Thursday, 28 Mar, 2024

Entertainment

Beyonce smashes iTunes records with surprise album

DHAKA: Beyonce has smashed global sales records on music downloading service iTunes after selling more than 800,000 copies of her new, self-titled album in just three days.‘The Crazy In Love’ hitmaker surprised fans by releasing her fifth studio project online on Friday without any

Paul Walker laid to rest

DHAKA: The ‘Fast and Furious’ star Paul Walker’s family, closest friends and select co-stars gathered at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in the Hollywood Hills Saturday where they said their final goodbyes to the actor, who died alongside his friend Roger Rodas when their car

Beyonce puts surprise album on iTunes

DHAKA: Beyonce has unexpectedly released her fifth album on iTunes overnight, with 14 new songs and 17 music videos.The self-titled record is the follow-up to 2011’s 4, and features guest spots from her husband Jay-Z and daughter Blue Ivy.‘Surprise!’ wrote the 32-year-old in a press

Hrithik announces split with wife

DHAKA: Bollywood hearthrob Hrithik Roshan says his wife Sussanne, who has sought separation from the actor after 13 years of marriage, will forever remain the ‘love of my life’ in a Facebook posting on Saturday.‘This is my greatest tribute to love. Sussanne is and always will be the

Khloe Kardashian files for divorce

DHAKA: After months of speculation, Khloe Kardashian is ending her four-year marriage to Lamar Odom.The Reality TV star filed for divorce on Friday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, citing irreconcilable differences.The filing comes days after Odom pleaded no contest on Monday to a

‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ hits Cineplex

DHAKA: Star Cineplex arranged the Dhaka-premiere of one of the latest Hollywood blockbuster movies ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ at its hall on Bashundhara City in Panthapath.The screening of this action, adventure and sci-fi was held Thursday evening.The movie will be screened at

2-day ‘Bishad Sindhu’ presentation at Natmandal

DHAKA: A two-day theatrical presentation of Mir Mosharraf Hossian’s ‘Bishad Sindhu’ will be held at Dhaka University’s Nat Mandal.Abayab natyadal will stage the historical novel, scripted by Sharif Nasrullah and directed by Mohammad Jasim Uddin, at 6:30pm in December 13 and 14.The

‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ at Cineplex

DHAKA: Star Cineplex will arrange the Dhaka-premiere of one of the latest Hollywood blockbuster movies ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ at its hall on Bashundhara City in Panthapath.The screening of this action, adventure and sci-fi will be held at 6:45pm on Thursday.‘The Hunger

‘We respect each other’

DHAKA: Supermodel Miranda Kerr may have split from actor Orlando Bloom, but says they respect and understand each other.The 30-year-old, who is on the cover of January-February edition of Harper’s Bazaar Australia magazine, opened up about her friendship with former husband, reports

Justin Bieber delivers new album for Christmas

DHAKA: Justin Bieber is serving up another treat for his fans this Christmas, a limited-release new album.Journals will feature all 10 of his Music Mondays releases and five brand new songs, but it will only be available as a download over the Christmas period.Bieber started releasing new

Miley Cyrus MTV’s artist of the year

DHAKA: Here’s something to wag a tongue at: MTV says Miley Cyrus is the best artist of the year.The former child star twerked her way to the top. Her eye-popping duet with Robin Thicke on the MTV Video Music Awards was one of the year’s most talked about cultural events.MTV said on

Idris struggled with Mandela accent

DHAKA: The 41-year-old actor Idris Elba plays the south African president in the biopic about his life, ‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’, but he admits it took him a long time to learn his dialect.He said, ‘I couldn’t do it at the beginning and you know why? Because I couldn’t

‘Not working with Rekha’

DHAKA: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has dismissed the reports that he will team up with Rekha for Yash Raj Films’ (YRF) next untitled project, saying it’s not true.There were reports that the megastar is in talks to star opposite Rekha in a film that will be directed by Aditya Chopra,

Nicole to sing at Mandela’s funeral

DHAKA: The former Pussycat Doll has reportedly held a secret visit with the late revolutionary’s daughters at London’s Mandarin Hotel and they discussed a potential performance.An insider told The Sun on Sunday newspaper, ‘During the chat Nicole had with the daughters it was

Sanjay parole causes protests

DHAKA: A group of Republican Party of India (RPI) activists demonstrated outside the Yerawada Central Jail on Saturday, protesting the likely parole of jailed Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt.Waving black flags and banners, the RPI activists shouted slogans demanding that Dutt should not be

Celebrities pay tribute to Mandela

Stars have paid tribute to Nelson Mandela after he passed away Friday.The South African political activist and former President died aged 95 at his home in Johannesburg, South Africa, surrounded by his family.Mandela was for millions a symbol of hope and freedom for his battle to overcome

Sanjay seeks parole to care for ‘ill’ wife

DHAKA: Jailed Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt has sought a month’s parole to look after his ailing wife Manyata, official sources said.Dutt has applied to the Pune divisional commissioner for parole on the grounds that his wife is unwell.Accordingly, he is likely to be released from

Dylan`s guitar sells for nearly $1m

DHAKA: The electric guitar played by Bob Dylan at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival has been sold at auction in New York for a record $965,000 (£591,000).The Fender Stratocaster had been in the possession of a New Jersey family for 48 years after he left it on a plane, reports BBC.The

Mumbai court orders a fresh trial

DHAKA: A Mumbai court today ordered fresh trial in a 2002 hit-and-run case against Hindi film actor Salman Khan.Salman had asked for a fresh trial after the charge against him was enhanced from "rash and negligent driving" to the more serious "culpable homicide not amounting to murder",

‘Escape Plan’ hits Star Cineplex

DHAKA: Star Cineplex arranged the Dhaka premiere of one of the latest Hollywood action and thriller movies ‘Escape Plan’ at its hall at Bashundhara City Shopping Mall on Panthapath.The movie, premiered Thursday evening, will be screened at 11.30am, 2.00pm, 4.45pm and 7.30pm from