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James Bond star Eva Green on Friday won a court case in the UK over her $1 million (o810,000) acting fee for the never-made science fiction film “A Patriot”. The French actress had sued UK-based production company White Lantern Film at the High Court in London for the fee but the firm countersued, saying she derailed the o4-million project by ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   The London Bengali Film Festival today announced the full line up of films included in this year’s 6th edition of Europe’s largest Bengali film festival, running April 26 – 30, 2023. The programme includes seven feature films and three shorts in Bengali and Hindi languages from Bangladesh, India and beyond. The festival launches at the prestigious ...

US heavy metal band Metallica have landed their fourth UK number one album and first in 15 years, with 72 seasons. Their new, 11th LP outsold the rest of the top five combined on Friday, BBC reports. “Number one in the UK? Spectacular! We’re grateful,” frontman James Hetfield told the Official Charts. “Thank you UK, can’t wait to see you.” ...

Filming will resume this week on Alec Baldwin’s “Rust,” producers said Tuesday, some 18 months after it was halted by the fatal on-set shooting of the movie’s cinematographer. Hollywood star Baldwin was holding a Colt .45 gun during rehearsals for the film in the southwestern state of New Mexico when it discharged, killing Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza, ...

Michelle Yeoh says she is looking for new challenges including as a producer, as she credited perseverance, hard work and passion for her historic Oscar win last month. The 60-year-old became the first Asian to win the Academy Award for best actress for her performance as a laundromat owner in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” The movie won a total ...

Pop diva Celine Dion announced the release of new music on Thursday — her first since revealing last year that she was suffering from a rare neurological disorder that was affecting her singing. The new album “Love Again” is the soundtrack for a film of the same name, and contains five new songs as well as past hits. It is ...

The 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival will be a who’s who of Hollywood A-listers and veteran filmmakers this May, and feature a record six women filmmakers in competition, the organisers announced on Thursday. Wes Anderson’s “Asteroid City” will alone bring a cavalcade of stars to the red carpet, including Tom Hanks, Margot Robbie and Scarlett Johansson. It is ...

Many businessmen have been affected by devastating fire occurred in Bangabazar market in the capital. On humanitarian ground, film actor Siam Ahmed has stood beside the businessmen affected by the fire through Bidyanondo Foundation, a non-profit organisation. Bidyanondo Foundation confirmed it on its Facebook page. It is learnt that Siam has bought burnt dress at a higher price than original ...

Prominent Rabindra Sangeet singer Papia Sarwar, suffering from various illness, is under treatment in a hospital in New Delhi. “I have been suffering from illness for a long. So, came to Delhi 10-15 days ago. I am being cured gradually in the hospital. Please pray for me,” she said. Directed by Durbadal Chatterjee, Papia’s last album ‘Akash Pane Haat Baralam’ ...

Ashraful Alam, popularly known as Hero Alam on Saturday said that he will provide all kinds of cooperation to the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to catch Dubai- gold trader Arav Khan. Besides, he also said that he will come to the DB office again if he is call for the sake of investigation. Hero Alam came ...