The 94th Academy Awards were held at the Dolby theatre in Los Angeles. CODA won the Best Picture award. The Apple Original Films drama also won Adapted Screenplay for Siân Heder, and its Troy Kotsur took home the Best Supporting Actor Oscar. Dune led the field with six Oscars, while Jessica Chastain won the Best ... Read more
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Fagua brings rhythm to lives of tea workers
The Fagua festival has a special place in the life of tea workers. Besides an attempt to preserve their heritage, the festival brings rhythm to their arduous and monotonous lives. Yesterday, tea workers from different areas, belonging to different ethnic groups with their own language and culture, came together as one to mark the Fagua ... Read more
Art camp held at Savar National Memorial
An art camp was held marking Independence Day at the National Memorial in Savar yesterday. Shilpakala Academy organised the event in collaboration with Dhaka district administration and Dhaka district police. Around 20 students from various universities took part in the camp. Mahbubur Rahman, guide lecturer at
Action-packed movie RRR re-imagines real-life revolt as an epic superhero battle
After delivering epics like Magadheera, Eega, Bahubali: The Beginning, Bahubali: The Conclusion among others, SS Rajamouli returns with another mega budget spectacle, RRR fronted by Jr. NTR and Ram Charan with Alia Bhatt and Ajay Devgn in pivotal roles. The film is set in the pre-Independence era, with core conflicts created by the demons in the ... Read more
James Bond gets a gravestone to mark No Time to Die’s ending
No Time to Die spoilers follow from the start. Daniel Craig’s latest James Bond movie No Time to Die does indeed feature the legendary agent dying at the end in an act of sacrifice. The film used the Faroe Islands as the villain Safin’s lair where Bond meets his end, which is why a gravestone ... Read more
Tabu reveals why she doesn’t have a social media presence
Bollywood star Tabu is all for conventional methods. Even though in this age of social media, the presence on the medium has become more of a necessity, for Tabu, an online personality isn’t needed. “A question I am asked constantly is this ‘why are you not on Twitter?” Tabu recently shared with Hindustan Times. “Why ... Read more
Shironamhin in Paris
Popular band Shironamhin is set to rock the stage at the maison de’ receptions (pavilion royal) in Paris. The band is set to fly to Paris on March 29 after completing their Chattogram tour from March 26 to 28. The Embassy of Bangladesh in Paris, arranged the special concert to mark the golden jubilee of ... Read more
Theatre celebrates golden jubilee with Independence Day specials
Celebrating the golden jubilee of Bangladesh’s independence and their journey of 50 years, noted drama troupe Theatre has launched a year-long initiative. Marking Independence Day, they will be staging well-known plays. The 204th show of the anti-communal drama, “Meraj Fakirer Ma” (1995), written and directed by Abdullah al-Mamun, was staged yesterday at Bangladesh Mahila Samity
Netflix has just made its first ever adults-only movie
The long-awaited fictionalised Marilyn Monroe biopic “Blonde” may finally be available to stream soon – but it will be strictly for adults. The movie has hit the headlines recently after being given an NC-17 rating in the US for sexual content, the equivalent to an 18+ rating here, meaning that it is only for adult ... Read more
Taylor Hawkins, Foo Fighters drummer, dies aged 50
The band are currently on tour Taylor Hawkins, the iconic Foo Fighters drummer, has died, the band has announced. Taking to the band’s official Twitter account, the bandmembers wrote: “The Foo Fighters family is devastated by the tragic and untimely loss of our beloved Taylor Hawkins. “His musical spirit and infectious laughter will live on ... Read more
Jacqueline Fernandez Opens Up About Working With John Abraham In ‘Attack’
Attack‘s new trailer has left viewers excited for the film. The audience is waiting to see India’s first super soldier, played by John Abraham, in this sci-fi action flick. The scientific human action scenes and the mystery behind them will be revealed on 1st April. The film has two heroines, Jacqueline Fernandez and Rakul Preet, ... Read more
Salman Khan summoned in court yet again!
Seems like legal troubles for Bollywood’s Bhai, Salman Khan, are neverending. Salman Khan has gotten himself in a pickle yet again with a new case filed against him on a complaint of a journalist Ashok Pandey for alleged misbehavior in 2019. According to ANI reports, Salman Khan and his bodyguard Nawaz Shaikh on Tuesday have ... Read more
Actor Abhishek Chatterjee passes away
Popular Bengali film and TV actor Abhishek Chatterjee passed away on Thursday at the age of 58 at his residence. He was popular for working in the Bengali film and television industry. It is believed that he suffered a heart attack in the wee hours on Thursday. As reported by ETimes, the actor was shooting ... Read more
Jaya Ahsan bags Filmfare award for third time in West Bengal
Bangladeshi actress Jaya Ahsan has won the ‘Joy Filmfare Awards’ for the third consecutive time. This time she won the award of best actress for lead role in ‘Binisutoy’ movie, directed by Atanu Ghosh. The film received two more awards in other categories. One is Critic’s Award for Best Film and the other is Best ... Read more
Aamir Khan breaks silence over affair rumours
Bollywood star Aamir Khan and producer Kiran Rao announced their divorce last year after 15 years of marriage. Soon after their announcement, users of social media went on to Fatima Sana Shaikh’s profile and started trolling and blaming her for Aamir Khan and Kiran’s divorce. Earlier, there had been rumours of the Dangal co-stars romance ... Read more
SC asks Nipun, Zayed to strictly follow stay order
The Supreme Court on Monday directed actors Zayed Khan and Nipun Akhter to strictly follow its chamber judge’s order over holding office of general secretary of Bangladesh Film Artistes’ Association (BFAA). A bench of Appellate Division of the SC headed by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique passed the order while hearing a contempt of court ... Read more
Madonna, 63, stuns with youthful look as she turns back the clock in new Frozen music video 25 years after original release
Madonna has left her fans stunned with her youthful look in the music video for the remix of her 1998 hit Frozen. The Queen of Pop has teamed up with Fireboy DML and producer Sickick for an Afrobeats remix of the classic track, and she’s turned back the clock for a new promo clip, too. ... Read more
‘Nazrul Utsav’ kicks off
“Nazrul Utsav 2022”, a two-day festival honouring the work of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, began at the capital’s Gulshan Society Lake Park yesterday. The event, organised by Bangladesh Nazrul Sangeet Sangstha, Arunaranjani, and Gulshan Society, also commemorates the golden jubilee of Bangladesh’s independence. HSBC is the title sponsor of the festival. The event celebrates ... Read more
Priyanka Chopra invests in vegan ice cream brand
Priyanka Chopra has invested in a vegan ice cream company. The 39-year-old actress – who has been married to former Disney star Nick Jonas 29, since 2018 – took to Instagram to tell her 75 million followers she has teamed up with plant-based ice cream brand Cosmic Bliss. Alongside an image of the ice cream ... Read more
Ryan Reynolds’ new movie The Adam Project has fans saying the same thing
Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo also star in the Netflix film Netflix’s latest film has a pretty impressive cast. Ryan Reynolds, Jennifer Garner, Zoe Saldana and Mark Ruffalo all appear in the brand new movie, The Adam Project, and it seems to have gone down well with fans. The film has strong themes of time ... Read more