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John and Paul’s sons give Beatles’ fans Flashbacks with epic Selfie
Paul McCartney and John Lennon’s sons gave Beatles fans flashbacks last Monday when the two offspring shared a selfie on Instagram. The picture featured Sean Ono Lennon, and James McCartney—and there certainly was a family resemblance. Sean captioned the photo ‘Peekaboo…’ James is McCartney’s fourth child. The singer also has four daughters: Heather McCartney, Mary McCartney, Stella McCartney and Beatrice McCartney. Paul shared James and his [...]
‘Charitha Atak’ updated version
The latest updated version of internationally acclaimed actor and versatile director Wilson Gunaratne’s ‘Charitha Atak’ will go on the boards at the Bishop’s College Auditorium on September 8 at 6.30 pm. ‘Charitha Atak’, a popular political satire, is the only play in the country where one actor plays eight different roles with eight different voices. [...]
‘Stars of 70s’ come alive again
‘Stars of 70s’ in association with Annesley Malawana will come alive at the BMICH on Sunday August 26 at 7.00 pm The latest edition of ‘Stars of 70s’ is a presentation of the Old Boys Association of Sri Jayawardenapura College (Christian College), which is one of the oldest educational institutions, founded in 1822. ‘Stars Of [...]
‘Mamma Mia’, here its back again
‘Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again’- musical comedy, the second instalment following its box office success in 2008 is now being screened at several theatres including Liberty by Scope Cinemas, Savoy 3D, Excel, Empire and MC Cinemas – Colombo. This jukebox musical romantic comedy directed and written by Ol Parker, invites moviegoers to sing and [...]
Essentials.lk wins Gold at 2018 BestWeb.lk Awards
Essentials.lk,the online beauty store dedicated to offering a personalised online experience with exceptional customer service, has won the 2018 BestWeb.lk Gold Award for the Best e-Commerce and e-Banking category. BestWeb.lk is a web-based competition that highlights local businesses and their achievements. Since its inception in 2009, BestWeb.lk has judged participants based on creativity and technical [...]
Somalatha Subasinghe Play House organises creative activities for children
Lanka Children’s and Youth Theatre Foundation (LCYTF) popularly known as Somalatha Subasinghe Play House commences its next session of ‘Creative Activities for Children’ programme on September 1. The programme is open to children of ages four to fourteen. The prime objective of the programme is to develop the children’s mental stability and physical senses, to [...]
Prasanna bridges Sri Lanka and Bollywood with ‘Gaadi’
Bridging the huge Bollywood cinema and its Sri Lankan counterpart, Prasanna Vithanage is to make ‘Gaadi’ or ‘Children of the Sun’ as his tenth production. Mumbai based Jar Pictures, an Indian motion picture production company which is known for its independent filmmaking will join‘Film Island’ (www.filmisland.net) the local producer of ‘Gaadithe Sri Lankan production company. [...]
‘Burning birds’ passes 50 days
‘Devena Vihagun’- ‘Burning Birds’ directed by Sanjeewa Pushpakumara passed 50 days of continuous public screening on August 17. A special copy of the film named ‘Director’s Cut’ is now being screened under the adults only tag at 4.15 pm at Regal Cinema, Colombo. The version includs a few unedited scenes from the original. The original [...]
SIGNIS Salutation on Saturday
The 41st SIGNIS Salutation Awards ceremony, organised by the Sri Lanka Catholic Cinema Parshadaya, the local branch of World Catholic Organisation for Communication will be held at the BMICH, on August 25. This year’s chief guests of this much awaited cinema awards will be Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo, and SIGNIS International Chairman, Helen [...]
‘Vishwaroopam 2’ released
Kamal Hassan’s ‘Vishwaroopam 2’- block buster Tamil Movie was released from August 10 in line with the world wide release. Kamal Haasan wrote and directed the film in which he himself features alongside Rahul Bose, Shekhar Kapur, Pooja Kumar and Andrea Jeremiah. A CEL Release, the film is screened at a large number of theatres [...]
‘Mövenpick Weddings’ Fair
Mövenpick Hotel Colombo will be launching its first ever ‘Mövenpick Weddings‘ and introducing a brand-new intimate concept to the city. Working alongside the theme of ‘Intimate. Precious. Extraordinary’, the event will take place on1st September at the hotel premises. The exhibitor list includes Buddhi Batiks, Michael Wijesuriya, Bridal Atelier by Ramona Oshini, Hameedia, Aslam Hussein, [...]
Elephant Project bags PATA Gold Award 2018
Cinnamon Hotels and Resorts together with their ecotourism arm ‘Nature Trails’, was recognized for their ground-breaking elephant conservation project by the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) for the PATA Grand and Gold Awards 2018. Cinnamon Hotels and Resorts will be honoured with the Gold Award for the Best Ecotourism Project under the Environment category at [...]