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FANS of some of today’s biggest music acts aren’t just your average screaming teenagers anymore. Thanks to the power of social media, pretty much every major artiste now has their own #fandom – a veritable tribe of devoted fans who won’t take kindly to anybody who’d be hatin’. We’ve got some pretty hardcore fandoms (supposedly […]
By SHARMILA NAIR IF you ever meet Ines Alanah – at a concert, by the roadside, at a mall, where ever – do not make the mistake of telling her that you’re the biggest Lana Del Rey fan in the world. Why? Because she is. The 15-year-old student is an ardent fan (that’s an understatement […]
IN today’s social media savvy world, it’s easy to become a victim of “social media hijacking”– a popular prank among the youth nowadays. Social media hijacking happens when someone uses an individual’s Twitter or Facebook (or any other social media, for that matter) account and posts updates without prior consent While the prank is mostly […]
By PHYLLIS HO alltherage@thestar.com.my The British Council’s Young Creative Entrepreneur (YCE) programme is the perfect platform to connect young and emerging entrepreneurs in creative industries around the world. Since its inception in 2005, the programme has seen 400 participants from 53 countries so far. The YCE Awards started out with different categories, which included […]
If cliché magic tricks are just too common and uninteresting, then get ready to have your socks rocked off by performer Zlwin Chew!
By GAN HUI WAN IT was with tears that the spectacular show ended. The hall at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPac) in Kuala Lumpur was bursting with thunderous applause as the choir members embraced each other and performed the final encore number May Our Paths Meet Again. I held hands with the ones […]
By ANGELIN YEOH WHEN the people at Nike decide to call their global football talent search competition “The Chance”, they probably didn’t expect it to be so aptly named for Rahmat Che Hassim. According to Rahmat, who is from Kelantan, he has been playing football since he was six, and the competition was literally his […]
By JASON LIOH Photos by LUKE CHUA alltherage@thestar.com.my I was introduced to photographer Luke Chua’s blog by a friend, and I was really amazed by his work. His photos, technically and artistically, were definitely not the work of an amateur. In fact, they looked at the very least like the work of a semi-professional. Now […]
By ANGELIN YEOH IN 2010, while studying at Fairview International School Kuala Lumpur, Melora Shahabuddin was assigned to come up with her own project and complete it. As writing is something she’s passionate about, she decided to write a book. She then turned to her mother to discuss the content. “My mum volunteers with the […]
Stories by ANGELIN YEOH Pandelela Rinong AS a child growing up in Kampung Jugan, Sarawak, Pandelela Rinong Pamg said she was very active and one of her favourite things to do was play at the river. “I was always jumping around at the sungai. It was fun,” she said. At that time, no one imagined […]
By KEVIN TAN and PHYLLIS HO alltherage@thestar.com.my ONE fine day, Chee Yun Sam, a 22-year-old model, started getting a barrage of angry tweets and messages from his friends. Apparently, Chee had posted something rather racist on his Twitter account, and a lot of people weren’t taking too kindly to it. Only problem was – […]
You think being called a hipster is hard? Try getting people to tell you what they think of hipsters. We ran a #RAGEchat after last week’s cover story, and here’s what you Tweeples had to say about them: @MidorCole: Definition of a hipster: someone with too much free time and way too many personal […]
One BRAT jumped off a roof and it landed her right at the London 2012 Olympics. By SANDRA TAN alltherage@thestar.com.my HOW often does one jump off their roof to try to win a chance to go to the Olympic Games? Not very often, really – and it is strictly advised that nobody tries it – […]
You don’t need to be a drummer, musician, or an aspiring one to know this familiar face. Arthur Kam’s talent as a drummer was discovered when he was merely six, and he has grown up nurturing and harnessing his skills on the drums.
By ANGELIN YEOH and IAN YEE alltherage@thestar.com.my WE all know that someone who says things like “I used to like This Band before they become a staple on the Top 40 charts” or “Lady Gaga was so much more gaga when she was just Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta. Now she’s just too mainstream”. Most likely, […]