Oscars 2015: Birdman wins Best Picture at 87th Oscars

Black comedy-drama Birdman has scooped the big prize of the night at this year’s Oscars. The film won Best Picture as well as Best Director for Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. After being nominated... Read more »

Jafar Panahi’s ‘Taxi’ wins top prize at Berlin Film Fest

The Golden Bear goes to Jafar Panahi, a dissident Iranian filmmaker whose submission "Taxi" was filmed covertly. Renowned directors leave empty-handed, as several awards go to young talents from small countries. Read more »

Grammys 2015: Sam Smith shines at the annual music awards

British singer Sam Smith wins Four Grammy Awards while Beck, Beyoncé and Pharrell also took home a haul The British singer Sam Smith is celebrating after enjoying a fantastic night at the Grammy... Read more »

American Sniper and the War Story we cannot tell

Unfortunately, the classic characteristics of Western movies fail to provide a framework to tell the human experience of war. Clint Eastwood's box-office smash brilliantly reads the temperature of America's ... Read more »

PK becomes Bollywood’s most successful movie of all time

Tribune International Report PK, the Bollywood comedy-drama starring Aamir Khan has made more than $100 million in global box office sales since its release on December 19 – a benchmark that no... Read more »

Why Kiwi actors are choosing fame in Australia

By Alan Perrott It’s the odd thing about New Zealand actors: the further away they go the more visible they can become. And judging by our television schedules, it’s more than likely... Read more »

Oscars 2015 – Full List of Nominees

The Grand Budapest Hotel and Birdman lead way with 9 nominations this year Nominations for the 87th annual Academy Awards were announced Thursday morning in Los Angeles. The first set of nominees were... Read more »

72nd Annual Golden Globes honors the best Movies and Actors

Boyhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel, and Birdman snagged top prizes The 72nd Annual Golden Globes ceremony brought Tina Fey and Amy Poehler together for their third stint in a row as the... Read more »

Salman Khan tops Forbes India Celebrity 100 List for 2014

Salman Khan has topped the Forbes charts, both terms of revenues and fame – a first for a Forbes India celebrity list topper. Khan has emerged as the celebrity with the highest... Read more »

Netflix plans to launch in Australia next year

Netflix is gearing up to enter Australia and has reportedly hired local marketing services to plan its launch Netflix is preparing for a launch in Australia next year, and has started to... Read more »

‘Homeland’ inaccurately portrays Islamabad

The show's clear lack of homework on Pakistan is astounding; the setting, the characters, and the language that Homeland tries to pass off as "local" are all foreign to me. It would... Read more »

Ghazal singer Habib Wali Muhammad passes away at 90

Famous ghazal singer Habib Wali Muhammad breathed his last on Thursday in Los Angeles at the age of 90. Habib Wali Muhammad was born in Rangoon (now called Myanmar) and grew up... Read more »

Mathira is married!

“Terhi hai,” she says of her love story. “Many glasses were broken. Like I said, nothing is normal in my life. We had a fight; I was debating on something, he was... Read more »

Shahrukh Khan and Deepika rock in film promo

The much-awaited trailer of upcoming Bollywood action-comedy thriller, Happy New Year, is out – and as always, ‘King Khan’ rocks! The star-studded cast includes Shahrukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan and Sonu... Read more »

Actor Robin Williams found dead in apparent suicide

Oscar-winning actor and comedian Robin Williams was found dead on Monday from a suicide at his home in Northern California, Marin County Sheriff’s Office said. He was 63. The sheriff’s coroner’s division... Read more »

Rigging allegations mar Teen Choice Awards

LOS ANGELES: Fox TV’s Teen Choice Awards (TCA) 2014 were in for an unexpected angry rebuttal as the Twitter trend of #TeensChoiceAwards was overtaken by #TeensDontHaveAChoiceAwards. The latter became the top trending... Read more »

My idea of romance is old-school: Fawad Khan

With his hit television drama, Zindagi Gulzar Hai, Pakistani superstar, Fawad Khan has already won hearts in India. According to Hindustan Times, Fawad has claimed he is not yet used to being... Read more »

Michael Johns, Australian finalist on American Idol, ’dies from blood clot’

SIMON Cowell has joined tributes to Australian singer and American Idol finalist Michael Johns, who has died aged 35. Cowell tweeted this morning after hearing the news, calling the Perth-born singer “a... Read more »

‘Lyari Film Festival’ opens for submissions

KARACHI: This time around, instead of guns there will be movies for the people of Karachi’s Lyari Town as the Nosach Film Academy in collaboration with the Women Development Foundation Pakistan (WDFP)... Read more »

World Cup’s battle of the beauties as Brazil takes on Germany

VICTORIA’S Secret alum Alessandra Ambrosio and Gisele Bündchen will square off against former colleague Heidi Klum in a battle of the beauties as Brazil prepares to take on Germany in the World... Read more »

Aaroh’s Haider Hashmi passes away

Haider Hashmi, a well known guitarist and band member of Aaroh, passed away late Sunday night. He was 40. Hashmi was diagnosed with a brain tumour last month and was admitted to... Read more »

Kanye West booed by crowd at Wireless Festival in London

KANYE West’s worldwide mission to tell everyone how it is hit with a snag at a UK concert recently after his onstage rant was greeted with boos. In fairness to the audience,... Read more »

Anupam Kher set to launch his first TV show

Veteran Bollywood actor Anupam Kher’s forthcoming show titled The Anupam Kher Show – Kucch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai is set to air on July 6, reported The Times of India. The celebrity chat show with... Read more »

Ray Davies, Donovan inducted into Songwriters Hall

NEW YORK: A death in Ray Davies’ family kept the singer from attending the Songwriters Hall of Fame on Thursday, but Jon Bon Jovi closed the three-hour event by performing Kinks hits... Read more »