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A new way of getting your talent discovered
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 10/07/2018
» Have dreams of becoming an actor or actress and being in the limelight? Thanks to castonly.com, you can sort that out yourself without having to depend on the connections and help of shady agents. Created for both production houses and actor wannabes, Cast Only is an online database where users can be ultra-specific in order to find the perfect face or role. The recently launched website was created by three founders, all whom have worked in production before as film directors or other professional crew members.
Bollywood is coming to town
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 22/06/2018
» Prepare to be hit with Bollywood glamour (and probably traffic), if you happen to be grazing around the Siam Niramit or Marriott Marquis Queen's Park areas this weekend.
The go-to fashion brand for petite ladies
Muse, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 09/12/2017
» Sweet and petite, Rassarine "Kathy" Tanachaiwattanapokin makes the kind of clothes that are perfect for small, dainty women. Although her feminine brand, Made of Fabric, has been around since 2011, it was only this season that the founder/designer presented her autumn/winter collection, "Dreamless Romance", with a big, rosy splash at CentralWorld. With a childhood spent around fabrics and a master's degree in fashion from Istituto Maragoni, Rassarine has turned her passion into a popular label -- so much so that Chinese tourists make her store a stop on their travel itineraries. Using herself as the prototypical model, you'll be sure to always find itsy-bitsy pieces here (Kathy loves short hemlines because they make legs look longer). We talked to the designer about her brand's history and why the girlie girls love it.
A queen's life
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 20/11/2017
» As I am watching The Crown, only one burning, pressing query hammers against my conscience. In fact, it is the very same question that blazed through my mind as I watched the Minions animated film two years ago: What would Queen Elizabeth II have thought of herself in this portrayal?
A touch of class
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 26/05/2017
» We all have problems, but your super red arowana aquarium fish being too drowsy to entertain your house guests because it just returned from getting a facelift or being locked out of inheriting a 64 acre palatial estate in the heart of Singapore would surely only qualify as "rich people problems".
The virtuous one
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 14/04/2017
» Liam Cunningham is quite a funny bunny -- a stark opposite of the character he is best known for portraying: Game Of Thrones' dependably virtuous knight, Ser Davos Seaworth. While in Bangkok earlier this month, he unflinchingly munched the head off fried insects at the street stall and gleefully admitted to nicking tiny props from the set every year, be it the small wooden stag or coins from Braavos. He asks the props man first of course, and most of it ends up on his daughter's "wall of awesome" in her bedroom.
Where filmmaking is a joy
Muse, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 16/04/2016
» When GTH made headlines last December by announcing that it would forever drop the curtain, movie lovers throughout the nation fell into collective mourning for a film house famed for both mainstream hits and cult-favourites, such as Hello Stranger and the billion-baht-grossing Pee Mak.
Speaking for ourselves
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 11/12/2015
» As someone who is consistently on the prowl for content about my own nation's heritage, (because like Jon Snow -- I know nothing) Khun Thong Daeng: The Inspirations should have been a movie I sprinted to buy tickets for on the day it was released.
Silence is the enemy
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 25/11/2015
» The course of Linor Abargil's life has been shaped by two extremes -- she was raped at knifepoint at 18 and six weeks later she was crowned Miss World 1998. Her story of survival and how she got her rapist a 16-year sentence in jail has turned Abargil into a household shero in her homeland Israel, as well as a globe-trotting advocate fighting against sexual violence. The 35-year-old has spoken about it extensively, probably over a hundred times all over the world in various centres and interviews -- not that it becomes any easier each time.
Filthy rich, and loving it
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 10/08/2015
» Days of back-breaking labour in the desolate boonies, farming for their lives, is a stale cliché concerning the Chinese. Women are no longer under some ring of patriarchal oppression and they contemptuously shun haute couture dresses bedecked with phoenix and dragon embroidery. This is a new and brave China we are talking about -- they are not just crazy rich -- they are China Rich, as Kevin Kwan's second book title aptly coins it.