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Sylvester Stallone directing ‘Creed 2’

Sylvester Stallone directing ‘Creed 2’

-- 2017-10-10 08:01:07

Sylvester Stallone has announced that he will direct and produce “Creed 2” as a sequel to the 2015 boxing drama starring Stallone and Michael B. Jordan, reports variety.com. On Monday, St...

Bauer to fight Rebel Wilson’s defamation payout

Bauer to fight Rebel Wilson’s defamation payout

BBC 2017-10-09 02:42:19

A magazine publisher will appeal against a A$4.5m (£2.7m; $3.6m) defamation payout awarded to Hollywood actress Rebel Wilson. Wilson was awarded the damages by an Australian court last month af...

Rapper Nelly arrested over alleged bus rape

Rapper Nelly arrested over alleged bus rape

BBC 2017-10-08 01:48:06

Rapper Nelly has been arrested after a woman accused him of raping her on his tour bus following a concert near Seattle. Police in Auburn said they arrested the artist after a woman called emergency...

Tellingly, Aamir Khan speaks of Rohingya crisis

Tellingly, Aamir Khan speaks of Rohingya crisis

FE Online Desk 2017-10-06 12:00:00

Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan has reacted with sorrow in response to a question on the persecution of Rohingyas in Myanmar. He made the reaction at a news conference in Istanbul on Wednesday dated...

‘Glee’ actor pleads guilty of child porn possession

‘Glee’ actor pleads guilty of child porn possession

BBC 2017-10-05 10:22:11

Former Glee actor Mark Salling has pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography. Salling, 35, now faces between four and seven years in prison and has been ordered to pay about $50,000 (£3...

Jessia crowned new Miss World Bangladesh

Jessia crowned new Miss World Bangladesh

-- 2017-10-04 12:00:00

Jessia Islam was crowned Miss World Bangladesh, after it was stripped of controversial winner Jannatul Nayeem Avril. The decision to dethrone Avril was announced by the contest's judges and organiser...

Winslet reunites with Titanic director in ‘Avatar’ sequels

Winslet reunites with Titanic director in ‘Avatar’ sequels

AP 2017-10-04 10:53:32

It’s a titanic reunion — Kate Winslet is joining the “Avatar” franchise, reuniting the actress with “Titanic” director James Cameron. A spokesperson for 20th Centu...

Singer Tom Petty dies aged 66

Singer Tom Petty dies aged 66

BBC 2017-10-03 12:00:00

US musician Tom Petty has died in California aged 66, says a statement issued on behalf of his family. Petty was found unconscious, not breathing and in full cardiac arrest at his Malibu home early o...

Next film will be biggest yet: Aamir Khan

Next film will be biggest yet: Aamir Khan

-- 2017-10-03 12:00:00

Aamir Khan, the Bollywood superstar with a conscience, says his next movie about a small town teenage girl who uses the Internet to become a singing sensation will be much bigger than his last film, w...

‘It’ edges out Tom Cruise film to take No. 1

‘It’ edges out Tom Cruise film to take No. 1

AP 2017-10-02 12:00:00

After dipping to No. 2 last weekend, “It” has regained control of the North American box office in its fourth weekend in theaters. The movie beat out the new Tom Cruise film “Americ...

Motorcycling aspirant crowned Miss World BD

Motorcycling aspirant crowned Miss World BD

-- 2017-10-01 12:00:00

Jannatul Nayeem Avril, a motorcycling aspirant from the port city of Chittagong, has been adjudged as Miss World Bangladesh 2017, report agencies. However, the pageantry has not been held without a h...

Make tourism a catalyst for positive change

Make tourism a catalyst for positive change

FE Online Desk 2017-10-01 11:59:07

  Dhaka Regency Hotel & Resort celebrated ‘World Tourism Day’ recently with the theme-Tourism For All. This year’s theme helped promoting the International Year of Sustaina...

Baldwin mocks Trump’s Puerto Rico response

Baldwin mocks Trump’s Puerto Rico response

-- 2017-10-01 08:07:15

Alec Baldwin’s Donald Trump received an uncomfortable call Saturday night. The cold open for the season 43 premiere of Saturday Night Live mocked Trump’s negative response to San Juan Mayo...

OJ Simpson freed on parole

OJ Simpson freed on parole

-- 2017-10-01 03:58:37

  OJ Simpson, the former American football star and actor, has been released on parole after nine years in a Nevada jail. He had been serving time for armed robbery, assault with a deadly weapo...

George Harrison's sitar sold for $62,500

George Harrison's sitar sold for $62,500

-- 2017-09-29 12:00:00

A sitar owned and played by George Harrison has been sold for $62,500 (£46,581) in the United States, reports BBC. The instrument, purchased from a shop on London's Oxford Street in 1965, was u...

