DHAKA: Actress Angelina Jolie said on Tuesday she was thrilled her latest film ‘Maleficent’, a modern retelling of the life of Sleeping Beauty’s arch-nemesis, had debuted at the top of the box office. Maleficent raked in nearly US$70 million in North America over the past weekend.

DHAKA: US singer Justin Timberlake accepted seven Billboard Music Awards by video while he is on tour, leaving it to a Michael Jackson hologram to steal the show at the ceremony in Las Vegas.It mimicked the late King of Pop’s famous dance moves while performing ‘Slave to the

DHAKA: Gordon Willis, the cinematographer on films including the Godfather trilogy, has died at the age of 82. Willis received an honorary lifetime achievement Oscar in 2010 and was nominated for his work on Woody Allen’s Zelig and The Godfather: Part III. ‘This is a momentous

DHAKA: Two films inspired by the missing Malaysian Airlines’ flight are being touted to buyers at the Cannes Film Festival, barely two months after the plane vanished with 239 people on board. Potential buyers will get a sneak preview of ‘A Dark Reflection” by Fact Not Fiction

DHAKA: Grammy-winning R&B singer-songwriter John Legend, veteran British electronic pop duo Pet Shop Boys and reggae star Ziggy Marley are set to perform 2014 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in September. Legend is best known for hit

DHAKA: An electric guitar played by George Harrison on British television before the Beatles’ US ‘invasion’ fetched $657,000 at auction on Saturday in New York, topping pre-sale estimates.Julien’s Auctions said, reports Hindustan Times.Harrison, who died in 2001 at age 58, played

DHAKA: The much talked-about Indian film ‘Children of War: Nine Months to Freedom’, had its trans-border release in Bangladesh and India on Friday. The movie hit the cinemas of Bashundhara Star Cineplex, Jamuna Blockbuster, Shyamali Cineplex, Madhumita, Balaka, Ananda, Sena

DHAKA: A soiree of Nazrul songs by one of Bangladesh’s most popular and revered singers Ferdous Ara will be held at Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) in city’s Gulshan area. The program, organized by IGCC in association with Asian Paints, IRCON and Marico Bangladesh will begin at

DHAKA: Bangladeshi filmmaker MB Manik was killed in a terror attack in the USA Wednesday noon.  A gang of criminals came to his shop and claimed extortion.They locked into an altercation and later the criminals shot him. Manik’s film production house Avi Kathachitra confirmed this

DHAKA: Early reviews of ‘Grace of Monaco’, the Grace Kelly biopic chosen to open this year’s Cannes Film Festival, have slammed the film, with one describing it as ‘a timeless camp classic’. ‘It’s an easy watch, lush, stylish... and is often side-splittingly funny,’

DHAKA: Jessica Simpson is reportedly set to wed on America’s Independence Day. The singer-turned-fashion mogul will walk down the aisle with sports star fiancé Eric Johnson in Santa Barbara, California over the major US holiday weekend, according to editors at Usmagazine.com, reports

DHAKA: Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio reportedly gave an elephant charity a major boost by handing over a $1 million donation at a fundraising event. The Titanic star made the generous offer during the Sundown Gala in Malibu, California on Saturday, which raised money for the Elephant

DHAKA: 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, the BBC publishes this report on Wednesday. They could not confirm the cause of death but said no crime was suspected. He was best

DHAKA: A documentary titled ‘Timeless Gitanjali’ is set to be released on Friday next (May 16). The movie, directed by an eminent Tagore exponent and researcher Dr Chanchal Khan, will be screened at 6:30 pm on the day at the National Museum. The documentary is sponsored by the

DHAKA: A weeklong European film festival began at Star Cineplex at Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area. A total of 12 movies from 12 European counties are in schedule to be screened during the festival. The festival, to jointly be organized by European Union and

DHAKA: Naila Nayem, a new Bangladeshi model and actress, is going to work in a film for the first time. Naila, who is already got a good number of likers in Facebook, will act as an item girl in the movie titled ‘Run Out’ directed by Tonmoy Tansen. Though, the shooting of the movie

DHAKA: All Bollywood stars know a thing or two about fanfare. Usually, they are the ones being placed on a pedestal, admired and showered with praise. The same applies, of course, for Priyanka Chopra. But, last week, when Priyanka met American pop singer Britney Spears in Las Vegas, she

DHAKA: A weeklong European film festival will be held at Star Cineplex at Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area. A total of 12 movies from 12 European counties will be screened during the festival. The festival, to jointly be organized by European Union and Star

DHAKA: Am eight-day solo photography exhibition titled ‘Innate Identities’ by Gazi Nafis Ahmed began at Bengal Shilpalaya in city’s Dhanmondi area.US ambassador to Bangladesh Dan Mozena inaugurated the show on Saturday evening.Gerben Sjoerd de Jong, ambassador of the Kingdom of the

DHAKA: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is back to making headlines. Niroshan Devapriya of Sri Lankan origin has claimed that he was in a romantic relationship with Aishwarya. However Ash’s marriage to Abhishek Bachchan has caused Niroshan Devapriya mental stress, reports The Times of India.