Tag: Art & culture

Former Saved by the Bell actor Dustin Diamond has appeared in court in Wisconsin, accused of stabbing a man during a bar brawl on Christmas Day. The 37-year-old, who played Screech in the 1990s television show, was released from prison…

Egypt has banned a Hollywood film based on the Biblical book of Exodus because of what censors described as “historical inaccuracies”. The head of the censorship board said these included the film’s depiction of Jews as having built the Pyramids,…

Lin, whose previous credits include four instalments of the Fast and Furious series, replaces Roberto Orci, who recently pulled out of the role. JJ Abrams, who made the first two reboots of the sci-fi series, stepped down to make the…

A two-day information fair and cultural festival against corruption kicked off at Independence Square of the town here on Monday with a call to build corruption free Bangladesh.

Semi-annual Asian fine arts exhibition Month long ‘Sixteenth semi-annual Asian fine arts exhibition Bangladesh 2014’ will begin at Shilpakala Academy from December 1.  The opening of the exhibition will be done by the chief guest Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul…

Obaidur Rahman is a Dhaka based Bangladeshi singer/musician/songwriter and very recently this young artist has came out with his self-produced debut double albums, titled, Prahelika-1 & Prahelika-2, both of which contain 15 of his original songs. Already the albums have…

Veteran singer Mohammad Ali Siddiqui died of old-age complications at his residence in the city this morning. He was 70. He died at around 9.30 am at his Mirpur section-2 (near panir tanki) residence, said Suraya Siddiqui, widow of the…

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Tuesday said necessary steps will be taken to stop piracy so that people return to movie houses. He made the remarks during a meeting with the executive committee members of Bangladesh Cine Journalist Association…

Oscar-winning Swedish director Malik Bendjelloul has died at the age of 36. His body was found late on Tuesday in the Stockholm area, police say. They could not confirm the cause of death but said no crime was suspected. He…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday handed over the National Film Award-2012 to 23 film artistes and technicians in 24 categories for their outstanding performances in the industry. The Prime Minister distributed the awards at a function at Bangabandhu International…

Eurovision presenter Graham Norton has revealed he still hears predecessor Sir Terry Wogan’s voice in his head when he is commentating on the song contest. “It’s like I’m keeping the seat warm – Terry’s still in my head, it’s still…

German art hoarder Cornelius Gurlitt, whose secret collection included many Nazi-looted pieces, has died aged 81. More than 1,400 works were found in his Munich apartment, including pieces by Picasso and Matisse. Many were feared lost or destroyed before tax investigators…

Lauren Schiff I’m managing an incredible project to help bring emerging photographers’ dreams to fruition. Emerging Focus Barcelona will be exhibiting all of our finalists both in Barcelona & Los Angeles. If you or anyone you know is interested in…

Artist Gareth Wood moved to Bristol in 2010 and “set his heart on” mapping the city – he is now close to completing the intricate hand-drawn images using black ink and white archival mount boards.

The Italian factory worker who bought two stolen paintings by Paul Gauguin and Pierre Bonnard hopes they can be returned to hang on his kitchen wall.

Stolen paintings by Paul Gauguin and Pierre Bonnard hung on an Italian factory worker’s kitchen wall for almost 40 years, police have revealed.

Two ancient artefacts have been withdrawn from auctions after suspicions were raised that they had been illegally smuggled out of Italy.

Germany has returned an 18th Century painting that was looted from Poland’s National Museum by the Nazis in 1939.

The UAE, Qatar and Bahrain are among Middle Eastern countries banning Hollywood epic Noah as it breaks Islam’s taboo of depicting a prophet. “There are scenes that contradict Islam and the Bible, so we decided not to show it,” Juma…

Shahneawz Khan Sumon Veteran Baul singer- Lalon devotee, Khorshed Alom is well known for Palagan in both Bangladesh and India. An enlisted artiste of BTV, Khorshed captivates audience with his rendition of Lalon songs. As a young man, Alom was…

Historical drama 12 Years a Slave has won best picture at the 86th Academy Awards, while space drama Gravity won the lion’s share of awards. Gravity’s Alfonso Cuaron became the first Latino to win the best director award, adding to…