEOUL — A surprise decision by South Korean boy band BTS to take a break from live shows has rekindled debate about mandatory military service in a country setting global pop-culture trends while facing a decades old Cold War threat.

AMERICAN pop rock band Maroon 5 will return to Manila for a concert at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City on Dec. 8. 

LONDON — Peter Brook, one of the world’s most innovative theater directors who perfected the art of staging powerful drama in bizarre venues, has died aged 97, his publisher said on Sunday.

ABS-CBN Books partnered with Beebly, a gamified e-knowledge hub, to bring its best-selling books to mobile.

WHEN we’re running away from real tragedy: riots, plagues, and wars, of which we have seen far too much in the last two years, fashion tends to take a backseat. In a press conference streamed from Japan on June 16, Japanese clothing giant Uniqlo makes a case for fashion taking a leading role in crisis.

A GREEK skincare brand which arrived in the Philippines during the pandemic distills the power of nature and gives back to it —  with the help of actress Nadine Lustre.

PARIS — Celine designer Hedi Slimane sent out a lineup of bare-chested models in sheer, unzipped tops and dazzling blazers Sunday last week, marking the return of French label to Paris Fashion Week’s menswear shows — and closing the week of events.

FOR the Longchamp Fall/Winter 2022 ready-to-wear collection, Creative Director Sophie Delafontaine draws from the sporty and cocooning ambiances of winter in the Alps.

SOCIAL media users have been seeing an awful lot of crocodiles on their feeds lately. No, not politicians. Real ones. Sort of.

THE EIGHT new National Artists for 2022 were honored with at a tribute ceremony at the Cultural Center of the Philippines on June 29.

LONDON — Hollywood actor Chris Pratt brings author Jack Carr’s best-seller The Terminal List to the small screen this week in a new television adaptation of the first novel in the hit book series.

RAPPER, producer and entrepreneur Kanye West, who legally changed his name to Ye last year, was sued on Wednesday for allegedly sampling a song by musician Marshall Jefferson without permission.