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Jazz great Ellis Marsalis died Wednesday at the age of 85 after contracting the coronavirus, his son Branford said. Read More »

Bob Dylan on Friday released a 17-minute song inspired by the assassination more than five decades ago of US President John F Kennedy – the influential singer’s first original music since 2012. Read More »

“Kyojo,” a two-episode Japanese TV drama starring renowned actor Takuya Kimura, hit Chinese online streaming platforms Tuesday. Read More »

Sudhirendar Sharma I recall how scheming we were in our younger days to send gullible on a ‘fool’s errand’ to mark April 1, the most light-hearted day of the year when playing pranks and trying to get people to believe ridiculous things is universally accepted. From simple jokes to elaborate hoaxes, friends and relatives who consider themselves to be wise ... Read More »

The cultural relics department of northwest China’s Gansu Province said they have found an ancient tomb with delicate brick carvings. Read More »

Grammy-winning American singer John Prine has been hospitalized for coronavirus and is in “critical” condition, his family said Sunday. Read More »

Hollywood star Tom Hanks says he and his wife, singer-songwriter Rita Wilson are back home in the US after undergoing self-quarantine in Australia. The Oscar winner on Saturday took to social media to share an update. Read More »

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Friday he has tested positive for the coronavirus, while the number of infections in the United States surged to the most in the world and Spain announced a record number of virus deaths overnight. Read More »

US rocker Jon Bon Jovi teamed up with Britain’s Prince Harry and a military choir to release the single Unbroken on Friday to raise awareness of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Read More »

Hollywood’s glitzy film awards are scrambling to deal with the unprecedented impact of the coronavirus on the industry, with the Golden Globes first to relax their entry rules Thursday. Read More »

The Kanye West and Taylor Swift public beef has reignited again with the ongoing feud now involving his wife and Swift’s publicist. Swift’s publicist, Tree Paine, fired back Monday night at Kim Kardashian West, who had defended herself after someone released a video, clipped into segments, of the full 25-minute conversation of Kanye West and Swift discussing his song “Famous.” ... Read More »

When will this apocalypse finally be over? That is the question being asked by “The Walking Dead” television fans, after producers revealed they had not been able to finish making the popular zombie show’s series finale due to coronavirus. Read More »

The Prince of Wales has tested positive for coronavirus, Clarence House has announced. Prince Charles, 71, is displaying mild symptoms “but otherwise remains in good health”, a spokesman said, adding that the Duchess of Cornwall, 72, has been tested but does not have the virus. Read More »

Opera singer Placido Domingo has tested positive for coronavirus. Read More »

Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan send a message to coronavirus-hit Italy: ‘My love and I are praying for you’. Read More »

Hrithik Roshan is happy to spend quality time with his sons: Hrehaan and Hridaan as the actors is limited to his house in the times of coronavirus lockdown. Read More »

Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, US media reported yesterday. Read More »

Bon Jovi keyboardist David Bryan has tested positive for coronavirus, he revealed in an update on social media. Read More »

Bangladeshi superstar cricketer Shakib Al Hasan, currently serving a two-year ban (with one year suspended) from cricket by the International Cricket Council (ICC), has gone into self-isolation in a hotel upon arriving in the United States of America on Saturday amid the outbreak of COVID-19 that has reached epidemic levels there. Read More »

American country music legend Kenny Rogers has died aged 81. Read More »

Culture Desk The authority of Star Cineplex decided to stop its operation temporarily due to the recent outbreak of coronavirus in Bangladesh. According to this decision, all of the branches of Star Cineplex are said to be closed down till April 2. Read More »

Sudhirendar Sharma The gut-wrenching cars smashing scenes in Rohit Shetty’s films have their share of dirty secrets too. We all love watching movies – at home, in theatre or on phone – little realizing that we are complicit in the destruction of the film-making unleashes. The images we enjoy do not come from nothing, there are significant material consequences to ... Read More »

“Game of Thrones” star Indira Varma has revealed that she has tested positive for coronavirus. Her diagnosis comes two days after fellow “Game of Thrones” actor Kristofer Hivju also said that he tested positive for the COVID-19 infection. Read More »

Entertainment Desk Bangladeshi film industry’s superstar Shakib Khan and Mahiya Mahi and Orchita Sporshia are all set to share the screen together. Shakib Khan-starrer,  Bangladesh-India joint venture film ‘Nabab’ in 2017, became a nationwide success. This time he is going to work on a new film called ‘Nawab LLB’. Read More »

Tom Hanks has been released from the Australian hospital where he was in isolation since testing positive for the coronavirus last week, but his wife Rita Wilson remains hospitalised, health officials said Tuesday. Read More »

McDonald’s pledged on Tuesday to end the use of plastic found in toys served with children’s “Happy Meals” in the UK and Ireland by the beginning of 2021. Read More »

Under the shadow of the coronavirus outbreak, the North American box office had its lowest weekend ticket sales in two decades as viewers stayed home and some theaters limited their capacities to ensure patrons could sit near empty seats, industry watchers said. Read More »

Culture Desk It was a very special day for the South Asian music diva, Bangladesh’s Runa Laila. Her album ‘Legends Forever’, was released on March 11 at the British House of Lords. Read More »

Sudhiendar Sharma Unless the wisdom of limitations becomes the mainstream thought, it is unlikely that the human enterprise will reduce its multiples stresses on the biosphere. Read More »

Actor Irrfan’s first film in two years, Angrezi Medium is running into one road block after another. According to media reports, the film has been leaked online on the day of its theatrical release itself. Read More »