Vijayaba Kollaya novel is also out

The newest print of renowned author W. A. Silva’s celebrated novel ‘Vijayaba Kollaya’ is now available to coincide with the release of the popular movie ‘Vijayaba Kollaya’ which is now being screened to packed house.

Neerkonda Paarvai tops all time records

The much-hyped Tamil action film “NEERKONDA PAARVAI” featuring Ajith Kumar, is now being screened in theatres here and abroad shattering all records. This  film distributed by CEL is being screened at Majestic Jaffna, Colombo, Capitol, Ruby, Eros, CineCity, Concord, Saxon -Colpetty, CityCinema - Mt. Lavinia,Wijaya-Batticaloa and 50 theaters island wide. It is being rated as the all time favourite among all Tamil films screened so far.

’Beverly Hills, 90210’ cast promises ’drama, comedy’

The cast of the 1990s hit “Beverly Hills, 90210” returned to U.S. television on Wednesday, much older but promising lots of the juicy drama that made their teenage characters famous. The six, one-hour episodes of “BH90210” on the Fox broadcast network are not a typical remake. The series features seven of the original stars playing exaggerated versions of their real-life selves. Reuters

‘Wasantha Warsha’ launched in Melbourne

Ardent music enthusiast, businessman and singer Chandra Dissanayake who is domiciled in Australia, recently organized a mega musical concert titled ‘Wasantha Warsha’ in Melbourne featuring six Sri Lankan artistes.It featured popular singers Senanayaka Weraliyadda, Shashika Nisansala and Dumal Warnakulasooriya, while Saranga Dissasekara was the compere. Shalani Tharaka, Dinakshie Priyasad and Udara Akalanka featured in the dance sequences.

Colombo Int’l Theatre Festival at Elphinstone now Dedicated to veteran dramatist Dr. Jayalath Manoratne

The 8th Colombo International Theatre Festival, dedicated to veteran dramatist Dr. Jayalath Manoratne, will be held at the Elphinstone Theatre in Maradana at 6.30 pm daily. Stage play creations from Sri Lanka, Germany, India, Austria, Pakistan, Iran, USA and Romania will add colour to the festival that started yesterday. This will create a platform for more than 200 local and foreign artistes to meet and exchange their views and expertise.

OLU Swim Week Colombo to Present New Season of Swim & Luxury Resort Wear

The fifth edition of OLU Swim Week Colombo will unveil the latest trends in swim and luxury resort wear presented by 9 Sri Lankan designers and 6 international designers, as well as a newly conceptualised live fashion presentation by 8 high potential emerging designers. This season, CFW Swim Week Colombo brings together four creative industries namely Art, Fashion, Food and Music to host a week-long creative festival titled “Celebrate Colombo” pr

The first table read for Modern Family’s final season

’’We are back for the last season!! First table read of season 11!!! My Modern Family!!!’ Vergara said on her Instagram post. Sofia Vergara took to social media on Wednesday to celebrate two special occasions, her first table read for Season 11 of Modern Family and her TV son’s birthday. The 47-year-old actress took to Instagram on Wednesday afternoon to share a photo of her with all her Modern family cast mates before the first table read for t

UKITAS in Sri Lanka

UKITAS are a female acoustic music duo Nikola Benedikoviová and Terézia Greguš who create their own versions of well-known English and Spanish songs with a unique combination of Ukulele & Piano. They create a piece of charming and relaxing music to bring the listener to a tranquil atmosphere.

Mass Asia Leisure in Maharagama

‘Mass Asia Leisure’ of Mass Asia Group opened their new branch in Maharagama recently. Mass Asia Group comprising property development and rent a car service, added the leisure into the group recently with the takeover of Nature Paradise the luxury bungalow in Galle. Nature Paradise is a boutique bungalow with a swimming pool and offers holiday facilities on daily and weekly basis for groups and families.

Browns Hotels awarded Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence 

Browns Hotels & Resorts was recently honoured with the coveted 2019 Certificate of Excellence. Awarded by the world’s largest social travel website, TripAdvisor, the accolade, which honours excellence in hospitality, is given only to the top 10% of businesses that consistently achieve outstanding traveller reviews over a period of 12 months. All four Browns properties – The Eden Resort & Spa in

SATA back in Sri Lanka

In an effort to celebrate hospitality and travel bodies in the region, the organisers of South Asian Travel Awards (SATA) 2019 recently held a signing ceremony with their partners for the regional event that would be hosted in Sri Lanka this year for the second time since its inception in 2016. The partnerships for the So

MEET THE CAST OF ‘GREASE: THE MUSICAL’

‘Grease’ hits Colombo this August as Cold Theatre 7 (CT7) brings this spectacular musical alive in special association with Theatrical Rights Worldwide at the Lionel Wendt Auditorium. Directed by Kevin C

Sunilayaamaya on Saturday

A landmark solo musical concert of Visharada Sunil Edirisinghe titled ‘Sunilayaamaya’ will be held at the BMICH on August 3 at 6.30 pm, to mark the 50th year of the award-winning singer’s musical career.Dr. Rohana Weerasinghe will direct the music while Saman Athaudahetti will anchor the show which will also have Sunil Edirisinghe’s son Sanka and daughter Sankani joining their father on stage.

