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University wants no part of 'The White Lotus'
New York Times, Published on 27/03/2025
» The third season of HBO's "The White Lotus" has featured — spoilers ahead — adultery, a stolen firearm, an incestuous threesome, a dead body in the water, fake friendships and white-collar crime.
Macondo encountered
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 31/12/2024
» Ideally, good books should be left alone, even if they sit enshrined in a cobweb after a thousand years of solitude. In the reality of today's content industrial complex, that is unacceptable. Every good book can be and must be adapted. To watch is to live, to binge is to breathe. Literature is not a paradigm of text but fodder for algorithm. So here it is, with an air of inevitability, the much-touted, long-awaited, rigidly respectful and adequately decent Netflix series One Hundred Years Of Solitude -- the first eight parts, with the remaining eight coming next year.
High drama, low impact
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 02/08/2024
» Thai soap operas have long captivated audiences with stories of the privileged class, wealthy families and the dark secrets lurking behind their glamorous lives. These narratives often come with exaggerated melodrama, a hallmark of the genre that audiences never seem to tire of. Over the years, countless tales have recycled these familiar plotlines, delivering high drama and scandal in a formula that consistently draws viewers.
Japan's baby hatch hospital offers mothers 'last resort'
AFP, Published on 22/07/2022
» KUMAMOTO, Japan: When the alarm sounds at Jikei hospital in southern Japan, nurses race down a spiral staircase. Their mission: to rescue an infant left in the country's only baby hatch.
New documentary paints disturbing picture of Woody Allen
AFP, Published on 21/02/2021
» NEW YORK: A new documentary series premiering Sunday on the HBO network, "Allen v. Farrow," paints a damning picture of Oscar-winning director Woody Allen, particularly regarding his alleged sexual abuse of young adoptive daughter Dylan Farrow.
Fighting a shadow pandemic
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 16/06/2020
» Working from home during the height of Covid-19 was hell on earth for Bella*, a mother of two. Her abusive and alcoholic husband, whom she had been married to for a decade, had begun to physically and sexually violate her more now that she was working from home. The abuse often took place in front of the children, who were trying to keep up with schoolwork through remote learning.
Treat the person, not the disease
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 25/09/2019
» For over 15 years, gynaecologist and obstetrician Dr Fauzia Tabassum Afridi has been providing reproductive health services to women and girls impacted by humanitarian crises in some of the most remote areas of Pakistan. Fiercely strong-willed, clearly she is the walking epitome of what it means to reach one's goals in life no matter the obstacles.