Julia Roberts and director Luca Guadagnino defended their new film “After the Hunt” at the Venice Film Festival after being questioned about whether it undermines the #MeToo movement.

Tahsan Khan formed an alternative rock band with friends back in 1998. However, his professional music career began two years later with the band Black. Counting from then, Tahsan has now completed 25 years in music. To mark the silver jubilee of his career, the artiste is set to embark on a music tour in Australia.

"I am fortunate that in the initial years of my career, I got the opportunity to work with such great filmmakers,” recalls Sadia Ayman from one of her old interviews with The Daily Star. Her aim for the stars led her to a place where she is now making her mark in the glittering world of showbiz.

Aimed at pre-primary and primary level children, “Sisimpur” began its journey in 2005. The characters Halum, Ikri Mikri, Shiku, and Tuktuki quickly became popular among children.

George Clooney and Emma Stone star in two films premiering at the Venice Film Festival yesterday. Clooney plays a famous actor on a soul-searching journey in Noah Baumbach’s “Jay Kelly”, while Stone appears as the CEO of a pharmaceutical company in Yorgos Lanthimos’s “Bugonia”.

Director Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Raz has returned with a new television drama, “Sohojatri”, which pairs actors Farhan Ahmed Jovan and Naznin Nahar Niha for the first time. The drama is set to air soon, with audiences already buzzing over the on-screen chemistry between the two.

Sanjoy Somadder’s “Insaaf” is set for its digital debut after making waves in theatres last Eid-ul-Azha. The film begins streaming on Chorki on September 4 at 12:01am.

Green Day is gearing up to bring their signature chaos and charm to the big screen with “New Years Rev”, a road trip comedy directed by Lee Kirk. The film will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on September 12, and according to the band, “Toronto is just the beginning.”

Renowned singer Fahmida Nabi has released a new duet titled “Meghla Akash”, a song that captures the mood of rain. The lyrics are penned by Abdul and Sohana. The composition and arrangement have been crafted by Abdul, who also lends his voice alongside Fahmida Nabi.

Bangladeshi filmmaker has been honoured with the Best Emerging Director award at the Astar Awards for his film “Boli: The Wrestler.” Earlier, he had received nominations in two categories—Best Screenwriter and Best Debut Director—for the same project. Just three days after the nominations were announced, the good news arrived on Wednesday (August 27) confirming his win.

Oscar-nominated actor Amy Adams and "Doctor Who" star Matt Smith are joining the cast of the upcoming movie "Star Wars: Starfighter," Walt Disney, opens new tab announced on Thursday (August 29).

At present, the director has his hands full with two back-to-back projects—“Khowabnama”, released yesterday on the Capital Drama YouTube channel, while his Hoichoi original “AKA” will follow closely behind on September 4. Adding to the excitement, “Khowabnama” arrived just a day before his birthday, making the release all the more special.

Chris Columbus, the director who launched the Harry Potter franchise on screen, has voiced doubts about HBO’s upcoming television reboot. Speaking on The Rest Is Entertainment podcast, Columbus said that after seeing set photos of Nick Frost as Hagrid, he was struck by a familiar detail.

Filmmaker and Cultural Adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki has praised the government’s decision to elevate Lalon Shah’s death anniversary to a “Category A” national day, calling it the first step towards dismantling a long history of intellectual colonisation.

This summer, we, the netizens, turned Instagram into a courtroom to decide whether Belly should pick Conrad or Jeremiah. My feed, once a respectable mix of vacation reels, fit checks, work memes, and unsolicited life advice from people who barely graduated high school, has turned into a teenage courtroom where strangers plead their case for fictional love triangles. We type furiously about the fate of a girl whose biggest problem is which handsome boy gets to stand in the rain with her, and read captions declaring loyalty to a boy who exists only in Prime Video’s servers. It feels as if the world pressed pause on adulthood and collectively moved into a beach house where heartbreak is cinematic, summers are eternal, and every decision feels like a new episode. And we—fully grown, allegedly serious and busy people—are here for it.

In the history of Bangladesh’s cultural sphere, few figures shine as brightly as Mustafa Monwar. Painter, puppeteer, television producer, art educator—his artistry has touched nearly every medium, but it is his devotion to children that has left the deepest mark. Generations have grown up enchanted by his puppetry, his vision of an art that is joyous, fearless, and nourishing for young minds.

Radiohead has returned to the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in 17 years — not with a new release, but with their 1997 classic “Let Down”. The track from their studio album “OK Computer” debuted at 91 on the chart dated August 30, marking its first-ever appearance on the Hot 100.

Bangladeshi short film “Lok” has been officially selected to compete at the 20th edition of Fantastic Fest in Texas, one of the largest genre film festivals in the United States.

After a long hiatus, journalist-turned-actor Ahmed Shabbir Romeo is set to return to the screen in the role of a labour leader in the telefilm "Garments Bondho", scheduled to air on Channel i on Friday, August 29, at 3 pm.

The Venice Film Festival kicked off Wednesday with Hollywood royalty arriving for Italy's glitzy movie showcase where a strong line up of star-packed films will vie with protests about the Gaza war for public attention.