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The Hindu
30-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Hindu
Aditi Iyer releases powerful new song, ‘Under the Roses'
'Under the Roses felt satisfyingly sinister, like something bad was about to happen.' That is how 20-year-old singer-songwriter Aditi Iyer describes the emotional undercurrent of her latest track. Inspired by the Latin phrase sub rosa, meaning 'something secretive under the surface', the song captures a perfect façade. 'We all feel ashamed of ourselves sometimes,' she says. 'We all may feel these emotions when we admit truths about ourselves we do not like.' With 'Under the Roses', Aditi composed an entire track on her own for the first time and shattered long-held insecurities about her abilities. 'In the past, I needed help or guidance to compose,' she admits. 'But I had just taken this amazing songwriting class at Berklee that opened my mind and made me feel more confident as a musician.' Aditi began composing at 10 and released her debut four-track EP Dollhouse at 17, before enrolling at Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA, to refine her craft. The confidence she gained there made her write more fearlessly, she shares. 'I would have never included a swear word before. I was guilty of trying to be a 'perfect' artiste and person when I am not.' The track, produced with Los Angeles-based songwriter and producer Ryan Benyo, takes on a dramatic, orchestral quality with strings and cinematic elements — a musical shift indicating her growing interest in film scores and storytelling. Over the years, Aditi has grown as a songwriter and a singer. Dollhouse focused on love and relationships — topics she felt expected to write about, even if they did not always reflect her experiences. With 'The Queen', she began exploring emotions such as anxiety and self-doubt, and by the time she wrote 'Under the Roses', she felt more comfortable expressing those feelings in her lyrics and music. Vocally, too, she has come a long way — gaining better technique, more control, and a stronger sound. 'Under the Roses is my most honest and confident work yet.' Entering her senior year at Berklee College of Music, Aditi credits the college with transforming her songwriting and stage presence. 'Earlier, I felt awkward on stage; like I could trust my voice to be emotive but not my face or body,' she says. Now, she finds performance liberating. 'I feel I can connect on a deeper level to the messages of the songs I am singing.' Balancing opera and pop While Aditi continues as a pop artiste, opera remains a personal and permanent part of her musical identity. Trained in Western classical music, she credits much of her vocal foundation to her teacher, the late Situ Singh Buehler, whose recent passing she is still coming to terms with. 'She taught me everything I know,' says Aditi, who is committed to carrying forward her legacy. Aditi is also excited about exploring new genres. At Berklee, she recently discovered a love for musical theatre — a style already influencing her songwriting, with tracks like 'Some Call It Jealousy' and 'Under the Roses' drawing comparisons to stage ballads. Rock 'n' roll, too, is on her radar. 'It makes me feel so alive,' she says, eager to experiment with its raw energy and attitude. When asked what she hopes her music stands for, Aditi says, 'I hope people feel deeply when they hear it, whether it makes them laugh, cry, or dance. I want my music to be an emotional pocket where people can be the version of themselves they want to be.' She adds, 'I believe music should be sincere rather than blindly formulaic. You should be able to tell the artiste had honest intent behind it, whether lighthearted or serious. I hope my music can be remembered like that.'
Japan Times
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Japan Times
Parental grief and spiritual terror collide in ‘Dollhouse'
If I had gone into the mystery film 'Dollhouse' cold, seeing director Shinobu Yaguchi's name in the closing credits would have made me doubt my own eyes. Yaguchi has long been Japan's leading purveyor of smartly crafted comedies with a zero-to-hero arc. Among the best is the 2001 'Waterboys,' a feel-good comedy about a boys' synchronized swimming team that inspired countless knock-offs, and the 2017 'Survival Family,' whose story of a dysfunctional family forced to fend for itself when the world's electric grid goes down was both funny and prescient. The premise of 'Dollhouse' — a creepy doll wreaks havoc on the humans around it — is a horror genre staple, one domestic example being Hideo Nakata's 2015 'Ghost Theater,' in which a malevolent doll spreads terror and confusion in a small theater troupe. But Yaguchi's take is disturbingly different, drawing on elemental parental fears and ancient strains of Japanese culture and religion. Masami Nagasawa, who also starred in Yaguchi's 2014 'Wood Job!,' plays Yoshie, the mother of the cute 5-year-old Mei. She and her nice-guy husband Tadahiko (Koji Seto) dote on the girl, but when