DHAKA: The 44 year-old songstress, Jennifer Lopez is enjoying being single. The songstress recently split from her boyfriend Casper Smart, after two and a half years of dating, but she seems to be coping very well. With this most recent separation, Lopez recently admitted to discovering

DHAKA: The ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ star Kim Kardashian wants to relaunch her pop career. The star, who released a single, ‘Jam (Turn It Up)’ in 2011, has been having vocal coaching and songwriting lessons and will be enlisting the help of her husband, Kanye West, when

DHAKA: Undercover cop comedy ‘22 Jump Street’ has topped the North American box office in its opening weekend. The sequel to 2012 hit 21 Jump Street, which sees Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum reprise their roles as bumbling detectives, took $60m. Animated film ‘How to Train Your

DHAKA: On the occasion of the ‘Fête de la Musique’, known as World Music Day, Alliance Française de Dhaka, supported by French embassy, is going to organize a two-day music program in La Galerie in Dhanmondi.The program will be held on June 21 and 27.A special concert will be

DHAKA: The loony music video ‘Gangnam Style’ surpassed two billion views on YouTube this week, making it the most watched clip of all time. At 4:12 minutes, that equates to more than 140m hours, or more than 16,000 years. What other achievements were forgone in the time spent

DHAKA: We all know that movie and TV producers use VFX (short for visual effects), but you’ll be surprised to learn just how extensively they’re used to create movie magic! We have got some photos, which reveal just how much your favorite shows and movies rely on the magic of VFX.

DHAKA: Yevgeny Yevtushenko, a representative of the post-Stalin generation of Soviet poets who was particularly popular in the 1960s, has received the UNESCO medal and diploma "for outstanding contribution to developing culture and strengthening inter-cultural dialogue and relations

DHAKA: Indian Actor Preity Zinta has filed a police complaint against her former boyfriend and businessman Ness Wadia, alleging that he molested, abused and threatened her inside the Wankhede stadium in south Mumbai.  Preity co-owns the IPL team, Kings XI Punjab, with Wadia. Reacting

DHAKA: A soiree of noted Indian composer and guitarist Shubh Saran titled ‘The Shubh Saran Presentation’ will be held at Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) in Gulshan of capital on Saturday. Asian Paints, IRCON and Marico Bangladesh are sponsoring the program, a press release said

DHAKA: Star Cineplex arranged the Dhaka-premiere of ‘X-MEN: Days of Future Past’ in 3D at its halls at Bashundhra City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area. This Hollywood blockbuster sequel movie was premiered Wednesday evening. It will be screened at 11:00am, 1:45pm, 4:30pm

DHAKA: Can animals fall in love with humans? They do, but in the case of a female animal researcher the chemistry between her and a male dolphin was well beyond just love. In a new BBC documentary titled ‘The Girl Who Talked to Dolphins’, Margaret Howe Lovatt has explained what

DHAKA: Britain’s best-selling author, Harry Potter creator JK Rowling, has donated 1 million pounds to the campaign against Scottish independence, saying on Wednesday she believed Scotland was better off staying in the United Kingdom. Rowling lives in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh

DHAKA: Pop superstar Jennifer Lopez will perform at the World Cup opening ceremony after all. FIFA said on Tuesday, two days after it announced ‘production issues’ would prevent her from travelling to Brazil, The Straits Times publishes this report on Wednesday. Lopez, who recorded

DHAKA: Britney Spears was a ‘second mom’ to her younger sister. The ‘Toxic’ hitmaker is nine years older than her sibling Jamie Lynn and they believe having such a large age gap meant there was never any rivalry between them growing up.Jamie Lynn said, ‘There’s such a big age

DHAKA: Co-hosts Angelina Jolie and British foreign secretary William Hague will on Tuesday open a four-day summit on ending sexual violence in conflict, the biggest meeting ever held on the subject.Senior officials from over 100 countries, including US Secretary of State John Kerry, will

DHAKA: Star Cineplex will arrange the Dhaka-premiere of ‘X-MEN: Days of Future Past’ in 3D at its halls at Bashundhra City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area. Hollywood blockbuster sequel movie will be premiered at 6:45pm on Wednesday. ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ is a

DHAKA: Miss Universe Thailand renounced her title on Monday over remarks she made on social media including one that ‘red shirt’ activists, supporters of ousted prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, should all be executed. Last month’s military coup was the latest convulsion in a

DHAKA: US actress Audra McDonald has won a record sixth Tony award, at a star-studded ceremony in New York. Audra cried as she accepted the best dramatic actress award for her role as jazz singer Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill.Her latest win matched the record of

DHAKA: Pop superstar Jennifer Lopez has pulled out of the World Cup opening ceremony in Brazil, Fifa said, four days before the tournament kicks off. Lopez, who recorded the official World Cup song, ‘We Are One’, with rapper Pitbull and Brazilian singer Claudia Leitte, had been due

DHAKA: Yaya DaCosta, former ‘America’s Next Top Model’ contestant and actress, is set to star as Whitney Houston in the upcoming Lifetime biopic.Yaya DaCosta has been cast as Whitney Houston in the upcoming Lifetime biopic, according to reports in the Huffington Post.Whitney