english.peopledaily.com.cn — Bangkok International Film Festival 2008 will be held on Sept. 23-30 in the Thai capital to showcase Thai films and attract more filmmakers as well as tourists to the country, Thai authorities announced Tuesday. The festival, an annual event sponsored by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) since 2003, will take place between Sept. 23 and 30 at the SF Cinema inside a downtown modern shopping complex, with the climax on Sept. 28 of the "Golden Kinnaree Awards" ceremony read more...
thainewsland.com — The title character in Thai artist Manit Sriwanichpoom’s Pink Man series couldn’t even be bothered to make an appearance in what may be the last photographs to bear his name. No pock-marked face, no swollen jowls, no double chin. No stoic poise as the world goes to hell around him. All that’s left of Manit’s bloated symbol of everything that’s wrong with modern man is his signature pink shopping cart. I especially like this one,” Manit says, pointing to a photograph of the pink cart, abandoned under a Beckettian tree amid the rubble of a demolished Beijing neighborhood. “This is the violence of capitalism. You can just throw money and everyone comes to grab it. You don’t have to go to the air and bomb. Now you’ve found another way.” read more...
farang.pai-nai.com — Likay is an old form of Thai musical theatre. Patravadi has modernized Likay in a new musical production Chalawan a legendary crocodile prince who has turned human and lived in a crystal cave with his 2 wives. Human beings have wisdom and ability to control one's desire. By having the look of human being but not able to control the desire, then one is no different than animals. The exciting story of Prince Chalawan is presented in Likay style with Thai classical songs, dance and music, choreographed in Thai classical dance with modern techniques to suit the crocodile charactors by the team of Patravadi Theatre whom for many years have achieved in reviving the old Thai performing arts and literature into today entertainment. Home for performing artists in Thailand, the name Patravadi is synonymous with the performing arts First and foremost, its owner is Patravadi Mejudhon, a dynamic stage performer, scriptwriter and theatre director-producer, who for more than three decades, has been a pioneering force in the local arts scene. In 1992, Patravadi founded an independent theatre. read more...
farang.pai-nai.com — Winning the Miss Universe Pageant is not a tall order for a girl recently crowned the most beautiful in Thailand.Miss Thailand Universe 2007 Farung Yuthithum's, nickname "Kwang" towering confidence soars from her 1.79m stature. "I feel I have an advantage because of my height. I'm actually the tallest Miss Thailand Universe ever," purrs the elegant 19-year-old. read more...