Movie Review: The Intouchables

Rating: R Length: 112 minutes Release Date: November 12, 2011 Directed by: Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano Genre: Comedy and Drama Stars: 4 out of 5 "The Intouchables" is a feel-good movie with an uplifting plot line and likeable lead characters. Starring François...

The Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2011 Aug 5-29 Live Streaming

The world's largest arts festival with over 40,000 performances and more than 2,500 shows packed into 250 venues across the city. The fringe is open to all: anyone can perform and everyone does- from students...

The Secret of Lies on The Lit Chick Show!

In this week's edition of the show, Sylvia Massara features author Barbara Forte Abate, and a book that she informs us took around 20 years to write “The Secret of Lies”. Like many authors, Barbara found...

"Like Casablanca" soon to be released!

What does internet dating and Casablanca have in common? Nothing, unless you go to Rick's Cafe and find out what antiques dealer and dating blogger, Cat Ryan, is up to. Cat's doing research for her internet...

Novelist Sylvia Massara announces the release of her new book

Sylvia Massara, author of 'The Soul Bearers' has today announced the release of her novel in ebook format. Partly inspired by true life events, this is a story of courage, the gift of friendship...

Bloody Hostage Drama At Manila

MANILA PHILIPPINES: Early around 10:00am in the morning Aug 23, 2010 at Manila Grandstand near the US EMBASSY, there was a hostage drama. The "Hostage Taker" is a dismissed policeman Sr Insp. Mendoza of Southern Police District of Manila whose negotiating to lift...

Theatre-media can help dispel myths around HIV/AIDS

"If theatre and media join hands I am sure that they will be able to shatter many myths that abound in society about AIDS," this is what Ms Tripurari  Sharma, associate director, National School of Drama (NSD) said while addressing media persons at 'Media for Children'...

The Romanticized Drama of The End Game

This is an opinion article about Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) from my blog (which is not available right now). Since i'm feeling functional & constructive at the moment... i thought this would make an...

From Detention Drama to 'Dacoit' Declaration

In my own “coy” ways, I would terrorise my friends and family. But thanks to the Dantewada police, I have been declared a dacoit. No, this anointment didn't come in easy – it took several hours of mayhem and confusion and conspiracy. And so the story of the practical...

Watch the First 5 Minutes of Grey's Anatomy: September 24

Anyone who is a fan of Grey's Anatomy knows that the sixth season is starting tonight on ABC at 9pm for two hours, but the network has leaked the first five minutes to give you just a taste of what to expect from...

Hitched or Ditched premieres on the CW: reality television?

The new TV show 'Hitched or Ditched' premieres on the CW Network tonight, and critics are already saying its the worst example of reality television to date. In every episode, there is a couple that is given an all-expenses paid wedding that has to be planned and executed in...

Final episode of ER airs Thursday April 2nd

The final episode of hospital television drama ER will be broadcast Thursday April 2nd, and will end a 15 year run of one of the most popular television shows, which at one point drew in viewing figures of 32 million. ER had more Emmy nominations than any other drama in TV...

Theatre Activism

Thirty years ago a feminist theatre movement came into being in Pakistan. Based in Karachi, the Tehrik-e-Niswan has used dance, drama and daring for raising its voice against injustices, in particular against...

Kunqu secrets

Kunqu secrets by Rumana Husain  The map of the ancient city of Suzhou shows a Drama Museum located close to the city jail. Dedicated to Kunqu Opera, this is a genre of Chinese drama that originated in Suzhou...

Mumbai Drama Fraud of Indian-Hindu Con-Artists Exposed

Kasab Picked Up by RAW in Nepal: Lawyer Interview of Lahore High Court (LHC) Advocate Chaudhry Muhammad Farooq with Ummat Newspaper and Aaj TV of Pakistan: ...
 

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