LOS ANGELES — 14 years after television political drama The West Wing shut down its White House set, the show is back with its idealized version of a US president and a mission to get Americans to the polls on Nov. 3 to choose a real one.

FENDER Musical Instruments Corp. on Tuesday released a new range of electric guitars aimed at professional players, hoping that a sales boom in entry level guitars will carry over into $1,000-plus instruments, even as many live music venues remain shuttered.

FOR the 10th year in a row, the Institut Français, in partnership with the AFCA (Association Française du Cinéma d’Animation), is bringing the Fête du cinéma de l’animation (Animation Film Festival) to an international audience.

ENDERUN Colleges brings the cooking school to homes with a series of culinary instructional videos in a program called École Ducasse Online Culinary eXperience by Enderun. The online cooking classes are in partnership with its global culinary partner École Ducasse from France, and will be taught by Enderun instructors headed by See Cheong Yan, Culinary Head of École Ducasse Manila. Mr. See leads the team of virtual instructors of the program along with Executive Chef Marc Chalopin, and Executive Pastry Chef Laetitia Moreau.

MYKE “Tatung” Sarthou is known for his books, morning show segments, restaurants, and social media channel Simpol. He’s had a rough year (just like the rest of us): he opened a restaurant, Talisay, just last year, and opened another, Pandan Asian Cafe, just a few months before the March community quarantines began. The restaurants began to operate in the middle of this year when dining-in restrictions were relaxed, albeit at limited capacity.

STORIES nourish just as much as food, and the Mama Sita Foundation’s 4th Mga Kwentong Pagkain goes on despite a pandemic.

HOPPERS restaurant was a sensation when it opened in London’s Soho in 2015.

LEADING home brands like Tefal Cookware, Cuisinart, Conair, and Oneida are now available on Zalora.

THE ONE-TWO punch of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) and the racial-justice movement has upended huge swathes of society — work, school and health care. Below the radar, it’s also shaking the foundations of another set of US institutions — museums — forcing them to sell prized works and broaden the definition of great art.

PALACIO DE MEMORIA has expanded its collection of Euro-Filipino art pieces in its museum with new ecclesiastical pieces ranging from paintings of religious figures and ivory statues, to church furnishings.

ROME — After decades locked away in a basement, some of the finest sculptures from antiquity have been pulled from the gloom and returned to public view in Rome.

THE COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic has managed to stop a great many things in the world, but not everything.