Oscar winner and groundbreaking star Sidney Poitier dies

Sidney Poitier, the groundbreaking actor and enduring inspiration who transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen, and became the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for best lead performance and the first to be a top box-office draw, has died. He was 94.

Entertainment 08 Jan, 2022

Russian actor blasts off to attempt a world first: a movie in space

A Russian actress and a film director blasted off for the International Space Station on Tuesday, beating Tom Cruise in the race to shoot the first movie in space.

Entertainment 06 Oct, 2021

International events: Investment for tourism growth

About 17 Hollywood stars have already visited Nepal, but we have failed to capitalise on their visit. In most of the cases, their visits are kept secret, and we come to know only after they return. The government, NTB and other concerned agencies...

15 Jan, 2021

Chloe Zhao's "Nomadland" wins top prize at Venice Film Fest

VENICE: Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland,” a recession-era road trip drama starring Frances McDormand, won the Golden Lion for best film Saturday at a slimmed-down Venice Film Festival, which was held against the backdrop of the coronavirus...

Travel Abroad 13 Sep, 2020

Petition seeks to block MJ's daughter Paris Jackson playing Jesus Christ

KATHMANDU: Many people are against Michael Jackson's daughter Paris Jackson playing Jesus Christ in a new film — more than 275,000 people have signed a Change.org petition to prevent the distribution of the indie film Habit calling it a...

Travel Abroad 03 Jul, 2020

Hollywood's Martin Scorsese talks lockdown anxiety in homemade short film

KATHMANDU: Hollywood filmmaker Martin Scorsese has captured his lockdown experiences in a homemade short film where he talks about anxiety, relief as well as workload. In the short that premiered on May 28 edition of Lockdown Culture on BBC Two,...

Travel Abroad 29 May, 2020

Indian actor Irrfan Khan dies after long battle with cancer

MUMBAI: Irrfan Khan, an Indian filmstar who brought a modern sensibility to recent hit movies and featured in several Hollywood films such as "Life of Pi" and "The Namesake", died on Wednesday. Khan's death, after a prolonged battle with cancer,...

Women 29 Apr, 2020

Taiwanese-Canadian model-actor Godfrey Gao dies on set

HONG KONG: Taiwanese-Canadian model-actor Godfrey Gao has died after suffering an apparent heart attack while on set in China. Gao was filming a sports reality show in the eastern Chinese city of Ningbo on Wednesday when he died. His agency,...

Travel Abroad 27 Nov, 2019

China orders actress Fan Bingbing to pay massive tax fine

BEIJING: Chinese tax authorities have ordered “X-Men” star Fan Bingbing and companies she represents to pay taxes and penalties totaling $130 million, ending speculation over the fate of one of the country’s highest-profile entertainers three...

Travel Abroad 04 Oct, 2018

Two-day web technology conference held in Kathmandu

KATHMANDU: A two-day web technology conference focusing on tech enthusiasts and tech professionals of Nepal was organised by WEB WEEKEND KATHMANDU (WWKTM) in late September at Teku, Kathmandu. The conference that ran from September 22 to 23 was...

Horoscopes 02 Oct, 2018

Mystery around disappearance of Chinese star Fan Bingbing

BEIJING: X-Men star Fan Bingbing’s Beijing management office is dark and abandoned. Her birthday passed almost unremarked in China’s hyper-adrenalized social media environment. For one of China’s best known stars and a rising Hollywood...

Travel Abroad 24 Sep, 2018

Amid cancer treatment, Irrfan Khan finds new a perspective

LOS ANGELES: Actor Irrfan Khan is a Bollywood star and Hollywood chameleon, who has bounced between the two with ease for decades, working with everyone from Mira Nair to Wes Anderson and Ang Lee and stealing scenes in both Oscar-winners...

Art & Culture 02 Aug, 2018