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  A dream unmasked as 'Phantom' debuts in bangkok

  19 May 2013 : It was a dream come true for Takonkiet "Boy" Viravan, whose lasting impression of The Phantom of the Opera compelled him to build the Rachadalai Theatre with the goal of eventually presenting the legendary musical in Bangkok.

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  Green gets the push, Amie epic rolls on, Oah's unusual invite, Earth cools down

  19 May 2013 : Spirited Away

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  A glittering showcase of film

  15 May 2013 : Cannes Film Festival opens today with Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby, and for the next 12 days the Mediterranean resort town on the French Riviera plays host to the 66th edition of the world's most respected, most influential and most circus-like cine-jamboree. Stars, filmmakers, industry bigwigs and journalists congregate for the annual pilgrimage that celebrates, sanctifies and commercialises cinema to an extent that's both astounding and puzzling.

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  Serindia Gallery, OP Garden 4

  15 May 2013 : Charoen Krung Soi 36 Tue-Sun, 11am-8pm Tomorrow to June 30 Call 02-238-6410

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  ART REVIEW

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  15 May 2013 : Tim Hetherington was a photographer, artist and filmmaker who was murdered as the result of a mortar attack in Libya while covering the civil war there in 2011, the year his co-directed film Restrepo was nominated for an Academy Award. He was 40. This exhibition at WTF has been organised by his friend Chris Wise, the Bangkok-based photographer who also co-runs WTF, and comprises installations of photographs from Hetherington's book Infidel and screenings. Infidel covers the year he spent with a US battalion in northeast Afghanistan, described as "the deadliest place on Earth", as they fought against the Taliban, the same subject as Restrepo.

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  An unbroken record

  15 May 2013 : With his thick and coarse fingers, the pen looks too small and out of place in Eiam Sompeng's hand. The shape of his hands and fingers confirm that he is a farmer, through and through.

• 'Splash Out' music video gets 8.6m YouTube views

  14 May 2013 : "Splash Out", a music video by Thai hip-hop group 3.2.1 and singer Baitoey R Siam, clocked up more than 8.6 million views on YouTube by Monday after it was uploaded on May 1, 2013.

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  The wonder of breast milk

  14 May 2013 : It seemed like a miracle when a pre-term baby survived her second day without oxygen support. But it wasn't. It was simply nature.

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  Ayutthaya and Qum become sister cities

  14 May 2013 : Ayutthaya and Qum (also spelt Qom) in north-central Iran are now sister cities after officials signed an agreement in February to formalise ties.

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  Anti-Trafficking crusader shows her fight

  14 May 2013 : Following a two-year CNN investigation, the two-hour documentary The Fighters chronicles human rights pioneer Cecilia Flores-Oebanda in her journey to protect children from the sex trade and convince the Philippines' biggest star, Manny Pacquiao, to join her as a fighter in the battle against modern-day slavery.

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  Leica portrait, only anonymous

  14 May 2013 : Masked faces, a Leica camera slung over the shoulder, looking straight at the lens. Emmanuel Benoit's images in the "Portraits With A Leica" exhibition at Alliance Francaise Bangkok make you wonder who the subjects are.

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  CULTURE

  Franco-Thai bonanza

  14 May 2013 : Bonjour! There will be six weeks of Gallic dance and music, fun and festivity from Friday to June 22. The 9th edition of La Fete French-Thai Cultural Festival, organised by the Cultural and Cooperation Section of the French embassy, returns with a variety of shows as a platform for creative melange and cultural exchange between Thailand and France.

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