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A Dhaka court on Monday exempted popular actress Mehazabien Chowdhury and her brother in a case over embezzlement of Tk 27 lakh. Dhaka executive magistrate Md Adnan Zulfiqar passed the order after hearing, said Advocate Tuhin Hawladar, lawyer of actress Mehazabien. According to the case statement, Mehazabien took Tk 27 lakh from plaintiff Amirul Islam through Nagad and bKash promising ...

Popular singer and actor Tahsan Khan has confirmed that he and his second wife, makeup artist Roza Ahmed, are no longer together, ending months of speculation about their marriage. Speaking to media on Saturday, Tahsan said, “The news is true. We have been separated for a long time; since the end of July last year. Details will be announced at ...

Lionsgate has announced a sequel to the box-office success The Housemaid, just weeks after the film’s release starring Sydney Sweeney. The studio said production on The Housemaid’s Secret will begin later this year. The sequel will be based on the second book in author Freida McFadden’s bestselling thriller trilogy. Released during the holiday season, The Housemaid has performed strongly at ...

Shobhaa De has reflected on how Rekha’s power is in her mystique. She said that if the actress makes herself too visible, she will risk being overexposed and losing that power. Shobhaa mentioned that since Rekha hasn’t done a film in over a decade, her charm and aura are kept alive only by her obscurity. Shobhaa lauded Rekha for being ...

Victoria Jones, the daughter of the actor Tommy Lee Jones, has been found dead in a San Francisco hotel. Jones, 34, was discovered in the early hours of New Year’s Day, according to TMZ, which cited law enforcement sources. A spokesperson for the San Francisco fire department confirmed the news, telling media outlets that paramedics had been called to the ...

A pall of grief has descended across the country following the death of former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia, with condolences pouring in from across society, including the culture and entertainment sector. Prominent artists, filmmakers and leading cultural institutions have taken to social media to express their sorrow and pay tribute to one of Bangladesh’s most influential political figures. Cultural ...

Shooting of the film “Pritilata”, based on revolutionary freedom fighter Pritilata Waddedar, is set to resume in the new year, director Rashid Polash has said. Two films on Pritilata began production in 2020. In Pradip Ghosh’s “Bir Konnya Pritilata”, the role was played by Nusrat Imrose Tisha, and the film was released in 2023. However, Rashid Polash’s “Pritilata”, starring Porimoni ...

A Minecraft Movie, based on the popular video game, has emerged as one of the most significant films of 2025 after topping the US box office and drawing large global audiences, industry analysts say. The film, which stars Jack Black, has become the highest-grossing movie of the year in the United States and ranks among the top films worldwide. Its ...

Abel Ferrara was there at the beginning. In his new memoir, Scene, the cult director describes his experience at the American premiere of Salò, the hugely controversial final film from Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini. At the beginning of the film – at which Ferrara and company arrived with wine and cheese, given its length – there were 15 people ...

For screenwriter David Farr, The Night Manager’s return is a dream come true. Literally. “Having not thought about the show for five years, a vivid image came to me in bed one night,” he says. “I saw a boy in a Colombian monastery, waiting for a black car to come over the hill. For some bizarre reason, I knew who ...