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page turner Creating a cosy corner, for work or play
26/05/2012 : We all need a place we can call our own - a space where we can work, read, write or simply sit; somewhere we can be alone, where we can luxuriate in peace and quiet, surrounded by objects that give us pleasure or inspiration.
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feature What a girl wants
26/05/2012 : There's a little girl in every woman, or so believes Panida Iamsirinoppakul - the young editor at Polkadot Books. For Panida, it's for this little girl that this publishing house with a girlish name exists.
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Cars, crazy cars
25/05/2012 : He's called Monsieur Oscar, and the name is a cinematic prophecy. He's played by Denis Lavant, the French actor, that compact ball of intense energy who reincarnates from the back of a gigantic limo into a bum, a cybermonster, an assassin, a dying uncle, and other roles in the shades borrowed from other movies and our collective memory of them. In a jaded Cannes Competition this year, Leos Carax's Holy Motors arrived on Wednesday like a humming spaceship, bizarre and irreverent, cheeky and disturbing. Come the awards night on Sunday, pundits are now betting that Carax's first feature film in 13 years will emerge with some wins.
Gate Crasher
25/05/2012 : Welcome to Guru ’s Gate Crasher, your ultimate guide to finding something fresh to do in this big city.
Singing a different tune
25/05/2012 : With The Star passing its eighth season, and True Academy Fantasia 9 coming soon to be followed by the 22nd KPN Award, do we really need more talent shows on the small screen?
A night of art and wine
25/05/2012 : Theatre of Indulgence by Lotus Arts de Vivre presents "Human Flow with Objects of Life", an exhibition by French-American artist Alexandre Charriol who incorporates into his art items he has found since moving to Thailand in March.
Fancy stitching by contemporary Thai artists
25/05/2012 : La Lanta Fine Art presents "Crisp Illusion", an exhibition of embroidery by two young contemporary Thai artists _ Chitmanee Chongwitookit and Duenchuang Nindee.
Talent show buzzes with drama
25/05/2012 : From 9am till 1 the following morning, Jirayut 'Joe' Wattanasin found himself watching 50 to 60 acts, and he actually enjoyed doing that for eight days. "It's a fun job," Jirayut said of being Thailand's Got Talent (TGT) new judge. "But there's the pressure of whether to push the buzzer or not, and when we do, we have to find words of consolation. And you will see that I'm not at all a tough judge."
Special Report from Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Day 8: Killing me softly
24/05/2012 : Brad Pitt is here. He plays Jackie Cogan, the typically violent and fashionably cheeky hitman in "Killing Them Softly". The film is so stylised that you thought the director, Andrew Dominik, was actually trying to impress Jean-Paul Gaultier, who sits on Cannes' jury this year. Each murder, by Cogan mostly, is designed to its nano-second detail, with every shard of bullet-shattered glass visible in its fatal, mid-air flight. Amidst the killings and score-settling, Barack Obama, on TV, campaigns for new America and the soundbites constantly tell us how badly the economy is doing. "Killing Them Softly" is a film that's so conscious about its cleverness that it seems less clever eventually, and one of the clever messages it constantly reminds us is summed up in Cogan's last sentence: "America is not a country, it's a business." I wonder if Quentin Tarantino could've made it more subtle, and more comical.
Jason Mraz live in Bangkok
24/05/2012 : Fans across the world have been eagerly waiting for Jason Mraz's return to the stage, and he's back with "Tour Is A Four Letter Word".
When hands and hearts meet
24/05/2012 : Human Centre, the art centre for healing and professional development, is holding three art therapy workshops in June and July.
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A delightful and intimate evening at the opera
24/05/2012 : After a long absence _ due to the flood _ the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra (BSO) returned to the Thailand Cultural Centre. In collaboration with NUNi Productions, the BSO recently presented a new production of Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, a three-act tragedy opera.
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