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Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race.

We had never heard of of Lao Ra before – but we are feeling it!

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Kate Lawler has candidly admitted she has cried almost every day since the birth of her daughter Noa.The Big Brother star, 40, said she is finding being a new mum "hard", after her daughter was taken back into hospital with an infection earlier this week. Kate shared a video of herself to open up to fans and celebrate the first day since her daughter’s birth that she hasn’t cried.

Ng Man-tat, the star Shaolin Soccer and frequent collaborator of Kung Fu Hustle filmmaker Stephen Chow, has died.

Activision has released a brand-new cinematic trailer for the upcoming second season of Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, which is set to launch on February 25.While Treyarch has remained tight-lipped about the upcoming update, the new trailer does hint at what fans can expect.

direct to your inboxOn Boxing Day in 2004, Sam Thomas and her husband John were supposed to be in a beach hut on Koh Phi Phi - a beach hut that would soon be destroyed by the tsunami that killed a quarter of a million people.But weeks earlier, a chance conversation on a boat in Laos prompted the pair to cut their travels around south east Asia short and give a ski season a go.It meant that they were in a chalet in the Alps watching the devastating disaster unfold on TV, instead of before their

“Mortal Kombat” fans are finally getting a look at the upcoming movie.

The Luang Prabang Film Festival, a Laos-based boutique event showcasing emerging cinematic voices from Southeast Asia, has unveiled an ambitious lineup despite being forced to shift its activities entirely online in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Laos-based Luang Prabang Film Festival has set out a selection that focuses strongly on films from South East Asia, or were made in or about the region. Now entering its tenth edition, the independent festival will be held fully online this year and run Dec.

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Dillon Francis is one of the most versatile DJ/producers out there! We’re still jamming to his song White Boi, which first introduced us to Colombian singer and rapper Lao Ra!

Vivienne Chow Social unrest and the COVID-19 pandemic have not been able to stop the sixth edition of the Bangkok ASEAN Film Festival from taking place as an in-person event. It runs this week Sept.

The Democratic People’s Republic of Laos, also called Laos for short, has the reputation of being one of the most tolerant communist countries for the LGBTQ + community. On the other hand, the first research shows that the online hit rate for LGBT topics is negligible.

Support LGBT couple operated travel businesses around the world! It has been a while since we have been in Asia after our trip to Japan and, before that, in Vietnam. But luckily, Sarah – our friend and the only girl behind our blog – visited many countries in South East Asia during her half-year backpacking trip this year including Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Locarno Festival’s Open Doors platform dedicated to nurturing cinema in areas where filmmaking is especially tough is continuing its focus on South-East Asia this year with a selection of projects being unveiled from Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Mongolia, including several market previews.The Swiss festival’s pioneering industry initiative – which will also see selected producers from these

Support LGBT couple operated travel businesses around the world! It has been a while since we have been in Asia after our trip to Japan and, before that, in Vietnam. But luckily, Sarah – our friend and the only girl behind our blog – visited many countries in South East Asia during her half-year backpacking trip this year including Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia.

By Nancy Tartaglione

Time moves slowly, as ever, for Malaysian director Tsai Ming-liang’s, as seconds become minutes, minutes become hours, and hours become “Days,” a gentle return to form in which Tsai’s longtime star, Lee Kang-sheng, is shown suffering from some unknown physical ailment, finding short-lived solace in the hands of a stranger (28-year-old Laotian immigrant Anong Houngheuangsy) in Bangkok.