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Oscar-winning UK playwright Tom Stoppard dies aged 88
AFP, Published on 30/11/2025
» LONDON - British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won an Oscar for the screenplay of the 1998 film "Shakespeare In Love", has died at the age of 88, United Agents announced on Saturday.
Oscar-winning UK playwright Tom Stoppard dies aged 88
AFP, Published on 30/11/2025
» LONDON - British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won an Oscar for the screenplay of the 1998 movie "Shakespeare In Love", has died at the age of 88, United Agents announced on Saturday.
Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, White Stripes among Rock Hall of Fame inductees
AFP, Published on 10/11/2025
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, the White Stripes and Soundgarden were among this year's inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday, adding their names to the pantheon of music's most esteemed and beloved acts.
Passing of a giant
Life, John Clewley, Published on 11/10/2025
» Sad news reached the World Beat desk this week that Prof Dr Terry E. Miller of Kent State University in the US passed away on Oct 1. He was 80 years old.
Remembering the King of Zydeco
Life, John Clewley, Published on 01/07/2025
» Music fans celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of the King of Zydeco, Clifton Chenier, late last month. Chenier (June 25, 1925 -- December 12, 1987) was a pioneering musician from Opelousas, Southwest Louisiana who helped create zydeco music, a genre sung in French creole (his first language) that came out of the Creole traditions of the region, spliced with blues, R&B and Cajun music.
Glamour and gripes in Venice ahead of Bezos wedding
AFP, Published on 24/06/2025
» VENICE - Celebrities in superyachts are sailing into Venice this week for the three-day wedding party of Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez, despite irate locals who say the Unesco-listed city is no billionaires’ playground.
Four-song EP by late singer Faithfull to be released in April
AFP, Published on 14/03/2025
» LONDON - A new four-song EP by British singer and actor Marianne Faithfull, who died in January, is to be released in April, with the title track out on Friday, her family announced.
Oz, Bond and Quincy Jones: Oscars a musical ode to film icons
AFP, Published on 03/03/2025
» HOLLYWOOD (UNITED STATES) - The Oscars gala traditionally features performances of all the tracks nominated for best original song -- this year, the ceremony on Sunday bucked norms, but musical numbers still punctuated the show.
Japan Expo returns bigger than ever at CentralWorld
Life, Patcharawalai Sanyanusin, Published on 05/02/2025
» The largest and most-anticipated Japan expo in Asia will be back with all forms of entertainment across nearly every floor of CentralWorld, Ratchadamri Road, daily from 10am to 9pm, from Friday until Sunday.
Facing the music; druggie Mum hits son; robbery thwarted
News, Published on 13/10/2024
» Caught in the act