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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) [...]