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American magician and actor Ricky Jay passes away

American magician and actor Ricky Jay passes away

-- 2018-11-25 14:03:47

American magician and actor Ricky Jay has died of natural causes in Los Angeles, his manager has confirmed. A 1993 profile of Jay in the New Yorker described him as "perhaps the most gifted sleight-o...

More than 50 albums released on ‘’Banglalink Vibe”

More than 50 albums released on ‘’Banglalink Vibe”

FE Online Desk 2018-11-25 11:01:25

Banglalink, one of the leading digital communications services providers, has officially released more than 50 exclusive albums on Banglalink Vibe, the world’s biggest Bangla music streaming app...

Keanu Reeves has a role in Toy Story 4

Keanu Reeves has a role in Toy Story 4

-- 2018-11-24 13:51:32

Tim Allen has revealed Keanu Reeves has a part in the Toy Story 4 movie. Speaking to Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show, Allen, who voices Buzz Lightyear in the movie franchise, hinted Reeves has a par...

First 'Lion King' trailer brings Simba back to big screen

First 'Lion King' trailer brings Simba back to big screen

-- 2018-11-23 15:10:50

The king has arrived in time for Thanksgiving weekend. Disney debuted the first trailer for its upcoming Lion King remake from director Jon Favreau. Donald Glover leads the cast as young Lion Simba w...

Archeology-based drama ‘Mahasthan’ to be staged Friday

Archeology-based drama ‘Mahasthan’ to be staged Friday

-- 2018-11-22 16:55:29

An Archeology-based drama titled “Mahasthan” will be staged at Mahasthangarh in Bogura district on Friday evening aiming to uphold the political and cultural history of traditional artifac...

Kim, Kayne donate $500,000 to California fire relief

Kim, Kayne donate $500,000 to California fire relief

-- 2018-11-22 15:13:02

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West on Wednesday donated $500,000 to fire fighters and victims of a massive Southern California wildfire that came close to destroying the celebrity couple’s own multim...

Robert De Niro and wife split after 20-year marriage

Robert De Niro and wife split after 20-year marriage

-- 2018-11-21 16:03:33

Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro and his wife of more than 20 years have separated, media reports said on Tuesday. De Niro, 75, and Grace Hightower, 63, have been living apart for some time, The Ho...

Millie becomes Unicef's youngest goodwill envoy

Millie becomes Unicef's youngest goodwill envoy

-- 2018-11-20 22:05:52

Emmy-nominated British actress Millie Bobby Brown has been announced as the newest Goodwill Ambassador of nited Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the youngest ver, reports Xi...

Amitabh Bachchan pays off farmers' loans

Amitabh Bachchan pays off farmers' loans

-- 2018-11-20 18:45:09

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan says he has cleared farmers' loans worth more than 40m rupees ($560,000; £436,000). He wrote on his blog on Tuesday that he had "taken care" of 1,398 farmer...

Anushka unveils her interactive wax statue at Madame Tussauds

Anushka unveils her interactive wax statue at Madame Tussauds

FE Online Desk 2018-11-20 15:15:05

Renowned Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma has joined the IIFA Awards Experience at Madame Tussauds Singapore with the official unveiling of her new interactive wax figure. Anushka's figure is the lat...

Goa Film Bazaar to screen ‘Hridoyer Rongdhonu’

Goa Film Bazaar to screen ‘Hridoyer Rongdhonu’

-- 2018-11-20 13:05:01

Bangla adventure movie 'Hridoyer Rongdhonu' (Life in Rainbow) has been selected as "View Corner" at Goa Film Bazaar. Asian Institute of Media and Communication Bangladesh (AIMC) informed that its fir...

Pamela Anderson slams Australian PM for ‘smutty’ remarks

Pamela Anderson slams Australian PM for ‘smutty’ remarks

-- 2018-11-19 11:30:26

Actress Pamela Anderson has criticised Australia's prime minister for making ‘smutty’ remarks about her, after earlier asking him to help Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Anderson had ur...

Screen legend wins big at 'Chinese Oscars'

Screen legend wins big at 'Chinese Oscars'

-- 2018-11-18 13:49:00

One of China's most acclaimed directors, a rising star with a tragic story and a documentary charting mass protests have all won top prizes at this year's Golden Horse awards. The 55th annual awards...

Butch Cassidy screenwriter dies

Butch Cassidy screenwriter dies

-- 2018-11-17 16:38:07

William Goldman, screenwriter of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and All the President's Men, has died aged 87. Goldman, who received Oscars for both of those films, also wrote Marathon Man, Magic...

Justin Bieber settles long-running lawsuit with ex-neighbour

Justin Bieber settles long-running lawsuit with ex-neighbour

-- 2018-11-17 15:24:30

Justin Bieber has agreed to settle a long-running lawsuit filed by a former neighbour whose house the pop singer egged. A document filed Friday shows the case has been resolved in its entirety. No de...

