Calling producers for European audio-visual lab
Published: Thursday, August 21, 2014The T&T Film Festival (TTFF) has announced an open call for submissions for a producers’ lab to be hosted by European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs (EAVE), from...
View ArticleDhawan, Fakhri get close at party
Dana LaVoixPublished: Friday, August 22, 2014Bolly TalksIndia’s national anthem, Jana Gana Mana got a facelift! Filmmaker Rajeev Walia came up with the concept, and directed the new video which was...
View ArticleThe defenders of pan
Peter Ray BloodPublished: Friday, August 22, 2014PULSEIn three years of staging Badjohn Night—Defenders of Pan, this year saw the largest audience to attend the event. Pan Trinbago president Keith Diaz...
View ArticleExcitement over Shah Rukh and Kajol reunion
Dana LaVoixPublished: Monday, August 25, 2014Bolly TalksIf the latest rumours are anything to go by, then we may be expecting an onscreen reunion between Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol. The two superstars...
View ArticleThrills at Mayaro’s biggest Independence Day fireworks
Published: Thursday, September 4, 2014Residents of the south-eastern community of Mayaro turned out in their thousands to witness the region’s “biggest ever” Independence Day fireworks display which...
View ArticleWeekend of pan and mas
Peter Ray BloodPublished: Friday, September 5, 2014PULSEIt was like deja vu on Sunday night when Flirt launched Parading in Gems for Carnival 2015. Like yesteryear, Flirt actually held the launch in...
View ArticlePrasad arrested in sex racket
Dana LaVoixPublished: Friday, September 5, 2014Bolly TalksA Bollywood star in a sex racket? The winner of India’s national award for Best Child Artist, Shweta Basu Prasad, was arrested after she was...
View ArticleAct Like a Lady on stage
Published: Friday, September 5, 2014Produced by Funny Farm Productions, Hahaha Productions and AbeoJacksonProductions, Act Like A Lady & Think Like A Ho! premiered at Central Bank Auditorium,...
View ArticleBrigo: Keep calypso relevant
Bobbie-Lee DixonPublished: Friday, September 5, 2014The T&T Guardian is introducing Look Who?, a new monthly feature that tells the stories of cultural pioneers who have been off the scene for a...
View ArticleAngel Harps wins Panchutca
Published: Friday, September 5, 2014T&TEC Tropical Angel Harps won the Panchutca 2014 competition which held by Pan Trinbago’s South/Central Region last Saturday. The chutney soca music competition...
View ArticleReggae on the Beach thrills Tobago fans
Rhondor DowlatPublished: Saturday, September 6, 2014For the second time, the scenic Pigeon Point beach came alive for Tobago’s mega reggae concert. Reggae on The Beach 2014, which took place on August...
View ArticleA Caribbean take on Julius Caesar
Published: Saturday, September 6, 2014Deborah Jean-Baptiste-Samuel and her Oratory Foundation presents Julius Caesar through Caribbean lens. The Oratory Foundation repeats Julius Caesar, for one night...
View ArticleThe Eddie Quarless Legacy: Decades of Music in Trinidad and New York
Ray FunkPublished: Monday, September 8, 2014Ray Funk and Ray Allen Eddie Quarless, the legendary musician, arranger and producer, passed away on September 1 in New York. He made his living playing,...
View ArticleSpecial diet secret to stars looking so good
Dana LaVoixPublished: Monday, September 8, 2014Bolly TalksHow do our favourite Bollywood stars look so good? Well, #BollyTalks has the answer.Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif and her beau Ranbir Kapoor,...
View ArticleGirlfriends’ Getaway a fun ride
Erica Williams-ConnellPublished: Tuesday, September 9, 2014In one of the early scenes in the new American comedy Girlfriends’ Getaway, four 40-something girlfriends vacationing in Trinidad arrive at...
View ArticleIgnore the critics
Peter Ray BloodPublished: Tuesday, September 9, 2014Ignoring the few criticisms of the made-in-T&T movie Girlfriends’ Getaway, I found the movie, which premiered on September 2 at MovieTowne,...
View ArticleTTFC-supported films debut at festival
Published: Tuesday, September 9, 2014The opening film in the upcoming T&T Film Festival is one of four highly anticipated films in the festival that were supported by the T&T Film Company...
View ArticleWasafoli Dancers thrills patrons at Rainbow Festival
Paras RamoutarPublished: Tuesday, September 9, 2014 The Wasafoli Dancers, noted for their West-African-influenced style, thrilled patrons at the Divali Nagar when the National Council of Indian Culture...
View ArticleFilmmakers happy with tax breaks
Kalifa ClynePublished: Wednesday, September 10, 2014Local filmmakers believe the proposed changes to the production expenditure rebate programme will help T&T attract bigger-budget international...
View ArticleDJ Barney Millah - Germany’s godfather of soca
Joanne BriggsPublished: Thursday, September 11, 2014When German DJ Barney Millah speaks, the words that come out of his mouth are not sprinkled with his native Berlin accent. Instead phrases such as...
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