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9 to 5: Dolly Parton isn't slowing down
AFP, Published on 04/02/2021
» WASHINGTON - Dolly Parton may have twice turned down Donald Trump's Presidential Medal of Freedom, but the ageless queen of country has multiple irons in the fire including an ad appearance during Sunday's Super Bowl.
You go, girl!
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 03/07/2020
» A student by the name Ploy staged an impromptu protest in Siam Square last Saturday, pictures and videos of which were posted by two Twitter handles @BadStudent_ and @NuttaaBow. She sat on a chair hands-tied behind her back and mouth taped shut. A placard hanging from her neck reads, "This student violates a school rule by wearing her hair long past her eye lobes and in bangs, destroying the unique identity of Thai students. Please punish her." It ends with a hashtag "#เลิกบังคับหรือจับตัด (#StopForcingOrCutting)". A call to stop forcing Thai students to have a certain type of haircut or having their hair cut by the teachers against their will.
Student hairstyle rules relaxed
Published on 02/05/2020
» The Education Ministry has reaffirmed that students can wear their hair long, so long as it is neat and tidy.
French New Wave film pioneer Agnes Varda dead at 90
AFP, Published on 30/03/2019
» PARIS - French film legend Agnes Varda, the only woman director to emerge from the so-called New Wave scene in the 1960s, has died aged 90 after a battle with cancer, her family said Friday.
French New Wave film director Agnes Varda dead at 90
AFP, Published on 29/03/2019
» PARIS: French film director Agnes Varda, who emerged in the New Wave of intimate cinema of the 1960s and continued with artful documentaries and films mixing real-life events with fiction, has died aged 90, her family said on Friday.
Annie Power sets Aintree horse racing festival tone
AFP, Published on 06/04/2016
» LIVERPOOL - The presence of Irish super mare Annie Power on Thursday ensures an A-list start to Aintree's three-day festival culminating in Many Cloud's bid for back-to-back Grand Nationals on Saturday.
Crooner Andy Williams, of 'Moon River' fame, dies
AFP, Published on 26/09/2012
» American crooner Andy Williams, whose string of hits such as "Moon River" and annual Christmas TV shows made him a national treasure, has died aged 84 after losing his battle with cancer.