Fan Girls Swarm Kingslayer on Field of Soccer Battle
Saturday was the second time in Pat’s adult life she had stepped onto a football field. Three days earlier had been the first.
Her sudden...
Grief Goes Bicultural as Death Surrogates Come Alive in Thai, English
BANGKOK — The world has birth surrogates, those moms who bear children on behalf of others. At the other end, when life ends in grief and loss, imagine if those left behind had “death surrogates” to offer a chance for final farewells — to thank, apologize to or say goodbye.
Review: In ‘Day of the Soldado,’ an Equally Bleak ‘Sicario’
There's an oppressive bleakness to the brutal action-thriller "Sicario: Day of the Soldado." But with faces like Josh Brolin and Benicio del Toro, what...
Have a Se‘XY’ Party at Ce La Vi’s Thursday Gay Night
BANGKOK — From next week, every Thursday night will be a gay night at a lofty and swanky Silom nightclub.
Jim Gaffigan to Tell Food, Fat Dad Jokes on Bangkok Stage
BANGKOK — Expect a lot of food jokes and highs and lows of fatherhood when the king of “clean” comedy brings his world tour to Bangkok next year.
Bangkok Quickies: What and Where to Watch in May
BANGKOK — While waiting for Wes Anderson’s stop-motion “Isle of Dogs” to land domestically in June, a lot of films (other than the next Star Wars spin-off) will be shown around Bangkok this month.
From Pop to Mor Lam, Thai Singers Hitch a Ride on Coronavirus
BANGKOK — Even the coronavirus epidemic can’t dampen Thais’ obsession with culture of sanook and music. At least 9 songs released by Thai artists in recent days were about the outbreak.
Techno Fades as Bangkok Loses Itself to Hip-Hop
BANGKOK — Less than three years after Beam opened as Bangkok’s premier temple to techno, it recently dropped the bass for the last time and demoted all the higher-BPM beats to its ground-floor bar.
‘Roma,’ ‘The Favourite’ Top Oscar Nominations with 10 Nods
Oscar voters on Tuesday showered Alfonso Cuaron's "Roma" and Yorgos Lanthimos' "The Favourite" with a leading 10 nominations to the 91st Academy Awards, while two dominant but contentious Hollywood forces — Netflix and Marvel — each scored their first best picture nomination.
Britney Ticket Holders Complain 2nd Show Will be 1st
BANGKOK — A second Britney Spears concert was announced Thursday in response to the overwhelming demand for tickets after the first date sold out in less than an hour.
