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British actor Albert Finney dies at 82

British actor Albert Finney dies at 82

-- 2019-02-09 11:59:43

Oscar-nominated British actor Albert Finney has died aged 82 after a short illness. He was a five-time Oscar nominee who began his career at the Royal Shakespeare Company before making his mark in fi...

'Lego Movie' sequel hopes to build on the first

'Lego Movie' sequel hopes to build on the first

-- 2019-02-08 15:43:11

The residents of Bricksburg return to the big screen this week in “The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part”, this time finding themselves in an apocalyptic world after the invasion of strange he...

5-day Iranian film screening begins Friday

5-day Iranian film screening begins Friday

-- 2019-02-07 16:54:51

A five-day screening of Iranian films and photo exhibition will begin in the city on Friday. Iranian Cultural Centre, Dhaka and Bangladesh National Museum will jointly organise the film screening at...

Jennifer Lawrence engaged to boyfriend Cooke Maroney

Jennifer Lawrence engaged to boyfriend Cooke Maroney

-- 2019-02-06 16:04:31

Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence is engaged to boyfriend Cooke Maroney, her representative has told US media. The 28-year-old Hunger Games star sparked engagement rumours after she was seen we...

Liam Neeson event cancelled amid row over racist remarks

Liam Neeson event cancelled amid row over racist remarks

-- 2019-02-06 13:32:46

The New York red carpet opening of Liam Neeson's latest film has been cancelled amid a row over his comments that he once wanted to kill a random black man after a friend was raped. Reporters were to...

Artist sues Ariana Grande over ‘God is a Woman’ image

Artist sues Ariana Grande over ‘God is a Woman’ image

-- 2019-02-05 13:51:09

A Las Vegas artist is suing pop music star Ariana Grande, alleging federal copyright infringement over an image of a woman in a candle flame in the pop star’s widely-viewed “God is a Woman...

Playing the war reporter killed by Syria

Playing the war reporter killed by Syria

-- 2019-02-03 14:48:00

A US court has found the Syrian government liable for war correspondent Marie Colvin's death, just as a film about her arrives in UK cinemas. On Thursday, Colvin's death in 2012 was deemed an "extraj...

Fast & Furious fans get first glimpse of spin-off

Fast & Furious fans get first glimpse of spin-off

-- 2019-02-02 14:44:51

The first trailer for the first Fast & Furious spin-off has debuted, and it's just as over-the-top as you'd expect. Hobbs & Shaw focuses on Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham's characters from...

33rd ‘Jatiya Kobita Utshab 2019’ begins

33rd ‘Jatiya Kobita Utshab 2019’ begins

-- 2019-02-01 15:46:24

The 33rd edition of 'Jatiya Kobita Utshab' (national poetry festival) has begun on Friday at the Dhaka University's Central Library square. This year's slogan of the two-day festival is 'Bangalir Joy...

Patriotic war film draws eight million Russians

Patriotic war film draws eight million Russians

-- 2019-01-31 13:45:47

A state-funded Russian film that lionises a Soviet World War Two tank and its crew has become the second highest grossing home-grown production since the collapse of the Soviet Union, part of a Kremli...

The Lord of the Rings director to make Beatles film

The Lord of the Rings director to make Beatles film

-- 2019-01-30 18:52:16

It's a little-known fact that in the 1960s, The Beatles tried to obtain the film rights to The Lord of the Rings. John Lennon wanted to play Gollum, Paul McCartney would have been Frodo, and the band...

Jake Gyllenhaal finds art can kill in 'Velvet Buzzsaw'

Jake Gyllenhaal finds art can kill in 'Velvet Buzzsaw'

-- 2019-01-30 16:37:59

Actor Jake Gyllenhaal plays a snooty art critic in Netflix Inc movie “Velvet Buzzsaw,” a satirical thriller that turns bloody when he and others try to profit from the work of a recently d...

Japanese box office tops $2 billion in 2018

Japanese box office tops $2 billion in 2018

-- 2019-01-29 13:15:41

The Japanese box office in 2018 was down just under 3 per cent to $2.04 billion (¥223 billion), but still registered the third-highest annual total of all time, with admissions falling by a similar p...

‘Black Panther’ bags top honour at SAG awards

‘Black Panther’ bags top honour at SAG awards

-- 2019-01-28 15:23:45

Superhero film Black Panther has won the top prize at the Screen Actors Guild awards (SAGs). The box office hit picked up best ensemble cast award in a motion picture, the SAG ceremony's version of t...

Musician Michel Legrand dies at 86

Musician Michel Legrand dies at 86

-- 2019-01-27 13:55:34

French composer and pianist Michel Legrand has died at 86 after a career in which he stood out for soundtracks in screen musicals with Catherine Deneuve and that won him three Oscars. The artist died...