Yoshie goes shopping for snacks while Mei and her friends play hide-and-seek in the house, she returns to every parent's nightmare. Her discovery of her daughter's body in a startling reveal is impossible to unsee. A year later, a still-traumatized Yoshie buys an old doll because it resembles Mei. That night, Tadahiko is surprised to see the doll sitting at the dinner table and Yoshie talking to it as if it were alive. He plays along, more so after a therapist tells him Yoshie's 'adoption' of the doll may speed her recovery. Then Yoshie gives birth to a baby girl. Flash forward five years: The girl, Mai, takes an interest in the now forgotten — and very conscious — doll and they are soon fast friends. But the doll, jealous of the attention the couple lavishes on Mai, is out for payback. In shifting from the psychodrama of a mother maddened by grief and guilt to out-and-out horror as the couple struggles to rid themselves of the doll from hell, the film risks losing its bearings and descending into self-parody. But Yaguchi keeps the story anchored in a semblance of real-world logic, while ratcheting up the supernatural scares and solving the puzzle of the doll's origin. The doll doesn't walk and talk like the menacing eponymous character of the American 2022 shocker 'M3gan,' who had the excuse of being an AI-powered robot. But it does evade Yoshie's frantic attempts to discard it, like trash that keeps implacably returning because it wasn't properly sorted. The couple finally calls on assistance, starting with a temple priest who declares that the doll is cursed and progressing to a doll expert (a grim-visaged Tetsushi Tanaka) who comes up with a bizarre plan for getting it out of their lives. By this point, merely tossing it won't work. From a Western perspective, the lengths to which the characters go to calm the doll's vengeful spirit may seem excessive or absurd. But in Japan, where the ritual disposal of dolls is a long-established practice, they make karmic sense. And though 'Dollhouse' concludes with twist after twist, to the point of exhaustion if not absurdity, its ending feels welcome and right. Whether or not that means the doll is gone for good, I'll leave for you to guess.
Sunday World
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Sunday World
Former ‘Kisses' child movie star Shane Curry stole €140 of toys and alcohol
At Kilrush District Court, Judge Alec Gabbett imposed the suspended prison term on Dublin native Shane Curry - now aged 30 A former child movie star has received a suspended one month prison term for a €140 theft of toys and alcohol from a Tesco outlet in the west of Ireland. At Kilrush District Court, Judge Alec Gabbett imposed the suspended prison term on Dublin native Shane Curry - now aged 30 - for the theft at Tesco, Ennis Rd, Kilrush on October 10th last. Shane Curry of Croi Na Mbaile, Kilmihil, Co. Clare was a film star at the age of 13, starring alongside Stephen Rea in the award-winning movie, Kisses, with the Los Angeles Times describing young Curry's performance at the time as "first rate". He also appeared as a guest on The Late Late Show and Curry subsequently starred in Dollhouse (2012) and Hideaways (2011). However, Curry's time in the acting world was short-lived and his life went off the rails due to taking drugs as a child. Mr Curry recently told Kilrush District Court in a separate case to the theft: 'I have been taking drugs since I was 10.' Asked why he started taking drugs by Judge Gabbett, Mr Curry said: 'Me ma died.' Judge Gabbett told him: 'You have never treated your anxiety and your other issues. You are coping with life by using drugs.' His solicitor, Patrick Moylan said: 'Mr Curry auditioned for a role in 'Love/Hate' with Barry Keoghan and unfortunately Mr Keoghan got the job and Mr Curry didn't.' Mr Moylan said that Mr Curry has remained almost entirely out of trouble since 2016. Judge Gabbett said to Mr Curry: 'You didn't have the good fortune on the addiction history I'd say?' Mr Curry told Judge Gabbett: 'The drugs are what ruined the acting career – I was due to go to America but I was taking drugs and got a conviction.' Sgt John Burke told the court: 'He had an absolute horrendous upbringing.' Sgt Burke of Ennis Garda Station told the court: 'Mr Curry is from Crumlin and I started with the Gardai in Crumlin in 2009 and I recall him very well.' "Mr Curry and two other young fellas used to be getting in trouble a lot and of the three of them he was most pleasant to deal with. 'What stands out about Mr Curry is that he starred in a movie as a child called 'Kisses' which is on RTE every Christmas.' The court previously heard that Mr Curry lost his grandmother and mother within months of each other in 2006 and Mr Curry's aunt took him in and relocated to the west Clare village of Kilmihil a number of years ago in order to protect Curry and his siblings. Mr Curry fell into trouble within a couple of years of promoting Kisses when he received probation at Smithfield Children's Court in April 2011 for handling stolen property in April 2010.
