Entertainment

Canada runs two television cultures side by side. Here is why, what makes French-language TV in Quebec its own world, and how a mixed-language household can enjoy both.

Heartfelt ballads, trot with its old roots and young fans, K-pop group numbers and drama soundtracks: a guide to what fills the song queue in a Korean karaoke room.

A great watch party is less about decorations than about sightlines, sound and food that arrives at the right moment. A practical plan from the week before to the final whistle.

Long winters shape life in Quebec, and television plays a larger part in them than many people admit. When the snow piles up and evenings start early, the living-room TV turns into…

Good manners for a karaoke room in Magok-Balsan: queue etiquette, being a gracious guest at a work outing, what to wear and how to leave on a high note.

Most watches arrive finished. A modified Seiko starts as a familiar, sturdy watch and ends up as something its owner partly designed. That mix of a dependable base and a personal stamp…

Belgium squeezes three official languages, strong regional identities and a large international population into a fairly small country. Put those ingredients into one living room and the television remote becomes a negotiation:…

Picture a flat in Fribourg on a weekday evening. One parent wants the French-language news, the other is following a German talk show, a teenager is watching an English series on a…

An everyday device lives a hard life. It rides in coat pockets, gets left on kitchen counters, comes out on cold bus stops and has to behave the same way at seven…

Picture a typical Tuesday evening in a Dutch household. One parent wants the eight o'clock news, a teenager is halfway through a series, the youngest has asked for the same cartoon for…