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Chef Kenjiro ‘Hatch’ Hashida loves looking at people’s faces when they eat his food. The celebrity chef is known for chatting up patrons and educating them about their meals. “Chefs shouldn’t be behind the counter,” he states adding “they should talk to the customers and try to learn what the customer wants.” Operating behind the [...]
Pamper yourself with Body Shop loyalty
British beauty brand The Body Shop recently introduced its popular loyalty programme for customers in Sri Lanka. At a launch event at its Fairline building, Colpetty store, friends and fans of The Body Shop were introduced to the Love Your Body Programme, the exciting loyalty membership of the brand while being treated to the best [...]
Sri Lanka from different angles
Capturing the melting pot of cultures that makes up Sri Lanka, 15 photographers from the Photography Society of Sri Lanka (PSSL) have been invited by the Photographic Society of Japan (PSJ) to collaborate with them on their project “Month of Photography Tokyo -2018”. The annual exhibition will showcase the works of international photographers under the [...]
White, the colour of the forgotten
It took Prasad Hettiarachchi 39 years to be discovered for his talent in 2014. Now with “Exclusion” his second solo exhibit on at the Barefoot Gallery which runs until June 3, he hopes to reach a wider audience. Prasad’s miniature paintings draw the eye with their intricate detail and the stories they unravel. ‘Exclusion’ paints [...]
Stepping out to a wider dance platform
Rangi Fernando will be soon taking wing to take part in the American Dance Festival this June. Rangi is the principal dancer and the most senior member of the Mesh Dance Academy, the contemporary dance school that Umeshi Rajeendra started in 2015 and will be the second Sri Lankan to attend the Festival. She will [...]
A treat for foodies as Sri Lanka gets its first Atrium
The term “foodie” has been coined over the growing interest between people and their food. Gone are the days where meals were just eaten. Now food has become an experience and now with the rapid economic development Sri Lanka’s experiencing, it’s ready for something new. That’s where Food Studio comes in, bringing with it an [...]
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Flashback party
Dubbed as the ‘retro party of the year’ Lite 87 recently hosted the much awaited Flashback party at the Hilton Colombo Residences. Captured here are some images from the evening. Pix by Sameera Weerasekera
Bringing ‘Different Voices’ together
Better known as one half of the renowned duo, the De Lanerolle brothers, Ishan De Lanerolle is a firm believer that anyone can sing,given the proper guidance. It is this thinking which led him to start ‘The Voice’ almost four years ago, which has grown into 200 plus students since then. ‘The Voice’ will be [...]
Classic rock is back
With a vision of giving momentum to the local rock scene, Suriyapperuma Rock Saturday is aimed at creating a platform for indigenous rock stars to take center stage. Resurrected by brothers, Asanga and Pubudu Suriyapperuma, of their company Suriya along with their team and the support of their friends Chathuranga Fonseka, Naushan Abbas, Kasun Pinto, [...]
Google IO 2018 highlights
A couple of weeks ago, Google held its annual developer conference. Called Google IO, the conference kicked off from May 8 to May 11 2018. A key component of this conference was the keynote speech by Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai. In case you were wondering, the Keynote speech at Google IO is where all developments [...]
Beach Boys to release album of classic songs
The iconic boy band the Beach Boys are to release an album of their classic songs with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. ‘The Beach Boys With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’ will come out on June 8. The 17 track album will contain among those classic tracks ‘California Girls’, ‘Wouldn’t It Be Nice’, ‘Fun Fun Fun’, ‘Kokomo’ [...]
Novel Punishment
Suganthy dropped her satchel noisily onto the ground and quickly emptied it. Then she started writing something furiously in each of her books. Sivapalan, sitting silently on the sofa, guilt written all over his face, got to his feet and peered over Suganthy’s shoulder at what she was doing. He stood aghast at the sight [...]
