DHAKA: A onetime roommate and friend of Lady Gaga who claimed after serving as her personal assistant for more than a year that the pop singer cheated her out of overtime wages can tell her story to a jury in November.A judge said on Tuesday, The Straits Times publishes this report on

DHAKA: Miss World organisers said on Tuesday it would be ‘impossible’ to stage the final in Bali, vowing to petition Indonesian authorities to move the event back to Java after it was switched in the face of radical Muslim protests.As hundreds more demonstrators took to the streets

DHAKA: The iconic submarine car driven by James Bond in the 1977 classic ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’ fetched £550,000 when it was floated at auction for the first time in London on Monday.Following an intense bidding battle, ‘The Lotus Esprit’ was finally sold to a telephone bidder at

DHAKA: A new screen biopic of Nelson Mandela does not shy away from the less flattering aspects of his character, according to its British star.‘It was important we had both sides, the good and the bad,’ said Idris Elba, reports the BBC.Early scenes in Justin Chadwick’s film show

DHAKA: Actor Vin Diesel has shot to the top of the US box office with ‘Riddick’, his third outing as the titular convict turned anti-hero.The movie made $18.7m in its opening weekend, vindicating the star, who wrested control of the character from movie studio Universal.‘The

DHAKA: Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum on Monday unveiled a newly discovered landscape painting from the height of the Dutch master’s career, abandoned for years as a forgery in a Norwegian attic.‘Sunset at Montmajour’, a large oil landscape from 1888, was unveiled to applause by the

DHAKA: Film critics have savaged a new movie of the late British Princess Diana’s relationship with a Pakistani doctor as an intrusive and embarrassingly cheap soap opera.British-born Australian actress Naomi Watts plays the jilted princess trapped in a gilded cage.English actor Naveen

DHAKA: Canadian-American R&B pop singer Robin Thicke says that he is happy with all the attention that he has been getting from the raunchy performance with fellow pop singer Miley Cyrus at the recent MTV music awards.The 36-year-old behind No. 1 hit song Blurred Lines would rather sell

DHAKA: From Prabal Gurung’s futuristic Marilyn Monroe to Jill Stuart’s 1970s rock chick and sensual but modest Lacoste, designers unveiled a vast array of spring looks on Saturday in New York.Singapore-born Gurung, whose creations have been worn by Kate Middleton, Michelle Obama and

DHAKA: Indonesia said on Saturday that the final of Miss World later this month would take place on the Hindu-majority holiday island of Bali instead of near the capital, after days of Muslim hardline protests.Thousands took to the streets this week to denounce the decision to hold the

DHAKA: Paula Rahman’s three-day exhibition presenting wedding and event decoration materials has drawn the attention of the viewers at Dhanmondi’s Drik gallery.The exhibition, titled ‘Before I Do’ will remain open till 10:00pm today.‘I have received very good response from the

DHAKA: Scarlett Johansson is engaged to her French boyfriend Romain Dauriac, two and a half years after splitting from first husband Ryan Reynolds.A publicist for the ‘Avengers’ star said, reports daily Hurriyet.Following media reports, spokesman Marcel Pariseau told media, ‘I can

DHAKA: ‘One Direction’ has shot to the top of the UK and Ireland box office chart with their documentary ‘This Is Us’.The boy band’s film made £3.47m including £1.2m from Thursday previews, well ahead of the week’s other new release, Mark Wahlberg’s Pain and Gain which

DHAKA: Actress Katrina Kaif has not been signed opposite superstar Salman Khan for Prabhu Deva’s next film, the makers have said.After setting the cash registers ringing at the box office and starting a new wave of action-masala entertainers with Wanted, Salman and

DHAKA: A bunch of Northwest musicians have come together to re-create George Harrison’s landmark 1972 charity concert for Bangladesh on Friday, September 13, at the Hard Rock Cafe in Seattle of Washington. That upcoming event is not in West Seattle but has a “huge West Seattle

DHAKA: Popular actress Jakia Bari Momo admitted to a city hospital after alleged attempted suicide taking over dosage sedative pills on Tuesday night. City’s Square Hospital officials confirmed the matter to banglanews.The hospital sources and doctor said senseless Momo was admitted to

DHAKA: A three-day exhibition presenting wedding and event decoration materials by Paula Rahman will be held at Dhanmondi’s Drik gallery.The exhibition, titled ‘Before I Do’ will be inaugurated at 3:00pm on September 5.Wedding Diary Bangladesh’s event designer and chief operating

DHAKA: The US box office hit a record $4.7bn over this summer with a 10.2% increase in revenue from last year.Films such as ‘Iron Man 3’, ‘Man Of Steel’ and ‘Despicable Me 2’ helped boost numbers, despite a summer of flops including ‘The Lone Ranger’, ‘After Earth’ and

DHAKA: Kazi House Productions and Ogniroth Studios are jointly working to make Bangladesh’s first animated feature film titled ‘The Dreamstage’.Kazi House Productions’ CEO Amit Ashraf will be the director of the film that is based on an autistic person’s struggle to fix their

DHAKA: Actors Catherine Zeta-Jones and her husband Michael Douglas are reportedly seeking a marriage counsellor in an attempt to save their marriage.It was earlier reported that the couple has separated, ending their 13-year-old marriage. However, it seems they want to work on their