All our stories, in chronological order
By NASA MARIA ENTABAN Pictures by ELLIS KHAN ENERGETIC is an understatement when it comes to describing a Far East Movement show – the Asian-American hip-hop quartet showed their Malaysian friends how hard they can party. True to the party themes they rap and sing about in their music, members Kev Nish (Kevin Nishimura), Prohgress […]
By Tracy Lim and Amy Lim alltherage@thestar.com.my In conjunction with last Saturday’s Most Amazing (MO.A) Live concert 2011 in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, a meet-the-fans session was held just hours before showtime, where fans of Korean super groups – boy band Super Junior and girl group f(x) – had the chance to get cosy with their […]
By NASA MARIA ENTABAN alltherage@thestar.com.my THE Chinese have been in Malaysia for centuries, and a group of young people are telling the story of their evolution in this country through a musical. Led by 25-year-old Joys Tan, Nation-Building Pioneers Association of Malacca or PPBN have spent the past two months scripting, writing songs and rehearsing […]
World AIDS day falls on Dec 1 annually, and a new theme has been chosen to commemorate this year’s celebrations. The theme, Getting To Zero, will be used until 2015 and it echoes UNAIDS’ (a joint United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS) global vision of achieving not just zero new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths, but […]
By KNG ZHENG GUAN Pictures by S.S. KANESAN and GLENN GUAN alltherage@thestar.com.my The 26th Indonesia SEA Games was deemed one of the worst in history. Right from the start, the Games was inundated with so many controversies, like a major delay in the completion of venues in the Jakabaring Sports City, Palembang, due to corruption. […]
BRIC’S products have been making appearences in major motion pictures like Sex & The City, Mamma Mia!, The Tourist and most recently in the Twilight Saga – Breaking Dawn Part 1. The Italian brand is popular for its leather goods be it handbags or luggages, and aims to be modern and practical, mindful of aesthetics […]
IN case you haven’t heard … R.AGE won its first regional award at the Asian Digital Media Awards 2011 in Hong Kong last week! R.AGE won the gold medal in the Best In Social Media category, beating Singapore Press Holding’s “STOMP” (bronze) and Guangdong Southern Weekly New Media’s “Southern Weekly @SNS” (silver). Of course, we […]
By IAN YEE alltherage@thestar.com.my Rapper Edmund Anand, 24, aka Ego, recently got a few of his friends from the local hip-hop scene together to record a track and shoot a video. Everything was done in his studio, a small office space on the first floor of a nondescript row of shop lots in Puchong, Selangor. […]
By JASON LIOH alltherage@thestar.com.my Christmas is just round the corner! If you are thinking about what to get someone who is a photography buff, here are some ideas. Memory card No photographer will complain about having an extra memory card to use. A DSLR camera that can shoot full high definition (1080p) videos and pictures […]
Like our cover story today on young people and tattoos? Or perhaps you have a totally different opinion on it? Well, DJ Arnold Loh from Red FM, who sports a half-sleeve himself, will be talking about the topic this Friday night, so you get to tell him exactly how you feel about tattoos and tattooing. […]
The eight finalists who will battle it out in the Twisties Superstarz (in partnership with MTV) grand finals have already been revealed. After four gruelling weeks of searching for the best young talents in Malaysia, the eight finalists were handpicked by popular recording artistes Nadhira, JD (of Pop Shuvit), Rahul (One Buck Short) and […]
By TAN CHOON SAM alltherage@thestar.com.my It seems like a career as a tattoo artist is becoming a viable option for more young people in Malaysia these days. Tattoo parlours are sprouting up everywhere and becoming more prominent, especially in urban areas and city centres. However, the road to becoming a full-fledged tattoo artist is not […]
When Audrey Loh graduated with her degree in accounting and finance five years ago, she was given a grim piece of advice.
Story and pictures by JOANNE CHUA, TRACY LIM, SERENE LING, PHYLLIS HO and EMILY CHONG alltherage@thestar.com.my COSPLAY, video games, lightsaber fights, awesome freebies and prizes were aplenty at last weekend’s The Star Online Carnivale held at Tropicana City Mall in Petaling Jaya, Selangor. R.AGE joined the three days of fun and excitement with a booth […]
By SHARMILA NAIR alltherage@thestar.com.my THE school holidays are here and that just means one thing – students have time to do anything and everything (except studying). This is the best time to relax and simply recharge your energy before starting a brand new semester or schooling year in 2012, and we’re pretty sure you can’t […]