Tribute to Lois Lane actress Margot Kidder who has died aged 69
Margot Kidder, the Canadian actress who starred as Lois Lane opposite Christopher Reeve in the Superman film franchise of the 1970s and 1980s, has died aged 69. Kidder died on Sunday at her home in Livingston, Montana, according to a notice on the website of Franzen-Davis Funeral Home. Kidder’s manager Camilla Fluxman Pines said she [...]
WPDO award for Danu
Radio host, Danu Innasithamby was recently appointed a World Peace and Diplomacy Organization (WPDO) Peace Ambassador. He was formally presented with the title at the 2nd edition of the global business leadership forum 2018 held in Mumbai, India. The award recognises the charitable contributions. According to a release the World Peace and Diplomacy Organization (WPDO) [...]
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Whitney’s intricate in Documentary
Whitney Houston leads an intricate rehearsal of her 1990 hit “I’m Your Baby Tonight” in an intimate clip from Whitney, an upcoming documentary about the late pop icon. The singer juggles vocal and dancing cues throughout the clip, smiling giddily after the performance. The Houston estate-approved Whitney, in theaters July 6th, documents the singer’s virtuosic abilities – and [...]
Buddhini fly high with ‘Ahas’
Popular author, journalist, dubbing artiste and scriptwriter Buddhini Jayawardane will be launching her newest novel ‘Ahas’ at the Library Services Board Auditorium in Colombo on Thursday, May 24 at 4 pm. Buddhini wrote the tele drama script of Ahas and work on the tele drama started a few weeks ago and this is perhaps a [...]
Nilan choreographs Italian ‘Heena Reyak’
‘Heena Reyak’, the Italian version of Sri Lanka’s dance concert ‘Ridee Reyak’ was held in Milano, Rome and Verona featuring popular film stars from Sri Lanka. Well known and award-winning dance choreographer Nilan Maligaspe choreographed the dance sequences of the ‘Heena Reyak’ concerts. All songs performed at the ‘Heena Reyak’ were Sinhala film songs from [...]
‘Weli Pawura’ ready for release
Experienced script writer Sunil Premaratne’s second film direction ‘Weli Pawura’ is completed and is ready for release. Produced by Dhammika Atapattu, the film was scheduled to be released in last December but delayed due to a number of issues. A movie revolving around family bonds and the parent-children relationship, stars Mahendra Perera, Dilhani Ekanayake, Hemasiri [...]
Two books by filmmaker
Two books written by filmmaker Udayakantha Warnasuriya titled, ‘Wassana Sanda’ as a novel and a screenplay will be launched on May 25 at the Regal cinema Colombo. The two books are written based on the film and this is the second novel written by Udayakantha. Earlier he launched a novel titled ‘Yakada Pihatu’. The screen [...]
“Guttila Kavya” in two cities
Theatrical version of “Guttila Kawya” a prescribed text for both GCE Ordinary and Advanced Level Sinhala subjects will go on the boards in Avissawella and Kurunegala. On May 23 the play directed by Akila Sapumal will be staged at 8.15 am and 10.30 am at the auditorium of Avissawella town hall and May 24 at [...]
SLF teaches the art of audio visual
Sri Lanka Foundation, one of the leading educational institutions to teach the art of audio and visual medium will start courses on editing and camera for television soon. A certificate course in Non Linear Editing has been designed with the aim to provide basic knowledge and working experience in video editing. This 6-month course would [...]
‘JuiceMo’ Health bar at Independence Walk, Kurunduwatta
‘JuiceMo’ is a speciality juice and mocktaill bar offers a wide range of authentic fruit juices without any preservatives, colouring or chemicals. Nilmini Dheerasekera, the creator ‘JuiceMo’ said that the idea to launch JuiceMo was created when they were overseas experiencing this type of Juice bars in Australia, America and Canada too. ‘I have followed [...]
Kaema Sutra: First popup restaurant in London
Kaema Sutra of Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo teamed up with their sister property Shangri-La Hotel, At The Shard, London to present their first ever pop-up restaurant in mid April 2018. The pop-up restaurant showcased the finest of native Sri Lankan delights with Celebrity Chef Dharshan Munidasa and his team, consisting of Chef Gehan Polgampalage and Chef [...]