Tag: Entertainment

Entertaeinmnet Desk Shahriar Islam Shawon, accused in a libel suit filed by Mahiya Mahi, has claimed he and the film actress were already married before her recent marriage to another person. Shawon’s lawyer Belal Hossain has told a Dhaka court,…

Entertainment Desk Zhang Ziyi, the Chinese actress who starred in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon as well as Memoirs of a Geisha, is joining Paramount’s sci-fi thriller God Particle from J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions. David Oyelowo, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Chris O’Dowd,…

Entertainment Desk Prachya Filmsangha, Jessore has arranged screenings of Rubaiyat Hossain’s Under Construction at the Shilpaka Academy, Jessore on May 28. There will be three screenings of the film at the auditorium of Shilpaka Academy, Jessore at 4:00pm, 6:00pm, and…

“The Angry Birds Movie” hopped to the top of the North American box office over the weekend, booting “Captain America” into second place, according to industry data released on Monday. The 3D animated take on the popular video game features…

Entertainment Desk She’s been deft at changing her onscreen persona for her roles, be it for ‘Chokher Bali’ where she went non-glam or ‘Provoked’, that saw her as a victim of domestic violence. And now for ‘Sarbjit’, Aishwarya Rai seems…

What if you could both watch a film and be a character in it: perhaps an animated bunny fighting off inept aliens or a humanoid robot struggling with its identity? Virtual Reality (VR) — which is revolutionising everything from gaming…

Entertainment Desk    You don’t really have to spell out that Shakib Khan has monopolised most of the lead roles in Dhallywood films after the sad demise of Manna. Even though Khan’s on-screen chemistry with Apu Biswas has gained more success than…

Stockholm (AP/UNB) — Ukrainian singer Jamala’s melancholic tune about Soviet dictator Josef Stalin’s 1944 deportation of the Crimean Tatars was crowned the winner of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest early Sunday, an unusual choice for the kitschy pop fest. Susana…

 Entertainment Desk Ice Cream will air in Chittagong starting today. The director Redwan Rony said, “It will continue till 19th May for a five-day exhibition. There will be four shows each day. The first show will begin at 11am, the…

Cultural Desk With K-pop and K-drama television series riding high across Asia and beyond, a trio of South Korean films with top billing at this year’s Cannes film festival also shows the country’s growing cinematic clout. Leading the pack is…

The 69th Cannes Film Festival opened Wednesday amid heightened security and the premiere of a new Woody Allen film, 1930s Hollywood romance Cafe Society. Allen helped kick off the Cannes festivities with some help from the movie’s stars, Kristen Stewart…

Minneapolis — A local doctor who had treated Prince twice in recent weeks showed up at the musician’s estate near here on the morning he died, only to discover that he had just been pronounced dead after being found collapsed…

Entertainment Desk It’s only been a couple of days since Ranbir Kapoor flew to Morocco for Anurag Basu’s Jagga Jasoos. And now, Katrina Kaif  has finally reached the city too. It was a long wait for the film’s unit since…

Entertainment Desk Rumours are in the air that Deepika Padukone, who just started her Hollywood journey with Vin Diesel’s xXx: the Return of Xander Cage, is starring opposite to Tom Cruise in The Mummy reboot. According to a report published…

Entertainment Desk After delivering power-packed performances in Piku and Talvar, Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan will be back on the silver screen with his upcoming film Madaari. Directed by Nishikant Kamat, the film is based on a real life incident that…

The Dhaka University Film Society (DUFS) and Renoir Film Club (RFC) at Alliance Française, Dhaka are proud to present the latest edition of World Film Manifestation Programme (WFMP). WFMP was initiated by DUFS to give film-lovers an opportunity to watch…

The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Roger Waters and The Who — the most celebrated acts in rock’n roll — will perform at a mega festival in October, organizers said Tuesday. The iconic artists have been confirmed…

Entertainment Desk   Recently, Bollywood hotness Bipasha Basu and actor, Karan Singh Grover have tied their not. It was a complete Band Baja Barat type wedding all the way. From mehendi to reception, there was a royal feeling where Bollywood…

Entertainment Desk Farah Khan might have worked with Bollywood’s top actresses but it’s her Main Hoon Na star and former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen, who the filmmaker calls her “favourite heroine”. The comedy-drama has turned 12 on April 29 and…

Cultural Correspondent Pori Moni is set to be the face of Rokto, which is Jazz Multimedia’s latest production. The house that was searching for a “new face” initially, ended up signing the popular actress. Malek Afsari will direct the thriller…

 Entertainment Desk Arifin Shuvo and Tisha are planning to tour the city, targetting universities to promote their new flick, Ostitto. Director Anonno Mamun informed the media that he plans to reach out to the younger generation for promotional purposes. Moreover,…

Entertainment Desk The LA Film Festival announced 42 world premieres in its competition lineup on Tuesday, boasting strong representation by women and ethnic minorities among the featured directors. The nine-day event, hosted by Film Independent, the producer of the pre-Oscar…

Entertainment Desk Alyson Hannigan’s daughters Satyana, 7, and Keeva, 3, may be young, but the Penn & Teller: Fool Us host is already thinking about when she’ll allow them to watch her in the cult classic, American Pie. “In college,”…

By Michael Miller Prince Rogers Nelson was an inspiration to his community long before he became an international pop star. Danae Curtis, 39, first met the artist in grade school in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and remembers Prince as a pillar of…

Culture Desk The movie Ice-cream is directed by TV director Redoan Rony, who caused quite a stir back in 2012 with his debut film Chorabali. Over three years since then, he is back with his second cinematic venture titled Ice-Cream,…

Culture Desk A new cooking show will start airing from today on Ekushey Television. The show has been titled “Cooking Zone” and will be aired on every Thursday at 6.30pm. It will be presented by popular TV actresses Tanvin Sweety…

Axl Rose brought a reunited Guns N’ Roses to the Coachella festival on Saturday as he was announced as the new frontman of an even more veteran hard rock group — AC/DC. In one of rock’s most long discussed reunions,…

Entertainment Desk Empire co-stars Trai Byers and Grace Gealey have a new role off-screen: husband and wife! The couple, who were engaged in July, are married, people has confirmed. Byers and Gealey wed Thursday at a beach-side ceremony on Grand…

The week-long ‘Charley Chaplin Film Festival’ marking the 127th anniversary of the birth of silent movie legend Charlie Chaplin will began at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) Saturday. The film festival will end on April 22. Born on April 16, 1889,…

Cultural Correspondent Indian 63rd National Award winning film Shankhachil is all set to be released in both Bengals on April 14, marking the beginning of the Bengali New Year (Pohela Boishakh). Tollywood superstar Prosenjit Chatterjee was in Dhaka for the…