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By PHYLLIS HO alltherage@thestar.com.my ENGINEERING student Lee Kha Sheng, 18, is either a really generous, philanthropic guy, or just terrible at maths. He spent RM20,000 producing a promotional video for a welfare home, to enter a short film competition where the total prize money for all the winners was RM18,000. But since he’s in engineering, […]
By TAM XUEH WEI alltherage@thestar.com.my LEONA Lewis is back, and not a day too soon. Although her third studio album Glassheart was scheduled for release last year, it was only in October that her fans got to listen to the songstress’ latest music endeavour. “We had a deadline that we knew we’d end up losing […]
By TAM XUEH WEI alltherage@thestar.com.my “WE’re different,” said Adam Pitts, drummer of the London-based band Lawson during a recent telephone interview. And guess what? They sure aren’t your typical boy band. Initially called The Grove, after a shopping centre in Los Angeles, US the four-piece band now goes by the name of Lawson. It was […]
By THAM YING HUI, CAROLYN HAI, V. VISHNU and SHAHRIMAN SHAHRUL alltherage@thestar.com.my All those years of playing Call Of Duty, finally paying off. That’s how some of us BRATs felt as we were getting prepped for our very first Nerf Dart Tag tournament. We were huddled in a corner, loading the velcro-tipped Nerf foam […]
NINE years ago, Shahidah Mazlam had intended to become a policewoman after sitting for her Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM). Unfortunately, she faced objection from her family over her choice of career. “My mother didn’t want to see me work in the tough line of duty and I had no choice but to listen to her,” […]
In themiddle of Hasni Ali’s shipyard in Pulau Duyong, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu lies the frames of two large, imposing wooden boats. You can tell that the boats are far from being completed, and yet all Hasni can do now is sit around and wait. Months and months of hard work have gone into the two […]
YouTuber David Choi proved why he is everyone’s favourite Internet singing sensation. By KA KAY LUM and JOANNE RAENA RAJ alltherage@thestar.com.my YOUTUBE sensation David Choi performing live is a completely different experience from watching his videos online, as his Malaysian fans discovered on Sunday. The crowd at the auditorium at Wisma Bentley, Petaling Jaya, Selangor […]
The BRATs got a crash course in comedy last weekend from popular local comedians Kuah Jenhan and Phoon Chi Ho. By V. VISHNU and SATHESH RAJ alltherage@thestar.com.my A day without laughter is a day not worth living, said the great Charlie Chaplin. and that’s one of the main inspirations behind the Mini Ha Ha […]
By DANIEL SUBRAMANIAM and JOANNE CHUA alltherage@thestar.com.my JAPANESE costume player (cosplayer) Kaname never reveals his real name in interviews. Widely recognised by cosplay fans for his accurate and realistic portrayals of characters such as Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, Kaname will be gracing the Anime Festival Asia (AFA) Malaysia on June 9 […]
By ROXANNE LOW PAU-LING alltherage@thestar.com.my Greetings from Deutschland (that’s Germany)! It has been about a month since I first arrived at the small town of Itzehoe in Germany and I have settled in quite well with my host family – the Baasch – although I do miss home. When I got to the Baasch’s home, […]