Irish Daily Mirror
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Daily Mirror
Irish former child film star handed suspended jail sentence for €140 Tesco theft
A former child movie star has received a suspended one-month prison term for a €140 theft of toys and alcohol from a Tesco outlet in the west of Ireland. At Kilrush District Court, Judge Alec Gabbett imposed the suspended prison term on Dublin native Shane Curry - now aged 30 - for the theft at Tesco, Ennis Rd, Kilrush on October 10 last. Curry, of Croí Na Mbaile, Kilmihil, Co. Clare, was a film star at the age of 13, starring alongside Stephen Rea in the award-winning movie, Kisses, with the Los Angeles Times describing young Curry's performance at the time as "first rate". He also appeared as a guest on The Late Late Show and subsequently starred in Hideaways (2011) and Dollhouse (2012). However, Curry's time in the acting world was short-lived and his life went off the rails due to taking drugs as a child. Mr Curry recently told Kilrush District Court in a separate case to the theft: 'I have been taking drugs since I was 10.' Asked why he started taking drugs by Judge Gabbett, Mr Curry said: 'Me ma died.' Judge Gabbett told him: 'You have never treated your anxiety and your other issues. You are coping with life by using drugs.' His solicitor, Patrick Moylan, said: 'Mr Curry auditioned for a role in Love/Hate with Barry Keoghan and unfortunately Mr Keoghan got the job and Mr Curry didn't.' Mr Moylan said that Mr Curry has remained almost entirely out of trouble since 2016. Judge Gabbett said to Mr Curry: 'You didn't have the good fortune on the addiction history I'd say?' Mr Curry told Judge Gabbett: 'The drugs are what ruined the acting career - I was due to go to America but I was taking drugs and got a conviction.' Sergeant John Burke told the court: 'He had an absolute horrendous upbringing.' Sergeant Burke, of Ennis Garda Station, told the court: 'Mr Curry is from Crumlin and I started with the Gardaí in Crumlin in 2009 and I recall him very well. "Mr Curry and two other young fellas used to be getting in trouble a lot and of the three of them, he was most pleasant to deal with. 'What stands out about Mr Curry is that he starred in a movie as a child called Kisses, which is on RTÉ every Christmas.' The court previously heard that Mr Curry lost his grandmother and mother within months of each other in 2006 and Mr Curry's aunt took him in and relocated to the west Clare village of Kilmihil a number of years ago in order to protect Curry and his siblings. Mr Curry fell into trouble within a couple of years of promoting Kisses when he received probation at Smithfield Children's Court in April 2011 for handling stolen property in April 2010.
Yahoo
17-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Survivor's [Spoiler] Reveals Heated Tribal Council Moment We Didn't See on TV: ‘At One Point, He Was Yelling at Me and…'
48 The gloves are finally off. More from TVLine Abbott Elementary EPs Talk Season 4's 'Breather' Finale, Janine and Gregory's Latest Relationship Milestone Missed Will Trent's General Hospital Homage? Watch It Here and Find Out What Inspired the 'Crossover' WATCH: Dichen Lachman Revisits Early Severance Days, Talks Gemma vs. Helly and Dollhouse Comparisons In Wednesday's Survivor, cracks began to form in the 'Strong 5' alliance after David aimed to target Kamilla, despite Joe and Kyle's arguments against it. Kyle put his game on the line trying to protect his secret No. 1, which raised more than a few red flags among his alliance. But by the time Tribal Council hit, Chrissy grew very vocal about not wanting the 'Strong 5' to run the game. She pleaded with those on the bottom to band together and not hand the game over to David, Joe, Eva, Kyle and Shauhin, but her pleas fell on deaf ears and she was unanimously voted out. Below, Chrissy details an unseen conversation with David and reveals that their back-and-forth at Tribal Council was much more heated in person. TVLINE | You were very vocal at Tribal Council against this 'strong five' alliance. But with Mary closely aligned with David and Star without a vote, do you have any regrets on anything you said or maybe the timing of it all?CHRISSY SARNOWSKY | I mean, yes and no. Obviously I could have kept my mouth shut and just let them choose who they wanted to go home, but it was quite obvious that they had this strong alliance and they were just gonna pick off the people at the bottom. They don't show a lot, but at night when we would go to sleep, we had two fire pits. All the strong people were in the one fire pit and all us little minions were in the other. They had this roaring fire and we had little kindle. And this is after two weeks of not eating and I'm just watching this go on. As the person I am, I just cannot sit back and just let them do that. If it got me voted out, it got me voted out, but I just wasn't gonna sit and wait until they thought it was Chrissy's time. TVLINE | Were you aware that Kamilla's name was being thrown around so much? [Shakes her head no.] As I was watching it, I'm like, 'Why didn't David come and tell me that?' Kyle told Kamilla, so she had a fighting chance at Tribal to sort of play it out for herself. I didn't know that. I thought it was me all day long, so I