We'll pretend to like the soaps

The actors can look like they’re kissing, he says, but they can’t actually kiss.
Pretend kissing is no doubt wonderful for the actors’ morals, but we’re not sure how it helps impressionable youngsters. Nor is it clear whether Pravit thinks all the other kissing on television is real.
Pravit denies this has anything to do with the controversial “Dok Som Si Thong” naughtiness. He just says that if the characters have to kiss, all you need is the right camera angle.
You know he’s been watching the shifting ratings, though. “We no longer rely on stories about men and women and their love problems. We got good ratings for ‘Phuyai Lee Kab Nang Ma’,” he says, referring to the feel-good romance in a rural setting.
“And we can look at how Korean and Western go into detail about certain professions, like medicine and the law.”
And that is how Thailand finally caught up to the era of “LA Law” and “ER”.

Hugo’s a ‘go’
Chulachak “Hugo” chakrabongse has done well in international music since Beyonce recorded one of his tunes and he was signed to Jay-Z’s Roc Nation label.
Fortunately for his homeboys, Hugo always stays in touch while shuttling between London and New York with tweets from @Hugoofficial.
“Back in Bangkok,” he announced a couple of weeks ago. “Back with the family. Almost feel human.” He was keeping a promise to return and put on a concert. It’s now almost set for early in the New Year, Hugo says on TV’s “Woody Talk”.
Foreign musicians will be part of the show, a tribute to the recognition he’s achieved overseas, and it will also be his first public appearance with wife Hana and 10-month-old son Harper.
Hana says Hugo is a good father. “He changes Harper’s diapers and bathes him – that’s his job!”
Nice, but he’d better still be able to sing.