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The fantastic 48

By JAYDEE LOK alltherage@thestar.com.my AS far as popular music is concerned, the “manufactured model” of idol groups has prove to be pretty successful. And that’s why Yasushi Akimoto, creator of award-winning girl group AKB48 from Akihabara, Japan, has brought the franchise to Indonesia. The result is JKT48 – Indonesia’s first idol group. The name is […]

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New horizon

By JAYDEE LOK alltherage@thestar.com.my HOURS before they blew everyone’s minds at the Rock4way finale, the boys of British metalcore band Bring Me The Horizon confessed that they didn’t know much about Malaysia. “I’m not very good at geography so I don’t even know where we are,” joked frontman Oliver Sykes, 27, during an interview last […]

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BRATS Against Bullying

The teen journalists from the BRATs programme speak up on the reality of bullying among young people in Malaysia today. ““The most treacherous form of bullying is the kind you can’t see. It’s not violent, but it has the ability to shatter a person just as powerfully. It is the silent yet loud social disapproval […]

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Monsters against bullying

    THE Monster High doll range, with ghoulish characters designed to look like the offspring of monsters like Dracula and Frankenstein, isn’t exactly what most people would imagine kids would want to own. But in just three years since its launch, Monster High became the world’s number two doll brand, right behind its antithesis […]

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Singing against bullying

By KEVIN TAN alltherage@thestar.com.my WHEN local R&B star Liang read the statistics from the R.AGE Against Bullying campaign survey earlier this year, it was such a shock that his creative instincts immediately told him he had to do something. “If eight out of ten teenagers in Malaysia have been bullied (according to statistics), that means […]

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Bratspeak

By DENIELLE LEONG brats@thestar.com.my TEENAGERS on the Internet can be monsters, and I know this from reading my school juniors’ Ask.fm pages. It’s like my current guilty pleasure – it satisfies my hunger for drama, as much as it pains me to read those ridiculously awful comments being thrown around. But hey, nosing around is […]

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R.AGE Against Bullying – Celeb Stories

BEING a victim of bullying can be one of the loneliest, most debilitating experiences. But the truth is, it doesn’t have to be that way. Over 80% of Malaysian teenagers have been bullied before, and while many are unfortunately scarred for life because of those experiences, there are also those who managed to find hope […]

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Artistic endeavors

By JAYDEE LOK alltherage@thestar.com.my WHILE science and technology are crucial to drive a country to success, it is also important to ensure that its art and culture are not left behind. Thus cultivating artistic talent in young people, without compromising the science and technological edge, is necessary to ensure the growth of a balanced nation. […]

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Let’s get loud

By JAYDEE LOK alltherage@thestar.com.my What do you get when you get 10 bands to play in a packed venue? You get loud, of course. Converse Malaysia showed everyone how it was done at their Get Loud gig last Sunday at Laundry Bar in Mutiara Damansara, Selangor. The show, aimed at promoting local bands, wrapped up […]

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Unity through sports

By LAM KA-JHUN brats@thestar.com.my For three days in late September, over a thousand students from South-East Asia gathered in Melbourne for a rather unlikely event – the Asean Games Australia (AGA). Held for the second year running, the sporting event saw participants competing in nine disciplines, including badminton, squash, futsal and netball. AGA 2013 kicked […]

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