Category: Entertainment

Nicole Kidman has won best actress in a play honours at London’s WhatsOnStage Awards for her depiction of a real-life scientific heroine in “Photograph 51.” Kidman played Rosalind Franklin, one of the team that discovered the double helix structure of DNA, in Anne Ziegler’s drama, which also was named best new play. Kidman said returning to the stage after 17 […]

Leonardo DiCaprio is “definitely” and “should” win the best actor Oscar, says Eddie Redmayne. The 41-year-old star is yet to receive an Academy Award in his life but is odds-on favourite to scoop the prize for his portrayal of frontiersman Hugh Glass in “The Revenant” at the star-studded ceremony to be held in LA on February 28. Even his fellow […]

Atress Manisha Koirala, along with the Embassy of Nepal, will be hosting Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli for high tea this Wednesday. He’s currently in India for the strengthening of bilateral ties between the two neighbouring countries. The Bollywood actress has a strong connect with the politics of her home country as her grandfather Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala was the […]

Late athlete Jesse Owens’s biopic ‘Race’ will hit the Indian screens on March 11. ‘Race,’ starring Stephan James, is a biographical sports drama film based on the story of Owens, whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics. “I don’t think it’s possible to do full justice […]

Malayalam film Ottaal (The Trap) won a prestigious Crystal Bear award at the Berlin film festival on Saturday. An eleven-member youth jury (between 11-14 years of age) awards Crystal Bears to the best feature-length and best short films in the children’s category. Ottaal, directed by Jayaraj Rajasekharan, tells the story of a young boy and his grandfather. It is adapted […]

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal watched Sonam Kapoor starrer ‘Neerja’ here along with Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas and actor-musician Shekhar Ravjiani among others. The special screening of the film took place here at the Films Division Auditorium (FDA) on Wednesday.’Neerja’ is said to have caught the attention of Kejriwal because of its relevance […]