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Passion play
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 15/07/2022
» I was a little hesitant before going into Pistol, a music biographical drama miniseries, as I wasn't that convinced how the filmmaker is ever going to pull off such a story. The Sex Pistols was no doubt an important group in rock music history, having so much influence on the 70s UK punk movement as well as DIY and indie rock music a few decades later. However, their career was rather short, lasting a little over two years. Most of the news while they were active was rather negative with coverage focused more on scandals caused by the band members' behaviour than the actual music.
Capturing the anarchy in the Sex Pistols
New York Times, Published on 21/05/2022
» LONDON: “Are we doing any spitting?” asked a man in the crowd at the 100 Club, a small, red-walled underground space, redolent of spilled beer, cigarette smoke and a thousand lost nights, just off London’s Oxford Street.
Crypto: A curse worse than cash
Oped, Kenneth Rogoff, Published on 11/06/2021
» Ransomware -- a type of malicious software that restricts access to a computer system until a ransom is paid -- is not a good look for cryptocurrencies. Proponents of these digital coins would rather point to celebrity investors such as Tesla founder Elon Musk, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, star football quarterback Tom Brady, or actress Maisie Williams (Arya in Game of Thrones). But recent ransomware attacks, and cryptocurrencies' central role in enabling them, are a public relations disaster.
GoT star Maisie Williams goes digital with H&M
Life, Noko, Published on 16/04/2021
» As H&M's global sustainability ambassador Maisie Williams has joined the brand to drive change in fashion in the virtual world and real life.
Cartier steps out of the box with new Pasha launch
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 15/09/2020
» For the launch of its latest Pasha de Cartier collection, Cartier has gathered five unique personalities who are changing the codes of success by forging exceptional, new and diverse paths of creativity.
Paris fashion goes all 18th century
AFP, Published on 30/09/2019
» PARIS: Dries Van Noten and Christian Lacroix channelled "Barry Lyndon", Andreas Kronthaler and Vivienne Westwood Mozart, and on Sunday US designer Thom Browne went potty for Madame de Pompidour.
A bucket list
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 22/03/2019
» Terminal illness and dying have never seemed so cute as in Peter Hutchings' latest dramedy, Departures, about the odd friendship between an emotionally stunted hypochondriac and a terminally ill manic British girl.
Record 30.8 million watch 'Game of Thrones'
Reuters, Published on 29/08/2017
» LOS ANGELES -- A zombie dragon, an illicit romance and satisfying revenge helped drive the season finale of Game of Thrones to a viewership high, HBO said Monday, as the seventh season drew record ratings.
Winter in ‘Game of Thrones’, springtime for spinoffs
Associated Press, Published on 17/07/2017
» New York -- Last night (Monday morning in Thailand), the first-to-last season of “Game of Thrones” premiered on HBO as devoted fans gleefully embraced the return of favourite characters, gruesome violence, and the series signature spider web of political intrigue. The houses of Westeros are still going at it -- at least for now, anyway.
'Game of Thrones,' 'Veep' take top honours at Emmys
Published on 19/09/2016
» LOS ANGELES - Game of Thrones conquered the Emmy kingdom on Sunday, honoured as top drama for the second consecutive year and becoming the most honoured prime-time TV series ever on a night of surprises and sharp political jabs.