Taylor Swift continues her ascent, now standing alongside icons Oprah Winfrey and Beyonce on Forbes' World's Most Powerful Women 2023 list. "The most alluring thing a woman can have is confidence," echoes the sentiment of pop legend Beyonce. With this self-assured confidence, women globally have attained stages and pedestals that were once merely the stuff of dreams.

Salman Khan was present as one of the chief guests at the programme. Apart from the “Tiger 3” star, Anil Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha, Sonakshi Sinha, Sourav Ganguly and Mahesh Bhatt were also present.

The release of the GTA 6 trailer on December 5 has sparked widespread discussion and is likely to dominate conversations throughout the week until further updates are revealed. Notably, it quickly climbed to the top of the YouTube charts, accumulating a substantial number of views within the first 24 hours, nearly rivaling the viewership of popular K-pop content. Rockstar Games took an unexpected step by unveiling the trailer for the 2024 game 14 hours earlier than originally scheduled, responding to an online leak. In just 12 hours, the video gathered an impressive 60 million views, exceeding expectations and putting it in direct competition with BTS' hits "Butter" and "Dynamite", both of which had accumulated over 100 million views.

Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan, who relocated to Chennai for his mother's treatment, was amongst those stranded in the floods as Cyclone Michaung hit near Bapatla on the Andhra Pradesh coast. The actor was eventually rescued after 24 hours.

Over three and a half decades Misha Sawdagar has been entertaining the audience with his performance. He is unparalleled in the antagonist roles in Dhallywood films. The multiple times National Film Award-winning actor is still busy at the same pace. In recent times he has been shooting for half a dozen new films, apart from that he has worked on a fiction-based project as well.

On December 1, the much-hyped film was released worldwide. After five days of its release, the film is being released in Bangladesh. Kibria Films is the importer of the film, and its founder Golam Kibria Lipu confirmed the news to The Daily Star.

"Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce" premiered at the top of the US box office, raking in $21.8 million during the typically anemic first weekend of December, according to research firm Comscore.

In a recent online debacle, discord between the members of the iconic band 'Miles' has surfaced, shedding light on a tangled web of disagreements and financial disputes. The rift primarily involves Shafin Ahmed and Hamin Ahmed, brothers and integral members of the band, whose differences have spilled over onto various social media platforms, especially Facebook.

This time around, Mahfuz Ahmed, Farida Akhtar Babita, and Siam Ahmed (in this order) topped the list of highest taxpayers for the tax year of 2022-23, under the actors' category, as per the National Board of Revenue (NBR).

Nicolas Cage plans to shorten his prolonged involvement in the film industry and transition to television. In a recent interview, the actor expressed his desire to shift away from movies, stating, "I feel I’ve pretty much said what I’ve had to say with cinema. I think I have to do maybe three or four more movies before I can get there, and then hopefully switch formats and go into some other way of expressing my acting.”

In a refreshing comeback to the YouTube arena, renowned actress Mehazabien Chowdhury is all set to grace the audience with a new drama. The much-anticipated drama titled “Anannya”, directed by Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Raz is scheduled for release on December 16 on the CinemaWala YouTube channel. This drama will mark her fifth and final performance in the year 2023.

Political parties who have committed to participating in the upcoming 12th parliamentary election are preparing in full swing. The Awami League and Jatiya Party have announced their list of nominees, and interestingly, it includes a handful of celebrities

Anirban Bhattacharya will also serve as the creative director, while Arna Mukhopadhyay will be directing it as his directorial debut.

Shah Rukh Khan, in collaboration for the first time with renowned filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani, is set to dazzle audiences with their upcoming film “Dunki”, slated for a Christmas release on December 21 in cinemas. The fourth trailer of this highly-anticipated movie was recently revealed more about the story.

Decades after the theatrical release of “Cruel Intentions” and multiple attempts to bring the film to television, a series based on the 1999 movie is now officially in development.

Dinesh Phadnis, known for playing Inspector Fredericks, one of CID's most cherished characters, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 57.

Taylor Swift achieved a historic milestone by becoming the first living musical artiste to have five albums simultaneously in the top 10 on the Billboard 200.

Blackpink, the renowned K-pop girl group, has reaffirmed its international acclaim with yet another remarkable achievement on YouTube. On December 4, the music video for “Kill This Love” surpassed 1.9 billion views, marking it the second K-pop group music video and the third overall in the K-pop genre to reach such a significant landmark.

The Monday collections for "Animal" surpass those recorded by this year's major blockbusters, including "Jawan" and "Pathaan.”

In her career, she has worked on projects such as “Ladies and Gentlemen”, “Boli”, “Kaiser”, “Dui Diner Duniya”, “Over Trump”, “Myself Allen Swapan”, “Virus”, “Something Like an Autobiography”, and upcoming work is “Kachher manush Durey Thuiya”, amongst others.