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'Wonder Woman 2' might star Emma Stone as villain

-- 2018-03-01 11:33:41

Actress Emma Stone is being considered to essay the character of Cheetah in 'Wonder Woman 2'. According to source, the sequel to 'Wonder Woman' will introduce the clawed supervillain as its central a...

Celebrities, fans bid farewell to Sridevi

FE Online Report 2018-02-28 20:25:47

Bollywood icon Sridevi Kapoor was cremated with state honours in Mumbai Wednesday evening. Thousands of fans and top actors bid a tearful farewell to actress Sridevi Kapoor on Wednesday in Indian cit...

Egyptian singer gets prison term over Nile River joke

-- 2018-02-28 13:18:37

Egyptian singer Sherine Abdel Wahab has been sentenced to six months in prison for joking about the cleanliness of the River Nile. Sherine, one of the country's most famous singers - and a judge on t...

Fans gather to pay tribute to Sridevi

Agencies 2018-02-28 12:47:55

Fans have gathered in the western Indian city of Mumbai to pay their respects to Bollywood star Sridevi Kapoor, who died in Dubai on Saturday. Her body which was flown back to India on Tuesday, is cu...

Sridevi’s funeral tomorrow as death case closes

-- 2018-02-27 19:48:16

Bollywood legend Sridevi passed away on February 24. On Monday, Dubai Police revealed that Sridevi’s death ‘occurred due to drowning in her hotel apartment’s bathtub following loss o...

Ed Sheeran world’s best-selling recording artist

-- 2018-02-27 15:28:13

British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran was named the world’s best-selling artist of 2017 on Monday, thanks to his album “Divide” and singles “Shape of You” and “Perfe...

Sridevi drowned in bathtub after passing out, says autopsy

-- 2018-02-26 23:18:45

Superstar Bollywood actress Sridevi Kapoor died of accidental drowning, a Dubai post-mortem report has said on Monday. The 54-year-old actress, known simply as Sridevi, drowned in her hotel apartment...

Second Int’l Sufi Festival concludes

-- 2018-02-26 11:10:13

The 2nd three-day International Sufi Festival ended on Sunday at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy's Nandan Mancha. The concluding day festival began at 5 pm and ended at 10 pm with the performance o...

Metrocem Cement sponsors film club picnic

-- 2018-02-25 15:26:25

Metrocem Cement has recently sponsored the annual picnic of Bangladesh Film Club in Dhaka. The picnic was held at a recreation centre near the Turag River on Friday, according to a press release. A...

Sridevi dies aged 54

FE Online Desk 2018-02-25 09:31:01

Bollywood superstar Sridevi Kapoor has died of a heart attack, her family says. She was 54. The actress known simply as Sridevi passed away in Dubai late Saturday night, where she was attending a fam...

Number of women-led movies falls

-- 2018-02-24 18:55:14

Female-led films may have topped last year's box office rankings, but the number of movies with women in the lead roles fell last year, a study has said. Last year's most popular films in the US were...

Ranbir Kapoor joins celebrities in Madame Tussauds Singapore

FE Online Desk 2018-02-24 15:02:30

Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor has joined other celebrities at the IIFA Awards Experience in Madame Tussauds Singapore. The figure of Ranbir showcases his character Kabir 'Bunny' Thapar from Yeh Jawa...

Sam Rockwell to voice Jolie's 'One and Only Ivan'

-- 2018-02-24 14:08:26

Actor Sam Rockwell has signed on to voice a silverback gorilla, Ivan, in Disney's drama 'The One and Only Ivan'. Thea Sharrock is directing the live-action/CG hybrid project from a script by Mike Whi...

Int’l Sufi Fest kicks off  

FE Online Report 2018-02-23 19:41:38

The three-day Second International Sufi Fest, a musical festival of traditional music, kicked off in the city on Friday with the theme 'Music for Unity'. Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor in...

Saudis to invest $64b in entertainment industry

-- 2018-02-23 11:34:43

Saudi Arabia plans to invest $64 billion (£46 billion) in developing its entertainment industry over the next decade, according to a global report. The head of the General Entertainment Authori...

