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Renowned pianist Tony Yike Yang to perform in Bangkok
Life, Published on 08/09/2025
» OLive Music presents an afternoon of piano music by Tony Yike Yang, one of Canada's most brilliant young musical talents, at Sala Sudasiri Sobha concert hall, Lat Phrao 41 yaek 7-2, on Sunday at 4pm.
X remains an influential platform
Life, James Hein, Published on 24/04/2024
» How influential is Twitter/X? Some will remember a while back when Elon Musk gave his opinion on Disney. I won't repeat it here but it was very direct. Up until recently, Disney hadn't posted anything on X but about a week before you read this, they were back with a gold checkmark. These cost about US$10,000 (368,000 baht), which while not expensive for Disney, indicates how they see X as a platform for communicating to all those potentially interested in all things Disney. Elon Musk is still supporting people like Gina Carano in suing Disney for what they did to her and others based allegedly on their political and religious views.
In Cannes, it's cinema as usual
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 17/05/2022
» After the cancellation in 2020 and a bump to the month of July in 2021 -- with smaller attendance as international travel was still interrupted -- the Cannes Film Festival returns to its usual mid-May slot, keyed up and fully prepped to show the world that it's cinema, and the cinema business, as usual.
Saving the planet
Life, Published on 30/07/2021
» With a focus on sustainability, a quintet of a marine scientist, conservationist, polar explorer, social entrepreneur and a climate advocate from Brazil, Chad, Nepal, the United Kingdom and the United States have been selected as the 2021 Rolex Awards For Enterprise laureates, for making significant contributions to saving the world and improving the quality of life for future generations.
Because you deserve it
Life, Story: noko, Published on 27/04/2021
» In a world of comparison, others can make us feel that we are not good enough as who we are.
Celebrate Mexican independence through film
Life, Published on 16/09/2020
» Here is a rare chance to watch a score of Mexican movies anytime and anywhere -- free of charge. The Embassy of Mexico is holding the "Mexico In Thailand 45 Years Online Film Festival" from today until Sept 30.
Women in action
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 08/07/2020
» Bombarded by a shower of bullets. Getting shot in the head. A bone-breaking brawl on a plane. The group of mercenaries in Netflix's latest action flick The Old Guard are tough and have been taking hits in their stride for centuries, as they can't be killed. However, the going gets especially tough for its women as the de-facto leader of the group, played by Charlize Theron, discovers their secret has been exposed as she takes on protege Kiki Layne, who is thrust into a new world upon rising from the dead.
Bad girls forever
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 08/07/2020
» What would you do if you found yourself just unable to die? For the soldiers of The Old Guard, they do what they do best. They fight. For centuries and millennia, this tight-knit group of mercenaries head to different battlefields and engage in countless dangerous missions, hoping they are doing something good for the world.
Coronavirus disease mimics an old one
Life, Gina Kolata, New York Times, Published on 07/07/2020
» NEW YORK: At the beginning of the pandemic, the coronavirus looked to be another respiratory illness. But the virus has turned out to affect not just the lungs, but the kidneys, the heart and the circulatory system -- even, somehow, our senses of smell and taste.
From silver screen to jewellery sheen
Life, Noko, Published on 27/09/2019
» The movie world and high jewellery imaginatively merge in Bvlgari's Cinemagia collection.