'Thor: Love and Thunder' scores franchise best debut

Four movies in, Thor is still bringing the hammer down at the box office. " Thor: Love and Thunder " earned $143 million in its opening weekend in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday. It's a franchise best for the God of Thunder and another success story of the summer 2022 box office season.

Entertainment 11 Jul, 2022

Movies love a comeback story. This summer, it's their turn.

This summer at the movies, Tom Cruise is back in the cockpit behind those iconic aviators. Doctors Grant, Sattler and Ian Malcolm are returning for another round with the dinosaurs. Natalie Portman is picking up Thor's hammer. And Jordan Peele is poised to terrify us with the unknown. Again.

Entertainment 05 May, 2022

Celebs donate millions to help Australia wildfire efforts

LOS ANGELES: Elton John and Chris Hemsworth are among the celebrities donating big bucks for relief efforts as wildfires engulf Australia. Hemsworth, the Australian actor who plays Thor in the Marvel movie franchise, took to social media Monday to...

Travel Abroad 08 Jan, 2020

Australia's leaders unmoved on climate action after devastating bushfires

MELBOURNE: Australia's government is sticking firmly to a position that there is no direct link between climate change and the country's devastating bushfires, despite public anger, the anguish of victims and warnings from scientists. Prime...

Art & Culture 07 Jan, 2020

�1917,� �Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood� win Golden Globes

The 77th Golden Globes were meant to be a coronation for Netflix. Instead, a pair of big-screen epics took top honors Sunday, as Sam Mendes’ technically dazzling World War I tale “1917” won best picture, drama, and Quentin Tarantino’s...

Travel Abroad 06 Jan, 2020

Actors, popstars raise funds to support victims of Australian bushfires

MELBOURNE: Actors, popstars and Britain's royal family have stepped in to offer support for victims of Australia's unprecedented bushfires, helping to raise millions for firefighting services and wildlife shelters. On Sunday, Australian actor...

Women 05 Jan, 2020

Australians shelter and flee as firefighters battle 150 bushfires

SYDNEY: Australian officials ordered people in several communities, including a major tourist destination, to evacuate immediately on Wednesday as firefighters struggled to contain more than 150 bushfires raging across the east coast. While cooler...

Women 13 Nov, 2019

'L.A. Confidential' director Curtis Hanson found dead at California home

Movie director Curtis Hanson, who won an Oscar for “L.A Confidential”, was found dead in his California home on Tuesday, the Los Angeles Police Department said. He was 71. Paramedics found Hanson at his Hollywood Hills home at about 5 p.m....

Travel Abroad 21 Sep, 2016

Crowe set to scare with The Mummy

LOS ANGELES: Hollywood actor Russell Crowe has confirmed that he will be joining Tom Cruise in the remake of The Mummy, saying that the film will “scare the s**t” out of everyone. According to Collider.com, the actor shared that he will be...

Travel Abroad 09 May, 2016

Tributes flow at emotional Crowe funeral in NZ

Auckland, March 1 Cricketing greats honoured Martin Crowe at an emotional funeral for New Zealand’s greatest batsman on Friday, with his cousin, Hollywood star Russell Crowe, acting as a pallbearer. About 1,000 mourners packed Auckland’s...

12 Mar, 2016

Fairy tale of Ray Martin

Everyone in Australia knows Ray Martin, the journalist and the TV presenter. Known for television programmes like 60 Minutes, Ray Presents, Up Close and Personal With the Ray Martin Show, along with interviewing world famous personalities, he calls his...

Art & Culture 07 Feb, 2016

Princeton honors memory of 'Mind' mathematician John Nash

PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY: Princeton University said farewell to late mathematician and faculty member John Nash, whose life and battle with schizophrenia were chronicled in the Russell Crowe movie "A Beautiful Mind," with a day of remembrance events...

Mobile & Apps 25 Oct, 2015