Adele’s triumphant return a sentimental look
By Shaun Tandon, AFP
New York — Adele has had nearly five years to savor the massive success of her last album but, on a release...
Traveling and Eating: Comedians going where everyone has gone before
The Binge
Jessica Zafra
EVERYTHING’S BEEN DONE, the British actor Rob Brydon points out in The Trip to Italy. You can only do it differently. Take...
What every wine geek needs to know, right now
By Elin Mccoy
LISTEN UP: Do you know what these phrases mean: “Pet-nat,” “concrete eggs,” “en rama,” “koshu,” or “red blotch”? You’re not up to...
Stop playing Candy Crush. Here are four better commute killers
By Drew Beebe
HEY, watch this short video on your phone, OK?
Just type in: bloom.bg/1XE8UAa I bet you’ll be hooked, in the nicest possible way.
You...
Tips for shows plotting to be the next Game of Thrones
The Binge -- Jessica Zafra
CRITICS explaining the phenomenon that is Game of Thrones tend to overlook the obvious reason: it’s a very good show....
Launching album, Seal says honest songs of heartbreak ‘cathartic’
LOS ANGELES — Writing songs about love and heartbreak for his first album since divorcing model wife Heidi Klum was a “cathartic experience” for...
Quantico: How to get away with terror
The Binge
By Jessica Zafra
YOU WOULD BE forgiven for thinking that the new ABC series Quantico was the talent portion of a beauty contest. It...
A comics anthology answers the question: ‘Are people still willing to work for free?’
By Sam L. Marcelo
High Life Associate Editor
A YEAR FROM NOW, a recently published comics anthology, exists online as an answer to a question Lyra...
Rocker Rod Stewart continues songwriting return with new album
LONDON — Singing about a soldier serving abroad or bedtime for his young son, rocker Rod Stewart continues his comeback to songwriting with new...
Why is Downton Abbey just like Walking Dead?
The Binge
Jessica Zafra
IT SEEMED that Downton Abbey, like the zombie apocalypse, would never end. And yet the series created and written by Julian...
Book honors basketball’s Maestro
By Michael Angelo S. Murillo
THE COUNTRY’s rich basketball history has produced many personalities that have become icons of the sport, one of whom is...
Record producer’s music A-Z: Madagascan royalty to dead racehorses
LONDON -- A is for “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” a jazz classic partly written by a Madagascan royal; G is for “Greenville,” a Lucinda Williams country...