DHAKA: Handwritten lyrics of legendary singer Bob Dylan’s song go under the hammer in New York Tuesday, the most treasured possessions in a collection of rock memorabilia valued at $3-5 million. Auction house Sotheby's says other highlights include a peacock jumpsuit worn by Elvis

DHAKA: Kate Hudson’s biggest luxury in life is spending quality time with her family. The ‘Bride Wars’ actress, who has two-year-old son Bingham with her fiancé Matt Bellamy, and 10-year-old Ryder with her ex-husband, musician Chris Robinson, savours every moment she spends at

DHAKA: Megan Fox tries to work less than 20 days a year. The ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ actress, who has two young sons, Noah, 20-months, and Bodhi, four-months, with husband Brian Austin Green, admits she constantly feels guilty about not spending enough time with her family,

DHAKA: Actor Harrison Ford has undergone surgery on his broken left leg that was injured in an accident on the set of “Star Wars: Episode VII,” the publicist for the 71-year-old actor said in a statement on Thursday. Disney, the studio behind the new “Star Wars” films, had said

DHAKA: Miley Cyrus has appealed for Justin Bieber to be allowed to ‘grow up’. The 21-year-old singer thinks much of the criticism levelled at the ‘Believe’ hitmaker, who recently apologised after video footage of him making racist remarks when he was 14 was published online, is

DHAKA: Angelina Jolie is in talks to become a citizen of Namibia so she can use her new title from Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, according to a UK report. The Tomb Raider actress was named an honorary dame in the monarch’s Birthday Honours List last week for her humanitarian work,

DHAKA: One of the most highly regarded pianists and composers in jazz, Horace Silver, has died aged 85 in the US. He was one of the pioneers of a rhythmic jazz style known as hard bop. Silver began his career as a tenor saxophonist in clubs in Connecticut. But after he moved to New York

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