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Katrina Kaif, Vicky Kaushal receive death threats

Katrina Kaif, Vicky Kaushal receive death threats

-- 2022-07-25 15:45:53

Bollywood's highest-paid actress Katrina Kaif and her actor-husband Vicky Kaushal have received death threats on Instagram, prompting the celebrity couple to seek police protection. "Based on a compl...

Jaadugar is a feel-good movie with simple plot

Jaadugar is a feel-good movie with simple plot

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-07-25 15:27:24

Jitendra Kumar has become a widely known face among the Indian audience. His roles in Kota Factory and Panchayat have won the hearts of millions of viewers.  He continued his benchmark role as a...

'Hawa' promotion begins at JU with film crew and Meghdol

'Hawa' promotion begins at JU with film crew and Meghdol

Hasan Sojib, JU 2022-07-24 19:32:34

It was drizzling and Selim Al Deen Muktamancha of Jahangirnagar University was full to the brim with music and film enthusiast pupils and outsiders.   Those who could grab a seat in this mo...

The right way to oil your hair

The right way to oil your hair

Mahia Afrin 2022-07-24 19:03:34

Oil massage for the hair is a tradition passed down through generations, making it almost a routine like washing hair strands.  Most of us don't know the proper way of oiling hair, which will gi...

'Kaiser' takes Bengali crime drama to another level

'Kaiser' takes Bengali crime drama to another level

Iftekharul Islam 2022-07-24 14:34:05

Bengali crime drama series have become popularly demanding in recent times on OTT platforms. After the success of Mohanagar, Hoichoi released another crime drama series that took the country by storm,...

Two new 'Avengers' films coming to Marvel's slate

Two new 'Avengers' films coming to Marvel's slate

REUTERS 2022-07-24 13:03:03

Two new "Avengers" movies will reach theatres in 2025, Walt Disney Co's Marvel Studios announced on Saturday at a presentation to fans highlighting parts of its upcoming slate of superhero TV sho...

'Game of Thrones' prequel meets Targaryens at height of power

'Game of Thrones' prequel meets Targaryens at height of power

REUTERS 2022-07-24 11:01:41

The upcoming prequel to HBO's "Game of Thrones" will explore the origins of the Targaryen dynasty starting at the time of the family's greatest power, the cast and creators told fans at the annual Com...

Poran touches audience’s hearts

Poran touches audience’s hearts

Shadique Mahbub Islam 2022-07-23 16:37:21

For a Bangladeshi film, one of the most desirable scenarios would be having a longer run at the theatre. 'Poran', directed by Raihan Rafi and produced by Live Technologies, released on Eid-ul Azha, ha...

Meghdol’s ‘E Hawa’ echos the melody of the winds of sea

Meghdol’s ‘E Hawa’ echos the melody of the winds of sea

Tahseen Nower Prachi 2022-07-23 14:33:02

How rare is it to find some sound cutting through a net of perfect sea-like silence but one ends up falling in love with it?  Associating wind with the sea will sound common until you have liste...

Actress Purnima remarries  

Actress Purnima remarries  

-- 2022-07-22 19:07:28

Popular actress Dilara Hanif Purnima has walked down the aisle once again. The Dhaliwood star tied the knot to Ashfaqur Rahman Robin on May 27, a senior official in the marketing department of a mult...

Amber Heard appeals ruling that she defamed ex-husband Johnny Depp

Amber Heard appeals ruling that she defamed ex-husband Johnny Depp

-- 2022-07-22 17:27:05

Actor Amber Heard on Thursday filed to appeal a Virginia jury's decision last month that she defamed ex-husband Johnny Depp when she claimed in a newspaper opinion piece that she was a survivor of sex...

'Kung-Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight' is a well-intended but poorly written sequel

'Kung-Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight' is a well-intended but poorly written sequel

Shadya Naher Sheyam 2022-07-21 21:50:50

The ‘Kung Fu Panda’ trilogy is one of the most influential works of cinema. It's undoubtedly many people's first exposure to Wuxia epics.   And, with their team of animators, wr...

The Man From Toronto: Another hyped Netflix movie ends in disappointment

The Man From Toronto: Another hyped Netflix movie ends in disappointment

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-07-20 17:55:12

Any movie starring Kevin Hart, Woody Harrelson and Kaleo Cuoco is supposed to be a hit.  But 'The Man from Toronto,' despite having all these heavyweights, disappointed the viewers. However, wit...

How Netflix plans to find its inner ‘Star Wars’

How Netflix plans to find its inner ‘Star Wars’

-- 2022-07-20 17:29:28

Netflix broke Hollywood's rules to create a $82 billion global streaming colossus that the rest of the entertainment industry rushed to copy. But as growth slows, it is looking backwards for a way for...

Why youth love anime?

Why youth love anime?

Megh Rahman 2022-07-20 17:15:24

Whether you are a buff of J-culture (Japanese culture) or not, you might just be dwelling under a rock if you’re unaware of the term Anime. With earnings of additionally more than USD 19 billio...

