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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

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

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’

-- 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?

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

-- 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

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

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

-- 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'

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

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

-- 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

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

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 

-- 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

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

-- 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

-- 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

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

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...

BTS documentary series, concert coming to Disney streaming services

-- 2022-07-12 10:47:09

Walt Disney Co announced a deal on Monday that will bring a documentary series and concert featuring K-pop band BTS to the company's streaming services. The series will debut next year and include mu...

Aurthohin's ex-drummer Rumi Rahman passes away 

-- 2022-07-11 15:54:07

Music band Aurthohin's ex-drummer Rumi Rahman passed away on Monday. He was 45.  He was also one of the founding members of the band and an integral part of its debut album Trimatrik, reports UN...

Oscar-nominated 'Godfather' actor James Caan dies

-- 2022-07-08 10:15:16

American actor James Caan, who starred as gangster Sonny Corleone in epic mafia film "The Godfather," has died at age 82, his family said in a statement on Thursday. The statement, posted on Caan's o...

Sitcoms of Bangladesh: A void left by Humayun Ahmed

Ahmed Fahim Shihab 2022-07-07 16:36:05

Young people binge-watching sitcoms all day long – certainly not an uncommon scenario in urban Bengali domicile in 2022. However, most of the shows turn out to be foreign, as the quality of Ban...

K-drama adds their own twist in ‘Money Heist’ Korean Remake

Iftekharul Islam 2022-07-07 16:31:50

In 2018, a TV series took over the world by storm; this show was not even from Hollywood or in the universal English language. La Casa de Papel or Money Heist was a Spanish series short of nothing -...

'Ei Muhurte', a step towards modern filmmaking in Bangladesh

Shadique Mahbub Islam 2022-07-06 18:29:32

‘Ei Muhurte,’ the latest Chorki anthological film, was released on June 23, 2022. Helmed by three prominent directors from three different eras - Piplu R Khan, Mejbaur Rahman Sumon, and Ab...

Mr. Absar: Expressing self by breaking barriers

Lubaba Mahjabin Prima 2022-07-06 17:26:10

“I like rant videos. People can relate a lot to them, too. But as a comedian, I have to be more creative, be sarcastic, while raising issues,” says Rakin Absar, whose mockery of the urban...

Mr. Absar: Expressing self by breaking barriers

Lubaba Mahjabin Prima 2022-07-06 17:26:10

“I like rant videos. People can relate a lot to them, too. But as a comedian, I have to be more creative, be sarcastic, while raising issues,” says Rakin Absar, whose mockery of the urban...

Ghost Doctor: A K-drama of a different taste

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-07-06 14:28:21

K-Dramas are often known for their quirky plots and mix of genres which could not have been imagined otherwise. Supernatural elements in a modern setting have long been one of the most utilised plots...

Netflix says 'Stranger Things' sets new viewing milestones

-- 2022-07-06 12:20:00

The latest season of Netflix Inc's "Stranger Things" has pushed total viewership for the series to more than 1.15 billion hours, the streaming service said on Tuesday. The science-fiction drama starr...