Bangladesh not to take part in upcoming Kolkata film festival
AR Rahman, Saira Banu confirm divorce after 29 years of marriage
DHAKA: Actress Felicity Jones is not a fan of watching herself on the big screen.The 30-year-old is very self critical and said that it is ‘horrible’ for her to see herself acting, reports contactmusic.com, says indiatvnews.com.‘(When I watch myself) It’s horrible. It’s
DHAKA: Star Cineplex will arrange the Dhaka premiere of Hollywood blockbuster ‘42 Ronin’ at its hall in Bashundhara City Shopping Mall on Panthapath.The screening of this action, adventure and fantasy movie will be held at 6:45pm on January 30.‘47 Ronin’ is a 2013 American film
DHAKA: US folk singer and activist Pete Seeger, whose songs included Turn, Turn, Turn! and If I Had A Hammer, has died at the age of 94.He died at a New York hospital after a short illness, his grandson said, reports BBC. Seeger gained fame in The Weavers, formed in 1948, and continued
DHAKA: Actor Stephen Fry will play the British prime minister in hit drama ‘24: Live Another Day’, as Kiefer Sutherland returns to the role of Jack Bauer.Fry confirmed the news on Twitter, posting a link to a story on Deadline Hollywood and writing, ‘Well, this particular cat is out
DHAKA: Dame Helen Mirren is to be awarded the British Academy fellowship at next month’s Bafta Film Awards.The annual prize, given to Sir Alan Parker last year, is the highest accolade the Academy can bestow.Dame Helen, who won a best actress Oscar in 2007 for ‘The Queen’, said the
DHAKA: Legendary athlete Milkha Singh’s biopic ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’ was the big winner on Friday night at the 59th annual Filmfare awards.The inspiring film bagged maximum awards including Best film, best director award for Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and the Best actor award for the
DHAKA: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Jay-Z and Daft Punk are among the stars vying for glory at the prestigious Grammy Awards.The Los Angeles ceremony is the biggest night in the US music calendar.Hip-hop duo Macklemore and Lewis were among the early winners, picking up four awards - best
DHAKA: Actress Amber Heard reportedly makes all the decisions in her relationship with actor Johnny Depp.The 27-year-old is the woman who has finally tamed her ‘The Rum Diary’ co-star, say her friends.‘Amber has called the shots since day one, dictating when they went public, for
DHAKA: The `Perfume` singer Britney Spears, who ended her long-term relationship with her agent turned fiancé Jason Trawick in January 2013, was spotted showing off a simple but elegant gold band on her left ring finger at her sons, Sean, eight, and seven-year-old Jayden’s soccer game
DHAKA: The ‘Material Girl’ singer Madonna had kept her inclusion on the star-studded bill for the huge music event on Sunday.She accompanied the announcement with a picture on Instagram of her dressed all in black, including leather gloves, and strumming a black guitar.Underneath she
DHAKA: Sumon Yusuf’s maiden photography exhibition titled ‘Life & Struggle of Padma’ is being held at Alliance Française de Dhaka’s La Galerie in city’s Dhanmondi area.Twenty photographs are on display to be continued till February 6.Sumon Yusuf has tried to present the
DHAKA: An 11-day art show ‘Ways of Seeing’ is being held at Bengal Art Lounge in city’s Gulshan area.The Bengal Art Lounge has planned to welcome the New Year with a series of exhibitions from private collections under the title of ‘Ways of Seeing’.Current show of the series
DHAKA: The quirky and talented designer Bibi Russell is in Bangalore of India to participate in the Karnataka Fashion Week Bangalore 2014. Bibi was born in Chittagong, Bangladesh and grew up in Dhaka studying in Kamrunnessa Govt. Girls` High School. Later she earned a graduate degree in
DHAKA: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan suffered injuries during the shoot of his upcoming film `Happy New Year` in a Mumbai hotel, latest reports said.The injured actor was taken to Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai, reports Deccanchronicle.com.The shoot was taking place at a five-star hotel
DHAKA: Alliance Française de Dhaka will arrange Sumon Yusuf’s maiden photography exhibition titled ‘Life & Struggle of Padma’ at its La Galerie.Inaugural ceremony of the exhibition will be held at 6:00pm on Friday.Professor Abdullah Abu Sayeed, will be present as chief guest while
DHAKA: Two members of Russian protest punk rock act Pussy Riot will appear at a concert promoting human rights in New York City, its organiser has said.Amnesty International says Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova will appear at a 5 February concert in New York’s Brooklyn
DHAKA: Star Cineplex will arrange the screening of crime, drama and thriller movie ‘Prisoners’ at Bashundhara City on Panthapath.The Dhaka-premiere of this Hollywood blockbuster will be held at 6:45pm on ThursdayDirected by Denis Villeneuve, the film has an ensemble cast including
DHAKA: Film director Mohammad Hannan passed away after suffering cardiac arrest at a Barisal-bound launch while going to village home on Tuesday midnight.Hannan, also former president of Bangladesh Film Directors` Association, breathed his last at 12:00am. ‘His first namaz-e-janaza will
DHAKA: Cop buddy comedy ‘Ride Along’ has easily beaten political thriller ‘Jack Ryan’ to the top of the US box office chart.The film, starring Kevin Hart and rapper Ice Cube, took $41.2m in its first week of release, reports the BBC.‘Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit’, based on Tom
DHAKA: Space drama ‘Gravity’ and ‘12 Years a Slave’ have tied for the top prize at the Producer’s Guild of America awards.It is the first time the guild has declared a tie for best film in its 25-year history, another indicator that this year’s Oscars race is wide open.The PGA