Zaid Ali T vs Hollywood
Canadian YouTube sensation Zaid Ali T announced on Wednesday that he has turned down a role offered to him in a Hollywood film due to a kissing scene he was unwilling to do. He took to his Facebook...
View ArticleSanjay Dutt returns to jail, but does not surrender
MUMBAI: Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt returned to Yerawada Central Jail in Pune Thursday to serve the remainder of his term after a 14-day-long furlough ended, and there was no response to his request...
View ArticlePakistani dramas are unparalleled: Kirron Kher
Ahead of her visit to Pakistan scheduled for February end, veteran actor and politician Kirron Kher expressed her penchant for Pakistani actors, lauding them for cementing their place on Indian...
View ArticleMahira Khan: A ‘raees’ entry into Bollywood
KARACHI: Actor Mahira Khan is on the road to ascending the acting throne as she gears up to share screen space with superstar Shah Rukh Khan in the upcoming film Raees. What will be the grandest...
View ArticleBradley Cooper turns director
One of Hollywood’s most successful actors Bradley Cooper seems to be planning to branch out into other areas of filmmaking. According to Daily Mail, Cooper is hoping to direct the upcoming dramatic...
View ArticleNo question of discomfort with Karan: Bipasha Basu
MUMBAI: Actor Bipasha Basu says shooting steamy scenes with actor-model Karan Singh Grover in their upcoming film Alone was not an uncomfortable experience due to the friendship the duo had struck up...
View ArticleAre we missing the keyframe?
KARACHI: An industry that combines the arts and technology would be expected to go from strength to strength, but, in Pakistan, it seems to be the opposite. Despite the fact that the animation...
View ArticleFaysal Qureshi joins SoundCloud
KARACHI: Morning show host and actor, Faysal Qureshi recently announced that he will be joining the popular audio distribution platform, SoundCloud, said a press release. The popular music sharing...
View ArticleSonam on being daddy’s little girl
Actor Sonam Kapoor confessed that she shares details of her personal and professional life with her father, actor and filmmaker, Anil Kapoor stated IANS. “I am very close to my dad. He is a good...
View ArticleClooney gushes over his Mrs
LOS ANGELES: Actor George Clooney, who attended the 72nd Golden Globe award ceremony to receive the prestigious Cecil B DeMille lifetime achievement honour, was uninhibited in professing his love for...
View ArticleThe chasm between ‘free’ and ‘hate’ speech
KARACHI: In the wake of the recent scourge of terrorism in Paris, which left 12 people dead, including the editor and prominent cartoonists of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, netizens have...
View ArticleKU film thesis: Where the new wave begins
KARACHI: The influx of Pakistani films has not only made exhibitors hopeful about the prospects of local films at the box office but has also motivated the ‘aspiring filmmaker’. By aspiring, we...
View ArticleHomeland producers deny storyline changes induced by Charlie Hebdo attacks
Producers of the controversial American television series Homeland say there is no connection between the Charlie Hebdo attacks and their decision to move the show’s storyline away from extremist...
View ArticleHollywood sees dearth of women behind the camera
LOS ANGELES: The number of women working behind the camera in Hollywood’s top-grossing films has changed little over the past decade, a study has found. The ‘Celluloid Ceiling’ study from San Diego...
View ArticleAbhishek to star in Hera Pheri 3
MUMBAI: Post the success of Hera Pheri and its sequel Phir Hera Pheri, the makers are set to start Hera Pheri 3 with Abhishek Bachchan and John Abraham in the lead. The former says the first movie...
View ArticlePakistani websites dial the ‘wrong number’
KARACHI: As right-wing religious groups in India continue to wield their sledgehammer on the satirical comedy-drama film PK, a new controversy comes to the fore. On the grounds of defamation, PK’s...
View ArticleAjoka to reach ‘Destination: USA’
KARACHI: The Davis Performing Arts Center and the Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics at the Georgetown University will be staging Ajoka theatre’s satirical play Amrika Chalo. It is a joint...
View ArticleTransformers: Age of Extinction nominated for worst picture
LOS ANGELES: Director Michael Bay’s special effects spectacle Transformers: Age of Extinction led all movies in ignominy with seven Razzie Awards nominations, including worst picture, screenplay and...
View ArticleKarachi last ray of hope for Pashto films
PESHAWAR: As Pakistan witnessed its first-ever IMAX and a general ascent of multiplexes and single-screen cinemas, one city struggled amid closing movie theatres and a dwindling local film scene....
View ArticleWoody Allen to make magic on small screen
SAN FRANCISCO / LOS ANGELES: Woody Allen will make his first foray onto the small screen, writing and directing an online series for Amazon. The Internet retailer rolled out the news of Allen’s series...
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