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GOT star Momoa weds long-term love Bonet

GOT star Momoa weds long-term love Bonet

FE Online Desk 2017-11-04 01:17:36

Game of Thrones star Jason Momoa surprised his fans by tying the knot with his long-time sweetheart Lisa Bonet in a secret ceremony at their house in Topanga, California. There were rumours that the...

Beyonce to play Nala in ‘The Lion King’

Beyonce to play Nala in ‘The Lion King’

BBC 2017-11-02 10:37:24

US singer Beyonce is to take a lead role in the remake of Disney's The Lion King. She will voice the role of lioness Nala, next to lead character Simba, played by Donald Glover. Beyonce used Faceboo...

Spacey accusation: ‘House of Cards’ going off-air

Spacey accusation: ‘House of Cards’ going off-air

BBC 2017-10-31 12:00:00

Netflix has pulled the plug on House of Cards, a day after its lead actor Kevin Spacey was accused of sexually harassing a teenage boy. The media streaming company said it was "deeply troubled" by th...

Auto-driver sues Shakib Khan demanding compensation

Auto-driver sues Shakib Khan demanding compensation

-- 2017-10-30 08:02:47

Actor Shakib Khan is accused of ‘nearly breaking’ the marriage of Ijajul Mia and is facing a charge of Tk five million. In a recently released movie ‘Rajneeti’, the actor&rsqu...

Latest Weinstein allegation from Sopranos star Sciorra

Latest Weinstein allegation from Sopranos star Sciorra

AP 2017-10-29 11:43:49

Annabella Sciorra is alleging she was raped by Harvey Weinstein after he barged his way into her apartment in the 1990s. Daryl Hannah is also speaking out, saying the movie mogul once tried to force...

Rose McGowan breaks silence after Harvey Weinstein allegations

Rose McGowan breaks silence after Harvey Weinstein allegations

AP 2017-10-28 12:59:12

In her first public comments since accusing film producer Harvey Weinstein of rape, actress Rose McGowan said Friday she has been “silenced for 20 years” but won’t remain quiet about...

Stranger Things season 2 lives up to expectations

Stranger Things season 2 lives up to expectations

-- 2017-10-27 12:00:00

Last year, Stranger Things was a slow-burning success. It arrived on Netflix in July with relatively little fanfare, but had become one of the year’s most-talked about TV shows. It felt as auth...

Bush Sr apologies for alleged ‘groping’

Bush Sr apologies for alleged ‘groping’

-- 2017-10-27 11:16:37

Former US President George HW Bush, the latest ‘inductee’ in groping scandal, apologised through a spokesman on Wednesday for what an actress described as a sexual assault. However, Bush...

Lively plays blind woman in ‘All I See Is You’

Lively plays blind woman in ‘All I See Is You’

AP 2017-10-26 02:55:26

To play a blind woman for her latest film role, Blake Lively took no short cuts into the darkness. The 30-year-old actress learned to use a walking cane, wore opaque contact lenses off-camera to bett...

Veteran singer Girija Devi lifeless at 88

Veteran singer Girija Devi lifeless at 88

FE Online Desk 2017-10-25 12:00:00

Eminent classical singer and Padma Vibhushan awardee Girija Devi passed away at a hospital in Kolkata on Tuesday following a cardiac arrest, hospital sources said. She was 88 and survived by a daught...

Bush Senior apologises over ‘sexual assault’ claim

Bush Senior apologises over ‘sexual assault’ claim

-- 2017-10-25 11:07:42

Former US President George Bush Senior has apologised for any distress caused after an actress accused him of sexual assault. Heather Lind said the 93-year-old former president had "touched me from b...

Eminem wins copyright case against NZ political party

Eminem wins copyright case against NZ political party

BBC 2017-10-25 03:04:51

A New Zealand political party has been ordered to pay NZ$600,000 ($412,000) in compensation in a breach of copyright suit filed by US rapper Eminem. The National Party used a track with a similar mel...

Renee bags the role of Judy Garland

Renee bags the role of Judy Garland

BBC 2017-10-24 02:58:47

Renee Zellweger, best known for playing the title role in the Bridget Jones films, will star as Judy Garland in her next film project. The Oscar winning actress will play the Wizard of OZ actress in...

38 women accuse James Toback of harassment

38 women accuse James Toback of harassment

-- 2017-10-23 12:00:00

Writer and director James Toback, who received an Oscar nomination for writing “Bugsy,” has been accused of sexual harassment by 38 women, AP reported quoting by The Los Angeles Times. In...

DGA brings disciplinary charges against Weinstein

DGA brings disciplinary charges against Weinstein

AP 2017-10-22 11:54:47

The Directors Guild of America (DGA) announced Saturday it has filed disciplinary charges against disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein. The group said it filed the charges on Oct. 13. Weinstein...

