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When clones strike back
Life, Published on 26/07/2021
» After being first introduced in the live-action series The Mandalorian, fan favourite Fennec Shand -- a mysterious and fearsome female assassin -- makes her return to the Star Wars franchise in Star Wars: The Bad Batch, a computer-animated television series that spun off from The Clone Wars (2018-2020).
Hallyu is here to stay
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 16/03/2021
» The Korean wave is unstoppable and this phenomenon is not just happening in Asia. Today, Korean content and pop culture has made it on the world stage thanks to an Oscar win by Parasite (2019) and the success of musical groups like Blackpink and BTS. This has boosted the profile of Korean content and increased its quality, helping it get more investments and new fans across the globe.
First James Bond, Sean Connery dies at 90
Published on 31/10/2020
» LONDON: Scottish movie legend Sean Connery, who shot to international stardom as the suave, sexy and sophisticated British agent James Bond and went on to dominate the silver screen for four decades, has died aged 90, the BBC reported on Saturday.
Cartoon Network's bears to land on the small screen
Life, Published on 10/09/2020
» Cartoon Network is inviting fans of Grizzly, Panda and Ice Bear to watch We Bare Bears: The Movie, which will premiere in Southeast Asia on Saturday at 10am. It encores on the same day at 2pm and 6pm.
Look for the light
Life, John Clewley, Published on 01/09/2020
» Record Store Day arrived on Saturday a little more subdued than in previous years. The one-day event, which began in 2008, normally drops on a Saturday in April but with the Covid-19 pandemic the date was delayed; two further dates -- Sept 26 and Oct 24 have been added so that independent record stores can generate some much-needed revenue.
Forever songs
Life, Published on 14/08/2020
» The impact of the pandemic on arts and culture is a priority on Rolex's agenda.
UK war-time icon Vera Lynn dies aged 103
AFP, Published on 18/06/2020
» LONDON: Legendary British singer Vera Lynn, the "forces sweetheart" who helped keep up morale during World War II, died on Thursday aged 103, her family said.
Mysterious voices
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 27/11/2019
» With the premiere of The Irishman, the highly anticipated gangster epic that begins streaming today, Netflix has planned to reach an even wider audience by adding a Thai-dubbed version, which the streaming giant believes will attract more viewers here.
Beauty in banality
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 17/11/2019
» The year 2014 was quite an exciting one for music. On the Top 40 front, we had a handful of inescapable earworms, like Pharrell Williams' Happy, Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX's Fancy and Taylor Swift's Shake It Off. Elsewhere, new talents like FKA twigs and Arca came out with their cutting-edge debut albums (LP1 and Xen, respectively). Standing among those high profile releases was Total Strife Forever, the debut record by English musician William Doyle, who at the time went by the moniker East India Youth.
Angel on a mission
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 27/06/2019
» The theatre scene is marking a few anniversaries this year. First, B-floor Theatre celebrated its 20th birthday with an outdoor musical version of A Midsummer Night's Dream. This month, an even older company, Dreambox, originally named Dass Entertainment, kicked off its 33rd-anniversary celebration with a revival of an old musical from its early days. The company will bring back another musical in November, Mae Nak: The Musical, which came from what they consider to be the company's second period in their development. And in a few months, Dreambox will stage Namngoen Thae, a new musical adapted from a historical novel of the same name by one of Thailand's most popular novelists, Lin Lyovarin.