In an effort to celebrate hospitality and travel bodies in the region, the organisers of South Asian Travel Awards (SATA) 2019 recently held a signing ceremony with their partners for the regional event that would be hosted in Sri Lanka this year for

‘Grease’ hits Colombo this August as Cold Theatre 7 (CT7) brings this spectacular musical alive in special association with Theatrical Rights Worldwide at the Lionel Wendt Auditorium. Directed by Kevin C

A landmark solo musical concert of Visharada Sunil Edirisinghe titled ‘Sunilayaamaya’ will be held at the BMICH on August 3 at 6.30 pm, to mark the 50th year of the award-winning singer’s musical career.Dr. Rohana Weerasinghe will direct the mu

The much awaited DVD and Bluray version of the successful concert Lalithakala held in February was launched last night during the ‘Memories of the fabulous Moonstones’ concert held at theBMICH. The songs from the concert which comprised a selecti

No one knew the King of Rock ‘n Roll quite like his wife Priscilla Presley. And now, after 27-year-old Austin Butler has landed the role of Elvis in Baz Luhrmann’s highly anticipated biopic, everyone wants to know: who will

Jason Statham has praised stunt doubles as ‘unsung heroes’ after a man suffered a shocking fall on the set of Fast and Furious 9. Stuntman Joe Watts was left with a serious head injury after falling ‘at least 30ft’ during filming of the new m

Homemaker Chandani Baranage, the winner of the grand prize and some of the consolation prize winners in the ‘A Dash of Sri Lanka’ competition conducted by Daily Mirror Life and Emirates, received their prizes last week at the Emirates office in C

Presenting an annual exhibition of work that confronts the current political climate of a country is no small feat. An artist, an activist, lecturer and curator, Chandraguptha Thenuwara’s work has presented witty political commentary for nearly two

The upcoming “Star Trek” series about Jean-Luc Picard will reunite the beloved starship commander with android officer Data and other characters from the long-running space franchise, the cast revealed to fans at Sa

A music album titled ‘Durama Gamanak’ comprising songs penned by Dr. Duminda Handapandgoda will be launched on July 27 at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute, Colombo. Several popular singers have made vocal contributions to the CD while the songs

She made a splash by attempting an English accent on the opening track of Kanye West’s seminal album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Now Nicki Minaj has revealed her new Angry Birds 2 character, which shares the same accent.

Netflix Inc. is removing a controversial graphic scene depicting a youth suicide from its popular young adult drama “13 Reasons Why”, following advice from medical experts, the company said on its Twitter account early on Tuesday. The show, based

Professor Pradeep Ratnayake’s work was performed in the June – July 2019 season of the Westfalen Orchestra in Germany and in the Middelburg Music Festival in Holland, marking a rare instance of a Sri Lankan composer’s work being played alongsid

Liam Neeson attended the Madrid premiere of Cold Pursuit on Monday night, five months after the film’s red carpet in New York was axed amid his racism row. The actor, who looked dapper in a grey suit, brushed off the backlash as he joined his ca

With the new change in the country’s film distribution process, veteran film producer and Sri Lanka Film Exhibitors Guild Chairman Buddhi Keerthisena said the National Film Corporation has a pivotal and responsible role to play in facilitating the

Well known showbiz personality Damayantha Kuruppu who presents the Milestone Moonstone show on July 28 said: “Presenting the Memories of the Fabulous Moonstones, I find it interesting as this will focus on the musical journey of Clarence and Annesl

Ambitious filmmakers in every part of the world have always looked for new formats and platforms to make their movies. With the advent of the latest technology, our filmmakers have also ventured into such technological revolutions. In this context, a

Award-winning filmmaker Prasanna Jayakody made an impassioned appeal to the state film authorities of this country not to unjustly remove his newest movie ‘Sansare Dadayakkaraya’ from theatres, to suit the whims a

Clarence Wijewardana revolutionized Sinhala pop music with the setting up of ‘Moonstones’ in the mid sixties, together with evergreen Annesley Malawana. Music fans will be in for a treat when the Moonstones Memories show is held at the BMICH on J

‘This is my story this is my Song’ an evening of choral music presented by OKTAVE will take place on Saturday the 13th of July at St Mary’s Church, Bambalapitiya, Lauries Road Colombo 4 at 7pm. The programme will feature well known songs, anthe

The new live-action remake of Disney’s The Lion King was beset by criticism online from fans of the original who feared the new life-like beasts couldn’t convey the same emotions of the animated original. But Disney seems to have gotte

Lady Gaga to launch beauty line on Amazon as retailer targets cosmetics business. Pop star Lady Gaga on Tuesday announced a line of beauty products exclusively for sale on Amazon in a boost to the online retailer’s cosmetics business. The brand, Ha

The “Arth Mumbai Takes Over Botanik” dinner pop-up will take place at Botanik on July 19th and 20th. Arth is the first gas free restaurant in India embracing ethnic Indian methods of slow cooking over wood fire and charcoal. Each dish on the menu

She’s transformed into Meg March in Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of the Louisa May Alcott novel. And Emma Watson appears to bond with her on-screen sisters Saoirse Ronan and Florence Pugh as they engage in a group prayer in an official image from up

British singer Cliff Richard demands change to sex offence anonymity rules. British singer Cliff Richard joined forces with other high profile figures in the media on Monday to demand that those people accused of sex

‘Great, the jock and the cheerleader. Now it’s a real breakfast club,’ announces the teacher presiding over detention, sarcastically. After the goth girl of the group tries to label everyone by their clique, Kym (Keke Palmer) interjects, ‘Don

Lady Gaga is rumoured to be joining Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 as Bradley Cooper’s love interest. Unconfirmed rumours that Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper could grace the silver screen together again in Guardians Of The

A comprehensive proposal submitted by well known film Producer, MPI Film Circuit Director and Universal Media Network & Cinelink Chairman  Dr. Arosha Fernando recently received Cabinet approval for a proposal he had submitted to construct 25 brand n

Controversial Bollywood crime thriller ‘ARTICLE 15’ directed by Anubhav Sinha, featuring Ayushmann Khurrana, Isha Talwar, Sayani Gupta, Kumud Mishra and Manoj Pahwa is now being screened at Liberty Lite Kollupitiya, Amity Lite Maharagama, Sky Lit