FRONT SEAT: The second year round
With the second ceremony around the corner and nominations for all the categories announced, one is sure there is excitement in the air for quite a few people in the Lux...
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Celebrating women’s day
All year long female faces grace an assortment of TV programmes, be it lengthy dramas or ads. March 8, International Women’s Day, is an exclusive occasion when not only female artists,...
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FOREIGN SEAT: Sundance at a glance
When the tumult died and the gold dust settled, in continuance of a trend that feels at once deeply American and deeply un-American, loners, outsiders, misfits, deviants and freaks ruled the...
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The last real punker
The aforementioned lyric, etched in the memories of quite a few like stone, is just one of the many strokes of brilliance that came from the man the world knew as Joe Strummer. Strummer, along with his group the Clash, took the pure energy of punk rock...
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STARBUZZ: Drama at PTV HQ
The Managing Director of PTV, Yousuf Baig Mirza, has been removed from his post in a dramatic way by the authorities recently. He came to Pakistan from England as a special...
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SPOTLIGHT: ‘I’ve always wanted to make a movie on my terms’
For someone who has just left a rewarding career at Prime Entertainment to make a movie in a severely crippled industry, Rashid Khwaja looks far from being dispirited. Gone is the...
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Play your guitar
No instrument (except maybe the synthesizer) rivals the guitar in popularity in the world of music, past and present. In some parts of the world, it has been used to woo...
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REVIEWSPREVIEWS: Adaptation
Adaptation is an extremely engaging and pleasing movie that director Spike Jonez and writers Charlie and Donald Kaufman have cultivated into a fine work of art. Its major assets are its...
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RISING STAR: The three-in-one girl
While driving through a roundabout in Karachi’s Clifton area, one must have noticed a billboard with a very pretty face on it. The model, Sumaira, in that ad is nothing short...
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MUSICBOX: Memory motel
Meri yaad is an ideal collection for those who love to reminisce. The album begins with the dependable Sajjad Ali singing Pehle saal from Cinderella to perfection. The song provides the...
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