Entertainment News (04/09/21)
SOUTH Bronx native and multi-platinum rapper Lil Tjay has released his second album, Destined 2 Win, via Columbia Records.
Eye candy: getting high at California’s Sugar Rush theme park
CRAVING for candy without the calories?
Pianists compete for prestigious prize with just a camera operator to listen
LONDON — In a hall at London’s Royal Academy of Music, pianist Yuanfan Yang performed pieces by Frederic Chopin, Franz Liszt and Joseph Haydn with just a camera operator as his audience.
From trash to plants at Robinsons Malls
PLANTITOS and plantitas received plants, seeds, and organic compost in exchange for their plastic bottles in a plant exchange held at Robinsons Magnolia last month.
Tea can be fun. Really.
IN THESE troubling times, one reaches for a cup of tea almost as a reflex, the calming drink an effort to protect one from the dangers outside. Tea is often regarded as a serious drink, fit for reminiscing or for meditating. But an online talk from the Dilmah School of Tea last month showed us that tea can be fun.
Is that a good egg? How chocolate makers rate on social and environmental measures
By John Dumay and James Guthrie
EASTER is the biggest chocolate-buying time of the year. But who’s really paying for the cost of that chocolate?
Filipino Food Month goes virtual
IF THERE is one thing every Filipino loves its food, and they will celebrate the fact even when a pandemic ranges. So Filipino Food Month (officially celebrated over the entire month of April thanks to 2018’s Presidential Proclamation No. 469) will still go on — online, that is.
Say cheese! Cyprus’s halloumi gets EU protected status
ARADIPPOU, Cyprus — Cyprus is getting protected status for its prized halloumi, giving its producers the sole right to sell the rubbery cheese in the European Union.
Fewer people in the US drank coffee during the pandemic — survey
NEW YORK — Fewer people drank coffee in the United States during the pandemic compared to levels seen before it, although the drink remained by far the most popular in the country, according to results of a national survey released last week.
YouTube discloses prevalence of rule-breaking videos for first time
ABOUT 1.6 million views on YouTube out of every 1 billion are of a video that violates its content policies, about even with a year ago, the streaming service owned by Alphabet, Inc.’s. Google said in a new disclosure on Tuesday.
Prince Harry and Meghan’s first Netflix project to focus on Invictus Games
BRITAIN’S Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will produce their first Netflix Inc. series that will focus on athletes competing in the Invictus Games for injured veterans in The Hague in 2022.
Kim Kardashian joins the billionaire club
LOS ANGELES — Kim Kardashian has added billionaire to her resume.