'Playboy' founder Hefner dies aged 91

'Playboy' founder Hefner dies aged 91

-- 2017-09-28 12:00:00

Hugh Hefner, founder of the international adult magazine 'Playboy', has died at the age of 91. Playboy Enterprises Inc on Wednesday said he passed away peacefully at home, from natural causes, report...

GOT stars tying the knot

GOT stars tying the knot

BBC 2017-09-27 12:10:39

Game of Thrones stars Kit Harington and Rose Leslie have got engaged, it has been confirmed. After a huge amount of speculation, an official announcement has been published in the Times newspaper. T...

Avatar sequels' filming begins with $1b budget

Avatar sequels' filming begins with $1b budget

-- 2017-09-27 12:00:00

After years of planning and several delays, production has started on the Avatar sequels. Avatar 2, Avatar 3, Avatar 4 and Avatar 5 have started filming simultaneously in Manhattan Beach with a report...

Star Trek: Discovery gets positive reviews

Star Trek: Discovery gets positive reviews

-- 2017-09-26 12:00:00

Most critics said positive things about Netflix’s "Star Trek: Discovery," the latest iteration of the franchise, as per a report on CBS News.   The series had an 89 per cent "fresh" rati...

'Foo Fighters' top Billboard charts

'Foo Fighters' top Billboard charts

Reuters 2017-09-26 12:00:00

'Foo Fighters' scored the top spot on the Billboard 200 album charts with “Concrete and Gold,” while South Korean boy band BTS made the best entry ever by a K-Pop band with “Love You...

‘It’ becomes top-grossing horror film

‘It’ becomes top-grossing horror film

-- 2017-09-25 12:00:00

Stephen King adaptation, It, has surpassed the worldwide gross of seminal film, The Exorcist, to become the highest-grossing R-rated horror movie of all time. The Exorcist, released in 1973 to critica...

Reality-tv star Kylie Jenner reported pregnant

Reality-tv star Kylie Jenner reported pregnant

Reuters 2017-09-24 12:00:00

Kylie Jenner, the youngest member of the celebrity Kardashian family, was reported on Friday to be pregnant.   Celebrity news website TMZ, People magazine and Buzzfeed all quoted sources as say...

Soul singer Charles Bradley dies aged 68

Soul singer Charles Bradley dies aged 68

-- 2017-09-24 11:01:41

Charles Bradley, a soul singer who found fame in his later years, has died from cancer aged 68.   The former James Brown impersonator, nicknamed "the screaming eagle of soul" released his first...

Welcoming a singer back from hibernation

Welcoming a singer back from hibernation

Asjadul Kibria 2017-09-22 12:00:00

During the early '80s a young voice enthralled Nazrul Sangeet (Songs of Nazrul) listeners in Bangladesh. Her style of singing was inimitable and voice modulation was quite perfect.    Duri...

Salma Hayek gathering donations for Mexico earthquake

Salma Hayek gathering donations for Mexico earthquake

-- 2017-09-22 06:51:39

Mexico-origin actress Salma Hayek is gathering donations for earthquake relief in Mexico, says a report on CNN.   The actress said in an emotional plea on Instagram that she "has lived through...

Hillary Clinton memoir becomes best seller

Hillary Clinton memoir becomes best seller

-- 2017-09-21 07:13:10

Hillary Clinton's memoir about losing the 2016 US election to Donald Trump has sold more than 300,000 copies in the US, according to its publishers, reports BBC.   Simon & Schuster said sal...

Can't believe I met Priyanka Chopra: Malala

Can't believe I met Priyanka Chopra: Malala

-- 2017-09-21 03:04:19

Nobel Peace Laureate Malala Yousafzai met actress and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra in New York and tweeted a photo of the two together, along with a sweet caption.   Malala Yousaf...

Taylor Swift shakes off copyright lawsuit as 'ridiculous'

Taylor Swift shakes off copyright lawsuit as 'ridiculous'

Reuters 2017-09-20 12:43:12

Representatives for Taylor Swift on Tuesday rejected a copyright infringement lawsuit filed on Monday by two songwriters over Swift’s hit song “Shake It Off” as a “ridiculous c...

Jiah Khan’s mother writes to Modi

Jiah Khan’s mother writes to Modi

-- 2017-09-19 12:00:00

In an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Jiah Khan’s mother Rabya Khan has sought justice and bashed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for its incompetence, reports Hindustan T...

‘Mother!’ loses at box office, 'It' breaks new records

‘Mother!’ loses at box office, 'It' breaks new records

-- 2017-09-19 09:01:57

The horror hit "It" topped the North American box office for the second straight week with $60.1 million, bringing its two-week domestic total to $218.8 million, according to final box-office figures...