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DHAKA: One of the greatest singers of Indian cinema Kishore Kumar features on Monday’s Google Doodle as the search engine celebrate the legend’s 85th birth anniversary. The Google doodle has a smiling face of the legendary singer. The doodle pays tribute to the versatility of the
DHAKA: Late pop singer Michael Jackson’s Neverland estate is being considered for sale. A spokesman for the company controlling the property said on Friday, The Straits Times publishes this report on Saturday. Owen Blicksilver, spokesman for investment firm Colony Capital LLC, said
DHAKA: Finally, in the talk show Ek Mulaqat of DD News, Salman Khan did not shy away from accepting that may be he will never marry in his life. The actor reportedly also said that he has no interest in politics; neither does he wish to direct movies but will continue acting. It was in
DHAKA: ‘The Expendables 3’ has leaked online three weeks ahead of the film’s theatrical release August 15.Variety reports the latest sequel starring virtually every big action star from Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone to Wesley Snipes and Jason Statham has been
DHAKA: Filmmaker Michael Moore's divorce from Kathleen Glynn has been finalized, ending their two-decade-long marriage. Moore filed a divorce complaint June 17, 2013, in Michigan's Antrim County, where the couple has a lakefront home; the Huffington Post published the report on Thursday.
DHAKA: Robert Downey Jr. is once again the most highly paid actor in Hollywood, according to Forbes magazine. The publication, which regularly ranks who is making top dollar, estimates that Downey earned roughly $75 million between June 2013 and June 2014, putting him at the top of
The ‘Crazy Stupid Love’ singer Cheryl Cole’s mother approves of her new husband Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini. The singer tied the knot with Versini in a secret ceremony earlier this month after less than three months of dating, but the whirlwind romance has the approval of her
DHAKA: Whitney Houston’s mum Cissy Houston has slammed an upcoming TV biopic about the late singer, calling on filmmakers to ‘let her rest’.Actress Angela Bassett, who co-starred with Houston in 1995’s ‘Waiting to Exhale’, is planning to make her directorial debut with
DHAKA: ‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes’ clung tight to the top of the North American box office for a second week in a row, earning far more than chimp change.Industry data showed Sunday, The Straits Times publishes this report on Monday.The Apes saga, based on the Pierre Boulle
DHAKA: James Garner, the US star of hit TV series The Rockford Files and Maverick and films including The Great Escape, has died aged 86. Garner had suffered ill health since a severe stroke in 2008. ‘Mr Garner died of natural causes,’ the West LA Division of the Los Angeles Police
DHAKA: JK Rowling says that she will write a crime series that will run even longer than her Harry Potter books. The author has already penned two crime novels under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith – the second of which was published in June, entitled The Silkworm. During an interview
DHAKA: Millions of internet users across the world are accessing facebook still arguably making the social network a sort of Internet-based country all its own. Not surprisingly, some of the most popular people on the site are celebrities, athletes, journalists, musicians, political
DHAKA: Selena Gomez is the latest celebrity to express solidarity with Palestinians suffering under Israel’s brutal assault of Palestinians in Gaza. The young pop star posted a message on Instagram on Friday urging her followers to ‘pray for those families and babies today’,
DHAKA: Millions of internet users across the world are accessing facebook still arguably making the social network a sort of Internet-based country all its own. Not surprisingly, some of the most popular people on the site are celebrities, athletes, journalists, musicians, political
DHAKA: Star Cineplex has selected two world famous Hollywood movies for its Eid celebration. The audience will enjoy the movies from Eid day on. The movies include military science fiction blockbuster ‘Edge of Tomorrow’ and a top chart fantasy film ‘Maleficent’. On this
DHAKA: Pop star Shakira has set a new social media record after gaining the title for first person to reach 100 million likes on Facebook. And she has been listed in Guinness World Records. The Colombian singer-songwriter reached the benchmark figure after posting a photo of herself in
DHAKA: Star Cineplex has selected two world famous Hollywood movies for its Eid celebration. The audience will enjoy the movies from Eid day on.The movies include military science fiction blockbuster ‘Edge of Tomorrow’ and a top chart fantasy film ‘Maleficent’.On this occasion,
DHAKA: ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ has topped the UK box office with £11.7m in its week of release, knocking ‘Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie’ off the top spot. ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ is currently at number two, moving up two places from last week with takings of
DHAKA: South African Nobel Prize-winning author Nadine Gordimer has died in Johannesburg aged 90.The writer, who was one of the literary world’s most powerful voices against apartheid, died at her home after a short illness, her family said, reports the BBC.She wrote more than 30
DHAKA: Cheryl Cole married her French boyfriend Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini in secret earlier this month, the pop star has revealed. The 31-year-old X Factor judge said she had made the announcement to stop speculation about her private life. The pair had reportedly been seeing each