Let the adventures begin!
With COVID-19 restrictions easing, many of us are looking to release some of the tedium of months of being cooped up in our homes by going on holiday. What if the chilled-out vacation is not your cup of tea? Here are some ideas for those looking for an adrenaline rush. Be it racing with your [...]
Setting a creative spark alight with CAN Market
Creative thinking and entrepreneurial spirit is needed now more than ever, yet sometimes the difference between success and stagnation in the Sri Lankan market is opportunity. On August 28, Creative Isle, in collaboration with the Colombo City Centre, launched the Ceylon Artisan Network (CAN) a weekly three-day Market at the Colombo City Centre (CCC) Atrium. [...]
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Helping idle minds get creative online
With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Juliana turned to organizing online workshop programmes to share her skills. “I was skeptical about the new venture but there was an unbelievable response and support from people,” she says. The online workshop programme titled ‘Graphic Designing for Kids and Teens’, focused on students who were confined to their houses [...]
Game of Thrones makers to adapt Chinese sci-fi classic for Netflix
Netflix has announced it’s recruited two of the masterminds behind Games of Thrones to adapt bestselling Chinese sci-fi novel The Three-Body Problem. Writers David Benioff and DB Weiss will work on the series with True Blood writer Alexander Woo. The news has drawn mixed reactions with some fans doubting a US adaptation of the Chinese [...]
Meet the (not so) new kid on the block: The RX 5300
It’s not unusual for graphics card manufacturers to cut down certain features of a particular graphics chip and release it as an entirely new product. The AMD Radeon RX 5300 is one such example. On paper, according to AMD, the Radeon RX 5300 is touted as an entry-level graphics card capable of delivering exceptional 1080p [...]
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A literary tribute to Dharmasiri’s cinematic journey
A book on veteran filmmaker and social activist Dharmasiri Bandaranayake- ‘Wam Iwure Thunwenna- Dharmasiri Sinamawalokanaya’-(The third in the Left end- Cinematic journey of Dharmasiri) written by film writer Jeewantha Dayananda will be released at 3 pm on September 15 at Mahaweli Centre Colombo. Veteran actor Sanath Gunatilake, award winning actress Swarna Mallawarachchi, actor Saumya Liyanage [...]
The Trojan Women Popular play of the decade
Dharmasiri Bandaranayake’s award winning play “Torjan Kanthawo“ or “The Trojan Women” will be staged at 3.30 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. on today, September 6 at the Elphinstone Theatre, Colombo 10. Inspired by Euripedes’ Grecian classic “Trojan Women”, the play won 12 awards at the State Drama Festival in 1999. The play was considered as one [...]
Little Miss Puppet in town
‘Premaya Nam’ famed filmmakers, two brother Kalpana and Vindana Ariywansa’s newest film ‘Rookada Panchi’ (Little Miss Puppet) will be released in EAP Films Theatres from September 17. A family, children story with magical and musical effects, “Rukada Penchi” is created with the visual styles of 1980s films by Steven Spielberg and Tim Burton. “You get [...]
Five super powers fighting for survival
One of the latest Hollywood horror films ‘The New Mutants’ is now being screened in theatres at Scope cinemas, PVR- One Galle Face and other theatres around Colombo. The film was released on August 28 in line with the international release. Based on the Marvel Comics team of the same name the film is directed [...]
Malith’s maiden movie at PVR
Award winning debut film by Malith Hegoda Dekala Purudu Kenek or ‘The Strange Familiar’ is now being screened at PVR at One Galle face. The film was selected for the prestigious 58th BFI London Film Festival organized by the British Film Institute. It was also competed at the 8th Asia Pacific Screen Awards, held at [...]
Paangshu and the Newspaper at PVR
Visakesha Chandrasekaram’s internationally acclaimed film ‘Paangshu’ (The Soil) is now being released at PVR cinemas. The film will be screened at 2 pm and 7 pm. Woven around Babanona (Nita Fernando), a launderer belonged to one of the lowest castes in Sri Lanka who is on a mission to find the abductors of her only [...]
Multi awarded Rajitha’s play at Elphinstone
Rajitha Dissanayake’s award winning play “Hithala Gaththu Theeranayak” will be staged at 3.30 p.m and 6.30 p.m. on September 10 at the Elphinstone Theatre Colombo. The play stars Shayam Fernando, Dharmapriya Dias, Samadhi Laksiri, Kelum Gamlath and Anuradha Mallawarachchi. All seats are box planned and tickets are now available at the theatre gate This special [...]
‘Wonder Voice Teens Meet-up’
Taking entertainment to the next level ‘Fun Eke Next Level Eka’, Elephant House Wonder fans were provided a once in a lifetime experience to meet and greet contestants of the Voice Teens Sri Lanka. Organised in Sri Lanka for the first time, the Voice Teens Sri Lanka Stars has held viewers spellbound throughout until the [...]
Sujatha the genius female musician in the annals of our history
‘Weera Matha’ Visharada Dr. Sujatha Attanayake, the musical genius acclaimed as one of the most popular vocalists, commenced her pivotal career in music when she was just eight years old. Eight years old Sujatha sang a song at the then Radio Ceylon, to the music composed by A J Kareem. Since then she had not [...]
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and family suffer COVID-19 attack
Action star Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has revealed that his entire family is recovering after contracting the coronavirus in the past few weeks. Johnson explained that he, his wife Lauren and their daughters, 4-year-old Jasmine and Tiana, 2, tested positive after spending time with ‘very close family friends.’ Johnson, 48, posted a video to his Instagram and [...]
Join Hiran Cooray on a Journey to the East
The East Coast is a region where tourism booms during this time of year, however there is much to discover on the journey towards the coastal towns and Hiran Cooray, Chairman of Jetwing Symphony is ready to show guests a unique perspective of the less explored gems of our island. The tour named ‘Journey to [...]