Arts & Entertainment

KUALA LUMPUR ~ Malaysia’s controversial Bakun hydroelectricity project will be completed in 2011, four years later than originally planned, the... Read More →

BANGKOK ~ A group of academics launched a campaign this week to reform tough laws protecting Thailand’s widely revered monarchy,... Read More →

COTABATO ~ Six people were wounded in two separate bomb attacks that struck the southern Philippine city of Cotabato within... Read More →

PHNOM PENH ~ A French man and a US national have been arrested in Cambodia for allegedly sexually abusing children,... Read More →

SHANGHAI ~ British rock supergroup Oasis say Chinese authorities banned them from performing in China because guitarist Noel Gallagher played... Read More →

The YouTube Symphony Orchestra is tuning up and getting ready to play. YouTube has selected the winners of its contest... Read More →

NEW YORK ~ Woody Allen will reclaim his New York roots next month with the premiere of his comedy film... Read More →

The Sultan and the Mermaid Queen By Paul Spencer Sochaczewski Editions Didier Millet, US$13.95, 371 pp. Reviewed by Hannah Black... Read More →

LOS ANGELES ~ Tyler Perry’s wacky comedy about a gun-toting grandmother behind bars, Madea Goes to Jail, led the pack... Read More →

By Mary McNamara Los Angeles Times HOLLYWOOD ~ Somewhere in New York, a huge weight has been lifted from David... Read More →