BEIJING — A new English-language song released by Chinese state media for the Beijing Winter Olympics has divided opinion, gaining effusive praise on Chinese social media but panned by overseas critics as “cringey” and out of touch with reality.

MATTEL, INC. on Wednesday won the rights to produce dolls based on Disney royalty like Elsa and Jasmine, snatching back a highly lucrative license from archrival Hasbro, Inc.

FOX News Channel host Dan Bongino on Wednesday became among the most-followed conservative personalities to be permanently banned from YouTube, a week after the Google-owned video service said he had posted coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) misinformation.

ARANETA City is welcoming the Year of the Water Tiger with activities meant to attract good luck. Visit Gateway Mall’s Tunnel of Chinese Lanterns, decorated in red and yellow, starting Jan. 26.

THE FAST and Furious crew reunites to stop a cyberterrorist from building a dangerous weapon. Dom is forced to confront his past when his forsaken brother turns out to be a henchman of the enemy.

SINGER Mark Oblea renewed his contract with Universal Records Philippines, just in time for his 27th birthday. The virtual contract signing held on Jan. 18, included the singer, Cornerstone Entertainment, Inc. Vice-President Jeff M. Vadillo, AVP for Music/Senior Artist Handler Caress A. Caballero, Universal Records Marketing Head Jhofer Eleria, and Universal Records Managing Director Kathleen Dy-Go. Mr. Oblea has attracted over 95,000 monthly listeners on Spotify.

THE Michelin Guide Hong Kong Macau 2022 unveiled new additions to its list during a press conference streamed on Jan. 19. The Michelin Guide highlighted 71 restaurants in Hong Kong (HK) and 15 in Macau, 11 of which are new additions or have received additional stars.

THERE is no better way to get the Year of the Tiger to a roaring start on Feb. 1 than with the right food. Hotels, restaurants, bakeries are offering everything from lauriats to bento boxes, tikoy to egg rolls, even brandy and coffee makers in order for people to start the year deliciously. Here are some of the offers.

ONE of my patients — who had been struggling with obesity, uncontrolled diabetes, and the cost of her medications — agreed in June 2019 to adopt a more whole-food plant-based diet.

AT THE fringes of the cosmopolitan Hong Kong lies a village that represents hundreds of years of history, as well as a slice of rural life surviving to this day.

LOS ANGELES —  Attorneys for Alec Baldwin and other producers of the movie Rust are asking a court to dismiss a civil lawsuit filed by a script supervisor who was on the set when the actor fatally shot a cinematographer.

LONDON — John Lennon’s son Julian is auctioning off pieces of memorabilia relating to the Beatles, including three guitars given to him by his father and handwritten notes about the 1968 song “Hey Jude” —  but not physically.