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Portman may replace Witherspoon in astronaut flick

Portman may replace Witherspoon in astronaut flick

-- 2018-01-13 12:00:00

Actress Natalie Portman is reportedly in negotiations to replace Reese Witherspoon as the lead in 'Pale Blue Dot', about a successful female astronaut. Fox Searchlight will now look to find Portman's...

Minnie Mouse to receive star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Minnie Mouse to receive star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

-- 2018-01-13 01:30:21

Minnie Mouse will be honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on her 90th anniversary. Since first being introduced to the world in Disney’s iconic Steamboat Willie cartoon, Minnie ha...

Hundreds of mourners remember Australian child model

Hundreds of mourners remember Australian child model

-- 2018-01-12 03:06:22

A 14-year-old girl who was the angelic face of an iconic Australian bushmen's hat brand was remembered by hundreds of mourners Friday after her suicide focused attention on the dangers of cyberbullyin...

Tareque Masud Film Week begins Friday

Tareque Masud Film Week begins Friday

-- 2018-01-11 12:10:38

The ‘Tareque Masud Film Week’ will begin on Friday at European Standard School in the city’s Dhanmondi.The opening ceremony of the festival will be held at 5 pm, said organisers. Mu...

16th Dhaka Int’ Film Fest begins Friday

16th Dhaka Int’ Film Fest begins Friday

-- 2018-01-11 12:00:00

The 16th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) will begin on Friday in Dhaka.  A press conference was held at Dhaka Club on Thursday to brief on the festival. Emphasising the importance of f...

Actor Siraj Haider dies at 71

Actor Siraj Haider dies at 71

-- 2018-01-11 03:17:24

Renowned film actor Siraj Haider has passed away. The 71-year-old actor died at his home in Dhaka’s Kalyanpur around 6am Thursday, his son Lenin Haider said. Haider collapsed while going to t...

Salman Khan receives death threats

Salman Khan receives death threats

-- 2018-01-11 02:17:45

The shooting of Salman Khan’s film Race 3 was stalled and the actor escorted home by police after armed men reached Film City on Tuesday, where he was shooting. The actor earlier received death...

Govt launches guidelines for joint venture movie production

Govt launches guidelines for joint venture movie production

FE Online Desk 2018-01-10 04:45:21

Government has taken initiatives to formulate and incorporate new guidelines for making movies jointly with India. The move has been welcomed by the Indian Bengali language film industry, nicknamed T...

Royal fiancee Meghan Markle quits social media

Royal fiancee Meghan Markle quits social media

AP 2018-01-10 01:54:32

Kensington Palace confirmed Tuesday that Prince Harry’s fiancee Meghan Markle has shut down her social media accounts in line with royal tradition. The American closed her Facebook, Twitter and...

Trump welcomes 'Oprah for President' challenge

Trump welcomes 'Oprah for President' challenge

-- 2018-01-09 01:22:45

US President Donald Trump would gladly face Oprah Winfrey as an opponent in the 2020 presidential race, a White House spokesman said on Monday after social media buzz from her speech at an awards show...

Jolie's 'Maleficent 2' begins filming in April

Jolie's 'Maleficent 2' begins filming in April

-- 2018-01-08 01:54:56

The shooting for Angelina Jolie starrer 'Maleficent 2' will begin from April 16 in London. The 42-year-old actress will be playing the lead role in this dark fantasy film to be directed by Joachim Ro...

Trump cartoon series to be on TV soon

Trump cartoon series to be on TV soon

-- 2018-01-07 12:00:00

The first trailer for Our Cartoon President, a new animated series skewering the presidency of Donald Trump, was unveiled during a panel at the ongoing Television Critics Association press tour and su...

‘Mr Bean’ turns 63!

‘Mr Bean’ turns 63!

-- 2018-01-06 12:00:00

Happy birthday to English actor, comedian and screenwriter, Rowan Sebastian Atkinson. Best known as ‘Mr Bean’, Rowan’s rise to fame began when he starred in BBC’s sketch comed...

Game of Thrones to end in 2019

Game of Thrones to end in 2019

-- 2018-01-05 12:00:00

Game of Thrones viewers will have to wait until next year to see how the HBO drama will come to an end. While it's been speculated the final season of the series would not air until 2019, HBO made th...

Cate Blanchett to head jury at Cannes

Cate Blanchett to head jury at Cannes

-- 2018-01-05 08:17:23

Cate Blanchett will be the next president of the Cannes Film Festival jury. CNN says citing a statement by the two-time Academy Award winner that she was "humbled" to take on the role. "This festiva...

