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Keeping in step with ballroom moves
Roger Crutchley, Published on 02/11/2025
» The most entertaining news of the week was the response to President Donald Trump's demolition of the East Wing of the White House so he can build a "big, beautiful ballroom". It is probably fair to say it prompted a "mixed reaction" -- many being totally horrified.
Eyeing bottom line, US media giants bow to Trump
AFP, Published on 19/09/2025
» NEW YORK - The suspension by Disney-owned ABC of talk show host Jimmy Kimmel is the latest surrender by a US media giant to pressure from the Trump administration, putting the bottom line over free speech.
'Friends' star Matthew Perry's drug dealer to plead guilty in overdose death
Published on 19/08/2025
» LOS ANGELES - A California woman known as the "ketamine queen" has agreed to plead guilty to charges that she supplied the dose of the prescription anesthetic that killed Friends star Matthew Perry, prosecutors said on Monday.
UK court says oligarch looted $1.9bn from Ukrainian bank
AFP, Published on 30/07/2025
» LONDON - The Ukrainian oligarch Igor Kolomoisky and his former business partner are likely to be forced to repay $1.9 billion that they “unlawfully” appropriated from a Ukrainian bank they owned, London’s High Court ruled Wednesday.
'Severance' leads Emmy nominations with 27
AFP, Published on 16/07/2025
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - Apple TV+'s dark sci-fi office drama "Severance" on Tuesday led the contenders for the Emmy Awards, television's version of the Oscars, with a whopping 27 nominations.
I heard it on the radio, a long time ago
Roger Crutchley, Published on 23/03/2025
» News reports suggest the future of Voice of America (VOA) is seriously in doubt. I haven’t listened to VOA in five decades but there was a time I tuned in during my teenage years back in the Stone Age. It might seem strange for a spotty English kid to switch on VOA so I will attempt to explain.
Your horoscope for Nov 15-21
Guru, Chaiyospol Hemwijit, Published on 15/11/2024
» Your spot-on horoscope for work, money and relationship from Guru by the Bangkok Post's famously accurate fortune teller. Let's see how you will fare this week and beyond.
Another teen movie to miss?
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 30/08/2024
» From Fast Times At Ridgemont High in the 80s and American Pie in the 90s to Superbad in the 2000s, films that blend raunchy comedy with teen coming-of-age themes have proven timeless. They captivate new generations of young people growing up, navigating the awkwardness of adolescence and exploring their burgeoning interest in the opposite sex. These films have a way of tapping into the universal experiences of teenage life, using humour to highlight the absurdities of growing up.
From Berlusconi to Prigozhin and Tina Turner: notable deaths of 2023
AFP, Published on 28/11/2023
» PARIS - From Italy's ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi to rock queen Tina Turner and Wagner warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, here are some of 2023's most notable deaths.
'Toxic masculinity': Russia targets women behind award-winning play
AFP, Published on 12/11/2023
» MOSCOW: Yelena Efros has been sending letters to Russian prisons for years, as the head of a volunteer group writing regular dispatches to the country's swelling ranks of political prisoners.