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'Succession' and strikes: Emmy nominations preview
AFP, Published on 11/07/2023
» LOS ANGELES: Can any TV show topple "Succession" at the Emmys? Will Amazon's lavish "Lord of the Rings" prequel rule them all? And, with ongoing Hollywood strikes, will television's finest even be honoured this year?
SYA, Def Jam's taboo-breaking female Malaysian rapper
AFP, Published on 24/11/2021
» Wearing sunglasses and a tiger print dress as she raps into a mic, Malaysian hip-hop artist SYA calls for empowerment while taking a sledgehammer to stereotypes of Muslim women.
Met Opera reopens with landmark first show by Black composer
AFP, Published on 28/09/2021
» NEW YORK - After an 18-month shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic and protracted labor disputes with its musicians and crew, the Metropolitan Opera reopened Monday with a history-making debut -- the first work by a Black composer.
Warning over UK theatre closures due to virus lockdown
AFP, Published on 23/07/2020
» LONDON: Britain's world-leading theatre industry faces mass redundancies and venue closures because of the effect of the coronavirus lockdown, lawmakers said on Thursday.
Tolkien TV show seeks burns victims, amputees as extras
AFP, Published on 24/06/2020
» WELLINGTON: A New Zealand casting agency is appealing for aspiring actors with facial burns, missing limbs and other "funky" looks to become extras in a Lord of the Rings television series.
Freedom, creatively speaking
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 22/02/2017
» In many ways, "Condemned To Be Free", a duo exhibition which just opened last week at WTF Gallery, is in a constant state of flux. On the first floor, artist Kritsada Duchsadeevanich looks simultaneously at the transformation of his own political ideology and that of the country's political history. On the upper floor, painter Tawan Wattuya leaves out his watercolours and turns the gallery into an experimental space where the lines between art and activism, the authority of an artist and voice of ordinary people, are blurred.
History not as advertised
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 29/06/2015
» Non-fiction historical books are becoming more and more popular among Thai readers. The latest report from Publishers and Booksellers Association of Thailand (Pubat) stated that there was a rise in sales of books with historical subjects, while figures for self-help and dhamma literature were going down.
Guggenheim, eastward bound
Life, Published on 01/10/2014
» The Guggenheim is coming to the East — and though the degree of engagement varies from place to place from Abu Dhabi to Beijing, Bangkok plays a small part and should look forward to a bigger one.