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Shooting for Bangabandhu biopic begins

Shooting for Bangabandhu biopic begins

-- 2021-01-22 19:30:20

Shooting for Bangabandhu, a biographical film on Father of the Nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, started in Mumbai of India on Thursday. The muhurat (inauguration) of the biopic, directed by Indian direc...

Bond film ‘No Time to Die’ delayed again because of virus

Bond film ‘No Time to Die’ delayed again because of virus

AP 2021-01-22 17:26:23

It's still not time for "No Time to Die." Producers of the forthcoming James Bond thriller say the film's release has been delayed again, until the fall of 2021, because of the effects of the coronav...

Hello 2441139, Bela Bose, do you hear?

Hello 2441139, Bela Bose, do you hear?

SIRAJUM MUNIRA 2021-01-19 16:14:51

It's jokingly said that Bengalis may forget their own phone numbers but they will never forget Bela Bose's number - 2441139. This is the testament to the popularity of a living legend like Anjan Dutt,...

Disneyland Paris delays reopening

Disneyland Paris delays reopening

Reuters 2021-01-19 10:37:11

Disneyland Paris said on Monday it was postponing its reopening by almost two months, to April 2, due to the resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic. “Due to the prevailing conditions in Europe, Di...

Music producer Phil Spector dies in jail at 81

Music producer Phil Spector dies in jail at 81

REUTERS 2021-01-18 11:33:07

Rock producer Phil Spector, who changed the sound of pop music in the 1960s with his “Wall of Sound” recordings and was convicted of murder for the 2003 murder of a Hollywood actress, has...

Korean Wave: Dominance through music

Korean Wave: Dominance through music

MEHENAZ SULTANA 2021-01-17 14:04:41

It seems only yesterday when almost every New Year’s Eve party in Bangladesh had PSY's Gangnam Style playing at full volume. But if asked what the famous catchphrase ‘OppaGangnam style&rsq...

Stars return to US Presidential inauguration

Stars return to US Presidential inauguration

AP 2021-01-16 10:51:35

The A-list is back. How A-list? Try Lady Gaga and J. Lo.  Inauguration officials announced on Thursday that the glittery duo would appear in person on Jan 20, with Gaga singing the national anth...

Instagram influencers a vaccine priority in wary Indonesia

Instagram influencers a vaccine priority in wary Indonesia

REUTERS 2021-01-15 10:57:55

Among the first in the queue for coronavirus vaccines in Indonesia has been one conspicuous group - social media influencers. Alongside President Joko Widodo as the world’s fourth most populous...

Anne Hathaway races to release 'Locked Down' that shows couple stuck together during pandemic

Anne Hathaway races to release 'Locked Down' that shows couple stuck together during pandemic

Reuters 2021-01-15 09:11:11

As the rest of the world was shutting down to stave off Covid-19, US star Anne Hathaway found herself starting up a whole new movie project - a rom-com heist caper set in the pandemic still raging aro...

'WandaVision' spins heroes thru worlds of Marvel, classic TV sitcoms

'WandaVision' spins heroes thru worlds of Marvel, classic TV sitcoms

-- 2021-01-14 12:34:27

The Marvel Cinematic Universe returns to the screen starting Friday in “WandaVision,” a story that takes two popular characters on a trip that alternates between classic American televisio...

BBC documentary shines light on Jiah Khan's death

BBC documentary shines light on Jiah Khan's death

Hindustan Times 2021-01-13 17:47:40

A BBC Two documentary series about the death of actor Jiah Khan is dividing audiences. The three-part series, aired over three days in the UK, concluding its run on January 13. Jiah, who appeared in...

Singer Habib ties knot for third time

Singer Habib ties knot for third time

-- 2021-01-12 20:22:52

Habib Wahid, one of the most popular singers and music composers in Bangladesh, recently got married again. The national award-winning musical superstar confirmed this news from his verified Facebook...

Bangladesh made 'Country in Focus' at India film festival

Bangladesh made 'Country in Focus' at India film festival

-- 2021-01-12 10:25:20

India has announced Bangladesh as the "Country in Focus" for the 51st International Film Festival of India (IFFI). The ‘Country in Focus’ is a special segment that recognises the cinemati...

'Wonder Woman 1984' hits pandemic-era record

'Wonder Woman 1984' hits pandemic-era record

Reuters 2021-01-11 10:10:51

“Wonder Woman 1984” led domestic box office charts for the third straight weekend without much in the way of competition. The superhero sequel nabbed $3 million between Friday and Sunday,...

Vanessa Kirby conveys miracle of childbirth in 'Pieces of a Woman'

Vanessa Kirby conveys miracle of childbirth in 'Pieces of a Woman'

REUTERS 2021-01-09 11:51:48

Vanessa Kirby has never had a baby but she says she can’t wait to give birth despite her harrowing performance as a woman whose home delivery ends in tragedy in “Pieces of a Woman,”...

