Notable director Mostofa Sarwar Farooki has been hospitalised on Tuesday (January 23) night as he suffered minor brain stroke. Farooki's wife, actress Nusrat Imrose Tisha, shared the news through her official Facebook page around 1:00am. Tisha in her post said, "Mostofa

Today is the 82nd birth anniversary of country’s legendary film star Nayak Raj Razzak.  To mark the day, the actor’s family has arranged various programmes, including doa mahfil. Different television channels will also air an array of programmes today. Born on 23

Sony's Indian arm has scrapped a planned merger with Zee Entertainment which would have formed one of India's largest entertainment groups. The $10bn merger, first announced two years ago, was set to combine more than 75 television channels, film assets and two streaming

Pakistan’s all-rounder Shoaib Malik announced his third marriage to actrees Sana Javed on Saturday, leaving his fans and followers surprised.  The 41-year-old confirmed his third marriage on his social media accounts where he wrote a small caption with a Quranic verse.

Joyce Randolph, a veteran stage and television actress whose role as the savvy Trixie Norton on “The Honeymooners” provided the perfect foil to her dimwitted TV husband, has died. She was 99. Randolph died of natural causes Saturday night at her home on the Upper West Side

Succession was named best drama series, and The Bear was named best comedy series at the 2023 Primetime Emmy Awards, which were handed out Monday night. In addition, Beef was named best limited or anthology series, while RuPaul’s Drag Race won best reality competition program.

TV stars are gearing up for the Emmy Awards, which are happening four months late because of the Hollywood strikes. Nominations were announced in July and the ceremony was originally scheduled for September, but the writers' and actors' strikes meant very few nominees would

A posthumous autobiography of Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of U.S. rock 'n' roll legend Elvis Presley, will be released in October, her daughter and publishers announced Thursday, almost a year to the day after her death. "I'm honored to help put my mother's

Renowned classical singer Dr Prabha Atre passed away following a cardiac arrest at her residence here at the age of 92 early on Saturday, sources close to her said. Atre, who represented the Kirana Gharana of the Hindustani classical music, had been honoured with all three of Padma

The story of the trial of a writer accused of murdering her husband, and the dissection of their complex marriage, was awarded best screenplay and best non-English language film at the awards ceremony Sunday night in Beverly Hills, California. Director Justice Triet, who co-wrote the

Japanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki has won his first Golden Globe Award at the age of 82 for The Boy and the Heron. This marks the first Golden Globe win for a non-English animated feature. Billed as Mr Miyazaki's final feature, it was up against Disney productions such as

Oppenheimer is one of the big winners at the Golden Globe Awards, which are taking place in Los Angeles. Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr were both recognised for their acting performances, while Christopher Nolan won best director. Murphy portrayed J Robert Oppenheimer,

Ferdous Ahmed, a candidate for the Dhaka-10 Constituency on the Boat symbol, expressed his full optimism about winning the national elections, yet admitted to feeling pressure similar to the SSC exam. Speaking to reporters in front of the election office in Dhanmondi after visiting

The actress Glynis Johns, who played Mrs Banks in Mary Poppins, has died aged 100. Mitch Clem, her manager, said she died of natural causes at an assisted living home in Los Angeles on Thursday. He said: “Today’s a sad day for Hollywood. She is the last of the last of

Divya Pahuja, a 27-year-old model, who had recently secured bail after seven years in connection with the alleged fake encounter of Gurugram's most-wanted gangster, Sandeep Gadoli, was found shot dead in a Gurugram hotel on Wednesday.  Divya's association with the

It was the animation that launched the House of Mouse. Steamboat Willie, a 1928 short film featuring early non-speaking versions of Mickey and Minnie, is widely seen as the moment that transformed Disney's fortunes and made cinema history. Their images are now available to the

Bangladesh's cultural and entertainment scene experienced a lot of exciting events throughout the year, and enthusiasts across the country were kept occupied by everything that the nation's superstars, artists, and cultural mediums had to offer.  The landscape of films in

It was party time for hundreds of Salman Khan fans who had gathered outside the superstar's residence on Wednesday to wish him on his 58th birthday. The "Tiger 3" star acknowledged their greetings a little after 7 pm when he appeared on the balcony of his Bandra home

This year, Bangladesh has lost many glittering stars from the showbiz realm who contributed immensely to uplifting the country’s music and cinema scenes. Banglanews remembers the celebrities including noted actors Farooque, Zeenat Barkatullah, Khalekuzzaman, Mita Chowdhury and

South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun, best known for his role in the Oscar-winning film Parasite, has been found dead in an apparent suicide in central Seoul. Police found the body of the actor, who was 48, in a car near a city park on Wednesday. They believe Lee took his own life, Yonhap