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Meera Syal will appear in the National Theatre’s upcoming production of Tanika Gupta’s (A Doll’s House, Lyric Hammersmith) new play, A Tupperware of Ashe. The production is a vivid and heart-breaking family drama about life, immigration and the Indian spiritual cycle of death and rebirth to be directed by Pooja Ghai (Artistic Director of Tamasha Theatre Company) and staged in ...

US rock band Linkin Park have announced a new singer, Emily Armstrong, will join them for their new album and tour. The group’s former lead singer, Chester Bennington, took his own life in 2017. Armstrong will join returning members Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Phoenix and Joe Hahn for the band’s forthcoming projects, BBC reports. Armstrong will share vocals with Shinoda, ...

From the latest Almodovar to the much-anticipated sequel to “Joker”, 21 films are up for the prestigious Golden Lion prize at the Venice Film Festival, which runs from Wednesday to September 7. THE ROOM NEXT DOOR directed by PEDRO ALMODOVAR with Tilda Swinton, Julianne Moore, John Turturro, Alessandro Nivola (Spain / 107 minutes) CAMPO DI BATTAGLIA directed by GIANNI AMELIO ...

Stars from Angelina Jolie to George Clooney will gather this week at the Venice Film Festival, bringing a high dose of Hollywood pizzazz back to the watery city’s sandy Lido. With 21 films vying for the top Golden Lion prize, the 81st edition of the prestigious festival kicks off Wednesday, with Lady Gaga, Daniel Craig and Brad Pitt expected on ...

After a relationship that spanned two decades, two engagements, two weddings and headlines too numerous to count, Jennifer Lopez has filed for divorce from Ben Affleck. The filing Tuesday in Los Angeles brought to an apparent end a celebrity coupling — or at least the second installment of it — that dazzled from the very heights of the pop culture ...

After the White House, the US Department of State has also trashed reports that claimed the United States was involved in former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s resignation. “That’s laughable,” Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel told reporters at a regular briefing in Washington on August 13. He said any implication that the United States was involved in Sheikh Hasina’s resignation is ...

British actor Daisy Ridley was diagnosed last year with Graves’ disease, an autoimmune disorder affecting the thyroid, she revealed in a recent interview. The 32-year-old, who shot to fame with her starring role in the latest “Star Wars” trilogy, has previously discussed struggles with endometriosis and polycystic ovaries. But after filming the thriller “Magpie” in 2023, Ridley felt exceptionally fatigued ...

A Britney Spears biopic is in development after Universal Pictures bought movie rights to the pop star’s best-selling memoir, the Hollywood studio announced Thursday. “Crazy Rich Asians” director Jon Chu is attached to develop and direct the film, based on Spears’s recent autobiographical book “The Woman In Me,” the company said in a statement to AFP. Universal won a “highly ...

    This exhibition is organised by the Barbican in collaboration with the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi. From 5 October 2024, the Barbican presents The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975- 1998, the world’s first exhibition to explore and chart this period of significant cultural and political change in India. Featuring nearly 150 works of art across ...

Renowned singer Hasan Abidur Reza Jewel passed away at a hospital in the capital on Tuesday. Jewel breathed his last at about 11:53AM, family members confirmed. On July 23, he was suddenly suffering from respiratory problem and was taken to the private hospital. He had been on life support from that night.