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Back from Puerto Rico with cemented friendships
It had been a night that they had been waiting for, for over three months. On March 16, Miss Poland, Karolina Bielawska was crowned Miss World 2021 in a much anticipated pageant finale that had faced the brunt of the pandemic, with a last minute postponement back in December which had seen the contestants having [...]
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Strokes of nature
Little things can grow into big things. Kalisha Devindi Munasinghe, an A’Level Math student of Gateway College Negombo has made sure to do little things every day during the pandemic to make one of her dreams a reality. Her work is an excellent example of how barriers can be overcome with perseverance. “Little Things”an exhibition [...]
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Public posters remade through gaze of an artist
Stick No Bills, Hashan Cooray’s latest body of work features a selection of posters stripped from the public walls of Colombo illustrating a critical mixture of politics, consumerism and social critique.They eventually make their way to his digital and painted canvases, moving from one type of public display to another, filtered through Hashan’s discerning gaze [...]
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‘Lankan Link App’ opens a whole new world for Lankans living abroad
Many media platforms were created by various companies and expacts for Sri Lankan communities in Europe, North America and Australia. Most are commercial ventures and services with payment gates with a price for their service. Australian bases ‘Lankan Link’ is the latest media platform started in August, 2021 targeting the large numbers of Sri Lankans [...]
‘Ambulance’ Action thriller on two adoptive siblings turned bank robbers
Famed for his earlier directions ‘Armageddon’ (1998), ‘Pearl Harbor’ (2001) and the Transformers series filmmaker and producer Michael Bay’s newest action thriller ‘Ambulance’ is now being screened in theatres in Colombo and outstation. Made based on the 2005 Danish film of the same name, ‘Ambulance’ stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Eiza González in [...]
The Bad Guys in town
Hollywood animation comedy ‘The Bad Guys’ directed by Pierre Perifel (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Etan Cohen and Hilary Winston, based on the children’s book series of the same name by Aaron Blabey is now being shown in theatres. Produced by DreamWorks Animation and Scholastic Entertainment and distributed by Universal Pictures [...]
Anupa paints tales untold
Painter and teacher Anupa Perera’s solo exhibition of oil paintings, ‘Stain of Tales Untold’ (Nokiyu Kathawaka Pellam), will be held from April 1 to 3 at the Lionel Wendt Art Gallery. A student of Maliyadeva College Kurunegala, Anupa was graduated from the University of Visual and performing arts in Colombo in 2014. Specialised on oil [...]