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NOW Magazine 40 at 40: Shyam Selvadurai looks back at the queer novel that launched his career Nominated for a Canadian Screen Award this month for Funny Boy, the author discusses changes in Sri Lanka and identity politics’ second wave By Glenn Sumi Original photos by Rick McGinnis In September 1994, NOW put a young, unknown gay Sri-Lankan-Canadian novelist on the cover for his debut novel, Funny Boy. This month, Shyam Selvadurai – besides having several more acclaimed novels under...

We have to rebalance vast disparities in pay if we are to rebalance our relationships with one another and the planet.

The Lord of the Rings) and Michelle Vergara Moore ( Condor, The Time of Our Lives) plus Heather Mitchell, Susie Porter, Peter O’Brien and more. Aina Dumlao said: “ The Unusual Suspects is unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. It’s a crazy ride with lots of twists and turns but, at the heart of it, it’s about female friendship. Underneath the wrapper of a crazy heist, it’s a story about empathy and finding common ground.” The Aquarius Films series also marks the first major repres...

By Ralfee Finn April 28, 2021 It’s a crunchy week, filled with clunks and awkward elbow jabs, and maybe even too many rough edges to navigate with a smile. Strong determination is required to stay on whatever track you’re on and to maintain an unwavering commitment to kindness as the best way of navigating the difficulties, mundane or exceptional. Pluto Retrograde began yesterday, April 27, a retrograde phase that lasts until October 6—yes, it is a very long ...

Vonne Patiag, with Natalie Bailey ( Melvin Montalban (Rope Burn, Cupid). SBS will mark the lauch with a curated collection of content across the network celebrating both women and Filipino culture. The Feed’s Alice Matthews will also present a special half-hour program – Unwrapped – featuring the cast and creatives discussing gender, race and representation. It will be available on SBS On Demand following the series premiere. The Unusual Suspects is an Aquarius Films production for S...

Dark Horse Announces Halo: Legacy Collection Halo: Legacy Collection. The new collection brings the previously published Halo comics Halo Uprising, Halo: Blood Line back into print. Halo: Legacy Collection is set to release later this year on August 11th for $19.99. The comics in the collection feature words by Brian Michael Bendis ( Superman, Ultimate Spider-Man), Peter David ( The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Reborn, Spider-Man 2099), and Fred Van Lente ( Conan the Avenger, Resurrectionists)...

Total episodes: 4 x 50min This Dutch series is based on events that took place in the 1990s where the titular Stanley is Stanley Hillis, one of the country’s most infamous criminals. Over three decades, Stanley evolved from ‘gentleman’ bank robber to ruthless kingpin. In the early ’90s, thousands of kilograms of drugs (as well as weapons and explosives) were allowed to enter the country in an effort to catch the leader of the Dutch drug empire. The four-part  Stanley presents the cat-...

March 16th, 2021 By David Knox Make a commentFiled under: News, A drama series based on the extraordinary true story of Mossad recruit Ben Zygier, also known as Prisoner X, is in development with Fremantle Australia, Fremantle-owned Israeli production company Abot Hameiri and Stephen Corvini’s Live Wires Productions. Ben Zygier was an Australian-Israeli citizen who was a veteran of the Israel Defense Forces, imprisoned in Israel and who died in custody in 2010. His story was uncovered by F...

Lin Yutang Tells About Mao’s Treachery and Terrorism    But there were some voices pointing out the reality and the truth about the nature of the Communist Party in China and its totalitarian ideology. In July 1937, after having first occupied Manchuria in 1931-1932, the Japanese Imperial Army initiated a full-blown invasion of China, practicing extreme cruelty on both Chinese civilians and soldiers. Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist government formed an alliance with Mao’s Red Army to fig...

How the power of teenage girls makes Playing Beatie Bow an enduring classic Save Normal text size Advertisement In a small cabin in Broken Hill, Sofia Nolan propped her phone up on a cereal box and was preparing to audition over Zoom for her first lead mainstage theatre role. “It was really dark and I really struggled to get the light in, because the sun kept moving,” she recalls. “And I was like, ‘In what universe is this going to go well?’” Catherine Văn-Davie...