Entertainment
Making it there
Next week, young actress Anjana Vasan will be flying back to the United Kingdom to meet her new colleague: A certain award-winning actor-director named Kenneth Branagh.
Arts guide: May 20 to 26
EVERY TRICK ONLY NEEDS ONE TRUTH
State of the Arts: May 13 to 19
SINGAPORE — The National Heritage Board held the doors to its museums open and welcomed Singaporeans and PRs to its new free-entry policy—and what better way to do it than...
Quidditch revealed
LONDON — The fictional sport of Quidditch was only invented because JK Rowling had an argument with her boyfriend, the Harry Potter author has disclosed.
Beatles’ guitar fetches US$408,000 at auction
LOS ANGELES — A custom-made electric guitar played by the late John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles sold at a New York auction yesterday (May 18) for US$408,000 (S$506...
Denmark’s De Forest wins Eurovision song contest
MALMO (Sweden) — Denmark’s Emmelie de Forest has won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune “Only Teardrops,” despite tough competition...
Angel or demon?
SINGAPORE — He’s a brilliant inventor, an artist, a hero and a playboy to boot. But he has a tormented soul.
1D back with ‘edgy’ album
LONDON — British boy band One Direction, one of the biggest pop acts today, is working on an “edgy” third album and will start a world tour next year, they said in a press...



