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Jane Powell dies at 92

Jane Powell dies at 92

-- 2021-09-17 12:38:53

Jane Powell, the bright-eyed, operatic-voiced star of Hollywood's golden age musicals who sang with Howard Keel in “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” and danced with Fred Astaire in “...

Cinderella (2021) and the paradox of Hollywood’s pseudo- wokeness

Cinderella (2021) and the paradox of Hollywood’s pseudo- wokeness

Shadya Naher Sheyam 2021-09-17 11:15:01

The latest adaptation of Cinderella demonstrates that Hollywood continues to struggle with the subtle differences between inclusion and diversity. The ubiquitous presence of social media scrutiny and...

Naomi Campbell named global ambassador for British Queen's Commonwealth Trust

Naomi Campbell named global ambassador for British Queen's Commonwealth Trust

-- 2021-09-17 08:42:25

British model Naomi Campbell is joining international development charity the Queen's Commonwealth Trust (QCT) as a global ambassador to support young leaders, Reuters reports. The trust, founded in...

'The Morning Show' moves beyond #MeToo to COVID and cancel culture

'The Morning Show' moves beyond #MeToo to COVID and cancel culture

-- 2021-09-16 10:15:55

"The Morning Show," the Apple TV+ (AAPL.O) series that tackled the #MeToo movement via the lens of a fictional newscast in its first season, returns this week and explores topics from racism and homop...

Britney Spears takes break from social media to ‘celebrate engagement’

Britney Spears takes break from social media to ‘celebrate engagement’

-- 2021-09-15 15:19:20

US pop star Britney Spears says she is taking a break from social media to "celebrate her engagement". Spears, 39, announced last week that she was going to marry her long-term boyfriend, Sam A...

Popular Netflix series reignites debate over South Korea's military conscription

Popular Netflix series reignites debate over South Korea's military conscription

-- 2021-09-14 15:04:02

A hit Netflix series is reigniting a debate in South Korea over the country's massive military, its history of abuse scandals, and the mandatory conscription that fills its ranks with young men....

Justin Bieber, Lil Nas X take top prizes at Video Music Awards

Justin Bieber, Lil Nas X take top prizes at Video Music Awards

-- 2021-09-14 10:40:42

Rapper Lil Nas X and pop star Justin Bieber won the top prizes at MTV's annual Video Music Awards (VMA) show on Sunday, in a ceremony packed with surprise appearances, live performances and thousands...

Spears announces engagement to longtime boyfriend Asghari

Spears announces engagement to longtime boyfriend Asghari

-- 2021-09-13 10:43:15

Pop superstar Britney Spears, who has been fighting a conservatorship that governs her personal life and finances, announced on Sunday that she is engaged to longtime boyfriend Sam Asghari, reports Re...

Walt Disney to debut rest of 2021 films exclusively in theaters

Walt Disney to debut rest of 2021 films exclusively in theaters

-- 2021-09-12 09:33:53

Walt Disney Co said on Friday it will release “Eternals,” “West Side Story” and the rest of its 2021 films exclusively in theatres before sending them to streaming, a show of c...

French film on illegal abortion wins top Venice festival prize

French film on illegal abortion wins top Venice festival prize

-- 2021-09-12 08:56:27

"Happening" (L'événement), a hard-hitting French drama about illegal abortion in the 1960s, won the Golden Lion award for best film at the Venice festival on Saturday. The film, by dire...

Actress Pori Moni set for comeback after weeks in detention

Actress Pori Moni set for comeback after weeks in detention

-- 2021-09-11 19:28:13

Film actress Shamsunnahar Smriti, popularly known as Pori Moni, will return to shooting in October to play the lead role in ‘Pritilata’, the first film after her freedom from jail in a nar...

Disney to release rest of 2021 films exclusively in theaters

Disney to release rest of 2021 films exclusively in theaters

-- 2021-09-11 11:47:01

Walt Disney Co said on Friday it will release "Eternals," "West Side Story" and the rest of its 2021 films exclusively in theatres before sending them to streaming, a show of confidence that movi...

Loki spectacularly paves way for MCU phase 4

Loki spectacularly paves way for MCU phase 4

Iftekharul Islam 2021-09-09 18:43:53

Loki, the latest American Television Series, is another spectacular addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe which has beautifully paved the way for MCU’s Phase 4 movies, namely Doctor Strange...

Italian film brings circus freaks to Venice festival

Italian film brings circus freaks to Venice festival

-- 2021-09-09 10:43:19

Circus freaks fight Nazi occupiers in Italian director Gabriele Mainetti's dark fantasy movie "Freaks Out", which is competing for the top prize at the Venice Film Festival. Set in 1943 Rome, the fil...

Britney Spears' father asks court to end 13-year conservatorship

Britney Spears' father asks court to end 13-year conservatorship

-- 2021-09-08 15:12:55

Jamie Spears, the father of Britney Spears, on Tuesday asked a Los Angeles court to end the pop singer's 13-year conservatorship, saying circumstances have changed in recent months. In an unexpecte...

