Dhaka, Nov 21 – Although it is not a mega-event like the World Cup or any other regional tournament, the Board of Control for Cricket in India made every possible arrangement to make the match memorable. Read More »
The 41st edition of Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) kicked off on Wednesday evening in a festive red carpet ceremony at Egypt’s Cairo Opera House, gathering movie stars and filmmakers from different parts of the world. Read More »
Culture Desk Celebrated singer and actor Tahsan Khan is set to star in Mostafa Sarwar Farooki’s upcoming feature film ‘No Land’s Man’. Read More »
Culture Desk Speculation is rife that Srijit Mukherji, the most eligible bachelor in Tollywood, is all set to walk down the aisle. The filmmaker’s close associates say the marriage is due in February next year. Read More »
New Fox release “Ford v. Ferrari” roared to the front in North American box offices over the weekend, taking in an estimated $31 million on an overall slow weekend, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Sunday. Read More »
London, Nov 18 – British photographer Terry O’Neill, whose images captured London’s Swinging ‘60s and who created iconic portraits of Elton John, Brigitte Bardot and Winston Churchill, has died at age 81. Read More »
London, Nov 18 – The British media on Sunday slammed Prince Andrew’s effort to rebut claims that he had sex with a teenager who says she was trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein, branding his televised interview a complete public relations disaster. Read More »
Director Martin Scorsese on Friday praised the “magical” relationship between Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in the trio’s new gangster epic “The Irishman.” Read More »
Entertainment Desk Two-time National Film Award winning actress Nusrat Imrose Tisha is going to make her debut as a film producer. Read More »
Roles for older actors can fall into some predictable tropes, but Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen say their new film, “The Good Liar,” let them brush aside cliches and even their characters’ mortality for a good cat-and-mouse thriller. “Elderly characters are sort of there to be the lovely old grandfather or granddad that the kids go and visit,” Mirren said. ... Read More »
Oscar-winning actress Mo’Nique on Thursday filed a pay discrimination lawsuit against Netflix, alleging the streaming giant offered her less money than it did to white and male performers because she is a black woman. Read More »
Taylor Swift said Thursday that she may not perform at the American Music Awards and may have to put other projects including a forthcoming Netflix documentary on hold because the men who own her old recordings won’t allow her to play her songs. Read More »
Dhaka, Nov 14 (UNB)- There is perhaps no debate that folk songs are one of the most vital cornerstones of Bengali music. Similarly every nation in the world has its own folk heritage, each different and unique on the basis of history, geography and experience. Read More »
Female acts may be scarce on contemporary country radio and the country charts, but they brought girl power to the 2019 Country Music Association with a resilient performance featuring top women from the genre, from Dolly Parton to Carrie Underwood to Reba McEntire. Read More »
R&B crooner John Legend has been named the Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine. Read More »
Dhaka, Nov 12 (UNB) – The 71st birth anniversary of legendary writer, author, dramatist, screenwriter, playwright and filmmaker Humayun Ahmed will be celebrated on Wednesday. Read More »
“The Simpsons,” ”Cinderella” and several movies from the Star Wars and Marvel universes will share a streaming home Tuesday as Disney Plus debuts. Read More »
Veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar has been hospitalised after she complained of difficulty in breathing in the early hours of Monday. Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar complained of difficulty in breathing in the early hours of Monday, November 11, 2019, following which she was rushed to Breach Candy Hospital, in South Mumbai. Earlier reports suggested that the singer is critical and has ... Read More »
“Better Days,” a Chinese film that puts the spotlight on school bullying, continued to lead the Chinese mainland box office Sunday, according to the China Movie Data Information Network Monday. Read More »
Russian President Vladimir Putin is complaining to his cabinet that widescale corruption at Russia’s new space launch facility is continuing. Read More »
November 10, 2019 SANDRP Again I shall return to the Dhansiri’s banks, to this Bengal, Not as a man, perhaps, but as a shalik bird, or a wh ite hawk. As, perhaps, a crow of dawn in this land of autumn’s new rice harvest, I’ll float upon the breast of fog one day in the shade of a jackfruit tree. ... Read More »
Nov 09 – Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg is staring down at pedestrians in the heart of San Francisco where an artist is painting a massive mural of the Nobel Peace Prize nominee. Read More »
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako waved and smiled from an open car in a motorcade marking his enthronement Sunday before hundreds of thousands of delighted well-wishers who cheered, waved small flags and took photos from both sides of packed sidewalks. Read More »
“Marnie’s World,” a German animated film by Oscar-winning directors Christoph Lauenstein and Wolfgang Lauenstein, is set to hit Chinese mainland theaters on Friday, Nov. 15, according to the China Film Distribution and Exhibition Association. Read More »
Sudhirendar Sharma If current happenings are any indication, universities are beset with the challenge of conforming to the political narrative that has swayed public opinion against the idea of freedom of inquiry. Read More »
Beijing, Nov. 9 (Xinhua/UNB) — Broadway musical “The Lion King” will hit the stage in Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei Province, in February and in Beijing in May in 2020. Read More »
Colombian superstar Shakira says temporarily losing her voice two years ago was “the darkest moment” of her life, and which affected her “deeply”. Read More »
‘Preema Donna – An Infinite Journey’, a book by prominent Bangladeshi visual artist Nazia Andaleeb Preema, was unveiled at the Dhaka Lit Fest on Friday. Read More »
Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) has selected National Professor Dr Anisuzzaman for the Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah Gold Medal Award-2018 for his outstanding contribution to education. Read More »
Five emerging screenwriters gained the film academy’s stamp of admission into Hollywood with help from an ensemble of actors that included Tyrese Gibson and Rosa Salazar. Read More »
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