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Blogging compulsory to pass class at Multimedia University (MMU)

By TIMOTHY TEOH
Want to know more about how to stack Pizza Hut salads, become a cowboy or care for pet hedgehogs?
You can learn all this and more on blogs hosted by Multimedia University (MMU). It’s the university’s twist in its “Engineers and Society” course this year. As an assignment, all students are given MMU-hosted blogs, […]

James Lee’s latest films, long kissing scene snipped by censorship board

By EDMUND YEO
At a recent press screening, Malaysian movie director James Lee told audiences that local independent filmmakers need the support of fellow Malaysians. It’s just as important as receiving standing ovations at foreign film festivals, Lee said.
He also talked about a long kissing scene that was censored from his recent film

AUDIO INTERVIEW: Malaysian Virginia Tech student says Harian Metro fabricated facts in story

By POH SI TENG
The world was horrified when news organizations reported the murderous rampage at Virginia Tech in the United States. The incident took place on Monday, 16 April.
The lone gunman, Cho Seung-Hui, shot and killed 32 students and faculty members with two handguns. Cho later turned the gun on […]

Unofficial Pete Teo video: Drag queen, cab driver tryst goes awry

By PETE TEO
I seldom, if ever, explain my songs. So it came as a surprise how well the director interpreted the song without any help. It was obvious they had a lot of fun making the video, which is important, I think.
Still, the production value is some way short of what I would find […]

Why journalists act like chickens

By MINDY McADAMS
Although Malaysia is a small country (about 26.6 million people, or less than 10 percent the population of the U.S.), its press and broadcast policies are worthy of study. Take the recent government edict issued to a dozen mainstream newspapers and five television stations telling them to ignore any and all online information […]

Dare to document: Calling for submissions

By MARC VAGHT

The Freedom Film Fest was inspired by a Malaysian named Justin Louis. He was the first co-ordinator of Pusat Komunikasi Malaysia (KOMAS), an organisation that promotes human rights issues through creative and interactive storytelling.
In December 1994, a group of young activists went to Ulu Baram, Sarawak, to investigate possible rape incidents of Penan […]

Read, write, think, speak, live. Malaysia is worth the effort

By KEITH LEONG
The months of February and March are always marked in Malaysia by a large outpouring of its youth to other countries. They are, of course, leaving for their tertiary studies in places like Australia or England, though a growing number are also completing their secondary studies abroad.
Some are leaving home for the […]

The Departed or Infernal Affairs, which film is superior?

By CHAN SHIJUN

The ridiculous happened. Even after I had hoped it wouldn’t.
The Departed won best film at the 79th Academy Awards. It also won best adapted screenplay.
I don’t care if the actors in it won stuff. But for those two categories above, I do take offence. How could a remake be awarded best […]

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