Loving Doorstops
The Binge
By Jessica Zafra
LITERATURE is incompatible with the information age. The digital world demands speed, accessibility, connectivity, user-friendliness, interactivity. Reading requires slowness. It asks you...
Donita Rose fronts Jolly Canola Oil’s health rebranding
JOLLY CANOLA Oil has a new endorser and a whole new marketing strategy in order to entice consumers to try the “healthiest cooking oil...
Hoping to reel in more locals, Ocean Adventure makes Gerald Anderson endorser
OCEAN ADVENTURE has named actor Gerald Anderson its very first brand ambassador after 14 years in the business of a marine and wildlife park...
Cote de Pablo sings and shines in The 33
By Lynn Barker Front Row Features
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Chilean actress Cote de Pablo is best known for her role as former Mossad officer Ziva...
Good COP, bad COP: Will Paris climate summit prevail?
PARIS — “Copenhagen.” The mere mention of the Danish capital’s name can send a chill down the spine of even the toughest climate negotiator.
It...
Star Wars: a game changer in special effects
LOS ANGELES — When Star Wars audiences were blown away four decades ago by its thrilling battles in space, they were also witnessing a...
3D bursts anew with New Generation Fan
ADS & Ends
Nanette Franco-Diyco
I CAUGHT an oh-so-simple, clever, and meticulously produced commercial on cable and the internet during the weekend that blew me...
Tahiti pearls, mainstay of French Polynesian economy, endangered
VAIRAO, FRANCE — The black pearl of Tahiti is at the heart of French Polynesia’s economy but is now highly vulnerable to climate change,...
Bless my homeland forever
Video
The Man in the High Castle
Amazon
By Noel Vera
Frank Spotnitz’s adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s classic alternate-history dystopia The Man in the High Castle is...
Guide
EVENTS
National Artist BenCab will be launching his limited edition stationery collection with National Book Store on Nov. 27, 4 p.m., at the National Book...
The Good Dinosaur: Pixar’s ‘most beautiful’ movie
CHIEF CREATIVE officer of Pixar, John Lasseter, animator Peter Sohn and the cast of The Good Dinosaur celebrated the premiere of the film on...
Selling to the wrong person
Getting The Edge In Professional Selling
Terence A. Hockenhull
I THINK most salespersons will agree that it can be difficult to meet directly with decision-makers,...