Music composer Ali Akbar Rupu no more

-- 2018-02-22 17:23:59

Noted music composer and director Ali Akbar Rupu died at a city hospital on Thursday. He was 57. Rupu, who had long been suffering from kidney and heart diseases, breathed his last around 12:40pm at...

Int’l Sufi Festival' starts from Friday

-- 2018-02-22 16:29:31

A three-day International Sufi Festival will begin from Friday at the academy's Nandan Mancha, a floating stage on the premises of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in Dhaka. The inauguration ceremony of...

Oscar contending movie faces plagiarism lawsuit

-- 2018-02-22 14:49:53

“The Shape of Water,” a contender for this year’s best picture Oscar, was hit with a plagiarism lawsuit on Wednesday, alleging that its fantastical plot about a romance between a cle...

George, Amal Clooney donate $500k to anti-gun march

-- 2018-02-21 15:18:10

Actor George Clooney and his wife, Amal Clooney, are donating $500,000 to students organising nationwide marches against gun violence, and they say they’ll also attend next month’s planned...

Assam minister defends Priyanka's tourism calendar photo

-- 2018-02-21 13:15:53

A day after the opposition Congress legislators in the Assam legislative Assembly demanded removal of actress Priyanka Chopra as the brand ambassador of Assam tourism, State Tourism Minister Himanta B...

Jennifer Lawrence quitting acting

-- 2018-02-20 13:57:38

Jennifer Lawrence is an Oscar winner and one of the world's highest-paid actresses but now Jennifer Lawrence is turning her back on Hollywood - for a year, anyway. The Hunger Games star is taking 12...

Singer Sabah Tani no more

-- 2018-02-19 21:49:51

Popular singer Sabah Tani was found dead at her residence in the city's Uttara area on Monday morning. Actor Nayeem, also Sabah's cousin, said the singer had been living at the residence along with h...

‘Three Billboards’ wins top prizes at BAFTA awards

-- 2018-02-19 10:57:55

Dark comedy 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' was the biggest winner at the BAFTA Film Awards, held in London on Sunday, an event which saw the campaign for women’s rights in the enter...

UK stars set up anti-harassment fund

-- 2018-02-18 15:29:05

Harry Potter star Emma Watson has donated £1m to a new campaign aimed at helping those affected by harassment. The donation comes as nearly 200 female British and Irish stars have signed an ope...

Eric Dane, Rebecca to end 14-year marriage

-- 2018-02-18 13:06:56

Actor Rebecca Gayheart has filed for divorce from former 'Grey's Anatomy' star Eric Dane after 14 years of marriage. According to court documents, the actor, best known for films such as 'Jawbreaker'...

A standout festival of historical, old films

FE Online Report 2018-02-17 15:35:53

The only way to watch and enjoy the historical and old Bangla films in our country on big screens is the Dhaka University film festival as the modern film producers are now busy with the commercial an...

Amy Schumer ties the knot with chef Fischer

-- 2018-02-17 15:00:14

US comedian Amy Schumer has married chef and cookbook author Chris Fischer, announcing the nuptials via an Instagram post showing photos of the pair at their secret seaside ceremony. The “Train...

Film fest at DU to end Saturday  

-- 2018-02-16 19:43:07

 The six-day film festival, which begun at TSC Auditorium of Dhaka University on Monday, will end on Saturday. Dhaka University Film Society (DUFS) organised the event, marking the International...

Jennifer Aniston, Justin Theroux part ways

-- 2018-02-16 19:18:37

Hollywood couple Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux are separating after two years of marriage. The pair, who reportedly met on the set of comedy film Wanderlust, said the mutual decision was "lovin...

Chirkut earns nominations for Filmfare Awards

-- 2018-02-15 18:51:13

Chirkut, a Bangladeshi musical band, got nominations in three categories in the Jio Filmfare Awards (East) in India.  The band received nominations in the category of best lyrics, best music dir...