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New releases for your streaming pleasure: Feb 28-Mar 5
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 28/02/2024
» Looking for a title to binge-watch this weekend? Here's our pick!
Artist highlights ‘silencing’ of Hong Kong youth
AFP, Published on 16/12/2023
» LONDON - For two decades, British artist Martin Lever took his inspiration from Asia and his adopted home of Hong Kong.
Pin-up stars
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 18/04/2023
» In the erotic novel Hom Dok Praduan (1968), Rong Wongsawan hints that a teenager fondled his flesh in front of her. “On the door is a cover photo of a socialite in Bangkok. Clad in her swimsuit, she allows waves to break on her thighs. But someone with restless hands drew overgrown grass so that he can rub it gently until it is torn. (In Mathayom 4, he often fantasised about her. The first syllable of her name begins with the mor letter. He feels thankful whenever she comes into his mind [...]).”
US opioid crisis doc wins top prize at Venice film festival
AFP, Published on 11/09/2022
» VENICE: A documentary tracing an artist's campaign against the family behind the US opioid drug epidemic scooped the Golden Lion, the top prize at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday.
Amazon tribe go behind the camera in Nat Geo film 'The Territory'
AFP, Published on 17/08/2022
» LOS ANGELES - When Covid-19 reached Brazil's Amazon, and an indigenous tribe sealed off its borders, director Alex Pritz found an innovative way to finish his documentary -- he handed the cameras over to the Uru-eu-wau-wau themselves.
Lady Gaga dog robbing suspect recaptured after mistaken release
AFP, Published on 04/08/2022
» LOS ANGELES: A 19-year-old accused of shooting Lady Gaga's dog walker to steal her French bulldogs last year has been recaptured after being mistakenly released, authorities in Los Angeles have said.
Summer vibes
Life, John Clewley, Published on 24/05/2022
» The Thai entertainment scene got a welcome boost this past week with news that bars, clubs and pubs will reopen from June 1, albeit with a closing time of midnight. The government also announced that the lifting of restrictions would apply to 31 provinces that have successfully controlled potential outbreaks of Covid-19, with the other 46 provinces still under Covid-based surveillance and restrictions.
BTS may perform at South Korean president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol's inauguration
Published on 08/04/2022
» SEOUL: South Korean president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol's transition team is reportedly planning to use K-pop to add glitz and glamour to his administration.
Founder member of reggae pop giants UB40 Astro dies after illness
AFP, Published on 07/11/2021
» LONDON: Former vocalist and founding member of British reggae group UB40, who rose to fame in the 1980s with hits like "Red Red Wine" and "Can't Help Falling In Love" has died at the age of 64, his band confirmed.
Britney lawyers push for end to father's control ahead of hearing
AFP, Published on 29/09/2021
» LOS ANGELES - After weeks of twists and turns -- and two major new documentaries -- Britney Spears' highly public bid to end her father's guardianship could reach its conclusion at a court hearing Wednesday.