DHAKA: Star Cineplex arranged the Dhaka-premiere of ‘300: Rise of an Empire’ in 3D at its halls at Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area. The show of this Hollywood action, drama and fantasy blockbuster movie was held on Thursday evening. The movie will be

DHAKA: Star Cineplex will organized Dhaka-premiere of ‘300: Rise of an Empire’ in 3D at its halls at Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area. The show of this Hollywood action, drama and fantasy blockbuster movie will be held at 7:00pm on Thursday. ‘300: Rise of

DHAKA: Matinee idol Shah Rukh Khan has emerged as the second richest actor in both Hollywood and Bollywood combined list. Wealth-X’s Hollywood and Bollywood Rich List released on Wednesday puts comedian Jerry Seinfeld right on top of the rich list. With an estimated net worth of $820

DHAKA: Country-pop diva Taylor Swift’s fetish for the number 13 is being tested by a California clothing company in a trademark infringement lawsuit filed Tuesday in a greater Los Angeles court. Blue Sphere Inc. said it had been using Lucky 13 as a registered trademark for its line of

DHAKA: Cannes Film Festival president Gilles Jacob has played down a backlash in Iran after he kissed actress and prize jury member Leila Hatami on the cheek.Jacob said it was ‘a usual custom in the West’ after Iranian media claimed it was an affront to the ‘chastity’ of women in

DHAKA: The Bayaan collective, in partnership with University Press Ltd, has organized a Film Show and Discussion title “Nations & Notions: PARTITION WEEK’ from August 10-14. The elaborated programmes will be held at several venues in the capital. On August 10, a discussion titled

DHAKA: Actress Angelina Jolie said on Tuesday she was thrilled her latest film ‘Maleficent’, a modern retelling of the life of Sleeping Beauty’s arch-nemesis, had debuted at the top of the box office. Maleficent raked in nearly US$70 million in North America over the past weekend.

DHAKA: US singer Justin Timberlake accepted seven Billboard Music Awards by video while he is on tour, leaving it to a Michael Jackson hologram to steal the show at the ceremony in Las Vegas.It mimicked the late King of Pop’s famous dance moves while performing ‘Slave to the

DHAKA: Gordon Willis, the cinematographer on films including the Godfather trilogy, has died at the age of 82. Willis received an honorary lifetime achievement Oscar in 2010 and was nominated for his work on Woody Allen’s Zelig and The Godfather: Part III. ‘This is a momentous

DHAKA: Two films inspired by the missing Malaysian Airlines’ flight are being touted to buyers at the Cannes Film Festival, barely two months after the plane vanished with 239 people on board. Potential buyers will get a sneak preview of ‘A Dark Reflection” by Fact Not Fiction

DHAKA: Grammy-winning R&B singer-songwriter John Legend, veteran British electronic pop duo Pet Shop Boys and reggae star Ziggy Marley are set to perform 2014 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in September. Legend is best known for hit

DHAKA: An electric guitar played by George Harrison on British television before the Beatles’ US ‘invasion’ fetched $657,000 at auction on Saturday in New York, topping pre-sale estimates.Julien’s Auctions said, reports Hindustan Times.Harrison, who died in 2001 at age 58, played

DHAKA: The much talked-about Indian film ‘Children of War: Nine Months to Freedom’, had its trans-border release in Bangladesh and India on Friday. The movie hit the cinemas of Bashundhara Star Cineplex, Jamuna Blockbuster, Shyamali Cineplex, Madhumita, Balaka, Ananda, Sena

DHAKA: A soiree of Nazrul songs by one of Bangladesh’s most popular and revered singers Ferdous Ara will be held at Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) in city’s Gulshan area. The program, organized by IGCC in association with Asian Paints, IRCON and Marico Bangladesh will begin at

DHAKA: Bangladeshi filmmaker MB Manik was killed in a terror attack in the USA Wednesday noon.  A gang of criminals came to his shop and claimed extortion.They locked into an altercation and later the criminals shot him. Manik’s film production house Avi Kathachitra confirmed this

DHAKA: Early reviews of ‘Grace of Monaco’, the Grace Kelly biopic chosen to open this year’s Cannes Film Festival, have slammed the film, with one describing it as ‘a timeless camp classic’. ‘It’s an easy watch, lush, stylish... and is often side-splittingly funny,’

DHAKA: Jessica Simpson is reportedly set to wed on America’s Independence Day. The singer-turned-fashion mogul will walk down the aisle with sports star fiancé Eric Johnson in Santa Barbara, California over the major US holiday weekend, according to editors at Usmagazine.com, reports

DHAKA: Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio reportedly gave an elephant charity a major boost by handing over a $1 million donation at a fundraising event. The Titanic star made the generous offer during the Sundown Gala in Malibu, California on Saturday, which raised money for the Elephant

DHAKA: Oscar-winning Swedish director Malik Bendjelloul has died at the age of 36. His body was found late on Tuesday in the Stockholm area, police say, the BBC publishes this report on Wednesday. They could not confirm the cause of death but said no crime was suspected. He was best

DHAKA: A documentary titled ‘Timeless Gitanjali’ is set to be released on Friday next (May 16). The movie, directed by an eminent Tagore exponent and researcher Dr Chanchal Khan, will be screened at 6:30 pm on the day at the National Museum. The documentary is sponsored by the