Wednesday, 27 Nov, 2024

Entertainment

Star Cineplex Eid movies

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

Shakira 1st to 100m FB fans

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

Star Cineplex Eid movies

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,

Transformers tops UK box office

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

Nadine Gordimer dies

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

Cheryl reveals secret marriage

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

Shakira thanks football for finding true love

DHAKA: Pop star Shakira thanks World Cup for making her meet with Gerard Pique, who is love of her life. The two met when Shakira was promoting her 2010 World Cup anthem, ‘Waka Waka’ for Africa and they now have an 18-month-old son together. Speaking ahead of her closing ceremony

Shakira with La La La

DHAKA: Shakira, no doubt, the luckiest pop star who will perform for consecutive three years on the final day of World Cup Football, the greatest show on earth. International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) already said that Shakira will present her sports anthem ‘La La

Harry Potter werewolf star died

DHAKA: Harry Potter villain Dave Legeno has died aged 50 while hiking in Death Valley in California. Dailymail.co.uk says on Saturday. The actor, who portrayed werewolf Fenrir Greyback in three movies in the wizard film franchise, was found by two hikers in the area on Sunday. The Inyo

Rowling writes new Harry Potter story

DHAKA: JK Rowling has written a new short story about Harry Potter on her Pottermore fan website, set during the Quidditch world cup final.The 1,500-word tale is written in the style of a newspaper column by Daily Prophet reporter, Rita Skeeter, according to the BBC.The article reports

Former Playboy bunny converts to Islam

DHAKA: A former Playboy bunny has embraced Islam, comparing the transition to ‘rebirth’. Felixia Yeap announced her conversion to her 835,000 followers on Facebook on July 3, later revealing that she had taken up her new faith at the Taman Tun Dr Ismail Mosque in Kuala Lumpur,

‘Transformers’ poised to overtake ‘Avatar’ in China

DHAKA: ‘Transformers: Age Of Extinction’ is set to dethrone ‘Avatar’ as the highest grossing movie ever to be shown in China after it crossed the 1-billion yuan mark in box-office takings last Thursday.Chinese reports said, according to The Straits Times.As of last Friday

Jessica emotional before wedding

DHAKA: Jessica Simpson was extremely emotional at her rehearsal dinner. The 33-year-old star and her fiancé, Eric Johnson, were joined by approximately 70 family members and friends at San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito, California on Thursday night for their first pre-wedding celebration

George Harrison’s house up for auction

DHAKA: Beatles guitarist George Harrison’s childhood home will go on sale at an auction.The star lived at the terraced property in Liverpool, England with his parents between 1949 and 1965 and the building is now up for auction via Homes Bought Fast, reported contactmusic.com, says

Deepika voted sexiest woman in the world

DHAKA: Actor Deepika Padukone has been voted the sexiest woman in the world in a poll conducted by the FHM magazine. Deepika will feature in the new edition of the magazine, which she unveiled the edition featuring her and the other girls in the top 100 list of sexiest women. However,

Beyonce world’s most powerful celebrity

DHAKA: Beyonce has topped the Forbes list of world’s 100 most powerful celebrity list for the first time since her debut on the list in 2004.The 32-year-old singer’s rapper husband Jay-Z gained the sixth spot who made 60 million dollars, the BBC reported, says The Times of

Preity set for a ferocious comeback

DHAKA: The film will also feature Sunny Deol as a gangster from Uttar Pradesh.According to Pathak, Preity Zinta has pulled it off with aplomb. ‘Preity plays an Uttar Pradeshwali. She plays a gangster’s daughter. She’s no-nonsense UP gangster and Sunny Deol’s wife,’ he added,

Lopez to perform in Singapore

DHAKA: Bootylicious singer Jennifer Lopez is coming to Singapore. She will be lending her star power at the Padang Stage as the closing act of the Formula One Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix on September 21.The newly single 44-year old has been kept busy since her split from

‘Transformers’ a box office behemoth

DHAKA: ‘Transformers: Age Of Extinction’, the fourth in the series of films about form-changing Autobot robots that save the planet, powered up with US$100 million in box office sales, jump-starting a sleepy summer with the year’s biggest opening weekend. 22 Jump Street, starring

Racist attacks Kardashian baby on plane

DHAKA: Reality TV star Kim Kardashian’s one-year-old daughter North became the target of a racial slur while onboard a plane in May.The 33-year-old star’s daughter with husband Kanye West, was allegedly screamed at by a woman while travelling in first class, reported E! online,