Death ends Survivor show
PHNOM PENH, 27 March 2013: Filming of the French version of the hit reality TV show “Survivor” has been cancelled after a contestant died of a heart attack on a tropical Cambodian island on the first day.
French broadcaster TF1 said it had axed the 2013 season of the show, called “Koh Lanta”, after 25-year-old Gerald Babin fell ill on Friday during filming on Koh Rong off Cambodia’s southwest coast.
Cambodian Tourism Minister Thong Khon said the TV crew had planned to spend five months in the kingdom.
Film fans head for Hua Hin
January 18, 2012 by TTRweekly Staff
Filed under Festivals
HUA HIN, 17 January 2012: The National Federation of Thai Film Associations, together with Hua Hin Municipality, in Prachup Khiri Khan, will host the Hua Hin Film Festival, 26 to 29 January.
Hua Hin Film Festival 2012 promises to be both entertaining and educational using four venues: InterContinental Hua Hin Resort; Major Cineplex Hua Hin; Vic Hua Hin and Centennial Park.
Novel gives Vietnam a new attraction
September 10, 2010 by AFP
Filed under Mekong Region
SADEC, 9 September, 2010 – For years, the home of the main male character in French writer Marguerite Duras’ steamy novel “The Lover” was closed to the public in Vietnam.
Now it is recognised as a national historic site, and is open to tourists.
