K-pop supergroup BTS made a highly anticipated return on Saturday with a large-scale free comeback concert in Seoul, marking their first group performance in four years. The event, held at Gwanghwamun Square, drew tens of thousands of fans, prompting authorities to impose strict security measures,
Mahbuba Rahman, the Ekushey Padak-winning singer whose voice helped shape the early soundscape of Bangladesh’s film and radio music, has been laid to rest at the Martyred Intellectuals’ Graveyard in Mirpur, marking the end of a life steeped in artistic legacy. Her burial on Friday foll
Chuck Norris, the former martial arts champion and 1980s action-film hero who fought the bad guys in "Code of Silence," "Missing in Action" and "The Delta Force" and upheld the law in the TV series "Walker, Texas Ranger," died on Thursday, his family said in a statement on his Instagram account on
The Doraemon director, Tsutomu Shibayama, has died due to lung cancer at the age of 84. The news was announced by the Japanese animation studio Asia-do, also known as Ajia-do Animation Works. In its obituary, the company stated, "Our former President and CEO, Tsutomu Shibayama, passed away on 6 M
National award-winning small-screen actor Shams Sumon has died after a prolonged battle with liver complications, a colleague has confirmed. Sumon died on Tuesday evening at a Dhaka hospital, Rashed Mamun Apu, general secretary of the Obhinoy Shilpi Sangha, told bdnews24.com. Apu said, “We
The film industry's elite gathered for the Oscars, where a single production emerged as the night's definitive heavyweight. Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another led the pack, securing six Academy Awards, including the prestigious Best Picture and Best Director. In the acting categories,
The darkly comic thriller “One Battle After Another” won best picture at the Academy Awards, leading a haul of six trophies on a Sunday night when Hollywood handed its top movie honours to unconventional stories. The offbeat tale of political resistance traded wins with the vampire st
Hollywood rolls out the red carpet for Sunday’s Oscars, the film industry’s highest honors, with an unusually open best-picture race that pits vampire hit "Sinners," the leader in nominations, against the darkly comic thriller "One Battle After Another." Security for the ceremony at t
Palestinian actor Motaz Malhees said a travel ban imposed by the Donald Trump administration is preventing him from attending this weekend's Academy Awards, whose nominees include a movie in which he has a starring role. "The Voice of Hind Rajab," a film about a five-year-old Palestinian girl kill
The wife of television actor Zaher Alvi reportedly committed suicide in the capital’s Mirpur DOHS on Saturday. Alvi confirmed the matter through a post on his verified Facebook page. However, he did not mention any reason behind the incident. In the post, the actor wrote, “This noon,
The idea of a movie created by a YouTuber was considered something to look down on for a long time. It meant the movie would have terrible production values, shallow stories, and exist only to generate clicks, not to make good films. But movies like Chris Stuckmann's Shelby Oaks and Markiplier's I
Laid-off and sidelined by last year’s production slowdown, Hollywood visual‑effects veteran Michael Eng discovered a gap in his resume while perusing job listings in Los Angeles– experience in machine learning. Eng turned to Curious Refuge, an online school teaching filmmaking powered
Brad Arnold, the lead singer of the Grammy-nominated rock band 3 Doors Down, died Saturday, months after he announced that he had been diagnosed with Stage 4 kidney cancer. He was 47. The band said in a statement that Arnold "passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, in his sleep after his
