Star Wars success makes Disney world’s most powerful brand

February 5, 2016 | 12:06 am

WALT DISNEY is the world’s most powerful brand, thanks to the likable robots R2-D2 and C-3PO, who propelled the entertainment company to the top spot following the box office success of Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens, London-based Brand Finance said.

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One movie, two radically different opinions

February 5, 2016 | 12:06 am

Movie Review
The Revenant
Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu

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Redmayne in top form

February 5, 2016 | 12:05 am

By Michael Roddy, Reuters

Movie Review
The Danish Girl
Directed by Tom Hooper

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Digital ad fraud estimated to cost industry $7.2 billion in 2016

February 5, 2016 | 12:05 am

THE ADVERTISING INDUSTRY was on pace to lose $6.3 billion last year by showing digital ads to robots, according to a December 2014 study by White Ops, a fraud detection firm. The study applied some concrete numbers to illustrate a problem that most people in the industry understood was pervasive.

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Arctic islands seek to charm visitors with winter cold, darkness

February 5, 2016 | 12:04 am

OSLO — A Norwegian chain of Arctic islands is seeking to turn numbing cold and total winter darkness into a draw for visitors who usually only venture north for the midnight sun during fleeting summers.

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Mired in the mire

February 5, 2016 | 12:04 am

By Richard Roeper

Movie Review
Sisters
Directed by Jason Moore

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Postmodern cautionary tale

February 5, 2016 | 12:04 am

By Johanna D. Poblete

Theater Review
3 Stars and a Sun
Feb. 4 to March 6
Tuesdays to Fridays, 8 p.m.;
Saturdays and Sundays, 3 and 8 p.m.
PETA Phinma Theater, No. 5 Eymard Drive, New Manila, Quezon City

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Bennet sisters don swords Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

February 5, 2016 | 12:03 am

LOS ANGELES — Jane Austen’s classic tale Pride and Prejudice gets a somewhat different makeover for cinema screens with heroine Elizabeth Bennet armed with a sword and fighting zombies.

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Beautiful music

February 5, 2016 | 12:03 am

By Joseph L. Garcia

Concert
The Amazing Brahms
Metro Manila Concert Orchestra
Feb. 5
Little Theater, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Roxas Blvd., Pasay City

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Do we really need salespeople?

February 5, 2016 | 12:03 am

Getting The Edge In Professional Selling
Terence A. Hockenhull

“Sir! Would you mind spending 5 minutes with me, participating in a survey?”

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Why does this film exist?!?!

February 5, 2016 | 12:02 am

By Richard Roeper

Movie Review
Dirty Grandpa
Directed by Dan Mazer

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Genes show why bedbugs are tough suckers to kill

February 5, 2016 | 12:02 am

PARIS, FRANCE — Bedbugs, the notorious bloodthirsty critters which tormented the residents of New York City some years ago, have become genetically wired to resist pesticides, experts said on Tuesday.

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