Category: Art & culture

Oscars organisation, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, has elected its first African-American president, marketing executive Cheryl Boone Isaacs.

Irish author Eoin Colfer’s best-selling series Artemis Fowl is to be adapted for the big screen, in a co-production between Disney and Harvey Weinstein.

Director Paul Feig, the director behind the hit comedy Bridesmaids returns with a new female-centred film The Heat, starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy as mismatched cops.

A violinist says she has “an incredible feeling of elation” after her stolen 300-year-old violin was recovered.

Paul Greengrass’ latest film, Captain Phillips, starring Tom Hanks, is to have its premiere at the opening night of the New York Film Festival (NYFF).

The new head of the Bolshoi Ballet has admitted he faces “difficult challenges”, following a series of scandals including an acid attack on the company’s artistic director.

Composer John Williams is to return to score Star Wars: Episode VII, it has been announced. The Oscar-winner, who has composed all six films in the sci-fi saga, said he was “happy to be continuing to be part of the…

Hugh Jackman’s latest incarnation as The Wolverine has topped the US box office with $55m (£35m) in ticket sales, according to studio estimates.

A sculpture of a girl which appears to fragment as the person looking at it moves closer has been installed at Temple Meads railway station.

By Emma Saunders

Almost half of London’s small theatres feel “insecure” about their financial future and a third fear their venues could be sold, a study has found.

A 10-day film festival featuring the world’s most renowned comedy films began at the International Digital and Cultural Archive of the Bangladesh Shilapkala Academy on Sunday evening.

Title of the play is “Kuddus-er Murgi Prem.” It is scripted and directed by popular TV actor and director Mir Sabbir. Shooting of the play was wrapped up Friday in the city’s Dhanmondi area.

SAN DIEGO –Start your drooling, fanboys and fangirls, and get ready for lots of Batarangs and heat vision. Batman and Superman will soon be teaming up on a big screen near you.

The Eurythmics’ pop classic Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) is the most frequently misquoted song in the UK, according to a survey.

Angelina Jolie is a woman on the go! The actress, activist, and mother-of-six will be donning a director’s cap once more this fall after confirming that her sophomore directorial effort, Unbroken, has both a distributor and a lead, British actor…

Bangladeshi artist Laila Sharmeen is featuring among 400 artists invited to take part in World Art Games being held in different cities of Croatia between June 29 and July 10.

Bangladesh Film Club Award 2012 will be held on Sunday at the Hall of Fame of Bangabondhu International Conference Centre. The programme is organised as a joint venture of Bangladesh Film Club and Round the Clock.

Every person has a dream plan for the future. To fulfil the dream, if anybody comes forward or extend hands, he/she obviously become grateful to that person. It is a natural quality of human being.

The two-day long divisional level National Nazrul Conference ended in Barisal Saturday night at Ashwini Kumar Hall of the city with calling for collective initiatives to popularise Nazrul songs and spreading study on life and woks of the poet.

Now in its second season, the Middle Eastern version of “American Idol” is the feel-good story of the year. At a time when the Arab world is so concerned about conflicts growing and sectarianism increasing, the show has done the…

The Umbrella hit maker has been caught on camera when she became violent and hit a fan in the face with a microhpone in a concert in Birmingham. The 25-year-old was performing in UK which was the latest stop of…

Actor Henry Cavill, the new on screen ‘Superman’, had auditioned to play secret agent 007, but says Daniel Craig was a far better choice.

For the first time, five TV actors -Tutul, Golam Farida Chhanda, Jyotika Jyoti, Sohan and Romana Swarna – are performing together in a daily soap titled “Ekdin Protidin”, which is being directed by Syed Jamim.