Imran Abbas hosts Big STAR Awards
KARACHI: Pakistani television and film actor Imran Abbas can add another feather to his cap after recently hosting the Big STAR Entertainment Awards in Mumbai. The actor hosted the awards alongside...
View ArticleTribune's Film Awards 2014
KARACHI: Despite the fact that there were only three major films released in 2014, the display of sheer diversity and guts showcased by filmmakers on celluloid signals a brighter future for Pakistani...
View ArticleLuise Rainer, 1930s back-to-back Oscar winner, passes away
LONDON / BERLIN: Luise Rainer, the German-born actor who made cinema history by winning back-to-back Oscars as best actress for the 1936 musical The Great Ziegfeld and the 1937 drama The Good Earth...
View ArticleWe respect all faiths: Rakjumar Hirani
NEW DELHI: Rajkumar Hirani’s latest offering PK is going strong at the box office, but some of the film’s content has not gone down well with activists who misunderstood the idea of the movie....
View ArticleActivist to air drop ‘The Interview’ in North Korea
A South Korean activist stated that he will launch balloons carrying DVDs of Sony’s The Interview toward North Korea to try to break down a cult of personality built around dictator Kim Jong Un,...
View ArticleNicole Kidman in talks for Ajay Devgn’s Shivay?
Actor Nicole Kidman may star in Shivay, a Bollywood film starring Ajay Devgn, reported Zee News. Ajay, who was last seen in Prabhudeva’s Action Jackson, has started working on his next project....
View ArticlePK beats Chennai Express and Kick
Aamir Khan’s PK opened to a half-hearted response, cashing in about INR260 million on its opening day. While most Aamir critics thought his star power was overhauled by contemporaries Salman Khan and...
View Article2014 in splitsville
As is the case with every passing year, 2014 also saw the crumbling of some power couples. Breakups are hard to deal with as there are tears, heartbreaks and in some cases partners moving on quickly....
View ArticlePappu Samrat keeps up with the naach
LAHORE: Pakistani weddings without the Mehndi lack flavour. Over the years, Mehndis have become full on productions with a majestic art decor and specialised dance performances. No Mehndi is whole...
View ArticleGodard’s ‘Goodbye to Language’ is critics group’s top film
NEW YORK: The National Society of Film Critics on Saturday named Jean-Luc Godard’s 3-D film Goodbye to Language the best picture of the year, narrowly choosing it over Richard Linklater’s acclaimed...
View ArticleHobbit takes third straight win at US, Canada box office
NEW YORK: The last of Peter Jackson’s three Hobbit films rode to a third straight weekend atop box office charts, selling an estimated $21.9 million in tickets at US and Canadian theaters. Disney’s...
View ArticleCameron Diaz ties the knot
Hollywood star Cameron Diaz and rocker Benji Madden got married in their Los Angeles home on Monday. Diaz, 42, and Madden, 35, had been dating since May and were engaged shortly before Christmas,...
View ArticleI’d have to perform like Mahira: Shah Rukh
MUMBAI: Shah Rukh Khan, who is set to star with actor Mahira Khan and acclaimed Indian actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui in the forthcoming film Raees, is all praises for them. He said he would now have to...
View ArticleFilm based on Aitzaz Hasan slated for mid-2015 release
Veteran director Shehzad Rafique is said to launch his latest directorial venture, Salute, in mid-2015, which will be based on Aitzaz Hasan – the brave teenager from Hangu who embraced a suicide...
View ArticleSony CEO sees no major financial impact from cyber attack
LAS VEGAS: Sony Corp Chief Executive Kazuo Hirai on Tuesday said he does not expect the November cyber attack on the company’s film studio to have a significant financial impact, two weeks after the...
View ArticleWinter is coming to IMAX
HBO’s biggest show Game of Thrones is set to become the first TV series to get a theatrical release with HBO and IMAX striking a deal. The cable network plans to release a Game of Thrones ‘movie’...
View ArticleUrdu treated as a servant’s language: Rahat Kazmi
KARACHI: Rahat Kazmi may have been known for his effortless portrayal of characters in television dramas, such as Dhoop Kinare and Parchaiyan, but these days, his role as a teacher in real life is...
View ArticleRefusal to lock lips: YouTube sensation Zaid Ali T turns down Hollywood
KARACHI: Canadian Youtube sensation Zaid Ali T on Wednesday announced that he turned down a role offered to him in a Hollywood movie. With over 147,000 Twitter followers, the young star quickly...
View ArticleExcited to see Aishwarya back on the big screen: Abhishek
Actor Abhishek Bachchan is excited to see his wife Aishwarya Rai make a comeback on the silver screen with Sanjay Gupta’s Jazbaa, reported Indo-Asian News Service (IANS). Aishwarya was last seen on...
View ArticleWaging war against ‘love jihad’
In a move that has rekindled controversy surrounding the alleged practice of ‘love jihad’, Hindu right-wing group Vishva Hindu Parishad’s (VHP) young women’s wing, Durga Vahini, has launched a ‘ghar...
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