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DHAKA: Actress Jennifer Lawrence worries fans will ‘get sick’ of her. The 23-year-old actress has been a big screen success in recent years thanks to roles in the ‘Hunger Games’ and ‘X-Men’ franchises, but knows she won’t stay popular forever. She said, ‘Nobody can stay
DHAKA: The ‘Hard Out Here’ hitmaker Lily Allen, who has just released her comeback album ‘Sheezus’, appears to have caught food poisoning as she has a high temperature and has been sick several times.She tweeted, ‘I can’t stop projectile vomiting, also temperature #poisoned
DHAKA: Kim Kardashian has addressed ongoing rumours she has wed fiancé Kanye West in secret. Following speculation that the pair had already tied the knot in a civil ceremony in Los Angeles earlier this month ahead of their planned Paris, France nuptials, Kardashian took to Twitter.com
DHAKA: Blues-rock singer Gregg Allman has taken legal action to stop a film based on his 2012 memoir. His lawyers allege that producers lost their rights to his life story, saying filming of ‘Midnight Rider’ did not begin by 28 February, adding Allman was not paid fully for the film
DHAKA: Marvel sequel ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ has opened at the top of the North American box office with takings of $92m.The superhero Sony film enjoyed the second best domestic debut of the year so far, just behind Disney’s ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’.The latter
DHAKA: Lily Allen insists she won’t apologise for her ‘Hard Out Here’video. The 29-year-old singer was slammed by critics for having a number of black girls twerking in the promo for her song but was adamant it wasn’t a racist video. She told Q Magazine, ‘I’ve never
DHAKA: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have reportedly got married. The couple, who got engaged in October, allegedly tied the knot in a private ceremony in Los Angeles this weekend after securing their marriage license last week. A source told Life & Style magazine, ‘Kim and Kanye are
DHAKA: Moviemaker James Cameron and studio executives at 20th Century Fox, Paramount have found themselves at the centre of a bizarre new lawsuit over a Titanic attraction. Faan Qin claims she came up with the concept for the RMS Titanic – The Experience ride, which offers fans of
DHAKA: Sir Elton John has topped a list of charitable British celebrities after donating millions of dollars to worthy causes last year. The Rocket Man donated a massive $38.4 million to charities in 2013, including $22.4 million raised by gigs for his Aids foundations, making him the
DHAKA: A soiree of Rabindra Sangeet by Shwapnil Shojib was held at Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) in city’s Gulshan area on Saturday evening. The program was organised by Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre in association with Asian Paints, IRCON and Marico Bangladesh. Born in 1991 at
DHAKA: The Supreme Court Sunday dismissed the leave to appeal filed by Imam Gazzali Trust challenging the High Court order that asked it to vacate the ancestral house of Bangla movie legend Suchitra Sen for setting up a memorial museum. The bench of Appellate division headed-by Justice
DHAKA: A local court in Muzaffarpur in India’s Bihar province issued arrest warrants against Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram Leela director-producer Sanjay Leela Bhansali, actors Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra and Ranveer Singh in connection with a case alleging that few scenes in the movie
DHAKA: A Dhaka court Saturday placed cinema production house JAJ Multimedia Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sish Monowar on two-day remand in a kidnap case. Metropolitan Magistrate Ataur Rahman passed the order after hearing in the afternoon. Earlier Sub-Inspector Qamrul Islam
DHAKA: Actress-singer Hilary Duff has denied rumours that she is reuniting with her estranged husband Mike Comrie, but said ‘we’re both doing really good and just figuring out what makes us happy’. The actress, who split from the former ice hockey player in January this year after
DHAKA: Police arrested cinema production house JAJ Multimedia Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sish Monowar from his Mohammadpur residence on Saturday morning. Police arrested Monowar in the abduction case of JAJ Multimedia accountant Sajib, who was kidnapped on his way from home to office
FROM RUSSIAN CULTURAL CENTER: Much awaited grunge festival shaked the hall room with amazing extravaganza at Russian Cultural Center in city on Friday. The musical program ‘Grunge-fest’ started from Friday noon and continued till 8:00pm. The main theme of the program was ‘Grunge is
DHAKA: Actor Bob Hoskins, who was best known for roles in ‘The Long Good Friday’ and ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’, has died of pneumonia at the age of 71.His agent said he died on Tuesday in hospital, surrounded by family, the BBC publishes on Wednesday.The star was nominated for a
DHAKA: The original ‘Star Wars’ movie blasted its way onto screens a long time ago, in a cinema galaxy seemingly far, far away, but Han, Luke and Leia will be back soon. On Tuesday, Disney announced the cast of the film entering production under the name ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’,
DHAKA: Star Cineplex arranged the Dhaka-premiere of one of the latest Hollywood movies ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ in 3D at its halls at Bashundhara City Shopping Mall on Panthapath. The show was held Tuesday evening. It will be screened at 10:50am, 1:40pm, 3:30pm, 4:30pm and 7:20pm
DHAKA: Beyonce and Jay Z, pop music’s first couple, will tour together for the first time this summer. The R&B singer and rapper announced on Monday, TDS publishes this report on Tuesday. Beyonce, 32, and Jay Z, 44, who have collaborated on several songs together, will begin their