Relaxed rules for joint movie productions with India on cards

Relaxed rules for joint movie productions with India on cards

FE Online Desk 2018-01-05 05:39:14

Bangladesh is going to relax norms for movie co-productions with India so that filmmakers from the two countries can work together. The initiative is being taken for the 350 million Bengali populatio...

Cannes names Blanchett as jury president

Cannes names Blanchett as jury president

-- 2018-01-04 12:31:27

Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett has been named the jury president of the 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival. The Australian actress follows Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, who pre...

Film festival on Liberation War in Kolkata begins Friday

Film festival on Liberation War in Kolkata begins Friday

FE Online Desk 2018-01-04 05:52:14

Bangladesh deputy high commission in India has organised a special film festival and photo exhibition on the Bangladesh Liberation War. Ministry of information of Bangladesh is hosting the event...

Bollywood stars face bizarre claims made by fans

Bollywood stars face bizarre claims made by fans

-- 2018-01-04 01:51:30

Bollywood actors enjoy nothing less than a demi-god status in our country, where people worship them (literally). Legions of fans are quick to come to their stars’ defence should any problem ar...

Govt. releases film on autism Putra  Friday

Govt. releases film on autism Putra Friday

-- 2018-01-03 12:00:00

The film 'Putra’focusing on autism will be released on Friday across the country. Department of Film and Publication under the Information Ministry produced the film with Jazz Multimedia presen...

Paris Hilton gets engaged

Paris Hilton gets engaged

BBC 2018-01-03 02:39:05

Reality TV star and socialite Paris Hilton has revealed she is engaged to actor and model Chris Zylka. Hilton and Zylka, who have dated for two years, became engaged at the weekend while on a skiing...

Hollywood women launch anti-harassment campaign

Hollywood women launch anti-harassment campaign

-- 2018-01-02 12:08:47

More than 300 actresses, writers and directors have launched a project to help fight sexual harassment in the film industry and other workplaces. The initiative, which is called Time's Up, was announ...

Star Wars wins 2017 US box office race

Star Wars wins 2017 US box office race

AP 2018-01-01 01:37:55

On the last day of the calendar year, “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” has surpassed “Beauty and the Beast” as the top grossing film in North America in 2017. It also topped the char...

Rajinikanth declares political debut

Rajinikanth declares political debut

-- 2017-12-31 12:57:32

Indian superstar Rajinikanth announced on Sunday he is launching a political party, adding drama to a heated political scene in a state with a history of film stars becoming chief ministers. Tamil Na...

Indian censor board ‘clears’ Padmavati

Indian censor board ‘clears’ Padmavati

BBC 2017-12-31 11:02:32

India's film censor board has cleared the release of controversial Bollywood film Padmavati, reports say. The film, which tells the story of a 14th Century Hindu queen and a Muslim ruler, has sparked...

Bruno Mars faces yet another lawsuit!

Bruno Mars faces yet another lawsuit!

-- 2017-12-30 12:00:00

Bruno Mars is facing another lawsuit for his Grammy winning single “Uptown Funk.” This time, a female rap trio, The Sequence, have claimed their 1979 single Funk You Up, which reached the...

Kumkum , Mrunal to star in Hrithik Roshan's Super 30

Kumkum , Mrunal to star in Hrithik Roshan's Super 30

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

Hrithik Roshan is all set to play mathematician Anand Kumar in his upcoming film Super 30. Though the lead actress of the biopic hasn't been finalised yet but Mrunal Thakur, who became popular as Bul...

Bengal Classical Music Fest ends Saturday

Bengal Classical Music Fest ends Saturday

-- 2017-12-29 05:09:43

The 6th edition of Bengal Classical Music Festival at the Abahani playground in Dhanmondi will end on Saturday. The Bengal Foundation organised the festival, commenced on December 26 night, with a vi...

Vin Diesel tops ‘grossing actor’ in 2017

Vin Diesel tops ‘grossing actor’ in 2017

FE Online Desk 2017-12-29 04:11:17

Vin Diesel, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Gal Gadot kicked some major butt on screen and at the box office this year, according to Forbes magazine's list of the top-grossing actors of 2017. Diesel to...

Rihanna reacts on cousin’s shooting death

Rihanna reacts on cousin’s shooting death

AP 2017-12-28 12:54:06

Rihanna is mourning the death of her cousin and calling for an end to gun violence. The singer posted photos of herself with 21-year-old Tavon Kaiseen Alleyne on Instagram on Tuesday, writing that sh...