Apple partners with Oscar-winning movie studio A24

Apple partners with Oscar-winning movie studio A24

-- 2018-11-17 13:39:21

Apple Inc has inked a multi-year deal with A24, the studio behind Oscar-winning projects “Moonlight” and “Amy”, a source familiar with the plans briefed media, as the iPhone ma...

Beyoncé buys out clothing venture from UK's Philip Green

Beyoncé buys out clothing venture from UK's Philip Green

-- 2018-11-16 14:08:59

US singer Beyoncé has bought the Ivy Park fitness clothing brand launched two years ago with British retail tycoon Philip Green, who has faced allegations of sexual harassment. “After di...

Dhaka Int’l Folk Fest kicks off

Dhaka Int’l Folk Fest kicks off

-- 2018-11-15 18:41:00

Dhaka International Folk Festival commenced on Thursday evening with Bhabna, a dance troupe, from Bangladesh presenting the inaugural show from 6:00pm. Dikanda from Poland, Wadali Brothers from India...

Bollywood stars Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh tie the knot

Bollywood stars Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh tie the knot

-- 2018-11-15 12:53:15

Bollywood superstars Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh have tied the knot in a plush Italian resort. The couple's names have been trending on Twitter and social media is filled with good wishes for...

Stan Lee passes away at 95

Stan Lee passes away at 95

-- 2018-11-14 14:25:35

Stan Lee, who dreamed up Spider-Man, Iron Man, the Hulk, Black Panther and a cavalcade of other Marvel Comics superheroes that became mythic figures in pop culture with soaring success at the movie bo...

Fantastic Beasts 2 gets mixed reviews

Fantastic Beasts 2 gets mixed reviews

-- 2018-11-10 13:15:45

The latest Fantastic Beasts film The Crimes of Grindelwald has earned mixed reviews from critics. It has a number of three-star reviews with suggestions that the plot is "overburdened" with details a...

Satanic Temple sues Netflix over 'Sabrina' use of Baphomet deity

Satanic Temple sues Netflix over 'Sabrina' use of Baphomet deity

-- 2018-11-09 18:56:14

The Satanic Temple sued Netflix Inc and Warner Bros Entertainment on Thursday, seeking more than $50 million for their alleged unauthorised use of a statue of the goat-headed deity Baphomet in the ser...

Netflix plans to make 17 more original productions in Asia

Netflix plans to make 17 more original productions in Asia

-- 2018-11-08 13:29:43

Netflix Inc plans to make 17 more original productions in Asia as it seeks to boost international subscriber numbers, Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos said on Thursday. The plan, announced at Netfl...

Director Steve McQueen says `Widows' not just a heist movie

Director Steve McQueen says `Widows' not just a heist movie

-- 2018-11-07 14:56:36

At first glance, Steve McQueen’s latest film, “Widows”, looks like a fast-paced heist movie, but the award-winning British director says he wanted his Chicago-set movie to take a dee...

US rapper dies from drug overdose

US rapper dies from drug overdose

-- 2018-11-06 13:19:15

US rapper Mac Miller died as a result of an accidental overdose involving cocaine, fentanyl and alcohol, a coroner has concluded. The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner - Coroner confi...

Anushka to unveil her wax figure at Madame Tussauds Singapore

Anushka to unveil her wax figure at Madame Tussauds Singapore

FE Online Desk 2018-11-05 12:29:25

Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma is unveiling her wax figure at the IIFA Awards Experience at Madame Tussauds Singapore on November 19. She is the latest addition to the International Indian Film Aca...

Month-long cultural festival hits 64 districts

Month-long cultural festival hits 64 districts

-- 2018-11-04 17:07:49

Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) launched a month long cultural festival in 64 districts across the country. Titled ‘City of Art’, the festival aims to introduce people with the countr...

Spielberg, Oprah bringing 'Color Purple' to big screen

Spielberg, Oprah bringing 'Color Purple' to big screen

-- 2018-11-04 14:04:01

First, it was a book. Then a hit movie. Then it became a Broadway musical. And now, the musical version is going to be adapted for film. The Color Purple, the Alice Walker novel turned into a Steven...

Man who introduced Bruce Lee dies at 91

Man who introduced Bruce Lee dies at 91

-- 2018-11-03 20:52:32

The Hong Kong film producer Raymond Chow - who introduced martial arts legend Bruce Lee to the world - has died at the age of 91. Their first film together, 1971's The Big Boss, set new box office re...

Russia halts release of Hollywood movie that shows Kremlin coup

Russia halts release of Hollywood movie that shows Kremlin coup

-- 2018-11-03 15:06:53

Russia blamed bureaucracy rather than censorship for a decision to halt the release of a Hollywood movie that tells the fictional story of US troops rescuing a Russian president from a Kremlin coup....