was just like, 'F–k it, I'm gonna just go out throwing all their names out there.' If I would have known that I had a little bit of a chance, I would have definitely pulled it back and tried to answer my questions a little differently. TVLINE | David seemed to get riled up as you were speaking your truth. At one point he said you were 'up in arms' about it, but you seemed pretty cool, calm and collected to me! What was your take on David's reaction and responses there?They don't show it, [but] at one point he was yelling at me and I turned around and I said, 'Who are you yelling at?' Like he was literally raising his voice at me, which is very unlike David, being with him the first seven days. He's the most gentlemanly, the most caring, and especially with females. So the fact that he was yelling at me at Tribal… that was another thing because David was the key to what I thought was going on. I thought we had five Civa. As Mitch was trying to tell them, we could have ran that vote if the five Civa would have stuck together just for that one vote, and then if we want to go our separate ways, fine. But once David started yelling at me, I was like, 'Alright, this five Civa is not gonna play!' [Laughs] TVLINE | Yeah, we saw Mitch try to get the former Civas together to vote a Lagi out. Could that have ever worked? Was there any chance in hell?No, David was the key. I think Kamilla and Kyle, what I thought at least, would have went either way, whatever way would have benefited them the most. So if we definitely could have gotten David on board, it would have made their choice easier. But with David being so wishy-washy and not really committing to — well, he was committing. He was committing to the strong [five], obviously — so that made Kyle and Kamilla have to go that way too. They don't show it, but I bawled. I don't cry and I bawled my eyes out with David. I was just trying to plead with him like, 'This is what you're here for, to win a million dollars, and you have a better chance with us than going that way.' I could see he was torn in his eyes, but I knew he had left me. TVLINE | Were you at all aware that Kyle and Kamilla were working that closely together?I was surprised to see how close [they were], and it's so funny 'cause it's right in my face. I should have been able to catch that and I didn't. I think I was just so happy. Night 1, I was almost like Andy from last season in my own head. I'm like, 'Nobody likes me.' I got super paranoid. And Day 2, Kamilla said to me, 'What do you think about the four of us working together?' Just her telling me that really gave me a sense of comfort, just for a couple of days at least. But not noticing that those two… they played it off well. They were very incognito. They're doing a great job. Kyle shocked me in this last one, throwing my name out there. It's so, so funny. But I texted him and I'm like, 'I love you and you're playing a great game,' so there are no hard feelings on that whatsoever. TVLINE | After where she revealed her autism to the group, were people afraid to vote for her or target them after that? Why weren't they a bigger target out there?At the time, we didn't discuss it, really. It was sort of taboo. It happened and, to me, that was a non-issue. She's a strong player. Forget the autism part, just look at her as a person. She's 23, she's a beast, she's got the best alliance with Joe and it was quite obvious the whole time. I mean, you see it on TV. It's so funny because good friends of mine are texting me saying, 'I love Eva and Joe!' And I go, 'You realize I have to beat them to get the million dollars.' Even my friends want them to win, so that's what I was up against! I was up against a great couple that were unbreakable and you saw it. I was trying to go after them, but they were just too bonded. And this whole honesty crap that they're talking about is like, yeah, they're honest to each other, but you're not gonna be honest to everybody else. TVLINE | I think it was David who mentioned at Tribal that oftentimes the strong athletic types are the big targets at the merge and maybe you were on the wrong and I was! [Laughs] When I was going out there, I'm like, 'You know, I'm 55, but I'm pretty athletic. I'll be decent at challenges.' And then I saw David and Joe and Eva and Kyle, and I was like, 'Oh, man. OK, switch that. You're not going to be good at challenges.' [Laughs] TVLINE | Had you thought about who you wanted to sit at the end with, had you made it there?Well, at the time, no, but I did know that Joe and Eva, they're doing each other a disservice. Only one person can win that million dollars. You two are playing the same exact game. That's what I was trying to tell them. How do I differentiate between you two when you're playing the same game, in my eyes. One of you has to make a move, and they were like, 'No, we don't.' And I'm like, 'Well, alright then, I want to sit next to you two, because if you're playing the same game, then that third person obviously has more of a highlight in my eyes. TVLINE | Is there anything we didn't see on TV that you feel viewers should know?There was a lot more conversations. Like me crying with David. I thought that was good, trying to convince him to come with us. 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