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Entertainment

‘Iron Man 3’ tops 2013 box office

DHAKA: Comic book blockbuster ‘Iron Man 3’ was the highest-earning film of 2013 around the world.The film, in which Robert Downey Jr reprises his role as billionaire crime-fighter Tony Stark, made $1.2bn, according to online movie tracker Box Office Mojo, reports the BBC.Animated

Nasa slams Beyonce over use of Challenger disaster audio

DHAKA: The United States space agency Nasa has ticked off superstar Beyonce for using an audio clip from the 1986 Nasa Challenger explosion in her new song.XO, a single from her latest self-titled album, opens with a six-second audio sample from the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.Then

Bollywood top 10 romantic songs

DHAKA: The songs, which earned popularity among the Hindi music lovers in 2013, are described so far for the readers of banglanews24.com. This list has been picked from bollywood.celebden.com. Be Intehaan‘Be Intehaan’ is a very pleasant Bollywood romantic song from ‘Race 2’,

Cultural Persons Died in 2013

DHAKA: The cultural world has, in 2013, lost many of noted persons. The list include, legendary singer Shahshad Begum, ‘Fast & Furious’ famed actor Paul Walker, Indian National Award Winning filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh, singer Noel Harrison and others. Some of their details are given

Bollywood Top 10 movies of 2013

DHAKA: Indian cinema marks 2013 as the completion of 100 years of Bollywood. The year witnessed many big-budget films in Bollywood releasing, as well as a number of sequels and quasi-sequels lined up for release. The top ten grossing Bollywood movies at the Indian box office in this year

Time’s Top 10 Movies of 2013

DHAKA: As in the previous years, Time magazine has selected a list of best movies for their readers. Taking the names from the magazine, bangalnews Entertainment Desk arranges this report for its readers.Gravity3D thriller and space drama film ‘Gravity’ is directed, co-written,

Time’s Top 10 Songs of 2013

DHAKA: Time magazine, as in the previous years, selected top ten songs of 2013. Entertainment Desk of banglanews24.com has taken the list for its readers.‘Get Lucky’, Daft PunkLike 2013’s other inescapable party jam, Robin Thicke’s ‘Blurred Lines’, ‘Get Lucky’ is built on

Suchitra Sen stable, surgery put off

DHAKA: A day after being moved to the ITU of Belle Vue Clinic, the legendary actress Suchitra Sen`s condition improved marginally on Monday.Even though she was still under observation, the reclusive star who has shunned the limelight since 1978 was responding to treatment, doctors said,

‘I would love to do movies’

DHAKA: The 32-year-old singer, Britney Spears, who kicked off her ‘Piece of Me’ Las Vegas residency on December 27, previously starred in 2002’s ‘Crossroads’ alongside Zoe Saldana and Kim Cattrall and has a desire to hit the big screen once again.She told E! News, ‘I would

‘Hobbit’ beats ‘Wolf’ at US Box Office

DHAKA: ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug’ has spent a third week on top of the US box office despite festive competition from ‘The Wolf Of Wall Street’.Starring Sherlock actors Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch, the film took $30m over the weekend, bringing its US total

Actor Suchitra Sen shifted to ICU

DHAKA: Hospitalized after a respiratory tract infection, legendary Bengali actor Suchitra Sen was shifted to the Intensive Care Unit of a private hospital on Sunday night."She complained of breathlessness in the evening after which she was taken to the ICU," a source at the

The Pianist composer Wojciech dies

DHAKA: Polish pianist and composer Wojciech Kilar, who was Bafta-nominated for his score to Roman Polanski`s Oscar-winning film The Pianist, has died aged 81.The composer died in his hometown Katowice, southern Poland, following a long illness, reports BBC."The power and the message of

‘It was time to be herself’

DHAKA: It is sex, drugs and pop music - and Miley Cyrus is fine with it that way now that the provocative singer has shed her innocent Disney star image along with most of her clothes.Cyrus, 21, who has grabbed headlines in the past year for her admitted drug use, sexually suggestive

Sherlock Holmes is free

DHAKA: The beloved British detective Sherlock Holmes is now free to be reimagined in the United States after a federal judge ruled that licencing fees are no longer required.First introduced in 1887, Holmes entered the public domain in Britain years ago.The literary icon has been kept

Indian actor Farooq Sheikh dies of heart attack

DHAKA: Indian actor Farooq Sheikh died of heart attack in Dubai late last night."He has passed away," a family member told PTI, without disclosing any further details.The 64-year-old actor was in Dubai apparently for a concert when he suffered the heart attack. His body will be brought to

Bieber announces his retirement on Twitter

DHAKA: Pop star Justin Bieber has officially announced his retirement from his music career on Twitter.Bieber tweeted on Wednesday morning, ‘My beloved beliebers I am officialy retiring’ (sic).The 19-year-old also wrote, ‘The media talks a lot about me. They make a up alot of lies

Katrina, Ranbir finally make their relationship public

DHAKA: It seems Bollywood’s hottest couple Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif have finally decided to throw caution to wind and have decided to make their relationship status public.An IBN report says that both Ranbir and Katrina were spotted watching the special screening of The Wolf Of

‘Fast and Furious 7’ in 2015

DHAKA: ‘Fast and Furious 7’, the action film that was shut down after the sudden death in a car crash last month of actor Paul Walker will be released in April 2015.The star of the series, Vin Diesel, said Sunday, Turkish daily Hurriyet publishes this report on Monday.Diesel posted a

‘Dhoom:3’ on way breaking records

DHAKA: Aamir Khan-starrer big-budget action thriller ‘Dhoom:3’ has collected Rs. 107.61 cr nett, which includes earnings from Tamil and Telugu versions, in three days of its release.‘Dhoom:3’ weekend breakup: Hindi Rs. 100.76 cr, Tamil & Telugu Rs. 6.85 cr. Weekend total (India):

‘Dhoom 3’ takes more than Rs350m on first day

DHAKA: Action thriller ‘Dhoom 3’ starring Aamir Khan opened the way many had expected collecting more than Rs350 million on its opening day.‘Dhoom 3’, that was made at an approximate budget of Rs1 billion, has collected Rs362.2 million — Rs334.2 million in Hindi and Rs28 million