Queen's Greatest Hits sells 7.0m breaking UK chart record

Queen's Greatest Hits sells 7.0m breaking UK chart record

-- 2022-07-19 18:50:39

Queen have made UK chart history by becoming the first act to sell seven million copies of an individual album. Their first Greatest Hits collection, from 1981, is now owned by one in every four hous...

Resident Evil game franchise returns strongly with live action Netflix show

Resident Evil game franchise returns strongly with live action Netflix show

Iftekharul Islam 2022-07-19 17:53:33

Video game adaptations are always seen to have bad luck on the silver screen. Lack of storytelling, little-to-no character development, poorly choreographed action sequences- all these are enough to f...

Outrage over 'gold digger' jibe at Sushmita Sen

Outrage over 'gold digger' jibe at Sushmita Sen

BBC 2022-07-19 13:14:06

One of India's most-loved beauty queens has been in the eye of a social media storm recently. Sushmita Sen, the first Indian to win the Miss Universe title in 1994, has made a career as a...

Singer SI Tutul ties the knot once again

Singer SI Tutul ties the knot once again

-- 2022-07-18 19:16:25

Popular singer and composer SI Tutul has walked down the aisle once again. Tutul tied the knot to television presenter Sharmina Siraj Sonia. The couple got married on July 4 in the US, music director...

Netflix pushes Rom-Com genre with 'Hello, Goodbye and Everything in Between'

Netflix pushes Rom-Com genre with 'Hello, Goodbye and Everything in Between'

Iftekharul Islam 2022-07-18 14:48:15

In past years, Netflix used to be heavily criticised for depicting raunchy rom-com movies filled with forced jokes. But with To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before in 2018, Netflix redeemed itself wi...

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck wed in Las Vegas

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck wed in Las Vegas

REUTERS 2022-07-18 11:08:29

Singer Jennifer Lopez and actor Ben Affleck have married in Las Vegas, media reported on Sunday, after the celebrity couple rekindled a romance almost 20 years after they first got together. The co...

'Thor: Love and Thunder' fails to match the bar of expectation

'Thor: Love and Thunder' fails to match the bar of expectation

-- 2022-07-17 17:53:41

Marvel Cinematic Universe entered phase four the last year and introduced the audience to the multiverse concept. But MCU ventured little with this ambitious approach, evident in Doctor Strange in the...

Netflix’s ‘Spiderhead’ does injustice to George Saunders’ original story

Netflix’s ‘Spiderhead’ does injustice to George Saunders’ original story

Iftekharul Islam 2022-07-17 15:12:20

After the massive success of Top Gun: Maverick, director Joseph Kosinski's second film this summer is Spiderhead, the science-fiction movie not expected to be a total blockbuster but safe enough to be...

‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ tells the backstory of the beloved Despicable Me villain

‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ tells the backstory of the beloved Despicable Me villain

Iftekharul Islam 2022-07-16 14:34:52

The Despicable Me franchise has been going on for almost a decade – a middle-aged supervillain with an odd accent on a quest to rule the world with a flock of adorable yellow creatures, aka mini...

Singer Ferdous Wahid falls sick, hospitalised 

Singer Ferdous Wahid falls sick, hospitalised 

-- 2022-07-15 21:18:07

Legendary pop singer Ferdous Wahid was admitted to a Dhaka hospital Friday after he suffered a heart attack in the morning.  The 69-year-old musician is now undergoing treatment at Birdem Genera...

Umbrella Academy season 3: Efforts to thwart apocalypses in a different universe

Umbrella Academy season 3: Efforts to thwart apocalypses in a different universe

Iftekharul Islam 2022-07-15 15:12:19

Apocalypse is a recurring theme of Umbrella Academy. There is one in every season in which someone from the titular academy is always behind, and the Hargreaves siblings try to save the world from it....

Indian singer Daler Mehndi jailed for trafficking migrants

Indian singer Daler Mehndi jailed for trafficking migrants

-- 2022-07-14 20:28:22

A court in the northern Indian state of Punjab on Thursday sent popular pop star Daler Mehndi to jail, rejecting his appeal against a two-year prison term for trafficking migrants to the US. The sing...

Kevin Spacey pleads not guilty to sex offence charges

Kevin Spacey pleads not guilty to sex offence charges

-- 2022-07-14 19:07:13

Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey will go on trial in London next year after pleading not guilty on Thursday to accusations of sex offences dating back almost 20 years,  news agency Reuter...

Chorki’s ‘Sahosh’ demonstrates the reality

Chorki’s ‘Sahosh’ demonstrates the reality

Shuvodip Biswas Turja 2022-07-14 17:36:21

1,247 rape cases were filed in 2021, excluding the 286 rape attempts, according to Ain O Salish Kendra, a Bangladeshi Human Rights group. And this was just a part of the actual number, as a large numb...

Why Shah Rukh Khan's charm has endured the test of time

Why Shah Rukh Khan's charm has endured the test of time

BBC 2022-07-13 10:54:23

Last month, Indian actor Shah Rukh Khan celebrated 30 years in Hindi cinema. Shrayana Bhattacharya, who has written a book on the Bollywood actor's enduring popularity, explains why he is still among...