Lalithakala DVD & Bluray   by Chitral Somapala

The much awaited DVD and Bluray version of the successful concert Lalithakala held in February was launched last night during the ‘Memories of the fabulous Moonstones’ concert held at theBMICH. The songs from the concert which comprised a selection of the most popular songs of PLA & Chitra Somapala together with the best of Chitral Chitty Somapala are included in the DVD. It is in fact

Elvis biopic stars Austin Butler as the singing legend

No one knew the King of Rock ‘n Roll quite like his wife Priscilla Presley. And now, after 27-year-old Austin Butler has landed the role of Elvis in Baz Luhrmann’s highly anticipated biopic, everyone wants to know: who will

Jason Statham praises stunt doubles as ‘unsung heroes’

Jason Statham has praised stunt doubles as ‘unsung heroes’ after a man suffered a shocking fall on the set of Fast and Furious 9. Stuntman Joe Watts was left with a serious head injury after falling ‘at least 30ft’ during filming of the new movie at Warner Bros Studios in Leavesden, Hertfordshire on Monday. And Jason - who plays Deckard S

Winners of A Dash of Sri Lanka competition

Homemaker Chandani Baranage, the winner of the grand prize and some of the consolation prize winners in the ‘A Dash of Sri Lanka’ competition conducted by Daily Mirror Life and Emirates, received their prizes last week at the Emirates office in Colombo. The consolation prize winners were Bernadine Roshanie Li, Jerome Seneviratne, Artheha Asokan, Shamiha Anzary and Savith Herath.

Art Exhibition By Chandraguptha Thenuwara

Presenting an annual exhibition of work that confronts the current political climate of a country is no small feat. An artist, an activist, lecturer and curator, Chandraguptha Thenuwara’s work has presented witty political commentary for nearly two decades in this documentary format. Thenuwara’s work is made up of the juxtaposition of objects and paronomasias; these works are exhibited annually

‘Star Trek’ favourites to return

The upcoming “Star Trek” series about Jean-Luc Picard will reunite the beloved starship commander with android officer Data and other characters from the long-running space franchise, the cast revealed to fans at Sa

Launch of Durama Gamanak

A music album titled ‘Durama Gamanak’ comprising songs penned by Dr. Duminda Handapandgoda will be launched on July 27 at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute, Colombo. Several popular singers have made vocal contributions to the CD while the songs have been composed by veteran music personalities.The event will be presided over by Prof. Carlo Fonseka and Health Services Director General Dr. Anil Jasinghe.Saman Athaudahetti will anchor the event wh

Nicki Minaj in a new trailer for the upcoming Angry Birds 2

She made a splash by attempting an English accent on the opening track of Kanye West’s seminal album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Now Nicki Minaj has revealed her new Angry Birds 2 character, which shares the same accent.

Netflix deletes suicide scene

Netflix Inc. is removing a controversial graphic scene depicting a youth suicide from its popular young adult drama “13 Reasons Why”, following advice from medical experts, the company said on its Twitter account early on Tuesday. The show, based on a book of the same name, depicts the suicide of the protagonist in the last episode of season 1, with a scene of the youth Hannah sli

Professor Ratnayake’s Music played in Germany and Holland with the sitarist himself performing

Professor Pradeep Ratnayake’s work was performed in the June – July 2019 season of the Westfalen Orchestra in Germany and in the Middelburg Music Festival in Holland, marking a rare instance of a Sri Lankan composer’s work being played alongside the masters of Western classical music. Ratnayake himself performed on the sitar, as it played with unfamiliar bedfellows like a classical quintet or a fully-fledged orchestra, often bringing people to t

Liam Neeson attends Cold Pursuit premiere in Madrid

Liam Neeson attended the Madrid premiere of Cold Pursuit on Monday night, five months after the film’s red carpet in New York was axed amid his racism row. The actor, who looked dapper in a grey suit, brushed off the backlash as he joined his castmates for the Spanish premiere at the Capitol Cinema. Back in February, the acto

Film Corp. must play fair role: Buddhi

With the new change in the country’s film distribution process, veteran film producer and Sri Lanka Film Exhibitors Guild Chairman Buddhi Keerthisena said the National Film Corporation has a pivotal and responsible role to play in facilitating the release of good films.

My showbiz career revolves around Clarence: Damayantha

Well known showbiz personality Damayantha Kuruppu who presents the Milestone Moonstone show on July 28 said: “Presenting the Memories of the Fabulous Moonstones, I find it interesting as this will focus on the musical journey of Clarence and Annesley from 1965 as Moonstones until it became Super Golden Chimes.

‘Adventures of Rickydeen’ Lanka’s first film shot on iPhone

Ambitious filmmakers in every part of the world have always looked for new formats and platforms to make their movies. With the advent of the latest technology, our filmmakers have also ventured into such technological revolutions. In this context, award-winning filmm

Don’t treat filmmakers in a shoddy manner

Award-winning filmmaker Prasanna Jayakody made an impassioned appeal to the state film authorities of this country not to unjustly remove his newest movie ‘Sansare Dadayakkaraya’ from theatres, to suit the whims a

Tuneful memories of Moonstones on July 28

Clarence Wijewardana revolutionized Sinhala pop music with the setting up of ‘Moonstones’ in the mid sixties, together with evergreen Annesley Malawana. Music fans will be in for a treat when the Moonstones Memories show is held at the BMICH on July 28. Moonstones was originated in Ratnapura with the backing of Sangabo Corea. Moonstones dominated the music scene in Sri Lanka with hitslike ‘Mango Nanda’, ‘Kalu Maama’, ‘Ruwan Puraya’ , ‘Kageda Gon

‘This is my story this is my Song’

‘This is my story this is my Song’ an evening of choral music presented by OKTAVE will take place on Saturday the 13th of July at St Mary’s Church, Bambalapitiya, Lauries Road Colombo 4 at 7pm. The programme will feature well known songs, anthems and hymns such as. Blessed Assuarance, Panis Angelicus, Ave Verum, I will pray for you, Above all, My redeemer Lives and By the Rivers of Babylon. The choir will be accompanied by Maestro Neranjan De Sil