Broadway returns with high hopes, touch of butterflies

Broadway returns with high hopes, touch of butterflies

-- 2021-09-08 10:39:41

Broadway puts on the razzle dazzle this month after an unprecedented 18-month pandemic shutdown, hoping that Americans have missed live theatre as much as actors and producers. A rousing video promot...

'The Wire' actor Michael K Williams found dead in New York apartment

'The Wire' actor Michael K Williams found dead in New York apartment

-- 2021-09-07 10:57:10

Michael K Williams, who played the character Omar Little in the TV series "The Wire," was found dead in his New York apartment on Monday, the New York Police Department said. He was 54. Lieutenant Jo...

Sarah Harding aged 39 couldn't see another Christmas!

Sarah Harding aged 39 couldn't see another Christmas!

-- 2021-09-05 20:29:30

Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding, 39, who had breast cancer, died on Sunday morning, her mother has said. Harding announced in August 2020 that she had been diagnosed with the disease, which had spre...

"Chironjib Mujib" gets uncut censor certificate

"Chironjib Mujib" gets uncut censor certificate

-- 2021-09-05 12:12:12

Feature film "Chironjib Mujib" based on "Ausamapta Atmajiboni" (The Unfinished Memoirs), an autobiography by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has received the uncut censor certi...

‘Chironjib Mujib’ gets uncut censor certificate

‘Chironjib Mujib’ gets uncut censor certificate

-- 2021-09-04 22:35:08

Feature film ‘Chironjib Mujib’ based on "Ausamapta Atmajiboni" (The Unfinished Memoirs), an autobiography by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has received the uncut...

Kristen Stewart's turn as Princess Diana wows Venice Film Festival

Kristen Stewart's turn as Princess Diana wows Venice Film Festival

-- 2021-09-04 10:45:19

US actress Kristen Stewart's interpretation of Princess Diana in "Spencer" got a warm reception at the Venice Film Festival, where it premiered on Friday, with some critics already tipping her as an O...

ABBA announces first new album in 40 years

ABBA announces first new album in 40 years

-- 2021-09-03 12:16:46

Swedish supergroup ABBA announced their first new album in four decades on Thursday and said they would stage a series of virtual concerts using digital avatars of themselves in London next year. Fan...

#MeToo was 'like the end of apartheid', says Jane Campion

#MeToo was 'like the end of apartheid', says Jane Campion

-- 2021-09-03 10:47:14

Acclaimed New Zealand director Jane Campion, back on the big screen after a 12-year hiatus, praised fellow female filmmakers for a string of top awards over the past year, saying the #MeToo movement w...

Indian actor Sidharth Shukla dies of heart attack

Indian actor Sidharth Shukla dies of heart attack

-- 2021-09-02 12:29:35

Popular Indian television and film actor Sidharth Shukla, best known for his role in the long running TV show Balika Vadhu and as the winner of Bigg Boss 13, died on Thursday, an official at the Coope...

Stars return to Venice film festival

Stars return to Venice film festival

-- 2021-09-02 11:13:03

Decked out in a black and white Chanel gown, Oscar-winning actress Penelope Cruz led the comeback of movie stars to the red carpet of the Venice film festival on its opening night on Wednesday, as cin...

Pori Moni walks out of prison after nearly a month

Pori Moni walks out of prison after nearly a month

-- 2021-09-01 11:48:49

Actress Shamsunnahar Smriti, popularly known by her screen name Pori Moni, has been released from jail nearly a month after her arrest in a narcotics case. She was freed from the Kashimpur Central...

Pori Moni secures bail

Pori Moni secures bail

-- 2021-08-31 15:17:45

A Dhaka court has granted actress Pori Moni bail, saying the order will remain effective until the filing of charges in a drug-related case by police. Pori Moni secured her bail on a Tk 20,000 bond...

Short, Martin team up with Selena Gomez

Short, Martin team up with Selena Gomez

-- 2021-08-31 11:50:10

Old friends Steve Martin and Martin Short have teamed up again, this time with Selena Gomez adding a youthful vibe to their new mystery comedy “Only Murders in the Building.” Launching on...

Actor Ed Asner dies at age 91

Actor Ed Asner dies at age 91

-- 2021-08-30 10:26:58

Ed Asner, the burly and prolific character actor who became a star in middle age as the gruff but lovable newsman Lou Grant, first in the hit comedy “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and later i...

Old Songs’ timeless allure in youth’s playlists

Old Songs’ timeless allure in youth’s playlists

TAHSEEN NOWER 2021-08-28 13:52:12

From Que sera, sera to Hai Bhalobashi, and from ‘the Tambourine man to taare bole diyo, the songs that still reign the players and soothe the hearts are simply timeless. These masterpieces, lik...