DHAKA: Pop star Madonna has fallen off the stage during her performance at the 2015 Brit Awards.The singer tumbled down a set of stairs and landed awkwardly, apparently after a dancer tried to remove a cape she was wearing at the start of her routine.However, she recovered and returned

DHAKA: George Harrison was quoting ancient spiritual wisdom when he titled his 1970 solo album “All Things Must Pass,” never suspecting the proverb would one day apply to the fate of a pine tree planted in his memory in Griffith Park.But a Los Angeles City Council member, a longtime

DHAKA: The dark comedy Birdman held up a mirror to Hollywood and its struggling actors and received in return the film industry’s highest recognition on Sunday, the Academy Award for best picture.Director Alejandro G Inarritu’s story of a washed-up, former superhero actor

DHAKA: Alejandro González Iñárritu won Best Director at Sunday's Oscars for "Birdman."Iñárritu bested Wes Anderson ("The Grand Budapest Hotel"), Bennett Miller ("Foxcatcher") and Morten Tyldum ("The Imitation Game") for the honor, but Richard Linklater ("Boyhood") was his biggest

DHAKA: The 87th Academy Awards are underway and dozens of golden statues are waiting to find new homes. Here are the 2015 Oscar winners--Best directorAlejandro G. Iñárritu - BirdmanBest adapted screenplayThe Imitation Game - Graham MooreBest original screenplayBirdman - Alejandro G.

DHAKA: Big Hero 6 has won the best animated film category at the 2015 Oscars.The Disney film, inspired by a Marvel comic, stars Ryan Potter as Hiro, a teenager who builds a robot called Baymax and enlists of a team of five other droids to take on a rogue robotics professor. The film,

DHAKA: J.K. Simmons won Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars on Sunday for his performance in "Whiplash."In the film, Simmons plays fearsome band teacher Terence Fletcher, who continuously abuses young jazz drummer Andrew (Miles Teller) as the student tries to prove his worth. This is

DHAKA: Oscar-nominated filmmaker Bruce Sinofsky, whose series on the "West Memphis Three" cast doubt on the murder convictions of three Arkansas teenagers, catalyzing a movement that led to their release, died Saturday, longtime collaborator Joe Berlinger said.The Emmy-award winning

DHAKA: British actor Eddie Redmayne has won the best actor Oscar for ‘The Theory of Everything’, while Julianne Moore picked up best actress for ‘Still Alice’.Redmayne thanked his ‘staggering partner in crime’, co-star Felicity Jones, and his ‘ferocious but incredibly kind

DHAKA: Reality television stars and sisters Kim and Khloe Kardashian were involved in an accident in Montana in the United States, after their car skidded on an ice-covered road.Entertainment site TMZ reported that the car that was being driven by Khloe swerved into oncoming traffic, and

DHAKA: Birdman has beaten Boyhood to the top prize at the Film Independent Spirit awards - one day before the films go up against each other at the Oscars.Alejandro G Inarritu’s showbiz satire won best feature, best actor for Michael Keaton and for cinematography.The awards, which

DHAKA: Kristen Stewart has become the first US actress to win a Cesar award, the French equivalent of the Oscars.She got a best supporting actress gong for her role in film drama Clouds of Sils Maria.The big winner of the night was Timbuktu, which won seven awards including best film and

DHAKA: The campaigning is over. The red carpet is rolled out. And Hollywood is braced for its starriest night of the year.The final countdown to the Oscars is under way with Birdman and Boyhood vying to win best picture at Sunday’s ceremony, reports the BBC.Richard Linklater’s drama

DHAKA: Star Cineplex arranged the Dhaka premiere of the latest Hollywood sci-fi ‘Jupiter Ascending’ at its halls in city’s Panthapath area.The 3D version of the movie, premiered on Thursday evening, will be screened 11:00am, 1:45pm, 4:30pm and 7:15pm from February 20

DHAKA: Oscar de la Renta unveiled its first collection since the death of its founder, with a beautiful debut of Latin-inspired elegance made fresh by British creative director Peter Copping.The de la Renta show, on Tuesday, was one of the most hotly anticipated of New York Fashion

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed film actor Helal Khan on a two-day remand in a case filed with city’s Badda Thana.Metropolitan Magistrate Sabrina Ali passed the remand order in the afternoon after Detective Branch of police (DB) produced him before the court with a 10-day remand

DHAKA: Erotic film adaptation ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ sizzled at North American box offices this weekend, taking an estimated $81.7m.It was the second-highest February debut ever, behind The Passion of the Christ’s $83.9m opening in 2004.Based on EL James’ best-selling novel,

DHAKA: Lady Gaga and her longtime boyfriend, actor Taylor Kinney, have become engaged, the singer said on social media on February 16.‘He gave me his heart on Valentine’s Day, and I said YES!’ Lady Gaga, 28, said on Instagram, displaying a photo of a heart-shaped ring.She and

DHAKA: ‘Shokoli Shokol’, a poetry book by Tanim Kabir, was launched at Amar Ekushey Book Fair on Bangla Academy premises.Banglanews24.com consultant editor Jewel Mazhar and head of news Mahmood Menon Khan jointly unveiled the book’s cover Saturday afternoon.Dedicated to

DHAKA: The film ‘Taxi’ by a dissident Iranian director has won the top prize at the 65th Berlin Film Festival. Taxi is Jafar Panahi’s third film since he was slapped with an official filmmaking ban in 2010. Panahi was unable to be in Berlin for the ceremony but his niece, Hana