Is actress Leena Rupasena’s five-decade contribution to Sinhala cinema forgotten?

Leena and (inset) in her young days and husband Ravindra Rupasena Actress Leena Rupasena and her massive contribution to Sinhala cinema for five decades remain forgotten and unappreciated in Sri Lanka. “I know there is some injustice done to me,…

July 8, 2021 · by soma ·

Woman who could not model in Sri Lanka as she was black emerges runner-up in Russian beauty pageant

Apannaka Kuliyapitiya is a model in Russia A young woman who faced hurdles against modelling in Sri Lanka as she was black, emerged as runner-up in a Russian beauty contest recently. Twenty-nine-year-old Apannaka, who hails from Kuliyapitiya, two hours drive…

May 13, 2021 · by soma ·

Weera Fonseka: Pioneer of Sinhala web telecast in Toronto

Weera Fonseka addressing a community gathering in Toronto Weera Fonseka is a man who believes that dreams are not just thoughts or hopes; they have life. As a young man growing up in Sri Lanka, he had many dreams –…

December 31, 2020 · by soma ·

Trump acted in Hollywood film shot in Sri Lanka

Present US president in a scene from ‘Ghosts Can’t Do It’ which won him a Golden Raspberry Award in 1991 for worst acting American President Donald Trump acted in a Hollywood film made in Sri Lanka in 1989, well known…

October 21, 2020 · by soma ·

Toronto rapper Drake edits out video cameo by woman who threw chair from high-rise balcony

Drake and ‘Chair Girl’ Marcello Zoia Canadian rapper Drake has removed a split-second cameo of a 19-year-old woman who threw a chair off a downtown Toronto high-rise balcony in February. Drake courted controversy briefly by featuring the woman whose main claim…

December 25, 2019 · by soma · 0

Rambo: Last Blood – One of the most violent with lot of gore

RAMBO: LAST BLOOD – SNEAK PREVIEW By Mike Koichopolos Such as the last Rambo movie, they can get away with a lot more graphic, brutal violence since the old Rambo’s. And it also helps when you make them Rated “R”.…

September 20, 2019 · by soma · 0

Tales of two Sri Lankan starlets

Udari Warnakulasooriya (left) and French-born Marion Weththasinghe Role in Jayantha Chandrasiri’s film is ‘good karma’ Sri Lankan star Udari Warnakulasooriya considers a leading role in iconic director Jayantha Chandrasiri’s next film is ‘good karma’. The director has used new leading actors…

August 31, 2019 · by soma · 0

A Private War: Biopic on Marie Colvin who lost an eye in Jaffna war is an ignored masterpiece

Real Marie Colvin. (Right) Rosamund Pike playing the late war correspondent A Private War, the biopic of late Sunday Times foreign correspondent Marie Colvin, remains an ignored masterpiece despite its relevance to inhuman violence against innocent civilians by despots. Almost at…

March 21, 2019 · by soma · 0

Chitral and Nalin: Two top-notch Sri Lankan performers to sing at Toronto dinner dance March 30

Chitral singing with Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra and Nalin Perera Two top Sri Lankan entertainers will usher in spring this year with a rare musical treat in Toronto. The dinner dance to be held at Grand Cinnamon Banquet and Convention Centre…

March 14, 2019 · by soma · 0

‘Roma’ and ‘Neruda’: Two recent Latin American classics on Netflix

New comer Yalitza Aparicio in ‘Roma’ and Luis Gnecco as Pablo Neruda Gone are the days we suffocated for hours waiting in film festival lineups to see great movies which usually don’t make it to local theatres unable to compete with…

December 22, 2018 · by soma · 0