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FASHION DIASPORA – WEARING YOUR CULTURE ON YOUR SLEEVE

October 29th, 2011

New York, NY – The Smithsonian Institution, East Rock Institute (ERI), Metropolitan Arts League, Korean Cultural Service (KCS), National Museum of Ethnology (Japan), and Sungshin Women’s University (South Korea) have joined hands to host an international fashion gala, ‘Fashion Diaspora – Wearing Your Culture on Your Sleeve’ at the Yale Club of NYC at 7:30 PM on Friday, November 11, 2011. The event celebrates the diverse cultures of NYC through fashion. [Read More]

Michelle Yeoh at the 6th Rome International Film Festival

October 28th, 2011

The sixth edition of the International Rome Film Festival opens on Thursday (27th of October – 4th of November 2011). The Sala Santa Cecilia in the Auditorium Parco della Musica will host the first Out of Competition film of the Official Selection, The Lady by Luc Besson: at 7.00 pm, the French director and actors Michelle Yeoh and David Thewlis will be walking the Festival’s red carpet at 7.00 pm, before the 7.30 pm screening of the film.  Besson’s film is about the life of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Myanmar activists and Nobel Peace prize winner. [Read More]

China Reins In Entertainment and Blogging

October 27th, 2011

Political censorship in this authoritarian state has long been heavy-handed. But for years, the Communist Party has tolerated a creeping liberalization in popular culture, tacitly allowing everything from popular knockoffs of “American Idol”-style talent shows to freewheeling microblogs that let media groups prosper and let people blow off steam. [Read More]