Bengal classical music fest 2017 cancelled

Bengal classical music fest 2017 cancelled

-- 2017-10-22 02:32:22

The Bengal Foundation cancelled its classical music festival 2017 after it failed to secure Dhaka’s Army Stadium as a venue, organisers have said. The decision was made after ‘taking the...

Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard fires agent

Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard fires agent

-- 2017-10-21 07:15:29

Star of It and Stranger Things Finn Wolfhard has parted ways with his agent Tyler Grasham after a former client alleged sexual abuse. 14-year-old Finn has left APA agency and his agent after actor-t...

Harry Potter exhibit marks 20th anniv

Harry Potter exhibit marks 20th anniv

Reuters 2017-10-19 12:00:00

A new exhibition celebrating the 20th anniversary of the first Harry Potter book’s publication is offering ‘muggles’ with an interest in magic the chance to view rare memorabilia, co...

GOT actress Lena Headey accuses Weinstein of harassment

GOT actress Lena Headey accuses Weinstein of harassment

-- 2017-10-18 12:18:48

Game of Thrones actress Lena Headey, known for portraying the role of Cersei Lannister on the popular HBO show, has accused producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment. In a series of Twitter post...

Amazon Studios head resigns over harassment allegations

Amazon Studios head resigns over harassment allegations

AP 2017-10-18 10:41:33

Amazon Studios says it has accepted the resignation of its top executive, Roy Price, following sexual harassment allegations made by a producer on the Amazon series “Man in the High Castle.&rdqu...

Comedian Sean Hughes dies aged 51

Comedian Sean Hughes dies aged 51

BBC 2017-10-17 12:00:00

Irish stand-up star and BBC quiz show panellist Sean Hughes has died aged 51. Richard Bucknall, his former agent and promoter, said the "formidable" comic died in hospital on Monday and would be reme...

Aynabaji bags digital marketing award

Aynabaji bags digital marketing award

FE Online Desk 2017-10-16 12:00:00

Aynabaji, a Bangladeshi crime thriller film, has won grand prix in four different categories of the Digital Marketing Award 2017 by Bangladesh Brand Forum recently held at Le Méridien Dhaka....

GOT star Sophie Turner to wed Joe Jonas

GOT star Sophie Turner to wed Joe Jonas

BBC 2017-10-16 11:25:21

British actress Sophie Turner and US singer Joe Jonas are to marry. The pair, who have been together since 2016, both shared the news on Instagram with the same picture of a diamond ring. Turner, wh...

Two more women accuse Weinstein of rape

Two more women accuse Weinstein of rape

-- 2017-10-15 12:00:00

Two more women have accused Harvey Weinstein of raping them as the top Hollywood producer finds himself increasingly shunned by his peers, reports BBC. British actress Lysette Anthony says he attack...

Oscars board expels Harvey Weinstein

Oscars board expels Harvey Weinstein

BBC 2017-10-15 11:25:34

The organisation behind the Oscars has voted to expel Harvey Weinstein following numerous allegations of sexual assault made against the film producer. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...

Nelly rape accuser dropping charges

Nelly rape accuser dropping charges

AP 2017-10-14 01:45:32

A woman who said the rapper Nelly raped her on his tour bus in a Seattle suburb last weekend is dropping her pursuit of criminal charges. News outlets report that lawyer Karen Koehler said in a state...

New Netflix series Mindhunter more like an extended movie

New Netflix series Mindhunter more like an extended movie

-- 2017-10-13 12:00:00

The new Netflix series Mindhunter (premiered on Friday), partially directed by David Fincher (executive producers Fincher and Charlize Theron) follows two FBI agents (Jonathan Groff and Holt McCallany...

Hollywood studios join Disney’s Movies Anywhere service

Hollywood studios join Disney’s Movies Anywhere service

Reuters 2017-10-12 12:00:00

Five Hollywood film studios have joined together to offer a new service designed to make it easier for consumers to collect digital movies that they can watch at home or on mobile devices, the studios...

BD Film Festival begins in Bishkek

BD Film Festival begins in Bishkek

-- 2017-10-11 12:00:00

A three-day first ever 'Bangladesh Film Festival' was inaugurated in Bishkek in celebration of the 25th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between Bangladesh and Kyrgyz Republic. De...

Georgina Chapman divorcing Weinstein

Georgina Chapman divorcing Weinstein

AP 2017-10-11 01:20:08

Designers Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig are two fashion swans worthy of the red carpet gowns they create for A-list stars. So exactly how will their dramatic luxury brand Marchesa fare in the onsla...