Friday, 10 September 2010

ENTERTAINMENT

独臂老宋
Communism no more: Beijingers are groovin' to swing music in an old bar at Sanlitun.
CLARISSA TAN
Movie synopses that Tinseltown may want to consider, as the city sprouts a host of new skyscrapers and landmarks
KALSOOM LAKHANI
The film portrayed silenced Muslim females shrouded in black, sentenced to shove one French fry at a time underneath their veil. Poor, hungry, Muzzy women.
ARWA ABURAWA
Call it cheesy, but this latest TV hit does deserve praise for trying to reconcile Islamic ideals with modern culture.
XUJUN EBERLEIN
A matchmaking show has become China’s top-rated TV programme, thanks in part to a now infamous participant who said she’d rather cry in a BMW than ride on a bike.
INDRAJIT SAMARAJIVA
Our blogger, Indrajit Samarajiva, visits an adult film theatre in Colombo – and picks up some of the tricks of the trade. Yes, seriously.
KIM M
This beautiful traditional Korean hairstyle may have been a pain in the neck.
GN
The Takarazuka Revue has an all-female cast which gives kabuki’s all-male cast a run for its money.
GIBBS CADIZ
How does art determine and shape a country’s national character?
LEE HAN SHIH
Dae Jenggeum, the Korean TV serial about a 16th century royal physician that broke virtually all viewing records in Asia, has no sex, no violence and very little action.
LEE HAN SHIH
Beijing may have pressured Chow Yun-Fat to return to the John Woo film "Red Cliff", raising questions of who he will replace.