Indian sex trafficking film gives voice to 'voiceless girls'

Indian sex trafficking film gives voice to 'voiceless girls'

-- 2019-01-26 15:45:51

Her role as a victim of sex trafficking was so harrowing that Mrunal Thakur almost backed out. To research the experiences of women and girls sold into the sex trade, like the title character she pla...

‘Dhaka Int’l Foto Fest’ starts Sunday

‘Dhaka Int’l Foto Fest’ starts Sunday

-- 2019-01-25 11:47:57

A four-day international photography festival titled “Dhaka Int’l Foto Fest-2019” is set to begin in the capital on January 27. With a view to increasing the practice of the art of...

History-making Oscar nominations leave top prize up for grabs

History-making Oscar nominations leave top prize up for grabs

-- 2019-01-24 17:21:37

Netflix movie “Roma” and British historical romp “The Favourite” from Fox Searchlight led nominations for the Oscars on Tuesday in a history-making lineup that left the best pi...

Chinese model says ‘Racist’ D&G ad almost ruined career

Chinese model says ‘Racist’ D&G ad almost ruined career

-- 2019-01-23 12:02:10

The Chinese model featured in a Dolce & Gabbana ad campaign accused of racism has said the controversy almost ruined her career. Three videos, released in November, showed Zuo Ye struggling to ea...

Music festival begins at DU from Jan 27

Music festival begins at DU from Jan 27

-- 2019-01-22 16:55:01

A two-day long music festival will be held at Dhaka University (DU) Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) on January 27-28. DU music department is set to organise the festival as part of its regular academic...

'Glass' heads for $48m; 'Dragon Ball Super' impresses

'Glass' heads for $48m; 'Dragon Ball Super' impresses

-- 2019-01-20 20:09:36

M Night Shyamalan's Glass topped the Friday box office with $16 million, putting the picture on course for a domestic debut of $48 million from 3,841 theatres over the four-day Martin Luther King Jr w...

Sony's RCA parts ways with R Kelly after abuse uproar

Sony's RCA parts ways with R Kelly after abuse uproar

-- 2019-01-19 20:22:39

Singer R Kelly has parted ways with his Sony Music-owned RCA record label, Billboard magazine, Variety and the New York Times reported on Friday, and he no longer appears on the roster of artists on R...

Actor Tanvir Hasan found dead

Actor Tanvir Hasan found dead

Agencies 2019-01-19 17:25:03

Police have recovered the body of actor and director Tanvir Hasan Sumon from a flat in Dhaka’s Uttara. The body was hanging from the ceiling fan of a room in the flat of his sister Kohinur Naha...

Vogue apologises for misidentifying Muslim journalist

Vogue apologises for misidentifying Muslim journalist

-- 2019-01-19 11:19:33

Vogue magazine has apologised for misidentifying Muslim American journalist Noor Tagouri as a Pakistani actress in its February issue. The 24-year-old said she was "heartbroken and devastated" after...

Supermodel Bundchen responds to Brazil's farm minister in Amazon spat

Supermodel Bundchen responds to Brazil's farm minister in Amazon spat

-- 2019-01-18 15:21:20

A high-profile dispute between supermodel Gisele Bundchen and Brazil’s agriculture minister over deforestation escalated this week, coming as activists worry about new President Jair Bolsonaro&r...

Sofia Coppola to direct first Apple film

Sofia Coppola to direct first Apple film

-- 2019-01-17 14:19:22

Sofia Coppola will reunite with Lost in Translation star Bill Murray to make Apple's first original feature film. News of the film, titled On the Rocks, comes ahead of the expected launch of the tech...

Priota wants to spread word about Bangladeshi culture

Priota wants to spread word about Bangladeshi culture

-- 2019-01-16 21:33:46

Priota Iftekhar, the winner of ‘Miss Culture Worldwide-2018’, says her goal is to let the world know about the culture and heritage of Bangladesh. “I’m elated at such an achie...

Rihanna sues father to keep hands off her Fenty trademark

Rihanna sues father to keep hands off her Fenty trademark

-- 2019-01-16 13:06:37

Rihanna has sued her father for trading on her Fenty brand name and suggesting that a business venture he set up in 2017 is associated with her. The “Diamonds” singer, whose full name is...

US actors accuse Oscar body of intimidation over awards presenters

US actors accuse Oscar body of intimidation over awards presenters

-- 2019-01-15 16:40:20

The largest actors union in the United States on Monday accused the organisers of the Oscars of trying to intimidate celebrities not to present at rival award shows. In an unprecedented statement, th...

Women dominate Brit Awards nominations

Women dominate Brit Awards nominations

-- 2019-01-13 14:42:04

"Here's to more women on these stages," said Dua Lipa as she won best female at last year's Brit Awards. "Here's to more women winning awards, and more women taking over the world." One year later,...