THEATRICS: The shape of things to come
Every so often one is treated to a play where as much time and effort has been expended on the technical aspects of the performance as on marketing — a play that allows one to harbour the fond hope that theatre will, after all and against the odds...
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FOCAL POINT: Shafqat in top form
Shafqat Amanat Ali sings with a deep, charismatic voice and sheer exuberance. He has been constantly applauded for his meticulous training in classical music (first as the original lineup of the band Fuzon and now as a soloist...
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OVER VIEW: Bowled Over
An innovative idea by a bunch of talented young event managers is something one doesn’t experience every day. Lahore was treated to a second unique event on April 18, when Celebrity Cricket 2 played itself out on the luscious green Lums ground....
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ZOOMING IN: A story told and retold
The stories that happen around us are often the stories that best inspire a film. They stir your spirit and touch you in a way that only film reels that roll out reality can. Indian director Prabhakar Shukla’s first feature, Kahani Gudiya Ki (The Story of Gudiya),....
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FASHION FEATURE: Behind the scenes’ High on mystique Karachi
Only Iraj could have done this shoot and pulled it off as well as she did. Trying to get a model to shed her inhibitions and to literally act the character she’s been asked to portray in a shoot is no easy task. On top of that, doing it in front of a somewhat...
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IN CONCERT: Alka and Kumar sing for a cause
These days, if one wants to raise a phenomenal sum of money for charity, it seems there is only one way to guarantee it — rope in Indian celebrities, whether designers, models, singers or actors....
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FOREIGN FRONT: Some offers are best refused
The two icons of the ’70s New Hollywood, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, heroes to a generation of young actors and filmmakers, have become parodies of themselves, making payday movies and turning in performances that are hollow echoes...
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SPOT LIGHT: Here’s to Mother Earth
Meeting Rose Red Elk, aka Wieka Luta Win, Red Feather Woman was, to say the least, an unusual experience. A Native American storyteller, songwriter and author, she has devoted her last 20 years to singing and narrating traditional stories with the objective...
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MUSIC BOX: Kylie Minogue X
Australian pop pixie Kylie Minogue marks a return to the pop arena with, as the album title suggests, her tenth studio release after almost four years. The undisputed queen of the dance floor releases this album following a tough battle against breast cancer during....
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STAR BUZZ
Setting the stage for the arrival of Coldplay’s new album, Viva la Vida, the British group is making the first single, Violet Hill, available for free download for one week starting Tuesday. It has announced free concerts in London and New York around...
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