SS Rajamouli’s magnum opus “Baahubali” has become the first south Indian film to enter the Rs 300 crore club in just nine days, confirms a trade analyst.It has surpassed the previous record held by superstar Rajinikanth’s “Enthiran”, which had collected…
The party wasn’t as wild the second time around.Universal’s “Ted 2” debuted to an underwhelming $32.9 million across 3,442 theatres, roughly $15 million less than most analysts had expected the pot-smoking teddy bear comedy would bring in during its opening…
Actors, singers and Hollywood celebrities, many of whom have played a major role in driving acceptance of gay rights in mainstream culture, whooped with joy at the US Supreme Court’s ruling that made gay marriage legal nationwide on Friday.Twitter lit…
Hollywood composer James Horner, who scored the Oscar-winning film “Titanic” and its mega-hit theme song “My Heart Will Go On”, died in a plane crash in southern California on Monday, US media reported.The aircraft came down in the Los Padres…
EL James, the British author of the hugely successful “Fifty Shades of Grey” erotic novels, is celebrating the fictional birthday of her famous male character on Thursday with the release of her new book, “Grey,” which looks set to be…
Dinosaurs stomped to a box office record over the weekend as “Jurassic World” notched the biggest movie debut in history, with a global total of $524.1 million, Universal Pictures said on Monday.
The pool parties, glamorous girls and fast cars of “Entourage” are back in a movie spinoff of the hit HBO show. “Entourage”, due in US theatres on Wednesday, revisits the bromance between a group of friends from Queens, New York,…
Director Brad Peyton grilled scientists, scoured earthquake footage and submerged sets in one of the world’s biggest water tanks to create the biggest earthquake ever to hit California in his new film “San Andreas.”That effort might pay off at the…
Diagnoses of sexually transmitted diseases including HIV and syphilis are on the rise in the United States among certain groups, with experts attributing the uptick to growing complacency about sexually risky behavior. Public health officials in Rhode Island said this…
Hollywood stars Steve Martin and Tina Fey, comedians Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld and a host of US presidents joined the band Foo Fighters on Wednesday to bid farewell to David Letterman as the veteran “Late Show” host signed off…
The new animated feature “Inside Out” from Disney-Pixar turned the Cannes festival on its head on Monday as the film about what goes on inside a young girl’s mind drew cheers from audiences and queries about why it was not…
Governments around the world charge prices for energy that do not account for its harmful environmental, health and other side effects, amounting to a $5.3 trillion “post-tax” subsidy this year, the International Monetary Fund said in a report on Monday.The…
Globally, the film is a juggernaut, pulling in an estimated $627 million in 12 days of release. At that pace, “Avengers: Age of Ultron” should pass $1 billion, particularly after it opens in China on May 12.
The rebooted “Star Wars” franchise hit a bump on Friday as filmmaker Josh Trank, who was selected to direct one of the upcoming standalone films, said he was stepping down from the project to pursue other “creative opportunities.”Trank, 30, the…
A sequel to musical comedy classic “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” has hit the London stage some 30 years after it was first penned.
“Furious 7” ran laps around the competition, picking up $29.1 million in its third weekend of release, according to studio estimates.
The internet blew up like the Death Star when the second teaser for Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens hit YouTube on 16 April.
Film: Mr X, Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Amyra Dastur, Arunodoy Singh, Director: Vikram Bhatt, Rating: * 1/2 (one and a half stars) So… how bad is it?
DreamWorks Animation and 20th Century Fox have advanced the release date of “Kung Fu Panda 3” from March 18 next year to January 29.
He doesn’t have Thor’s hammer or Iron Man’s suit, but that’s not stopping Marvel’s latest superhero from seeking justice in the seedy underbelly of Hell’s Kitchen in Netflix Inc’s first superhero series.
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige says the reboot of “Spider-Man” will focus on Peter Parker as a high school superhero and not on his successor in the comic books, Miles Morales, or anyone else who has donned the Spider-Man mask…
In the continent of Westeros in the hit television series “Game of Thrones”, humankind is coming under threat from a zombie-like race from the north – but also from an ominous impending winter.
If you ever find yourself at a fan convention for the popular HBO series “Game of Thrones,” look at the person next to you.
Original artwork for an Asterix cartoon has sold for €150,000 (£106,782), with proceeds going to families of the victims of the Charlie Hebdo attack.
Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh has promised an inquiry into how a TV crew gained permission to interview one of the Delhi gang rapists on death row.
An audience member has been arrested at the Vienna State Opera for persistently sneaking into more expensive seats.
Guardians of the Galaxy has received a surprise nomination in the adapted screenplay shortlist, as selected by the Writers Guild of America (WGA).
Competitive video gaming – known as e-sports – should be included in the Olympic Games, the creator of World of Warcraft has told the BBC.
The controversial comedy The Interview has opened in some US cinemas and online, after a cyber-attack and threats to moviegoers over its release.
Craig Ferguson has hosted his last edition of US TV programme The Late Late Show after a run of 10 years.