Bangladesh-Philippines ‘dirty money’ trail
Here’s what we know so far about how the $81-million stolen from Bangladesh Bank and wired to the Philippines moved within the country.
Keeping the kids busy this summer
By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman
It is alarming that kids these days belong to “the most sedentary generation in history.”
Favreau gives Jungle Book a girl-power makeover
LOS ANGELES — One of the best-loved animated films of all-time, The Jungle Book boasted iconic songs and a cast that ensured it would be revered as a milestone in Hollywood history.
Why US millennials are crushing the dreams of marketing directors
COMPANIES BENDING OVER backward to sell to millennials are doing the one thing the cohort hates most: trying too hard.
Bollywood studios eye profits at last as India goes smartphone mad
MUMBAI — India’s all-singing, all-dancing movie hits capture the attention of hundreds of millions of fans — but they generate precious little in box office profits for the world’s largest cinema industry.
Global competition shows technology aids weight loss
MIAMI — A friendly international competition to encourage exercise using pedometers and online tools was successful in helping people lose weight and improve their fitness over the course of three months, researchers said on Sunday.
Daredevil ratchets up the bloody intensity in Season 2
The Binge — Jessica Zafra
DAREDEVIL, the vigilante of Hell’s Kitchen, New York, is not the biggest badass in this season of the Netflix series that bears his name. He’s not even the second. More like the fourth or fifth. However you may feel about comic book adaptations — and there are people who will not watch comic book adaptations because they have fixed notions about grown-up behavior — you will find yourself agreeing that Daredevil has the best and most brutal fight scenes in the business. They’re not just cleverly choreographed (by Philip J. Silvera) or wonderfully photographed (by Martin Ahlgren) or thrillingly edited, they look like they hurt.
Grieve, smash, dance — Gyllenhaal’s Demolition has it
NEW YORK — In the movie Demolition, actor Jake Gyllenhaal loses his wife in a traffic accident, pours his heart out to a vending machine company, and smashes up his home with a sledgehammer.
Wrangler seeks new True Wanderer in travel contest
AMERICAN DENIM BRAND Wrangler is continuing its search for biking and travel enthusiasts “out to fulfill their passion on the open road” through its Asia-Pacific-wide competition “True Wanderer.”
Industry threatens nearly half of natural heritage sites: WWF
PARIS — Almost half of all natural World Heritage Sites, including the Great Barrier Reef and Machu Picchu, are threatened by industrial activities such as mining, oil exploration and illegal logging, conservation group World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) warned on Wednesday.
Bad news: Cholesterol drug fails to improve heart health
WASHINGTON — An experimental drug that greatly increases levels of “good” cholesterol has no effect on heart health, a comprehensive clinical trial found, leaving researchers shocked and disappointed.