UK music festivals call for help to survive

UK music festivals call for help to survive

Reuters 2021-01-06 14:23:00

Britain’s music festivals will have to start pulling the plug on events for the second year in succession if they do not get government support to give them the confidence to book acts and contr...

Grammy Awards postponed due to Covid concerns

Grammy Awards postponed due to Covid concerns

-- 2021-01-06 13:08:32

The 2021 Grammy Awards has been postponed due to coronavirus concerns, say the organisers. The ceremony, one of the music industry's biggest awards, was due to take place on 31 January. The event is...

Lebanese musician Elias Rahbani dies

Lebanese musician Elias Rahbani dies

REUTERS 2021-01-05 10:47:53

Elias Rahbani, who wrote songs for Lebanon’s most revered singer Fairouz among many others, died on Monday at the age of 83, local media reported. Elias was the youngest brother of celebrated m...

UNHCR appoints Tahsan as its first goodwill ambassador for Bangladesh

UNHCR appoints Tahsan as its first goodwill ambassador for Bangladesh

-- 2021-01-02 19:04:48

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on Saturday appointed singer-songwriter and actor Tahsan Khan as its first goodwill ambassador for Bangladesh. Tahsan will join a global team of 30 UNHCR goodwill ambass...

BTS wraps up record-breaking year

BTS wraps up record-breaking year

-- 2021-01-02 09:22:53

Global K-Pop sensation BTS celebrated New Year’s Eve with an online concert on Thursday along with other K-pop groups from its management agency Big Hit Entertainment and fans from around the wo...

Actress Dawn Wells dies from Covid-19

Actress Dawn Wells dies from Covid-19

-- 2020-12-31 10:39:16

Dawn Wells, who parlayed her girl-next-door charm and wholesome beauty into enduring TV fame as the sweet-natured desert island castaway Mary Ann on the classic 1960s sitcom “Gilligan’s Is...

Education faces challenge in 2020 after pandemic creates learning gap

Education faces challenge in 2020 after pandemic creates learning gap

-- 2020-12-29 15:44:08

Students in Bangladesh got automatically promoted to the next classes in 1971 when the country fought a bloody Liberation War against Pakistan. The government resorted to the automatic promotion optio...

Actress Lori Loughlin completes prison term

Actress Lori Loughlin completes prison term

-- 2020-12-29 10:40:14

“Full House” actress Lori Loughlin was released from a Dublin, California, prison after completing a two-month sentence for paying bribes to secure spots for her daughters at a top US univ...

Bangladesh director arrested after film shows police in bad light

Bangladesh director arrested after film shows police in bad light

Al Jazeera 2020-12-27 18:26:37

A Bangladeshi film director has been arrested and charged after a scene depicting police harshly interrogating a rape victim and highlighting attitudes towards violence against women sparked the ire o...

Dance icon Zinnat Barkatullah at ICU

Dance icon Zinnat Barkatullah at ICU

-- 2020-12-27 10:01:37

Eminent actor and internationally renowned dance icon Zinnat Barkatullah was shifted to the intensive care unit or ICU of a Dhaka hospital on Saturday, UNB reports. Her daughter, renowned actor Bijor...

A Sudan in transition presents first-ever film for Oscars

A Sudan in transition presents first-ever film for Oscars

AP 2020-12-26 19:24:16

Nearly two years after the overthrow of autocrat Omar al-Bashir, Sudan is taking steps to rejoin the international community from which it was long shunned. That includes its film industry. For the f...

Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch in California sold for knockdown price

Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch in California sold for knockdown price

-- 2020-12-26 11:23:00

Michael Jackson’s famed Neverland Ranch in California has finally sold, more than 10 years after the death of the pop star who abandoned the property following his trial on charges of molesting...

Actor Abdul Kader passes away

Actor Abdul Kader passes away

-- 2020-12-26 10:52:20

Popular actor Abdul Kader passed away at a hospital in the capital on Saturday at the age of 69. His daughter-in-law Zahida Islam Jamie confirmed the matter to media, reports UNB. Kader was recently...

Anil Kapoor unleashes inner Chembur against Anurag Kashyap in Netflix film AK vs AK

Anil Kapoor unleashes inner Chembur against Anurag Kashyap in Netflix film AK vs AK

Hindustan Times 2020-12-24 18:58:13

More like a deranged Dogme 95 experiment than the salacious Bollywood slugfest that was promised by its misguided marketing campaign, AK vs AK is an inventive but inconsistent film that achieves momen...

British supermodel Stella Tennant dies aged 50

British supermodel Stella Tennant dies aged 50

Reuters 2020-12-24 10:48:25

Stella Tennant, one of Britain’s top models, has died at the age of 50, British media reported on Wednesday. Tennant was born into the Scottish aristocracy. Her unconventional, androgynous look...