Life
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Tibetans in Beijing celebrate new year
Traditional Tibetan new year celebrations take place at Yonghegong Lama in Beijing. The aim of the ceremony is to banish evil spirits and bring peace, but some are choosing not to celebrate this year after deadly unrest and a huge...
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Mona Lisa's twin on show in Spain
Crowds are gathering at Madrid's Prado Museum to view a copy of the Mona Lisa for the first time since a restoration revealed it was almost certainly painted by one of Leonardo da Vinci's apprentices as he worked on the original. The...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012 , by
Albert G. Storace
Delights in double-bass
RecitalRosetta De Battista, piano, Gjorgji Cincievski, double-bass, guest violinist Marcelline AgiusManoel Theatre Apart from a couple of recitals by Italian musicians which included prominent works for...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012 , by
Justin Camilleri
Scouting for the best film location
Not many people realise that some of the places that are so familiar to us have been used as the setting for over 80 movies. In recent years, Malta has been used to double for locations both real and mythical, from ancient Greece a...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Thriller series shot in Malta to air tonight
A six-feature film series entitled Sei Passi Nel Giallo, shot entirely on location in the Maltese islands, is being aired as from tonight on Canale 5. The series was produced by Italian company Leader Films, following assistance by the Mal...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Opening artistic dialogue
The film industry is constantly evolving – artistically, techno-logically and financially. Consequently, it is vital for the local industry to keep abreast of such changes and adapt to new orders. For this purpose, the Malta...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012 , by
Johan Galea
Deconstructing the rules of society
Carnage (2011)Certified: 14Duration: 79 minutesDirected by: Roman PolanskiStarring: Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Kate Winslet, Christoph WaltzKRS release An adaptatio...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Woody Allen wins WGA award
US actor and director Woody Allen has added another prize to a long list of awards he has won throughout his career in Hollywood. The Writers Guild of America announced that the 76-year-old film-maker was the winner of its best original sc...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Rio Carnival captures Lonely Hearts
English speakers got their moment in the Carnival sun as a wild, Beatles-themed street party took place. Sargento Pimenta, Portuguese for Sergeant Pepper, is one of more than 400 raucous street parties that spring up throughout Rio...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012 , by
Johan Galea
Humour therapy
Jack and Jill (2011)Certified: PGDuration: 91 minutesDirected by: Dennis DuganStarring: Adam Sandler, Katie Holmes, Al Pacino, Eugenio Derbez, Tim Meadows, Nick Swardso, Allen Covert, Val...
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NSW pulls the plug on solariums
Australia's most populous state has pulled the plug on sunbeds, imposing a new ban that will outlaw indoor tanning from 2014.
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
A brush with nature in the countryside
An exhibition of 44 beautifully-detailed paintings in the centre of Valletta opens a window of fresh air, depicting in-depth scenes from Maltese nature and countryside. Portrait of Nature is the creation of 43-year-old Andrew Micallef, who...
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012 , by
Deborah Cole
Worthy Italian prison film wins Golden Bear
The Berlin film festival wrapped up after handing its Golden Bear top prize to Italian prison docu-drama Caesar Must Die in what commentators called a worthy but conservative choice. The picture shows real-life murderers and...
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012 , by
Kerry Sheridan
Counting calories? Are your figures adding up?
Everything the world knows about dieting is wrong, say US scientists who have devised a new formula for calculating calories and weight loss that they hope will revolutionise the way people tackle obesity. Obesity rates have...
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
The Artist wins Best European Film at Spain’s Goyas
Silent movie The Artist won the Best European Film prize at the Spanish cinema awards, the Goyas, on Sunday while Spanish police flick No habra paz para los malvados (No Rest For the Wicked) collected six gongs. The Goya adds to a growing...
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012 , by
Deborah Jones
First test-tube hamburger cooking up
The world’s first test-tube meat, a hamburger made from a cow’s stem cells, will be produced this autumn, Dutch scientist Mark Post told a major science conference. Mr Post’s aim is to invent an efficient way to produce skeletal mu...
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Houston hits roar back to UK’s top 40
Three of Whitney Houston’s best-known hits are back in the UK’s top 40 following the star’s death. I Will Always Love You hit number 14 in the official singles chart, while I Wanna Dance With Somebody went in at number 20 and One M...
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Everything you know about dieting is wrong: US scientists
Everything you know about dieting is wrong, say US scientists who have devised a new formula for calculating calories and weight loss that they hope will revolutionize the way people tackle obesity. Obesity rates have doubled...
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Monday, February 20, 2012 , by
Estelle Emonet
Introducing leisure ski-free ski holidays
Rising with the lark to put in eight hours on the slopes before collapsing in a sweaty heap, ski holidays could often be synonymous with a hard grind – but not any more. These days a ski break does not have to involve much...
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Monday, February 20, 2012
Chip inserted under the skin delivers drug
A microchip inserted under the skin has been shown for the first time to successfully deliver a bone-loss drug to a small sample of women, according to newly released US-led research. The device may someday allow patients to avoid...
