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Bringing classical music to the masses
Life, Michael Proudfoot, Published on 09/04/2024
» In last year's award-winning film Tár, Cate Blanchett is an orchestral conductor at the peak of her fame, celebrated worldwide and powerful within the industry. But a scandal brings her downfall, and a final scene shows her exiled to a (non-specified) Southeast Asian country, recording video game background music with a local orchestra.
Talks to end Hollywood actors' strike collapse
AFP, Published on 13/10/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Talks between Hollywood actors and studios over an ongoing strike have collapsed, in a blow to hopes for a swift end to a crisis that has crippled the entertainment industry.
Hollywood writers stage first strike since 2007
Published on 02/05/2023
» LOS ANGELES: Thousands of Hollywood television and movie writers have gone on strike for the first time in 16 years, their union said on Tuesday, after talks with studios and streamers over pay and working conditions ended without a deal.
Killer instinct
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 05/04/2023
» It wouldn’t be wrong to describe the new K-action thriller Kill Boksoon as a kind of Kill Bill meets John Wick, although the South Korean production has its own unique twist. With this story of a single mother trying to leave behind her profession as a contract killer only to find herself hunted down by an assassin organisation, director Byun Sung-hyun fuses East and West in a stylised and fast-paced action film.
Curtains for Chinese opera?
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 27/02/2023
» "Hurry up," shouted a crew member who climbed up onto a makeshift stage. Casting sidelong glances, performers, half-clad, looked in the mirror and concentrated on applying layers of make-up. Nearby, a motley bunch of musicians and technicians double-checked their instruments. A stream of chatter from a growing audience -- without any partition between the theatre and real life -- put unintended pressure on the band.
BTS to return to UN as South Korea's special envoy for post-Covid world
Published on 23/07/2021
» HONG KONG: K-pop boy band BTS has just received a rare non-musical title - South Korea's special envoy for public diplomacy.
Ashley Judd wins appeal in Weinstein sexual harassment case
AFP, Published on 30/07/2020
» LOS ANGELES: A US court of appeals on Wednesday ruled that actress Ashley Judd has the right to pursue her sexual harassment lawsuit against disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, overturning a lower court's decision.
Spinning off into the MIB universe once more
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 14/06/2019
» Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson, aka Thor and Valkyrie of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, are back, teaming up and kicking butt in a whole other universe.
Working so hard
Life, Published on 05/04/2018
» How difficult is it to seek a job these days? If you're transgender, the mundane job hunt and being in a workplace can be an excruciating experience. Employment, as agreed by many, is one area in which transgender people are actively discriminated against.