SEARCH

Showing 71-80 of 333 results

  • News & article

    Laos turns up a winner

    Muse, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 29/04/2017

    » Stepping off of the red carpet, the gorgeous Lao star Vilouna Phetmany -- known by her stage name Tot Lina -- began to greet us in perfect Thai. On Wednesday, she attended the gala opening of the Bangkok Asean Film Festival, shining among the regional superstars. Tomorrow the festival will screen the film she stars in, a new-wave Lao horror called Nong Hak, before it goes into general release on May 18.

  • News & article

    What’s trending and happening this week

    Muse, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 09/06/2018

    » 1. If you're a fan of Line and all its loveable characters such as Brown, Cony, Sally and more, head to Siam Square One to visit the newly launched Line Village Bangkok. The world's first Line Friends' indoor theme park covers three floors, with its 1,500m² ground packing digital adventure and retail store. Different VR games are available inside, plus there are tons of selfie opportunities all visitors can get with their favourite Line characters. See Moon's rooftop and laboratory. Sit in James' flamboyant room. Drop the bass with DJ Brown. Visit www.linevillagebangkok.com for tickets and information. Entry is 850 baht for adults and 650 baht for kids and seniors. Opens daily from 10am-10pm.

  • News & article

    Screening LGBTI hope in China

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 06/04/2017

    » Fan Popo handed out two postcards to those he talked to. One of them has a picture of two women -- both dressed in wedding gowns -- in each others loving embrace. The other was a group picture of drag queen performers.

  • News & article

    The Marvel gang teams up again

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 27/04/2018

    » What does it cost to be a superhero -- the sacrificial, compassionate and good? And what does it cost, also, to be the bad guy? Does evil really have no soul? Or love? In the end, what can we eventually give up for the sake of the greater good?

  • News & article

    Life's no drag for Natalia Pliacam

    Muse, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 05/05/2018

    » Where do you fancy meeting a drag queen for the first time? At a performance, a show's backstage or in a bar, perhaps?

  • News & article

    The way she moves

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 22/09/2017

    » What's life like as the most in-demand luk thung star of the moment? After an unexpected catapult to national fame following PM Prayut Chan-o-cha's comment on her twerking, after a frenzy of media coverage sensationalising her stage name and persona, and after becoming an accidental symbol of youth and freedom, 19-year-old Lamyai Haithongkham has only one simple wish: more time to sleep.

  • News & article

    A right to know?

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 25/09/2017

    » In Bangkok, a form recently surfaced at a hotel in Nana, and it has gone viral. It tells guests to be aware that "the person" -- an allusion to a prostitute -- they are bringing to the room could be a "ladyboy".

  • News & article

    Redefining what's 'appropriate'

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 27/11/2017

    » After seven years, the first Thai film banned by the Film Act 2008 will see the light of day.

  • News & article

    Don't give up the fight

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 20/12/2016

    » It's been a year of progress for LBGTI issues on-screen, but in real life, there remains much to fight for.

  • News & article

    Dan Brown with a Thai voice

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 05/03/2018

    » The Thai award-winning detective novel Kaholmahoratuek is that rare breed: a page-turner set in the 1940s that mixes poetry, history, murder and revenge. The book's appeal also lies with the writer's use of genre elements -- serial murders, cryptic clues and detective work -- in the vintage setting of old Bangkok where century-old temples, back alleys and local communities become grisly crime scenes.

Your recent history

  • Recently searched

    • Recently viewed links

      Did you find what you were looking for? Have you got some comments for us?