Did you know?: Low profile actors cast in 50 shades of Grey
Author of the highly popular book 50 Shades of Grey, EL James revealed the leads in the upcoming movie adaptation of her book via Twitter. Relatively low profile actors Dakota Johnson and Charlie...
View ArticleAngelina Jolie, Steve Martin to receive honourary Oscars
LOS ANGELES: Oscars season kicked off on Thursday as actors Angelina Jolie, Angela Lansbury, Steve Martin and Italian costume designer Piero Tosi were the first to receive honourary Governors Awards,...
View ArticleCritics savage 'cheap and cheerless' Diana film as tawdry soap
LONDON: Film critics have savaged a new movie of the late British Princess Diana’s relationship with a Pakistani doctor as an intrusive and embarrassingly cheap soap opera. British-born Australian...
View ArticleLife doesn’t stop at box office numbers: Farhan Akhtar
MUMBAI: With the success of latest Bollywood movies such as Chennai Express and Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani — good reviews at the box office and good amount of revenue generated — film-making seems to have...
View ArticleFifth Estate exposes WikiLeaks in Toronto film festival debut
TORONTO: The Fifth Estate, an unlikely thriller that chronicles the emergence of anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks and its enigmatic founder Julian Assange, premiered at the Toronto International Film...
View ArticleCinema Wars: Karachi’s best spots for a movie night
KARACHI: Fancy a night out at the movies? The cinema has become one of Karachi’s favourite past-times in recent years. With the opening of Nueplex in Phase 8, Karachi now has four family-friendly...
View ArticleJennifer Hudson tackles ‘intimidating’ role of Winnie Mandela
LOS ANGELES: For Oscar – and Grammy-winning actor and singer Jennifer Hudson, the decision to play anti-apartheid activist Winnie Mandela in her first lead role was no easy matter, especially when she...
View ArticleVin Diesel’s Riddick unseats Oprah’s Butler
LOS ANGELES: Vin Diesel’s return as glowing-eyed space traveler Riddick won the weekend movie race, ringing up $18.7 million in US and Canadian ticket sales, and knocking three-time box office queen...
View ArticleAt SAIFTA, Ranbir goes from globally-appreciated to globally-recognised
DURBAN: After bagging numerous awards on home turf, Anurag Basu’s Barfi! received international acclaim by winning the Best Film award in the first edition of the South Africa India Film and...
View ArticleMovie review: Toofan - proof of how not to remake a classic
INDIA: Chisel a big log of wood in the form of a human being, more or less looking like Ram Charan Teja, and make it wear the khaki uniform. What do we get out of this exercise? Unfortunately, ACP...
View ArticleDid you know?: Grey’s Anatomy’s Izzie coming back to TV!
There’s no denying that Izzie was one of the most loved characters on Grey’s Anatomy, and fans along with industry insiders were shocked when Katherine Heigl, who played the character, decided to...
View Article12 Years a Slave: American story unearthed by British film-maker
TORONTO: Set in the plantations of sweltering southern Louisiana and based on the 1853 memoir of a free black man sold into slavery, 12 Years a Slave is unmistakably an American story. And yet, much...
View ArticleIndian film industry not a secure place: Kangana Ranaut
Actor Kangana Ranaut has carved a niche for herself in Bollywood against all odds – no filmy background and a highly-criticised accent. Hailing from a small town in Himachal Pradesh, India, her first...
View ArticleRed carpet: A starry delight
Durban city lit up over the weekend for the first edition of the South Africa India Film and Television Awards (SAIFTA) that took place on Friday. Bollywood A-listers set the red carpet on fire. Here...
View ArticleKajol is a strict mommy
Who would have known that the perfect mom figure in Karan Johar’s Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Kajol Devgn is a no non-sense mother off the camera? The 39-year-old actor, who was last seen in Johar’s We...
View ArticleI’ve always considered myself a character actor: Robert Duvall
LOS ANGELES: With a career spanning over seven decades, actor Robert Duvall has played roles ranging from Joseph Stalin to Dwight D Eisenhower, and he still looks for ways to diversify his choices....
View ArticleSRK welcome to promote films on Bigg Boss: Salman
MUMBAI: Looks like Bollywood superstar Salman Khan’s philanthropic venture Being Human is changing him to become a better human being. The actor who will host the seventh season of reality show Bigg...
View ArticleDid you know?: Veena Malik’s Supermodel to release on September 27
Queen of controversy Veena Malik’s upcoming Bollywood film Supermodel is set to release all over India on September 27. And as we all know it, her co-star is none other than her ex-flame Ashmit Patel...
View ArticleSalman Khan doesn’t enjoy hosting TV shows
MUMBAI: The seventh season of reality show, Bigg Boss is ready to hit screens on September 15, and actor Salman Khan is all set to take up the host’s seat for a fourth consecutive year. In an earlier...
View ArticleThe wizarding world returns, but without Harry Potter
LONDON: Best-selling Harry Potter author JK Rowling will return to the wizarding world for her screenplay debut with a film inspired by one of her fictional boy wizard’s textbooks. Rowling has agreed...
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