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Hello Kitty to make Hollywood debut in Warner Bros film
Published on 06/03/2019
» TOKYO: For the first time in her 45-year history, the world's most beloved feline character Hello Kitty is headed for her Hollywood debut.
Five ideas for celebrating Christmas and New Year in Bangkok
Published on 21/12/2018
» Two of the city’s top hotels offer festive atmosphere, fine food, and parties with a view.
A gift they’ll remember: celebrate Christmas or New Year by the sea
Published on 21/12/2018
» If you’re still looking for a unique holiday gift, may we suggest one you won’t find on any shopping list? Take your loved ones to celebrate Christmas or New Year’s in Pattaya, Hua Hin, Samui or Krabi. You’ll find a luxury Centara Grand beach resort in each of these places, glittering with colorful lights, Christmas trees and seasonal decorations. Their fine international kitchens will be cooking traditional holiday dishes; the pastry chefs baking Christmas cookies and sweets.
K-pop group BTS's agent apologises for A-bomb shirt
Published on 14/11/2018
» TOKYO: A talent agency that handles K-pop group BTS on Tuesday apologised over one of its members wearing an offensive T-shirt depicting an atomic bomb exploding over Japan and others wearing hats with the Nazi guard insignia.
Against the flow
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 22/01/2018
» 'There used to be vendors hawking fresh vegetables in the sois and wholesale rice traders in several shophouses," Tip, a resident of Bangkok's Charoen Nakhon neighbourhood, notes.
Cinema paradiso
Guru, Pasavat Tanskul, Published on 19/01/2018
» Independent cinemas are few and far between in Thailand. While people are able to enjoy various films in every mall imaginable, those shown in such chains cater to a mass audience. Although we love our big-budget blockbusters with their high-profile movie stars and dazzling special effects, all the while being seated comfortably in a luxurious, state-of-the-art cinema, they eventually become mundane after multiple repeated viewings. Therefore for some of us, we long to watch something different.
The south still rises
Brunch, Nattha Thepbamrung, Published on 14/01/2018
» They were once just a small group of Phuket schoolkids, much like any other. But their shared love for hip-hop music led the crew known as South Side -- aka South Side Phuket -- to become one of the shining stars of Thailand's rap scene.
Oldman shines bright in Darkest Hour
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 12/01/2018
» Jowly, chubby, blustery, cinema-ready, Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill is an exercise in How to Win the Golden Globes and Maybe the Oscar. Which aspiring actor wouldn't want to become Churchill at least once, to act out that avuncular theatricality and grandiose temper, to assume that oratory bombast and majestic eloquence? They say you have to play a madman or a psychopath to get a shot at a best actor prize. Now we should add British prime minister into the list -- just ask Meryl Streep and now Oldman.
Thai traditions celebrated in temple fair
Life, Published on 10/01/2018
» To mark its 190th anniversary, Wat Prayurawongsawas Worawihan, aka Wat Prayoon, on the Thon Buri side of Bangkok, is holding a temple fair in its courtyard from Friday until Sunday.