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Bollywood’s award season kickstarted with the 69th edition of Filmfare Awards over the weekend. This year the award ceremony was held over two days in Gujarat. The Technical Awards were given out on Saturday and other major awards handed out on Sunday. Celeb couple Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor won top acting honours this year. Alia took home the Best ...

Veteran singer-composer Kabir Suman was admitted to a hospital in Kolkata recently with shortness of breath, fever and a sore throat. The 72-year-old celebrity was hospitalized on Sunday night, his close friend Monisha Dasgupta confirmed through a social media post. Kolkata’s Seth Sukhlal Karnani Memorial Hospital’s head of medicine department Dr Soumitra Ghosh said, “He (Kabir Suman) was admitted to ...

Legendary Tagore singer and Rabindra Sangeet exponent Rezwana Choudhury Bannya was awarded with “Padma Shri”, the India’s fourth highest civilian award for her distinguished service in the field of Art. The award was announced for the year 2024 on Thursday on the eve of India’s Republic Day, according to a statement issued by Indian ministry of home affairs last evening. ...

Sanjay Leela Bhansali is gearing up to helm his upcoming multi-starrer film, “Love and War”, featuring the talented trio of Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, and Vicky Kaushal. The exciting announcement was made by Vicky and Alia via their social media platforms, accompanied by a slate bearing the distinct signatures of all three lead actors. The specific genre and plot details ...

  Akram Khan Company’s family-friendly dance-theatre production creates a compelling tale of a boy’s dreams and memories, from Britain to Bangladesh as part of Imagine Children’s Festival 2024 which is celebrated annually at the Southbank Centre and arrives next month (7-17 Feb). It is the UK’s leading arts festival for children aged 0-11. This year’s festival has over 130 events ...

Movie stars and indie darlings from Pedro Pascal and Kristen Stewart to Richard Linklater and Steven Soderbergh were headed to the mountains of Utah on Thursday for the 40th edition of the Sundance film festival. Co-founded by Robert Redford, and held in sub-zero temperatures at an altitude of 7,000 feet (2,150 meters), Sundance will host premieres for many of the ...

Prepare for the arrival of Macbeth as it unfolds, unraveling the story of a couple tainted by an insatiable hunger for power, leaving blood on their hands. Wessex Grove, Underbelly, Gavin Kalin Productions, Eilene Davidson Productions, Winkler & Smalberg, and Cultura, in association with Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, D.C., proudly announce the full cast and creative team for MACBETH. Olivier ...

The final season of “Succession” dominated the Emmy Awards on Monday, scooping six prizes including best drama, at a nostalgic gala honoring television’s past and present that was delayed by four months due to Hollywood strikes. The HBO show about the back-stabbing dynastic battles of a powerful media family won awards for stars Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook and Matthew Macfadyen, ...

BBC Radio 1 DJ Annie Nightingale, the station’s first female presenter, who went on to become its longest-serving host, has died at the age of 83. Nightingale joined the station in 1970 and remained the only woman on the line-up for 12 years. She was known for her passion for a wide range of music, championing everything from prog rock ...

Noted actor Jaya Ahsan-starrer Bangladesh-Iran joint venture film “Fereshte” has been selected for the Fajr International Film Festival in Tehran. The acclaimed Iranian director Morteza Atashzamzam-directed film will compete in the main category of the festival. The 42nd edition of the festival is scheduled to be held from 1 to 11 February. Besides Jaya Ahsan, several other Bangladeshi artistes, including ...