Category: Entertainment

By Donna Bowater

An attempt to block the release of a biopic of adult film actress Linda Lovelace by the company that owns the rights to her most famous movie has been rejected by a judge in New York.

Walt Disney has warned that its Lone Ranger summer blockbuster will lose it between $160m-$190m (£104m-£124m) after heavy spending on promotion failed to bring returns.

The company that owns the rights to 1972 pornographic film Deep Throat has taken legal action to block the release of new film Lovelace.

Republicans have called on two US TV networks to drop plans for programmes about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, calling them unfair promotion.

A play about Bradley Manning, the American soldier convicted of releasing US state secrets to Wikileaks, has won the new theatre category of one of Britain’s oldest literary awards.

Have you heard the one about the comedians doing stand-up comedy and sketch shows for children?

On the occasion of Eid festival special play “Bhor Holo Dore Kholo” will be aired on Boishkhi TV at 7:35pm on fourth day of the festival.

US rock group Bloodhound Gang has been banned from a Russian music festival after a band member stuffed the Russian flag into his underpants on stage.

US chat show host and comedian Ellen DeGeneres is to host the Oscars for a second time, it has been announced.

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.