Govt to probe film star complaints

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

THE Ministry of Interior has opened investigations into Phnom Penh karaoke parlours that used the image of film stars to advertise escort services and attract patrons, following complaints from two high-profile starlets. Ten Borany, deputy director of the ministry’s Anti-Human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection Department, said authorities would conduct investigations to determine whether the club [...]

“Beauty Is A Burden,” Tat Marina’s Mother Says

Friday, March 20th, 2009

A new documentary exploring the impact of acid attacks premiered Wednesday, March 11, 2009, at a film festival and human rights forum in Geneva, raising questions of impunity that persist in Cambodia. “Finding Face” investigates acid attacks through the story of victim Tat Marina, a karaoke star who was doused with a liter of nitric [...]

Soue Sotheara and Sapoun Midada to marry in September

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Relationship between movie star and popular singer became true after leaking information that the both went different way because of Sapoun Midada had relationship with Cambodian girl in USA. The wedding’s day would be set on September 09, 2009. On March 01, Sapoun Midada’s family traveled to Soue sotheara’s house in an attempt to build [...]

At home with Dy Saveth, actress

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Dy Saveth has been in the national spotlight ever since she won Cambodia’s first beauty pageant in 1959. She has acted in around 100 films in the intervening period, but it would have been many more had her career not been interrupted by the Khmer Rouge in 1975. That she was able to resume her [...]

Kol Davy needs real partner during wedding season

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

During the season of wedding celebration, most of Cambodian people always said that this month we have 3 or 4 or 5 wedding invitation. Therefore, the single man or woman always wants to meet someone to live together by building good family. Meanwhile, TV presenter, Kol Davy, told the public through local magazine that she [...]

celebrity, the dangers of the job are never far

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

BEING an entertainer in Cambodia is a high-risk proposition for women, particularly those who attract the attention – and advances – of rich and powerful men. The entertainment industry is rife with tales of women who, after allegedly engaging in adulterous affairs with high-profile men, were targeted by vengeful wives in plots involving acid attacks [...]

The unfortune case of Piseth Pilika

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

The most famous example of the dangers of fame came in July 1999, when actess and classical dancer Piseth Pilika was shot in the back at point-black range near the Russian Market in a killing that the French magazine L’Express claimed could be linked to Prime Minister’s wife Bun Rany. The magazine argued that Bun [...]

Former TV presenter Heab Rady returned to live in Cambodia

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

The former CTN channel presenter and movie actress, Heab Rady, returned from USA to live in Cambodia and run her own garment shop in Phnom Penh off the ministry of tourism along Monivong Blvd. She left her career as TV presenter after she got married to American man. At present time, her wedding tie gave [...]