DHAKA: Steve McQueen’s ‘12 Years a Slave’, con drama ‘American Hustle’ and space movie ‘Gravity’ have all been nominated for best picture at this year’s Oscars.They will compete against British film ‘Philomena’, ‘Captain Phillips’, ‘Nebraska’ and ‘The Wolf of

DHAKA: The Oscar nominations will be announced later, with ‘12 Years a Slave’, ‘Gravity’ and ‘American Hustle’ all expected to be in the running for best picture.But the rest of the shortlist is up for grabs, amidst one of the most competitive fields in years, reports the

DHAKA: Argentine poet Juan Gelman has died aged 83 in Mexico City. He is considered to be one of the greatest authors in Spanish and was awarded the prestigious Cervantes Prize in 2007.Gelman, a left-wing activist and a guerrilla in Argentina in the 1960s and 1970s, lived in Mexico for 20

DHAKA: Legendary Bengali actress Suchitra Sen, who is being treated at the Intensive Therapy Unit of a city nursing home following serious respiratory problems, is still critical but stable and responding to therapy, a doctor said Monday.The ailing icon is on constant oxygen support

DHAKA: Legendary Bengali actress Suchitra Sen, who is being treated at the Intensive Therapy Unit of a city nursing home following serious respiratory problems, is still critical but stable and responding to therapy, a doctor said Monday.The ailing icon is on constant oxygen support

DHAKA: ‘American Hustle’ has won three awards at the Golden Globes including best film comedy or musical.Its stars Amy Adams and Jennifer Lawrence also picked up best actress and supporting actress prizes for their roles in the 1970s-set crime movie.Steve McQueen’s ‘12 Years a

DHAKA: The Department of Theatre and Performance Studies of Dhaka University will arrange a four-day annual theatre festival at the university’s TSC auditorium.A total of six plays will be staged in the festival to be begun from February 11.Vice-chancellor of the university AAMS Arefin

DHAKA: The Bengal Art Lounge and Carefountain have arranged a 5-day interactive exhibition programme at Code:Love to celebrate Valentine’s day.In a press release, they to celebrate Valentine’s day invited public to celebrate the valentine day at Code:Love.The release said: “The

DHAKA: Four people have reportedly been arrested as part of an investigation into the suspected heroin overdose death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman.Some 350 bags of heroin were also seized during the arrests in Lower Manhattan, unnamed police officials were quoted by US media as

DHAKA: Star Cineplex will arrange the Dhaka premiere of a comedy-drama ‘Saving Mr. Banks’ at its halls at Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area.This 2013 American-Australian-British historical movie will be premiered at 6:45pm on February 6.The movie, directed by

DHAKA: James Cameron has already started the process of filming the next instalments of 2009’s sci-fi epic ‘Avatar’.The film maker has secured his two co-stars, Zoe Saldana and Sam Worthington, for them to reprise their roles as ‘Neytiri’ and ‘Jake Sully’ in the next three

DHAKA: Star Cineplex will screen Hollywood adventure and fantasy movie ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ at its hall at Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area.The movies will have its Dhaka premiere at 6:30pm on Thursday.‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of

DHAKA: Jennifer Lopez is unsure if marriage will be on the cards for her again despite being in a longterm relationship with back-up dancer Casper Smart.The 44 year-old first got married to a Cuban waiter called Ojani Noa in February 1997 but ended shortly after in January 1998.Lopez then

DHAKA: Hollywood hits the red carpet on Sunday for the 71st annual Golden Globes, with a packed cast of A-list nominees vying to win the first major honours of Tinseltown’s annual awards season.Harrowing saga ‘12 Years A Slave’ and crime caper American Hustle are likely frontrunners

DHAKA: Bengali screen goddess Suchitra Sen`s condition deteriorated Saturday afternoon, prompting medics to rush emergency measures that stabilised her, a doctor said. By the evening, the 82-year-old actress - under treatment at the Intensive Therapy Unit (ITU) of a nursing home here -

DHAKA: Nick Cannon has confessed that he and wife Mariah Carey keep their marriage alive with lots of sex.The couple also enjoys spending quality time together on vacation and had recently taken their twins to Aspen, US magazine reported, says The Times of India.The 33-year-old actor said

DHAKA: The ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ star has blasted rumours she digitally altered a recent photograph of her and her friend Blac Cyna to make them appear thinner before posting it on Instagram.Addressing the allegations on Twitter for the first time on Friday, the

DHAKA: The actress Lindsay Lohan is said to have been secretly dating Christian Arno Williams, a part-time model from Liverpool, after the pair met at the Shangai Fashion Awards, and they have just enjoyed a romantic trip abroad.A source told the Daily Mirror newspaper, ‘Christian is a

DHAKA: Veteran Bengali actress Suchitra Sen, whose condition had deteriorated slightly in the afternoon, is stable at the moment but still critical.A doctor said Saturday, reports daijiworld.com.Her oxygen level had dipped in the afternoon thereby necessitating intensive non-invasive

DHAKA: Suffering from a respiratory tract infection, veteran actress Suchitra Sen`s health turned critical, doctors attending to her said.Doctors said that the condition of the 82-year-old actress, admitted to a super-specialty hospital since December 23, is fluctuating. According to the