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Story and photos by DENIELLE LEONG brats@thestar.com.my WE’VE seen the professionals do it. This time, the entertainment arts diploma students at KDU University College got to take centre stage to show off what they’ve got in their very first production My Life Is Like Broadway Musicals. Staged late last month at Damansara Performing Arts Centre […]
By LIM MAY LEE alltherage@thestar.com.my WHEN teenagers create short films based on a “not quite right” theme, you can be sure that things are going to get wacky. That’s exactly what happened in the third instalment of the annual Not Quite Right video competition, hosted by Sunway University’s department of performance arts and media. The […]
By JAYDEE LOK alltherage@thestar.com.my PORNTHIDA Pimpimonwan has big dreams. The 10-year-old from the Karen tribe of Baan Khun Wong Nua Village of Mae Sariang, Thailand, already knows that in the future, she wants to be able to do more for her community. “I want to become a doctor when I grow up,” said Pornthida with […]
By CASSANDRA YEOH brats@thestar.com.my “WE want more nasi goreng and satay! Malaysian food tastes delicious,” Atsuko and Katsu from Angela proudly exclaimed. In its first ever performance in Malaysia, J-pop duo Angela sang for thousands of screaming and cheering fans at the Animax Carnival two weeks ago at the Mid Valley Exhibition Centre Hall. The […]
Rahul Mayer is all about chasing his F1 dreams.
By IAN YEE alltherage@thestar.com.my WHEN we told some British sports journalists during the Laureus World Sports Awards (held in Kuala Lumpur two weeks ago) that we would be interviewing Harry Redknapp, they had a few words of warning. “He can explode,” said one of them. “Don’t ask him stupid questions.” Of course, we had already […]
By LIM MAY LEE alltherage@thestar.com.my WHEN was the last time you volunteered for a cause outside of school activities? YouTube stars like Kina Grannis and David Choi, as well as activists Andy Ridley, Scott Hammell and Rob Dyer were in Malaysia last week for the Reach Out Convention and Celebration concert at Taylor’s University Lakeside […]
By LIM MAY LEE alltherage@thestar.com.my YOU probably know who all the YouTubers at Reach Out 2014 are, but the real stars of the youth volunteerism convention were the three activists who came to Malaysia to help educate us on just what it means to volunteer. Here are their stories: Andy Ridley Andy Ridley is the […]
By IAN YEE alltherage@thestar.com.my AS an aspiring footballer growing up in the village of Semban in Sarawak, Gabrieal Katz Anak Mering, 17, had never heard of the Queen’s Park Rangers (QPR) football club. And why should he? Where he comes from, the English game is a distant dream. They hardly get to watch it on […]