DHAKA: Star Wars fans got their first glimpse on Friday of the space saga’s long-awaited new film – including a controversial new-look lightsaber – but still have to wait a year for the movie itself. ‘There has been an awakening. Have you felt it?’ a gravel-voiced narrator

DHAKA: Jennifer Lawrence's song is catching fire. As if being the Mockingjay wasn't enough, Lawrence is adding Top 40 recording artist to her resume. Lawrence's rendition of "The Hanging Tree" in "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1" has now reached No. 29 on the U.K. charts,

DHAKA: Actor Manoj Bajpayee says he is looking forward to working with Tabu in his upcoming film and calls her a ‘wonderful actress’. ‘I am excited to work with Tabu. She is a wonderful actress,’ the actor told the media, report The Times of India. ‘I will start shooting with

DHAKA: Actress Katie Holmes thinks she is a ‘risk taker’ like her vigilante elementary school teacher character in her latest movie ‘Miss Meadows’. The 35-year-old also says that she enjoys challenging herself with risky roles as she talked about her love for adventure, reports

Dhaka: Crime novelist PD James, who penned more than 20 books, has died aged 94, report BBC.Her agent said she died "peacefully at her home in Oxford" on Thursday.The author's books, many featuring sleuth Adam Dalgliesh, sold millions of books around the world, with various adaptations

DHAKA: The maiden version of ‘Cocacola-Channel-i Band Fest’ will be held on the television channel’s premises in city’s Tehgaon area.A total of 16 music bands will participate in the daylong festival on December 1.The festival will begin at 11:05am and continue till 5:00pm.The

DHAKA: A Pakistan court on Tuesday sentenced the owner of the country’s biggest media group to 26 years in prison for broadcasting a show it said was blasphemous.The morning show broadcast live on Geo TV in May featured Pakistani starlet Veena Malik dancing with her new husband

DHAKA: Universal Pictures are to make a film based on the life of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, following Sony Pictures’ departure from the project last week. The studio is reported to have paid more than $30m for the title, according to the Hollywood Reporter, reports the BBC. Michael

DHAKA: Boy bands bested pop’s leading ladies in the top award categories at the American Music Awards on Sunday, but the women delivered the most high-octane performances including a Crazy Horse-style derriere-flaunting number by Jennifer Lopez and Iggy Azalea.Chart-topper Taylor

DHAKA: Bangladesh Documentary Council, in cooperation with Dhaka Art Center will screen ‘Grizzly Man’.The Documentary, made by world famous German director, Werner Herzog, will be screened at 5:30pm on November 28 at Dhaka Art Center auditorium in city’s Dhanmondi area.The

DHAKA: With no other new wide releases at USA box office this weekend, the Lionsgate franchise film The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 is poised to have the biggest opening of the year. The third entry in the massively successful Hunger Games franchise opened at 4,151 theaters across

DHAKA: Honduras beauty queen Maria Jose Alvarado was fatally shot as she tried to escape her sister’s jealous boyfriend, police and reports said on Wednesday, hours after the siblings were found dead beside a river.Alvarado, 19, who had been due to fly to London to compete in the

DHAKA: Hollywood A-lister Angelina Jolie says she plans to give up acting after a ‘few more’ films and switch her focus to directing.Jolie walked the red carpet in Sydney with husband Brad Pitt this week at the premiere of her new movie, World War II epic ‘Unbroken’, which was

DHAKA: Cultural Affairs Ministry and Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy will organize a four-day ‘Russian Cultural Festival’ in the country from Friday. Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor told the media at a press conference held at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in city’s Segun

DHAKA: Honduras beauty queen Maria Jose Alvarado, 19, and her sister Sofia Trinidad, 23, have been found dead. Officials say, reports the BBC. The two women went missing on Thursday, after they were spotted leaving a party in the Santa Barbara region. Alvarado had been due to compete

DHAKA: A tree-day ‘Chashi Nabanna Utsab’ highlighting the traditional harvest festival of farmers will be begun from November 20. Some 35 stalls will be setup at the festival which will remain open from 7:00am to 8:00pm till November 22 at Ramna Batamul. Banglanews24.com and Dhaka

DHAKA: Australian actor Chris Hemsworth is the Sexiest Man Alive, American magazine People said.The honor was announced on the late night television show hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on ABC and the magazine itself, The Straits Times publishes this report on Wednesday.With his face at first

DHAKA: After breaking box office records, Walt Disney Co’s animated film ‘Frozen’ is also scoring ticket sales records for a touring ice-skating show. Disney On Ice Presents Frozen, which started touring in the United States last September, has sold 250,000 tickets on the first day

DHAKA: Britain’s Benedict Cumberbatch and A-list veteran Julianne Moore took top honours Friday at the Hollywood Film Awards, billed as the official start of Tinseltown’s annual prizes season.The best film award went to thriller Gone Girl starring Ben Affleck as a husband accused

DHAKA: Keeping up with its trend of getting international celebrity, ‘Bigg Boss’ is apparently now trying to rope in Kim Kardashian. The reality star is currently in news for her topless pictures, shot for a magazine, that have gone viral. ‘Discussions are on and details are being