Fifty Shades musical parody back for a limited run

December 15, 2016 | 11:32 pm

By Camille Anne M. Arcilla

Theater
50 SHADES!

Free wine endangered on Asian airlines after OPEC accord

December 15, 2016 | 11:31 pm

SOME OF Asia’s marquee airlines that spoil passengers with free alcohol and in-flight entertainment may soon have to kick the habit.

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Does Pokemon get you on the go? For a bit, says study

December 15, 2016 | 11:31 pm

PARIS — It has been hailed as a revolutionary way to get people moving, using smartphones to pursue cartoon creatures through city parks and streets on foot, instead of taking the car or metro.

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Kenya’s Maasai break with coming-of-age tradition to save the lion

December 15, 2016 | 11:31 pm

KIMANA, KENYA — Under the shadow of a snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro, hundreds of Maasai boys brave the morning chill to take part in a ritual that marks their coming of age.

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It’s a good life

December 15, 2016 | 11:31 pm

By Noel Vera

DVD Review
It’s a Wonderful Life
Directed by Frank Capra

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Amazing PLDT HOME Fibr’s expansion

December 15, 2016 | 11:31 pm

Ads & Ends
Nanette Franco-Diyco

THERE ARE MORE and more advertising gems that are launched and that instantly catch the attention and excitement of their target market on social media.

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Your Weekend Guide (December 16, 2016)

December 15, 2016 | 11:31 pm

EXHIBITS

Finale Art File opened three exhibitions which are on view until Jan. 5, 2017: Painting Baggage by Lyra Garcellano and W. Don Flores, Swan Song Part Two by Liv Vinluan, and Tropical Snow Flake by Jeona Zoleta.

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What to see this week

December 15, 2016 | 11:31 pm

3 films to see on the week of December 16-23, 2016

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Whales in the wild: rare gem amid Thailand mass tourism

December 15, 2016 | 11:30 pm

GULF OF THAILAND — Piercing the water’s surface with its almond-shaped mouth, a giant Bryde’s whale opens wide for one, two, three seconds, gulping in anchovies as a boatload of awed tourists look on in the Gulf of Thailand.

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2016: the beginning of the end of a rock era

December 15, 2016 | 11:30 pm

NEW YORK — The year 2016 began with David Bowie releasing one of the most acclaimed albums of his vast career, a sign of new creative energy from the rock legend. Two days later, he was dead, from an undisclosed battle with cancer.

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Tacky closing techniques

December 15, 2016 | 11:30 pm

Getting The Edge In Professional Selling
Terence A. Hockenhull

SOME YEARS AGO in Hong Kong, a salesman selling me an insurance policy decided it was time to ask me for a commitment to buy. He attempted one of the “classic” closing techniques. “Look,” he said. “I know you have one or two doubts about whether this policy is right for you. What I am going to do is to draw a line down through the middle of this piece of paper. We will list all of the reasons you shouldn’t buy on the left hand side and all the reasons you think this would be a good idea on the right. Whichever list is longer will help you decide whether to commit or not.”

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Net public satisfaction with President Rodrigo R. Duterte

December 15, 2016 | 10:33 am

PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte maintained his “very good” net public satisfaction rating this quarter in a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey that nevertheless flagged concern — especially in his bailiwick Mindanao — on the impact of his harsh words for foreign allies and partners. Read the full story.